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Accession  Class 


REGULATIONS 


FOR   THE 


ARMY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 


1895 


WITH 


APPENDIX 

SEPARATELY  INDEXED,  SHOWING  CHANGES  TO  JANUARY  1,  1901 

ALSO  MEMORANDUM  OF  PARAGRAPHS  AFFECTED 
(PAGES  579  TO  582) 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 
1901 


DEPARTMENT,  October  31, 1895. 
The  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  directs  that  the  fol- 
lowing Regulations  for  the  Army  be  published  for  the  government  of  all 
concerned,  and  that  they  be  strictly  observed.  Nothing  contrary  to  the 
tenor  of  these  Regulations  will  be  enjoined  in  any  part  of  the  forces  of 
the  United  States  by  any  commander  whomsoever. 

DANIEL  S.  LAMONT, 

Secretary  of  War. 


NOTE. — The  Drill  Regulations,  the  Instructions  for  Troops  in  Campaign, 
and  the  manuals  and  special  regulations  concerning  the  several  staff  depart- 
ments or  particular  branches  of  the  service  will  contain,  besides  extracts 
from  general  regulations,  such  rules  as  have  special  application;  but  no 
regulations,  orders,  or  instructions  will  be  embodied  therein  which  are  in 
conflict  with  the  Regulations  for  the  Army.  (Decision  of  Secretary  of  War» 
October  31,  1895.) 

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TABLE  OF 


ARTICLE  I. 
Military  discipline,  1-5. 

ARTICLE  II. 
Precedence  of  regiments  and  corps,  6, 

ARTICLE  LTI 

Bank  and  precedence  of  officers  and  non* 
commissioned  officers,  7-12. 

ARTICLE  IV. 
Command,  13-19. 

ARTICLE  V. 

Appointment  and  promotion  of  commis- 
sioned officers,  20-31. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Staff  appointments  and  details,  military 
attaches,  32-37. 

ARTICLE  VII. 
Chaplains,  38-41. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 
Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  42, 43. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

Leaves   of    absence   to   officers:  Ordinary 
leaves,  44-59 Sick  leaves,  60-64. 

ARTICLE  X. 
Officers  traveling  on  duty,  65-72. 

ARTICLE  XL 
Retirement  of  officers,  73-76. 

ARTICLE  XII. 
Resignation  of  officers,  77-SO. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 
Deceased  officers,  81-85. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 
Details  to  colleges,  86-90. 

ARTICLE  XV. 
The  post  noncommissioned  staff,  91-104. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 
Detached  soldiers,  105. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 
Furloughs  to  soldiers,  106-112. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 
Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  113, 114. 


ARTICLE  XIX. 
Deserters,  115-134. 

ARTICLE  XX. 
Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  135-130. 

ARTICLE  XXI. 

Discharges,  140-153.    Certificates  of  disabil- 
ity, 154-157. 

ARTICLE  XXII. 
Deceased  soldiers,  158-162. 

ARTICLE  XXIII. 

Working  parties.    Extra  and  special  duty 
men,  163-172. 

ARTICLE  XXIV. 
Soldiers'  Home,  173-176. 

ARTICLE  XXV. 

Medals  of  honor  and  certificates  of  merit, 
177-181. 

ARTICLE  XXVI. 
Veterinary  surgeons,  182-186 

ARTICLE  XXVII. 
The  Commanding  General  of  the  Army, 

187, 188. 

ARTICLE  XXVIII. 
Territorial  departments,  189-197. 

ARTICLE  XXIX. 

Military  posts  and  reservations:  Posts,  198- 
209 Reservations,  210,211. 

ARTICLE  XXX. 

Flags,    colors,     standards,    and    guidons, 
212-225. 

ARTICLE  XXXI. 
Regiments:  Organization  and  instruction, 

226-232 The  regimental   staff,  233- 

242 Regimental    records,    243,    244 

Regimental  bands,  245-250. 

ARTICLE  XXXII. 
Troops,  batteries,  and  companies:  Officers 

and  noncommissioned  officers,  251-263 

Company  books  and  records,  264,265 — - 
Interior  economy  of  companies,  266-279— 
Messing  and  cooking,  280-286. 

ARTICLE  XXXIH. 
Councils  of  administration,  287-292. 
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TABLE    OF    CONTENTS. 


ARTICLE  XXXIV. 

Regimental,  bakery,  company,  and 
funds,  293-303. 

ARTICLE  XXXV. 
Post  bakeries,  304-309. 

ARTICLE  XXXVI. 
Libraries,  reading  rooms,  etc.,  310-313. 

ARTICLE  XXXVII. 
Post  gardens,  314-316. 

ARTICLE  XXXVIII. 
Post  schools,  317-324. 

ARTICLE  XXXIX. 
Post  exchanges,  325,  326. 

ARTICLE  XL. 
Care  of  fortifications  and  magazines,  327-343. 

ARTICLE  XLI. 
Light  artillery  instruction,  344,345. 

ARTICLE  XLII. 
Instruction  in  torpedo  service,  346,347. 

ARTICLE  XLIII. 
Artillery  practice,  348-356. 

ARTICLE  XLIV. 
Small-arms  practice,  357-363. 

ARTICLE  XLV. 
Boster,  detachments,  and  daily   service: 

The  roster,  364-377 Detachments,  378- 

382 Daily  service,  383-388. 

ARTICLE  XL VI. 

Honors,  courtesies,  and  ceremonies :  Hon- 
ors, 389-404 Salutes  with  cannon,  405- 

419 Visits  and  courtesies,  420-425 Es- 
corts of  honor,  426 Funeral  honors, 

437.447 — -Ceremonies,  448-452. 

ARTICLE  XL VII. 
Guards,  453-456. 

ARTICLE  XLVHI. 
Maps  and  reconnaissances,  457-461. 

ARTICLE  XLIX. 

The  service  schools,  462-468. 

ARTICLE  L. 

The  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane, 
469-473. 

ARTICLE  LI. 

Indians:   Indian    country,  etc.,  474-480 

Indian  scouts,  481-485. 

.    ARTICLE  LH. 

Employment  of  troops  in  the  enforcement 
of  the  laws,  486-491. 

ARTICLE  LHI. 
Cemeteries,  492-499. 


ARTICLE  LIV. 

Printing:  Newspaper  advertising 
509 Job  printing,  510-514. 


500- 


ARTICLE  LV. 
Purchase  of  supplies  and  engagement  of 

services:  General  provisions,  515-519 

Advertising  for  proposals, 520-524 Pro- 
posals, 525-541 Awards,  542-547 Ab- 
stracts of  proposals,  548 Methods  of 

purchase,  549-558 Contractors'  bonds, 

559-565 Oral  agreement,  566-568 Re- 
ports of  purchases,  569 Marking  sup- 
plies by  contractors,  570. 

ARTICLE  LVI. 

Bonds  of  disbursing  officers,  bidders,  and 
contractors,  571-578. 

ARTICLE  LVIL 
Money  accountability:  Public  moneys,  579- 

586 Disbursing   officers,  587-593 

Transfers,    594,595- Checks,   596-604 

Official  check  books,  605-607 Certificates 

of  deposit,  608-613 Proceeds  of   sales, 

614-616 Appropriations,  617-625 Ac- 
counts current,  620-630 Money  vouch- 
ers, 631-652 Pecuniary  responsibility  of 

officers,  653, 654 Administrative  exami- 
nation of  money  accounts,  655, 656. 

ARTICLE  LVIII. 

Public  property  accountability  and  respon- 
sibility: General  provisions,  657-GSO — 
Damaged,  lost,  destroyed,  etc.,  681-691 — 
Property  accountability,  692-700 Ad- 
ministrative examination  property  re- 
turns, 701-702. 

ARTICLE  LIX. 

Lands,  buildings,  and  improvements,   703- 
707. 

ARTICLE  LX. 
Boards  of  survey,  708-723. 

ARTICLE  LXI. 

Civilian    employees:   General    provisions, 
724-728 Traveling  expenses,  729-735. 

ARTICLE  LXIL 
Staff  administration,  736-747. 

ARTICLE  LXIII. 
Adjutant-General's  Department,  748-75L 

ARTICLE  LXIV. 
Military  correspondence,  752-769. 

ARTICLE  LXV. 
Orders,  770-783. 

ARTICLE  LXVI. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784-788. 

ARTICLE  LXVII. 
Returns  of  troops,  789-798. 


TABLE    OF    CONTENTS. 


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ARTICLE  LXVIII. 

Becords,  799-803. 

ARTICLE  LXIX. 
Personal  and  efficiency  reports,  804-813. 

ARTICLE  LXX. 
Penalty  envelopes,  813-817. 

ARTICLE  LXXI. 

The  recruiting  service:  Classification  and 
details,  818-820 Rendezvous  and  sta- 
tions, 821,822 Enlistments,  823-840 

Medical    inspection,    841-848 Recruits 

sent  to  regiments,  849-853 Department 

and  regimental  recruiting,  854-856. 

ARTICLE  LXXII. 
Inspector-General's  Department:  General 

provisions,  857-863 Special  duties,  864, 

865 Stated  inspections,  866-872 Meth- 
ods of  inspection,  873-875 Disburse- 
ments and  accounts,  876,877 Property 

for  condemnation,  878-889. 

ARTICLE  LXXIII. 
Judge  -  Advocate  -  General's    Department, 

890-896. 

*  ARTICLE  LXXIV. 

Arrest  and  confinement,  897-916. 

ARTICLE  LXXV. 
Courts-martial,  917-961. 

ARTICLE  LXXVI. 

Civilian  witnesses,  962-966. 

;       ARTICLE  LXXVII. 

Employment  of   civil   counsel,  967,968 

Habeas  corpus,  969-971. 

ARTICLE  LXXVIII. 

Quartermaster's     Department:     General 

duties,  972-975 Barracks  and  quarters, 

976-1011 Illuminating    supplies,     1012- 

1022 Stationery,  1023-1027 Purchase 

of  public  animals,  1028-1037 Veterinary 

medicines,  1038-1040 Forage  and  straw, 

1041-1049 Care  of  and  accountability  for 

property,  1050-1064 Horses  of  mounted 

officers,  1065-1069 Transportation,  1070- 

1162 Clothing     and     equipage,     1163- 

1205 Telegraphing,  1206-1216 Tele- 
phoning, 1217 Records,  1218-1220 Re- 
turns and  reports,  1221-1225. 

ARTICLE  LXXIX. 

Subsistence  Department:  General  duties, 
1226 Commissaries,  1227-1229 Sub- 
sistence supplies  in  bulk,  1230-1238 

Transfers    in    bulk,  1239-1241 Gains, 

Wastage,  and    deficiencies,  1242-1246 


ARTICLE  LXXIX— Continued. 

Storehouses,     1247  1249 Fresh    meats, 

1250 The     ration,     1251-1255 Travel 

ration,  1256 Liquid  coffee,1257 Issues 

of    rations,  1258-1264 Other   issues   of 

subsistence   stores,  1265-1268 Savings, 

1269-1271 Commutation,      1272-1279 

Sales,  1280-1292 Blank    forms,  1293 

Accounts  and  returns,1294. 

ARTICLE  LXXX. 
Pay  Department:  General  provisions,  1295- 

1297 Payments  to  officers,  1298-1313 . 

Pay  during  absence,  1314-1320 Travel 

allowances,  1321-1335 Commutation    of 

quarters,  1336-1342 Stoppages,  1343- 

1346 Payment   of    cadets,  1347 Pay- 

ment  of  enlisted  men,  1348-1364 Re-en- 
listment and  continuous-service  pay,  1365- 

1367 Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1368, 

1369 Certificate  of  merit,  1370 Depos- 
its,  1371-1379 Pay   of    deserters,   1380, 

1381 Payment  of  discharged  soldiers, 

1382-1388 Miscellaneous,  1389-1391. 

ARTICLE  LXXXI. 
Medical  Department:  General  provisions, 

1392,    1393 Appointments,    1394,1395 

The  hospital  corps,  1396-1411 Company 

bearers,  1412,1413 Ambulances  and  lit- 
ters, 1414-1419 Field   service,  1420- 

1123 Hospital  buildings,  1424-1430 

Sick  call,  1431,  1432 General  hospitals, 

1433,    1434 Service    of    hospitals,    1435- 

1449 Medical   attendance,  1450-1459 

Medical  supplies,  1460-1463 Reports  and 

returns,  1464-1466 Artificial  limbs,  1467- 

1471. 

ARTICLE  LXXXII. 
Corps  of  Engineers,  1472-1487. 

ARTICLE  LXXXIH. 
Ordnance  Department:  General  provisions, 

1488-1491 Issues  and  sales,  1492-1510 

Expenditure  of  ammunition,  1511-1514 — - 

Surplus  or  damaged  stores,  1515-1523 

Inspection   of   ordnance    supplies,   1524- 

1526- Packing  and  transportation,  1527- 

1531 Returns  and  reports,  1532-1536. 

ARTICLE  LXXXIV. 
The  Signal  Corps,  1537-1547. 

ARTICLE  LXXXV. 
Uniform,  1548-1551. 

ARTICLE  LXXXVL 
Blank  forms,  1552. 


Articles  of  War  (Revised  Statutes,  1342  and 
1343),  pp.  217-33L 

Index,  pp.233-303. 
Appendix,  pp.  305-566. 
Index  to  Appendix,  pp.  568-578. 
Memorandum,  pp.  579-582. 


REGULATIONS 

FOR  THE 

ARMY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 


ARTICLE  I. 

MILITARY  DISCIPLINE. 

1 .  All  persons  in  the  military  service  are  required  to  obey  strictly  and  to 
execute  promptly  the  lawful  orders  of  their  superiors. 

2.  Military  authority  will  be  exercised  with  firmness,  kindness  and  jus- 
tice.   Punishments  must  conform  to  law  and  follow  offenses  as  promptly  as 
circumstances  will  permit. 

3.  Superiors  are  forbidden  to  injure  those  under  their  authority  by  tyran- 
nical or  capricious  conduct,  or  by  abusive  language. 

4.  Courtesy  among  military  men  is  indispensable  to  discipline ;  respect  to 
superiors  will  not  be  confined  to  obedience  on  duty  but  will  be  extended  on 
all  occasions. 

5.  Deliberations  or  discussions  among  military  men  conveying  praise  or 
censure,  or  any  mark  of  approbation,  toward  others  in  the  military  service, 
and  all  publications  relating  to  private  or  personal  transactions  between 
officers,  are  prohibited.    Efforts  to  influence  legislation  affecting  the  Army, 
or  to  procure  personal  favor  or  consideration,  should  never  be  made  except 
through  regular  military  channels ;  the  adoption  of  any  other  method  will 
be  noted  in  the  military  record  of  those  concerned. 

ARTICLE  II. 

PRECEDENCE  OF  REGIMENTS  AND  CORPS. 

6.  On  all  occasions  of  ceremony,  except  funeral  escort,  troops  are  arranged 
from  right  to  left  in  line,  and  from  head  to  rear  in  column,  in  the  following 
order  :  First,  infantry ;  second,  light  artillery ;  third,  cavalry ,     Artillery 
serving  as  infantry  is  posted  as  infantry ;  dismounted  cavalry  and  marines  are 
on  the  left  of  the  infantry ;  engineer  troops  are  on  the  right  of  the  command 
to  which  they  are  attached ;  detachments  of  the  hospital  corps  are  assigned  to 
place  according  to  the  nature  of  the  service.    When  cavalry  and  light  artil- 
lery, or  light  artillery  and  infantry,  are  reviewed  together  without  other 
troops,  the  artillery  is  posted  on  the  left.    In  the  same  arm,  regulars,  volun- 
teers, and  militia  are  posted  in  line  from  right  to  left,  or  in  column  from  head 
to  rear,  in  the  order  named.    In  reviews  of  large  bodies  of  troops  the  different 
arms  and  classes  are  posted  at  the  discretion  of  the  commanding  general,  due 
r-egard  being  paid  to  their  position  in  camp.    On  all  other  occasions  troops  of 
all  classes  are  posted  at  the  discretion  of  the  general  or  senior  commander. 

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Z  RANK    AND    PRECEDENCE. 

ARTICLE  III. 

RANK  AND  PRECEDENCE  OF  OFFICERS  AND  NONCOMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

7.  Military  rank  is  that  character  or  quality  bestowed  on  military  persons 
which  marks  their  station,  and  confers  eligibility  to  exercise  command  or 
authority  in  the  military  service  within  the  limits  prescribed  by  law.     It  is 
divided  into  degrees  or  grades,  which  mark  the  relative  positions  and  powers 
of  the  different  classes  of  persons  possessing  it. 

8.  Rank  is  generally  held  by  virtue  of  office  in  a  regiment,  corps,  or  depart- 
ment, but  may  be  conferred  independently  of  office,  as  in  the  case  of  retired 
officers  and  of  those  holding  it  by  brevet. 

9.  The  following  are  the  grades  of  rank  of  officers  and  noncommissioned 
officers : 

1.  Major-general.  12.  Ordnance,  commissary,  and  post 

2.  Brigadier-general.  quartermaster-sergeant,     hos- 

3.  Colonel.  pital   steward,   first-class  ser- 

4.  Lieutenant-colonel.  geant  of  the  Signal  Corps,  chief 

5.  Major.  musician,  principal  musician, 

6.  Captain.  chief  trumpeter,  and  saddler 

7.  First  lieutenant.  sergeant. 

8.  Second  lieutenant.  13.  First  sergeant. 

9.  Cadet.  14.  Sergeant    and    acting    hospital 

10.  Sergeant-major  (regimental).  steward. 

11.  Quartermaster-sergeant  (reg-  15.  Corporal. 

imental) . 

In  each  grade,  date  of  commission,  appointment,  or  warrant,  determines 
the  order  of  precedence. 

10.  Officers  of  the  Regular  Army,  Marine  Corps,  and  volunteers  when  com- 
missioned or  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States,  being  upon  equal 
footing,  take  precedence  in  each  grade  by  date  of  commission  or  appoint- 
ment.   Militia  officers,  when  employed  with  the  regular  or  volunteer  forces 
of  the  United  States,  take  rank  next  after  all  officers  of  like  grade  in  those 
forces 

1 1 .  Between  officers  of  the  same  grade  and  date  of  appointment  or  com- 
mission, other  than  through  promotion  by  seniority,  relative  rank  is  deter- 
mined by  length  of  service,  continuous  or  otherwise,  as  a  commissioned 
officer  of  the  United  States,  either  in  the  Regular  Army,  or,  since  April  19, 
1861,  in  the  volunteer  forces.    When  periods  of  service  are  equal,  prece- 
dence will,  except  when  fixed  by  order  oi  merit  on  examination,  be  deter- 
mined, first,  by  rank  in  service  when  appointed ;  second,  by  former  rank  in 
the  Army  or  Marine  Corps ;  third,  by  lot.  among  such  as  have  not  been  in 
the  military  service  of  the  United  States. 

1 2.  The  relative  rank  between  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  is  as  fol- 
lows, lineal  rank  only  being  considered: 

General  with  admiral.  Lieutenant-colonel  with  commander. 

Lieutenant-general     with     vice-ad-  Major  with  lieutenant-commander. 

miral.  Captain  with  lieutenant. 

Major-general  with  rear-admiral.  First    lieutenant     with    lieutenant 
Brigadier-general  with  commodore.  (junior  grade) . 

Colonel  with  captain.  Second  lieutenant  with  ensign. 


COMMAND APPOINTMENTS,  ETC.  3 

ARTICLE  IV. 

COMMAND. 

13.  Command  is  exercised  by  virtue  of  office  and  the  special  assignment 
of  officers  holding  military  rank  who  are  eligible  by  law  to  exercise  com- 
mand.    Without  orders  from  competent  authority  an  officer  can  not  put 
himself  on  duty  by  virtue  of  his  commission  aJ one,  except  as  contemplated 
in  the  24th  and  122d  Articles  of  War. 

14.  The  following  are  the  commands  appropriate  to  each  grade: 

1.  For  a  captain,  a  company. 

2.  For  a  major  or  lieutenant-colonel,  a  battalion  or  squadron. 

3.  For  a  colonel,  a  regiment. 

4.  For  a  brigadier-general,  two  regiments. 

5.  For  a  major-general,  four  regiments. 

15.  The  functions  assigned  to  any  officer  in  these  regulations  by  title  of 
office  devolve  upon  the  officer  acting  in  his  place,  except  when  otherwise 
specified.     An  officer  in  temporary  command  shall  not,  except  in  urgent 
cases,  alter  or  annul  the  standing  orders  of  the  permanent  commander 
without  authority  from  the  next  higher  commander. 

16.  An  officer  who  succeeds  to  any  command  or  duty  stands  in  regard  to 
his  duties  in  the  same  situation  as  his  predecessor.     The  officer  relieved  will 
turn  over  to  his  successor  all  orders  in  force  at  the  time,  and  all  the  public 
property  and  funds  pertaining  to  his  command  or  duty,  and  will  receive 
therefor  duplicate  receipts  showing  the  condition  of  each  article. 

17.  An  officer  of  Engineers  or  Ordnance,  or  of  the  Adjutant-General's, 
Inspector- General's,  Judge- Advocate-General's,  Quartermaster's,  or  Subsist- 
ence Department,  or  of  the  Signal  Corps,  though  eligible  to  command,  accord- 
ing to  his  rank,  shall  not  assume  command  of  troops  unless  put  on  duty 
under  orders  which  specially  so  direct,  by  authority  of  the  President. 

18.  An  officer  of  the  Pay  or  Medical  Department  can  not  exercise  com- 
mand, except  in  his  own  department ;  but  by  virtue  of  his  commission  he 
may  command  all  enlisted  men  like  other  commissioned  officers. 

19.  When  an  officer  is  charged  with  directing  an  expedition  or  making  a 
reconnaissance,  without  having  command  of  the  escort,  the  commander  of 
the  escort  will  consult  him  touching  all  arrangements  necessary  to  secure 
the  success  of  the  operation. 

ARTICLE  V. 

APPOINTMENT  AND  PROMOTION  OF  COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

20.  Notices  of  appointments  and  promotions   are  issued   by  the  War 
Department,  through  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

21.  Appointment  to  the  grade  of  general  officer  is  made  by  selection  from 
the  Army. 

22.  Promotions  in  established  staff  corps  and  departments  to  include  the 
grade  of  colonel  will  be  made  by  seniority,  subject  to  the  examinations  re- 
quired by  law. 

23.  Promotions  in  the  line  of  the  Army  to  include  the  grade  of  colonel,  in 
each  arm  of  the  service,  will  be  made  by  seniority,  subject  to  the  examina- 
tions required  by  law,  except  that  all  officers  of  the  line  of  the  Army  in 


4  APPOINTMENTS,  ETC. 

service  October  1,  1890,  above  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant,  will,  subject 
to  the  prescribed  examinations,  be  promoted  in  accordance  with  the  regula- 
tions existing  on  that  date. 

24.  Vacancies  in  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant  existing  on  the  1st  day 
of  July  each  year  are  filled  by  appointment,  in  order,  as  follows:  (1)  From 
graduates  of  the  United  States  Military  Academy;  (2)  from  enlisted  men  of 
the  Army  found  duly  qualified;  (3)  from  civil  life. 

25.  With  a  view  to  the  selection  of  proper  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  as 
"  candidates  for  promotion"  to  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant,  each  depart- 
ment commander  will,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  March  15  of  each  year, 
convene  a  board  of  five  officers  for  the  preliminary  examination  of  the 
soldiers  of  his  command  who  are  legally  qualified  applicants  for  a  com- 
mission, to  determine  their  eligibility  for  the  competitive  examination. 
This  board  will  institute  a  rigid  inquiry  into  the  character,  capacity,  record, 
and  qualifications  of  the  several  candidates,  and  will  recommend  none  for 
competitive  examination  who  are  not  able  to  establish  their  fitness  for  pro- 
motion to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  board.     On  September  1  of  each  year 
the  War  Department  will  convene  a  board  of  five  officers  for  the  final  com- 
petitive examination  to  determine  the  fitness  and  order  of  merit  for  promo- 
tion of  the  soldiers  who  have  successfully  passed  the  preliminary  examina- 
tion.   Two  members  of  each  board  will  be  officers  of  the  Medical  Department. 

26.  Each  enlisted  man  recommended  in  accordance  with  the  law  and  the 
'foregoing  regulation  will  receive  from  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
a  certificate  of  eligibility  for  appointment  to  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant 
and  will  be  known  as  a  "  candidate  "  for  promotion.     He  will  have  the  title 
4 '  candidate  "  prefixed  to  his  name  in  all  rolls,  returns,  orders  and  correspond- 
ence in  which  it  appears,  and  will  be  entitled  to  wear  the  candidate's  stripes 
on  the  sleeves  of  uniform  coat,  blouse,  and  overcoat,  so  long  as  he  holds  this 
specially  honorable  position.     The  candidate's  stripe  will  be  worn  on  the 
upper  half  of  each  cuff.    It  will  consist  of  a  double  stripe  running  the  length 
of  the  cuff,  pointed  at  the  upper  end  and  with  a  small  button  below  the 
point  of  the  stripe ;  for  uniform  coat,  of  gold  braid  ;  for  blouse  and  overcoat, 
of  cloth  of  same  color  as  fa'cings  of  uniform  ;  width  of  braid  or  cloth,  one- 
quarter  inch  ;  width  of  space  between  braid,  one-eighth  inch. 

27.  The  eligibility  of  a  candidate  for  appointment  as  second  lieutenant 
and  his  privileges  as  candidate  terminate  the  1st  of  September  next  succeed- 
ing his  competitive  examination,  unless  he  shall  again  be  recommended  on 
competitive  examination.    A  candidate  who  becomes  ineligible  by  reason  of 
age  will  be  entitled  to  wear  the  candidate's  stripe  on  the  left  sleeve  so  long 
as  he  maintains  his  good  standing  in  the  service.     Having  passed  a  depart- 
mental board,  but  having  fail3d  to  pass  the  competitive  board,  he  may  again 
be  examined  by  the  competitive  board  on  proper  application  made  through 
department  headquarters;  he  will  not  be  required  to  pass  a  departmental 
board  a  second  time.    An  applicant  who  twice  fails  in  competitive  exam- 
ination to  obtain  a  certificate  of  eligibility  as  candidate  for  promotion  can 
not  again  compete  for  that  position. 

28.  Candidates  who  may  be  guilty  of  misconduct  will  be  promptly 
reported  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  through  regimental  and 
department  headquarters,  the  report  to  contain  a  full  statement  of  the 
alleged  misconduct,  with  names  of  witnesses.     The  department  commander 


STAFF   APPOINTMENTS — ATTACHES.  5 

will  see  that  the  candidate  has  a  fair  and  impartial  hearing,  and  will  forward 
the  report  for  the  decision  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

29.  Candidates  for  promotion  will  not  be  deprived  of  the  privileges  of 
their  position  unless  by  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial  or  the  order  of 
the  Secretary  of  War,  except  by  operation  of  law  or  regulations.   While  hold- 
ing the  privileges  of  that  position  they  will  not  be  brought  before  a  summary 
or  field  officer's  court,  or  a  garrison  or  regimental  court-martial. 

30.  A  soldier  to  be  eligible  for  the  position  of  candidate  for  promotion 
must  be  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  unmarried,  between  21  and  30  years 
of  age  on  the  1st  of  September  following  his  preliminary  examination,  and 
of  good  moral  character  both  before  and  after  enlistment.    An  applicant 
will  not  be  ordered  for  the  preliminary  examination  unless  it  is  apparent 
that,  on  the  1st  of  September  next  following,  he  will  have  served  honorably 
not  less  than  two  years,  exclusive  of  technical  service  due  to  furlough  or 
other  absence  from  duty  in  his  own  interest;  nor  for  the  final  competitive 
examination  unless  he  shall  have  so  served.     Applications  will  be  made  to 
department  commanders  on  or  before  February  1  of  each  year,  and  com- 
pany commanders  in  forwarding  them  will  certify  all  furloughs  had  by 
applicants,  stating  under  what  authority  they  were  granted. 

31.  A  civilian  to  be  eligible  for  appointment  must  be  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States,  unmarried,  between  21  and  27  years  of  age,  must  be  examined 
and  approved  as  to  habits,  moral  character,  mental  and  physical  ability, 
education,  and  general  fitness  for  the  service,  by  a  board  convened  and  con- 
stituted as  provided  in  paragraph  25  for  the  final  competitive  examination 
of  soldiers. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

STAFF  APPOINTMENTS  AND  DETAILS.    MILITARY  ATTACHES. 

32.  As  far  as  practicable,  all  appointments  and  details  for  staff  duties 
will  be  equalized  among  the  several  regiments. 

33.  A  major-general  is  allowed  by  law  three  aids,  to  be  taken  from  cap- 
tains or  lieutenants  of  the  Army.    A  brigadier-general  is  allowed  two,  to  be 
taken  from  the  lieutenants  of  the  Army.    An  officer  assigned  to  duty  in 
accordance  with  his  brevet  rank  as  major-general  or  brigadier-general  may, 
with  the  special  sanction  of  the  War  Department,  be  allowed  the  .aids  of  the 
grade.    General  officers  may  select  their  aids  from  officers  serving  in  their 
commands,  subject  to  the  restrictions  herein  prescribed,  but  appointments 
as  aids  of  officers  serving  without  such  limits  must  receive  the  approval  of 
the  Secretary  of  War.    An  officer  will  be  appointed  aid  to  a  general  officer 
only  after  he  shall  have  actually  served  with  troops  for  at  least  three  of  the 
five  years  immediately  preceding  such  appointment.     He  will  hold  such 
appointment  for  no  longer  period  than  four  years,  except  that,  upon  the 
request  of  a  general  officer  whose  retirement  by  reason  of  age  will  occur 
within  one  year,  the  tour  of  four  years  may  be  extended  by  the  Secretary 
of  War  to  the  date  of  such  retirement. 

34.  In  making  details  for  special  duty  and  detached  service,  due  con- 
sideration will  be  given  to  the  efficiency,  zeal,  and  reliability  of  officers  as 
evidenced  by  the  record  of  their  services. 

35.  An  officer  will  not  be  detached  from  his  regiment  or  corps  until  he 
has  served  at  least  three  years  therewith,  and  when  an  officer  shall  have 


6  ATTACHES CHAPLAINS TRANSFERS. 

been  so  detached  for  a  period  of  four  years,  unless  he  be  assigned  to  special 
duty  by  the  War  Department,  he  will  apply  for  orders  to  be  relieved. 

36.  An  officer  of  the  Army  serving  as  military  attache  abroad  will  be 
entitled  to  the  following  allowances :    A  suitably  furnished  office   when 
needed,  or  an  iinfurnished  room  with  one  desk  or  table,  six  chairs,  one  book 
or  file  case,  the  articles  allowed  for  an  office  desk  by  Regulations,  and  the 
stationery  required  in  the  performance  of  public  duty,  to  be  furnished  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department,  and  in  either  case  the  regulation  allow- 
ance of  fuel  for  one  office  fire.     Mounted  officers  will  be  allowed  forage  if 
horses  are  actually  kept,  and  officers  not  mounted,  or  mounted  officers  not 
drawing  forage,  the  hire  of  a  horse  when  necessary  for  mounted  duty. 
Necessary  funds  for  these  allowances  and  blank  forms  for  reports  and 
returns  will  be  procured  by  requisition  on  the  Quartermaster-General. 
Money  accounts  will  be  rendered  quarterly.     Items  for  necessary  cost  of 
exchange  will  be  entered  on  accounts  current,  the  entries  of  each  being 
supported  by  the  certificate  of  the  officer  that  current  rates  of  exchange 
were  paid  and  that  other  vouchers  are  not  obtainable.     Allowances  of  mile- 
age, commutation  of  quarters,  and,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  1121, 
transportation,  are  the  same  as  when  on  other  duty. 

37.  All  publications  of  a  military  nature  issued  by  the  Government 
intended  for  delivery  abroad  will,  unless  otherwise  ordered,  be  sent  to  the 
War  Department,  marked,  "Division  of  Military  Inf ormation. " 

ARTICLE  VII. 

CHAPLAINS. 

38.  Post  chaplains  will  be  assigned  and  transferred  by  the  Secretary  of 
War. 

39.  Department  commanders  will  from  time  to  time  recommend  such 
transfers  of  chaplains  in  their  commands  as  may  be  deemed  for  the  best 
interests  of  the  service. 

40.  Chaplains  will  render  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  through 
the  usual  military  channels,  on  prescribed  forms,  monthly  reports  of  duties 
performed.     They  will  keep  an  accurate  record  of  all  marriage,  baptismal, 
and  funeral  services  performed  by  them,  both  for  persons  in  the  military 
service  and  for  civilians.     This  will  be  one  of  the  post  records,  and  will 
be  subject  to  examination  by  inspectors. 

41.  Chaplains  will  not  be  required  to  turn  out  with  troops  on  occasions  of 
ceremony,  but  will  be  inspected  at  post  chapels,  schoolrooms,  or  libraries, 
as  may  be  designated  by  post  commanders. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

TRANSFER  OR  EXCHANGE  OF  OFFICERS. 

42.  Officers  transferred  from  one  arm  or  corps  to  another,  on  mutual 
application,  will  be  nominated  for  reappointment  with  rank  as  of  the  date 
of  the  commission  of  the  junior  officer  previous  to  the  transfer,  and  upon 
confirmation  will  be  recommissioned  accordingly.     An  officer  of  the  lowest 
grade  in  any  arm  or  corps  who  may  be  transferred,  on  his  own  application, 
to  a  vacancy  in  his  grade  in  any  other  arm  or  corps  will  take  rank  next  after 
the  junior  officer  of  the  arm  or  corps  to  which  he  is  transferred,  and  will  be 


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nominated  for  reappointmeiit,  with  a  new  date  of  rank  if  necessary  to  fix  his 
proper  position,  and  upon  confirmation  will  be  recommissioned  accordingly. 
These  new  appointments  and  commissions  will  determine  the  rank  of  trans- 
ferred officers  in  their  regiments  and  corps,  as  well  as  in  the  Army. 

43.  Officers  in  each  arm  of  the  service  will  be  transferred  from  one  regi- 
ment to  another  therein,  as  the  interests  of  the  service  require,  by  orders 
from  the  War  Department,  without  change  of  rank  or  commission.     The 
transfer  or  exchange  of  company  officers  of  a  regiment  will  be  made  by  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

LEAVES  OF  ABSENCE  TO  OFFICERS. 

ORDINARY   LEAVES. 

44 .  In  time  of  peace  the  commander  of  a  post  may  grant  leaves  of  absence 
not  to  exceed  seven  days  at  one  time,  or  in  the  same  month;  and  he  may 
give  permission  to  apply  to  the  proper  authority  for  extension  of  such  leaves 
for  a  period  not  to  exceed  twenty- three  days. 

4'">.  The  commander  of  a  post  may  take  leave  of  absence  ^iot  to  exceed 
seven  days  at  one  time,  or  in  the  same  month,  reporting  the  fact  to  his  next 
superior  commander. 

46.  A  department  commander  may  grant  leaves  for  one  month  and  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army  for  two  months;  or  they  may  extend  to 
such  periods  those  granted  by  subordinate  commanders.    Applications  for 
leaves  of  more  than  two  months'  duration,  or  from  officers  of  the  staff  corps 
and  departments  for  more  than  one  month,  or  from  department  commanders 
desiring  leaves  of  absence  to  pass  beyond  the  territorial  limits  of  their  com- 
mands, will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the 
action  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

47.  An  application  for  leave  must  state  its  desired  duration.    Interme- 
diate commanders  will  indorse  their  recommendations  upon  the  application. 

48.  Chiefs  of  bureaus  may  grant  leaves  for  one  month  to  officers  of  their 
respective  corps  serving  under  their  immediate  direction,  or  extend  to  that 
period  those  already  granted  to  such  officers. 

49.  Leaves  of  absence  for  three  months,  from  date  of  graduation,  will  be 
allowed  to  graduates  of  the  Military  Academy.     They  will  not  be  counted 
against  them  in  subsequent  applications  for  leave,  but  can  not  be  postponed 
to  another  time. 

50.  Leaves  of  absence  will  not  be  granted  so  that  a  company  will  be  left 
without  a  commissioned  officer,  or  a  post  without  two  commissioned  officers 
and  competent  medical  attendance;  nor  will  leave  of  absence  be  granted  to 
an  officer  during  the  season  of  active  operations,  except  in  case  of  urgent 
necessity. 

51.  Leave  of  absence  exceeding  seven  days,  except  under  extraordinary 
circumstances  particularly  stated  in  the  application,  will  not  be  granted  to 
an  officer  until  he  has  joined  his  regiment  or  corps,  and  served  therein  at 
least  two  years. 

52.  Applications  for  leaves  of  absence  will  not  be  made  except  through 
military  channels,  nor  will  extensions  be  granted  unless  recommended  by 
competent  authority. 


8  LEAVES    OF    ABSENCE. 

53.  Leaves  of  absence  will  be  granted  in  terms  of  months  and  days,  as 
"  one  month,"  "  one  month  and  ten  days."    Leave  for  one  month,  beginning 
on  the  first  day  of  a  calendar  month,  will  expire  with  the  last  day  of  the 
month,  whatever  its  number  of  days.    Commencing  on  an  intermediate 
day,  the  leave  will  expire  the  day  preceding  the  same  day  of  the  next  month. 
The  day  of  departure,  whatever  the  hour,  is  counted  as  a  day  of  duty;  the 
day  of  return,  as  a  day  of  absence. 

54.  A  leave  of  absence  commences  on  the  day  following  that  on  which 
the  officer  departs  from  his  proper  station.     The  expiration  of  his  leave  must 
find  him  at  his  post,  except  as  indicated  in  paragraph  1331.    A  leave  of 
absence  granted  an  officer  in  the  field,  or  011  special  duty,  will  take  effect 
on  the  termination  of  the  campaign,  or  on  the  completion  of  such  duty, 
unless  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  commander  his  services  can  sooner 
be  spared,  in  which  case  it  will  take  effect  at  such  time  as  the  department 
commander  may  direct.     In  all  other  cases  an  officer  is  expected  to  avail  him- 
self of  a  leave  as  soon  as  proper  facilities  offer,  unless  a  specific  date  is  stated 
in  the  order,  and  if  unable  to  do  so,  he  will  report  the  fact  to  the  authority 
granting  the  leave. 

55.  Officers  will  not  leave  the  United  States  to  go  beyond  the  sea,  with- 
out permission  from  the  War  Department. 

56.  An  officer  of  the  Army  visiting  foreign  countries,  whether  on  duty 
or  leave,  will  avail  himself  of  all  proper  opportunities  to  obtain  military 
information,  especially  such  as  pertains  to  his  branch  of  the  service.    He 
will  report  the  results  of  his  observations  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army  on  his  return  to  duty,  or  sooner  if  practicable. 

57.  An  officer  granted  leave  of  absence  for  more  than  seven  days  will, 
before  taking  advantage  thereof,  report  to  his  post  and  regimental  or  corps 
commander  and  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  the  probable  date  of 
his  departure  and  his  new  address,  and  thereafter  he  will  immediately  report 
any  change  in  his  address  to  the  same  officers.    Verbal  permits  for  less  than 
twenty-four  hours  are  not  counted  as  leaves  of  absence,  but  every  other 
absence,  of  whatever  duration,  with  date  of  departure  and  return,  will  be 
noted  on  the  post  regimental  and  department  returns. 

58.  Permission  to  hunt  will  not  be  considered  as  a  leave  of  absence  if  the 
officer  on  his  return  to  the  station  forwards  to  department  headquarters, 
through  his  commanding  officer,  a  certificate  that  his  time  while  absent  was 
employed  solely  in  hunting,  and  furnishes  a  report  giving  as  complete  a 
description  as  possible  of  the  country  traversed  by  him. 

59.  All  applications  for  extensions  of  leaves  of  absence  or  for  delays,  and 
all  correspondence  regarding  them,  will  pass  through  military  channels. 

SICK   LEAVES. 

60.  Application  for  leave  of  absence  on  account  of  sickness  will  be  made 
to  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  refer  it  to  the  surgeon.     The  surgeon 
will  examine  the  applicant  and  should  he  find  the  leave  necessary  to  restore 
health,  he  will  submit  to  the  commanding  officer  a  medical  certificate  in  the 
prescribed  form,  stating  explicitly  the  nature,  seat,  and  degree  of  the  disease, 
wound,  or  disability,  the  cause  thereof  if  known,  and  the  period  during  which 
the  officer  has  suffered  from  it.    He  will  also  give  his  opinion  as  to  whether 
the  disease,  wound,  or  disability  can  be  satisfactorily  treated  within  the 
department  in  which  the  officer  is  stationed,  or  whether  a  change  of  climate 


LEAVES    OF    ABSENCE TRAVELING    ON    DUTY.  9 

or  locality  within  the  United  States  is  necessary  to  afford  more  rapid  or  per- 
fect recovery,  in  which  case  the  special  place  or  region  recommended  will  be 
designated,  with  reasons  therefor.  The  surgeon  will  also  state  whether,  in 
his  opinion,  the  disease,  wound,  or  disability  requires  treatment  by  a  spe- 
cialist, and,  if  so,  the  nearest  place  where  it  can  be  obtained;  also  whether  the 
wound  or  disease  incapacitates  the  officer  from  all  duty,  or  whether  he  can 
perform  special  duty,  and,  if-  so,  the  kind  that  he  may  undertake  without 
endangering  his  ultimate  cure. 

61.  The  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  and  department  commanders 
have  the  same  authority  to  grant  leaves  of  absence  on  account  of  sickness 
as  to  grant  ordinary  leaves.    Permission  to  go  beyond  the  limits  of  the  com- 
mand in  which  the  applicant  is  stationed  will  be  given  only  when  the  certifi- 
cate of  the  medical  officer  shall  state  explicitly  that  it  is  necessary  to  afford 
rapid  or  perfect  recovery. 

62.  On  the  expiration  of  a  sick  leave,  if  the  officer  be  able  to  travel,  he 
will  proceed  to  his  post  or  station.     If  an  extension  of  such  leave  be  neces- 
sary, he  will  make  timely  application  therefor  through  the  same  channel  as 
in  case  of  request  for  extension  of  ordinary  leave,  basing  his  application  upon 
a  medical  certificate  in  prescribed  form.     When  he  can  not  procure  the  cer- 
tificate of  a  medical  officer  he  will  substitute  his  own  certificate,  on  honor, 
as  to  his  condition,  which  will  embrace  a  full  statement  of  his  case.     While 
absent  from  duty  he  will  make  report  in  the  same  manner  as  if  on  ordinary 
leave. 

63.  An  officer  who  starts  to  join  his  station  at  the  expiration  of  a  sick 
leave  will  be  reported  on  the  rolls  and  returns  as  "en  route  to  join  station 
from  sick  leave  of  absence,"  during  the  time  necessarily  consumed  in  mak- 
ing the  journey  to  his  post.    Should  he  delay  en  route,  or  consume  more 
time  in  the  journey  than  is  necessary,  the  commanding  officer  will  require 
him  to  explain  in  writing  the  cause  of  delay.     This  explanation  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  with  the  remarks  of  inter- 
mediate commanders. 

64.  An  ordinary  leave  will  not  be  changed  to  a  sick  leave,  unless  the  offi- 
cer desiring  it  make  application  therefor  through  his  post  commander,  by 
whom  it  will  be  referred  to  the  surgeon,  who  will  certify  as  to  the  neces- 
sity of  the  change,  or  otherwise,  as  the  case  may  be.     The  post  commander 
will  forward  the  application  through  intermediate  commanders,  who  will 
indorse  their  remarks  thereon  for  the  action  of  the  Commanding  General  of 
Army  or  the  Secretary  of  War.     In  all  reports  concerning  absence  on 
account  of  sickness  the  officer  will  state  how  long  he  has  been  absent  sick, 
and  by  what  authority. 

ARTICLE  X. 

OFFICERS  TRAVELING  ON  DUTY. 

65.  When  an  officer  is  ordered  without  troops  from  one  post  of  duty  to 
another,  he  will  proceed  by  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route,  without 
unnecessary  delay.     Upon  his  arrival  at  his  new  post  he  will  immediately 
report  in  writing  to  the  commanding  officer  the  date  of  his  departure  from  his 
former  station,  and  submit  a  copy  of  his  order,  noting  thereon  the  date  he 
received  it.    If  he  shall  appear  to  have  made  unnecessary  delay  en  route,  he 
will  be  required  to  explain  the  cause  thereof.     If  the  post  commander  deem 
the  explanation  unsatisfactory,  he  will  forward  the  same,  with  a  statement 


1U  TRAVELING    ON    DUTY RETIREMENTS. 

of  the  facts  in  the  case,  to  the  department  commander.  If  the  officer  be 
superior  in  rank  to  the  post  commander,  the  required  report  will  be  made 
by  the  officer  himself  to  the  department  commander. 

66.  Orders  detaching  an  officer  for  special  duty  will  direct  him  to  return 
to  his  proper  station  on  the  completion  of  the  duty  assigned  him,  when  it  is 
intended  that  he  shall  do  so. 

67.  Delays  in  obeying  orders,  in  reporting  for  duty,  or  in  returning  to 
duty  from  leave  can  not  be  authorized  except  by  the  Secretary  of  War  or 
the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army.     Such  delays  will  be  regarded  as 
leaves  of  absence,  unless  it  be  stated  in  the  order  granting  them  that  they 
are  in  the  interest  of  the  public  service. 

68.  Orders  contemplating  the  payment  of  mileage  must  state  the  special 
duty  enjoined,  and  that  the  travel  directed  is  necessary  for  the  public  serv- 
ice.    They  will  not  direct  travel  beyond  the  limits  of  the  command  of  the 
officer  who  issues  them.     When  a  general  officer  is  ordered  on  duty  beyond 
the  limits  of  his  command,  he  may  order  an  officer  of  his  staff  to  accom- 
pany him;  if  ordered  to  change  station,  he  may  order  the  necessary  change 
of  station  of  his  personal  staff. 

69.  Staff  officers  not  serving  under  department  commanders  will  apply 
to  the  War  Department  for  orders  directing  necessary  travel  on  public  busi- 
ness. 

70.  When  urgent  public  duty  has  compelled  travel,  without  authority 
previously  obtained,  the  case  will  be  immediately  reported  to  the  proper 
superior  officer,  whose  approval  in  subsequent  orders  will  be  accepted  as 
though  previously  issued.' 

71.  Orders  directing  officers  to  visit  Washington  for  the  settlement  of 
their  accounts  will  be  issued  only  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

72.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  reporting  as  witnesses  before  a  civil  court 
should  receive  from  the  civil  authorities  the  necessary  expenses  incurred  in 
travel  and  attendance.    Neither  mileage  nor  travel  allowances  will  be  paid 
in  such  cases  by  the  War  Department.    If,  however,  it  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary to  furnish  them  transportation  in  kind  to  enable  them  to  appear,  as 
witnesses  for  the  Government,  before  a  civil  court  of  the  United  States,  an 
account  of  such  expenditure,  together  with  the  evidence  that  they  were 
properly  subpoenaed  and  did  attend  the  court,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  War 
Department  for  presentation  to  the  Department  of  Justice.    Officers  provid- 
ing such  transportation  will  notify  the  court,  or  the  marshal  thereof,  that  it 
was  furnished  to  enable  the  witnesses  to  perform  the  requisite  journeys  in 
obedience  to  the  summons. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

RETIREMENT  OP  OFFICERS. 

"73.  When  an  officer  becomes  disabled  for  the  performance  of  duty  by 
reason  of  wounds,  sickness,  or  improper  habits,  his  immediate  commander 
will  report  the  facts  to  the  department  commander  for  the  action  of  the 
War  Department.  The  report  in  each  case  will  contain  specific  statements 
and  the  names  of  witnesses  by  whom  they  can  be  substantiated. 

74.  Habitual  intemperance,  gambling,  or  other  vices  that  tend  to  cor- 
rupt an  officer  and  lower  the  professional  standard,  will  be  regarded  as 
proper  subjects  for  the  consideration  and  report  of  a  retiring  board. 


RETIREMENTS RESIGNATIONS DECEASED    OFFICERS.     11 

75.  When  ample  testimony  establishes  the  fact  that  an  officer  has  through 
vicious  indulgence  slighted  or  neglected  his  duties  to  such  a  degree  as  to 
make  it  unsafe  to  intrust  him  with  a  command,  or  with  responsibility  that 
properly  belongs  to  his  grade,  and  when  it  is  shown  that  such  habits  have 
continued  for  such  length  of  time  as  to  render  permanent  reformation  im- 
probable, this  fact,  rather  than  his  condition  when  he  appears  before  the 
board,  shall  weigh  in  its  verdict  as  to  his  incapacity  for  active  duty. 

76.  The  uniform  of  an  officer  on  the  retired  list  is  that  of  his  actual  rank 
in  his  regiment  or  corps  when  retired,  except  that  the  number  of  the  regi- 
ment or  insignia  of  corps  or  department  will  not  be  worn.     A  retired  officer 
with  brevet  commission,  either  in  the  regular  or  volunteer  service  of  the 
Army  of  the  United  States,  may  wear  the  uniform  of  his  highest  brevet 
grade,  and  an  officer  who  has  held  a  commission,  not  brevet,  in  the  volun- 
teer service,  may  wear  the  uniform  of  his  highest  grade  in  that  service  except 
that  the  number  of  the  regiment  or  insignia  of  corps  or  department  will 
not  be  worn. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

RESIGNATION  OF  OFFICERS. 

77.  A  resignation  tendered  by  an  officer  will  be  forwarded  by  his  com- 
manding officer,  through  prescribed  channels,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army  for  the  decision  of  the  President.     Until  duly  accepted,  the  officer 
will  not  be  considered  as  out  of  the  service. 

76.  A  resignation  tendered  under  charges  will  be  forwarded,  accompa- 
nied by  a  report  of  the  case,  or  if  practicable,  a  copy  of  the  charges.  All 
correspondence  with  the  War  Department,  on  the  part  of  the  officer  who 
tenders  the  resignation,  will  be  conducted  through  prescribed  channels. 

79.  Leave  of  absence  will  not  be  granted  on  tender  of  resignation  unless 
the  resignation  be  unconditional  and  immediate.  When  leave  is  requested, 
the  officer's  address  will  accompany  the  resignation. 

SO.  An  officer  of  the  Army  on  the  active  list  who  accepts  or  exercises 
the  functions  of  a  civil  office  thereby  ceases  to  be  an  officer  of  the  Army. 
An  officer  011  the  active  list  can  not  lawfully  accept  or  hold  any  office  cre- 
ated by  State  statutes,  whether  in  State  military  organizations  or  otherwise. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

DECEASED  OFFICERS. 

81.  The  death  of  an  officer,  with  place,  cause,  day,  and  hour,  will  be 
reported  without  delay  by  his  immediate  commander  direct  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army.    A  duplicate  of  this  report  will  be  forwarded  to 
department  headquarters.     When  the  death  occurs  away  from  the  officer's 
station,  in  hospital  or  on  leave,  the  medical  officer,  if  one  be  present,  or  any 
officer  having  cognizance  of  the  fact,  will  make  the  report. 

82.  Inventories  of  the  effects  of  deceased  officers,  as  required  by  the 
125th  Article  of  War,  will  be  transmitted  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army.    If  legal  representatives  take  possession  of  the  effects  the  fact  will 
be  stated  in  the  inventory. 

83.  If  there  be  no  legal  representatives  present  to  receive  the  effects,  a 
list  of  them  will  be  sent  to  the  nearest  relative  of  the  deceased.    At  the  end 


12  DECEASED  OFFICERS COLLEGE  DETAILS. 

of  two  months,  if  not  called  for,  they  will  be  sold  at  auction  and  accounted 
for  as  in  the  case  of  deceased  soldiers,  except  that  swords,  watches,  trinkets, 
and  similar  articles  will  be  labeled  with  the  name,  rank,  regiment,  and  date 
of  death  of  the  owner,  and  sent  through  the  Adjutant-General  to  the  Audi- 
tor for  the  War  Department  for  the  benefit  of  the  heirs. 

84.  On  the  death  of  an  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  or  funds,  his 
commanding  officer  will  appoint  a  board  of  survey,  which  will  inventory 
the  same,  and  make  the  customary  returns  therefor,  stating  accurately 
amounts  and  condition.     These  the  commanding  officer  will  forward  to  the 
chiefs  of  the  bureaus  to  which  the  property  or  funds  pertain,  and  he  will 
designate  an  officer  to  take  charge  of  such  property  or  funds  until  orders  in 
the  case  are  received  from  the  proper  authority. 

85.  The  remains  of  officers  killed  in  action,  or  who  die  when  on  duty 
in  the  field  or  at  military  posts,  or  when  traveling  under  orders,  will  be 
decently  inclosed  in  coffins,  and  unless  claimed  by  relatives  or  friends,  will 
be  transported  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  the  nearest  military 
post  or  national  cemetery  for  burial.     The  expense  of  transporting  the 
remains  is  payable  from  the  appropriation  for  Army  transportation  ;  other 
expenses  of  burial  are  limited  to  $75.    If  buried  at  the  place  of  death,  the 
fact  will  be  reported  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

DETAILS  TO  COLLEGES. 

86.  Officers  of  the  Army  may  be  detailed  to  act  as  superintendents  or 
professors  of  established  military  institutes,  seminaries  or  academies,  col- 
leges or  universities.     Officers  desiring  such  details  may  apply  to  the  Adju- 
tant-General of  the  Army  through  regular  channels. 

87.  Officers  serving  with  light  batteries,  regimental  staff  officers,  officers 
who  have  served  less  than  five  years  in  the  Army  or  less  than  three  years 
with  their  regiments  or  corps,  those  who  have  recently  completed  a  tour 
of  detached  duty,  and  officers  on  duty  as  instructors  or  students  at  the 
service  schools  will  not  be  eligible, 

88.  A  retired  officer  may,  at  his  own  request,  be  detailed  for  this  duty, 
or  he  may  arrange  to  serve  at  a  college  without  detail  from,  or  reference 
to,  the  War  Department. 

89.  No  detail  will  be  made  to  any  college  or  university  unless  the  officer 
is  acceptable  to  the  authorities  of  the  institution. 

90.  Instructions  to  officers  detailed  under  paragraph  86,  and  regulations 
concerning  applications  for  officers,  apportionment  of  details,  and  the  issue 
of  the  ordnance  stores  authorized  by  law,  will  be  furnished  by  the  War 
Department. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

THE  POST  NONCOMMISSIONED  STAFF. 

91.  The  post  noncommissioned  staff  consists  of  ordnance,  commissary, 
and  post  quartermaster  sergeants.    They  are  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of 
War,  after  due  examination,   from  sergeants  in  the  line  of  the  Army; 
ordnance  sergeants  from  those  who  have  served  at  least  eight  years  in  the 
Army,  including  four  years  as  noncommissioned  officers,  and  who  are  less 


POST    NONCOMMISSIONED  STAFF.  13 

, 

than  45  years  of  age  ;  commissary  sergeq-nts,,  from  those  wht>  have  served 
five  years  in  the  Army,  including  three  years  as  noncommissioned  officers ; 
post  quartermaster- sergeants,  from  those  who  have  served  four  years  in  the 
Army. 

92.  An  application  for  appointment  must  be  in  the  handwriting  of  the 
applicant,  and  will  briefly  state  the  length  and  nature  of  his  military  serv- 
ice, and  for  what  time  and  in  what  organizations  he  has  served  as  a  non- 
commissioned officer.     The  company  commander  will  indorse  thereon  the 
character  of  the  applicant,  and  his  opinion  as  to  his  intelligence  and  fitness 
for  the  position.     The  application  so  indorsed  will  be  submitted  to  the  regi- 
mental commander,  who  will  forward  the  same,  with  his  remarks  as  to  the 
merits  of  the  applicant,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

93.  While  the  law  contemplates  in  these  appointments  the  better  preser- 
vation of  public  property  at  the  several  posts,  there  is  also  a  further  con- 
sideration— that  of  offering  a  reward  to  faithful  and  well-tried  sergeants, 
thus  giving  encouragement  to  deserving  soldiers  to  hope  for  substantial  pro- 
motion.    Colonels  and  captains  can  not  be  too  particular  in  investigating 
and  reporting  upon  the  character  and  qualifications  of  applicants. 

94.  Before  the  applicant  is  appointed  he  will  be  examined  by  a  board  of 
officers  convened  for  the  purpose  by  the  department  commander  under 
orders  from  the  Secretary  of  War. 

95.  Preliminary  to  the  examination  by  the  board,  the  applicant  will  be 
examined  by  a  medical  officer,  to  determine  whether  he  is  physically  fitted 
to  perform  all  duties  incident  to  the  position  sought. 

96.  The  examining  board  will  inquire  into,  and  report  upon,  the  age, 
character,  service,  and  physical  condition  of  the  applicant ;  upon  his  educa- 
tion, clerical  proficiency,  and  general  fitness  to  perform  the  duties  of  the 
position  sought ;  upon  his  knowledge  of  Army  Regulations  and  the  regula- 
tions of  the  department  which  he  seeks  to  enter. 

97.  Before  assignment  to  posts,  ordnance  sergeants  will  be  sent  to  arse- 
nals, when  practicable,  for  temporary  duty  and  instruction. 

9§.  The  stations  of  post  noncommissioned  staff  officers  will  be  designated 
by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

99.  A  sergeant  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  will  assist  the  officer 
of  his  department,  and  will  not  be  detailed  upon  any  service  that  will  inter- 
fere therewith.    If  the  necessities  of  the  service  require  such  detail,  the  post 
commander  will  note  the  fact,  with  reasons  therefor,  on  the  sergeant's 
monthly  personal  report. 

100.  A  sergeant  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  at  an  ungarrisoned 
post  or  station  will  be  responsible  for  the  property  of  his  own  department, 
and  for  such  other  property  as  may  be  intrusted  to  him  for  safe-keeping. 
For  all  public  property  committed  to  his  charge  he  will  account  to  the  heads 
of  the  staff  departments  concerned,  and  if  the  means  at  his  disposal  are  insuf- 
ficient for  its  preservation,  he  will  report  the  facts. 

101.  The  military  control  of  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  general 
staff  serving  at  posts  not  occupied  by  troops  is  vested  in  the  commander  of 
the  territorial  department  in  which  they  are  serving.    All  matters  relating 
to  them  as  soldiers  subject  to  military  command,  as  distinguished  from  the 
administrative  duties  imposed  upon  them  by  regulations  and  orders,  will, 


14      POST  NONCOMMISSIONED  STAFF DETACHED  SOLDIERS. 

except  in  cases  of  re-enlistment,  be  determined  at  department  headquarters, 
where  their  descriptive  lists  and  accounts  of  pay  and  clothing  will  be  kept. 
When  they  are  discharged  a  copy  of  the  descriptive  list,  upon  which  will  be 
noted  the  fact  of  discharge,  with  the  date,  place  and  cause,  and  the  character 
given  on  the  discharge  certificate,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army. 

102.  Each  sergeant  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  will   make  such 
personal  reports  as  may  be  required  by  the  head  of  the  staff  department  to 
which  he  belongs.     The  officer  under  whose  orders  he  is  serving  will  indorse 
on  each  report  his  opinion  of  the  manner  in  which  the  sergeant  has  performed 
his  duties,  and  the  post  commander  will  forward  the  report  direct  to  the 
chief  of  bureau.    If,  there  be  no  troops  at  the  post,  the  sergeant  will  for- 
ward the  report  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

103.  A  sergeant  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  may  be  re-enlisted, 
provided  he  shall  have  conducted  himself  properly  and  performed  his  duties 
in  a  satisfactory  manner.     If,  however,  his  commanding  officer  shall  not 
think  it  proper  to  make  the  re-enlistment,  he  will  communicate  his  reasons  to 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  in  time  to  receive  the  decision  of  the  War 
Department  before  the  sergeant's  discharge.    If  serving  at  an  ungarrisoned 
post,  application  for  re-enlistment  will  be  made  by  the  sergeant  to  the  Adju- 
tant-General of  the  Army,  through  department  headquarters.     One  of  the 
duplicate  re-enlistment  papers  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army ;  the  other  will  be  filed  at  the  sergeant's  station,  if  a  garrisoned 
post,  or  if  not,  at  the  headquarters  of  the  department  in  which  he  is  serv- 
ing. 

104.  Sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff,  though  liable  to  dis- 
charge for  inefficiency  or  misconduct,  will  not  be  reduced. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

DETACHED  SOLDIERS. 

105.  Enlisted  men  detached  from  their  companies  will  be  provided  with 
descriptive  lists  showing  the  pay  due  them,  the  condition  of  their  clothing 
allowances,  and  all  information  necessary  to  the  settlement  of  their  accounts 
with  the  Government  should  they  be  discharged.     When  it  can  be  avoided, 
the  descriptive  list  will  not  be  intrusted  to  the  soldier,  but  to  an  officer  or 
noncommissioned  officer,  under  whose  charge  he  may  be  serving,  or  it  may 
be  forwarded  by  mail.    The  immediate  commanding  officer  will  note  upon 
the  descriptive  lists  the  date  and  result  of  the  last  vaccination  of  each  soldier. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 

FURLOUGHS  TO  SOLDIERS. 

106.  Furloughs  in  the  prescribed  form  for  periods  of  twenty  days  may 
be  granted  to  enlisted  men  by  commanding  officers  of  posts,  or  by  regi- 
mental commanders,  if  the  companies  to  which  they  belong  are  under  their 
control.    A  furlough  will  not  be  granted  to  a  soldier  about  to  be  discharged. 

107.  Department  commanders  may  grant  furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  ser- 
geants of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  excepted,  for  two  months,  and  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army  for  four  months,  or  they  may  extend  to  such 
periods  furloughs  already  granted.    For  a  longer  period  than  four  months 
the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War  is  necessary.    Permission  to  delay 


FURLOUGHS TRANSFER    OF    ENLISTED    MEN.  15 

may  be  granted  to  enlisted  men  traveling  under  orders  as  authorized  for 
furloughs.  The  conditions  under  which  furloughs  to  soldiers  on  re-enlist- 
ment are  authorized  will  be  announced  from  time  to  time  in  orders. 

108.  Furloughs  to  sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff,  or  to 
enlisted  men  acting  as  such,  may  be  granted  as  follows :  By  a  post  comman- 
der for  seven  days  in  case  of  emergency  only ;  by  a  department  commander 
for  one  month.     Application  for  furlough  for  a  longer  period  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the  decision  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War. 

109.  Furloughs  will  not  be  granted  by  commanding  officers  permitting 
soldiers  to  go  beyond  the  limits  of  the  next  higher  command.     To  enable 
them  to  pass  such  limits  the  sanction  of  higher  authority  must  be  obtained 
and  indorsed  on  the  furloughs.     The  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War  must 
be  obtained  to  allow  an  enlisted  man  on  furlough  to  leave  the  United  States. 
The  limits  prescribed  will  be  stated  in  the  furlough,  and  if  exceeded,  it  may 
be  revoked  and  the  soldier  arrested.     A  company  commander  in  forwarding 
an  application  for  furlough  will  state  previous  absences  on  furlough,  and 
the  authority  therefor. 

110.  On  the  application  of  a  soldier  on  furlough,  made  at  the  nearest 
military  station  and  showing  clearly  the  urgency  of  his  case,  a  department 
commander  may  order  transportation  and  subsistence  to  be  furnished  to 
enable  him  to  rejoin  his  proper  station,  and  the  company  commander  will 
charge  the  cost  thereof  against  the  soldier's  pay  on  the  next  muster  and 
pay  roll,  in  accordance  with  paragraphs  1082  and  1277.     Tne  date  of  the 
application  will  be  entered  on  the  furlough. 

1 1 1.  A  soldier  who  has  returned  from  furlough  to  the  station  from  which 
furloughed,  his  company  having  in  his  absence  changed  station,  is  entitled 
to  transportation  at  the  expense  of  the  Government  to  the  new  station  of  his 
company. 

112.  Soldiers  on  furlough  will  not  take  with  them  their  arms  or  accoutre- 
ments, and  no  payments  will  be  made  to  them  without  authority  from  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 

TRANSFER  OF  ENLISTED  MEN. 

113.  Transfers  of  enlisted  men  will  be  made  for  cogent  reasons  only. 
They  will  be  effected  as  follows: 

1.  From  one  company  to  another  of  the  same  regiment,  not  involving 
change  of  station,  by  the  colonel.    In  cases  involving  change,  then  by  the 
colonel  with  the  consent  of  the  department  commander  if  change  of  station 
is  within  department  limits. 

2.  From  one  regiment  to  another,  and  between  companies  of  the  same 
regiment  serving  in  different  military  departments,  by  the  Commanding 
General  of  the  Army. 

3.  In  all  other  cases,  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

114.  A  transfer  will  take  effect  on  the  receipt  of  the  order  at  the  post 
where  the  soldier  is  serving,  and  a  descriptive  list  containing  the  date  of 
transfer  will  be  forwarded  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  company  or 
detachment  to  which  the  soldier  is  transferred, 


16  DESERTERS. 

ARTICLE  XIX. 

DESERTERS. 

115.  When  a  soldier  deserts,  a  board  of  survey  will  be  called  to  ascer- 
tain whether  he  has  lost  or  abstracted  any  articles  of  Government  prop- 
erty, and  if  so,  to  determine  the  money  value  of  the  same.     The  value  of 
the  articles  thus  found  to  be  missing  will  be  charged  against  the  deserter 
on  the  next  muster  and  pay-roll  of  his  company,  which  will  be  accom- 
panied by  a  copy  of  the  board's  report.    A  copy  of  so  much  of  the  proceed- 
ings as  relates  to  the  property  charged  on  any  roll  will  accompany  the 
return  to  which  the  property  pertains.     The  board  will  also  fully  investi- 
gate the  circumstances  attending  desertion,  especially  the  causes  which 
induced  it,  and  make  a  separate  report  in  each  case  of  its  investigation  and 
conclusions  thereon,  which  will  be  transmitted  to  department  headquarters 
through  intermediate  channels. 

116.  Department  commanders  will  carefully  consider  the  special  reports 
made  in  accordance  with  the  foregoing  paragraph,  and  on  or  before  the  1st 
of  August  of  each  year,  forward  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
reports  of  the  desertions  which  have  occurred  within  their  commands 
during  the  preceding  fiscal  year,  with  an  expression  of  their  views  as  to  the 
causes  of  the  same  and  the  measures  which  should  be  taken  to  prevent  their 
recurrence.     Gommanders  of  posts  and  officers  in  charge  of  recruiting  sta- 
tions will  take  prompt  action  to  arrest  all  deserters  amenable  to  trial  and 
punishment. 

117.  Deserters  received  at  recruiting  stations,  if  physically  fit  for  service, 
will  be  sent  at  once  to  such  military  post  as  the  commander  of  the  depart- 
ment in  which  the  arrest  or  delivery  is  made  may  designate,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  recruit  deserters  and  deserters  physically  disqualified  for  service 
will  be  held  at  the  recruiting  stations,  and  direct  telegraphic  report  made 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  with  request  for  instructions.     The 
necessary  transportation  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment. 

118.  Soldiers  deserting  from  and  deserters  received  at  a  post  other  than 
the  station  of  the  companies  or  detachments  to  which  they  belong  will  be 
reported  by  the  commanding  officer  of  such  post  to  the  commanding  officers 
of  their  companies  or  detachments. 

119.  When  a  report  is  received  of  the  apprehension  or  surrender  of  a 
deserter  at  a  post  other  than  the  station  of  his  company,  his  company  com- 
mander will  immediately  forward  his  descriptive  list  and  account  of  pay 
and  clothing  to  the  officer  making  the  report. 

1 2O.  When  a  deserter  surrenders  or  is  delivered  at  a  military  post  the 
post  commander  will  cause  immediate  inquiry  to  be  made  in  regard  to 
dates  of  enlistment  and  desertion,  and  if  these  indicate  that  trial  is  barred 
by  law,  and  the  deserter  claims  to  have  been  within  the  limits  of  the  United 
States  during  two  years  of  his  absence  in  desertion  and  there  is  no  attaina- 
ble evidence  in  disproof  thereof,  will  require  him  to  file  an  affidavit  assert- 
ing his  claim,  will  immediately  set  him  at  liberty  with  instructions  to  apply 
by  letter  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  a  "deserter's  release," 
and  will  then  report  his  action  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  trans- 
mitting with  the  report  the  affidavit  above  mentioned. 


DESERTERS.  17 

121.  An  enlisted  man  apprehended  or  surrendering  as  a  deserter,  and 
whose  trial  for  desertion  is  not  barred  by  the  statute  of  limitations,  will  be 
examined  by  a  medical  officer  at  the  post  where  he  is  received,  and  a  report 
of  this  examination  will  be  forwarded  to  department  headquarters.  If,  on 
account  of  disease,  age,  or  other  permanent  disability,  the  man  is  found  unfit 
for  service,  the  report,  with  the  department  commander's  recommendation 
thereon,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  If  the 
examination  shows  that  the  man  is  fit  for  service,  the  department  com- 
mander will  bring  him  to  trial,  or  restore  him  to  duty  without  trial,  as  the 
interests  of  the  Government  may  dictate. 


Whenever  a  desertion  occurs  at  a  post,  the  commanding  officer  will 
cause  a  number  of  descriptive  lists  of  the  deserter  to  be  prepared  on  the 
special  form  prescribed.  Copies  of  this  list  will  be  sent  at  once  to  such 
marshals,  sheriffs,  and  police  officers  as  the  commanding  officer  may  deem 
proper  ;  also  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  any  recruiting  station  at  or  near 
the  deserter's  place  of  enlistment,  who  will  distribute  them  to  the  best 
advantage  among  civil  officers  in  that  vicinity  authorized  by  existing  law 
to  summarily  arrest  deserters  from  the  Army. 

123.  A  post  commander  will  promptly  notify  the  surgeon  of  every  deser- 
tion from  his  command,  giving  the  full  name,  company,  and  regiment  of 
the  deserter,  with  dates  of  enlistment  and  desertion,  and  the  surgeon  will 
at  once  report  the  case  to  the  Surgeon-General  direct.    When  there  is  no 
surgeon  on  duty  at  the  post,  the  post  commander  will  make  the  report  to 
the  Surgeon-General.     Blanks  for  this  purpose  will  be  furnished  by  the 
Medical  Department. 

124.  A  reward  of  $10  will  be  paid  to  any  civil  officer  having  the  proper 
authority  for  the  apprehension  and  delivery  to  the  proper  military  author- 
ities at  a  military  station  (or  at  some  convenient  point  as  near  thereto  as 
can  be  agreed  upon)  of  any  deserter  from  the  military  service,  except  such 
as  can  claim  exemption  from  trial  under  the  statute  of  limitations.     This 
reward  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  and  will  be  in  full 
satisfaction    of  all  expenses  for   arresting,  keeping,   and  delivering  the 
deserter.     The  payment  will  be  reported  to  the  commander  of  the  company 
or  detachment  to  which  the  deserter  belongs. 

125.  When  enlisted  men  are  sent  in  pursuit  of  a  deserter,  the  expenses 
necessarily  incurred  will  be  paid  whether  he  be  apprehended  or  not,  and 
will  be  reported  as  in  payment  of  rewards.    Should  a  written  order  be  issued 
for  this  duty  and  a  transportation  request  be  furnished  the  party  in  pursuit, 
the  name,  rank,  company,  and  regiment  of  the  deserter  will  be  stated  in  the 
order  and  also  noted  on  the  request. 

126.  Rewards  or  expenses  paid  for  apprehending  a  deserter,  and  the 
expenses  incurred  in  transporting  him  from  point  of  apprehension,  delivery, 
or  surrender  to  the  station  of  his  company  or  detachment,  or  to  the  place  of 
his  trial,  including  the  cost  of  transportation  of  the  guard,  will  be  set 
against  his  pay  upon  conviction  of  desertion  by  a  court-martial,  or  upon  his 
restoration  to  duty  without  trial.     A  soldier  convicted  by  a  court-martial  of 
absence  without  leave  will  be  charged  with  the  expense  incurred  in  trans- 
porting him  to  his  proper  station.     The  transportation  and  subsistence  of 
witnesses  will  not  be  charged  against  a  deserter. 

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18  DESERTERS. 

127.  If  a  soldier  be  brought  to  trial  under  a  charge  of  desertion  and 
acquitted,  or  convicted  of  absence  without  leave  only,  or  if  the  sentence  be 
disapproved  by  proper  authority,  any  amount  paid  as  a  reward  for  his  arrest 
will  not  be  stopped  against  his  pay  unless,  in  case  of  conviction  of  absence 
without  leave,  the  sentence  of  the  court  shall  so  direct. 

12§.  A  reward  of  $10  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
for  the  capture  and  delivery  at  any  military  post  of  an  escaped  general 
prisoner.  This  amount  will  be  in  full  for  all  expenses  incurred  in  capture 
and  delivery.  The  payment  will  be  reported  to  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  post  from  which  the  prisoner  escaped,  and  this  officer  will  inform  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  of  the  date  of  escape  and  the  date  and  place 
of  capture. 

129.  Deserters  will  be  brought  to  trial  with  the  least  practicable  delay. 
While  awaiting  trial  they  will  receive  no  pay,  and  will  be  required  to  wear 
the  clothes  worn  at  the  time  of  arrest,  unless  it  should  be  imperative  to  issue 
other  clothing,  when,  as  far  as  practicable,  only  deserters'  or  other  unserv- 
iceable clothing  will  be  issued. 

130.  The  clothing  abandoned  by  a  deserter  will  be  turned  over  to  the 
quartermaster  with  a  certificate  from  the  company  or  detachment  com- 
mander showing  its  condition  and  the  name  of  the  deserter  to  whom  it 
belonged.    All  other  personal  effects  of  a  deserter  will  be  disposed  of  as  in 
the  case  of  unclaimed  effects  of  deceased  soldiers. 

131.  A  deserter  will  make  good  the  time  lost  by  desertion,  unless  dis- 
charged by  competent  authority.    He  will  be  considered  again  in  service 
upon  his  return  to  military  control ;  but  if  a  deserter  enlists  while  in  deser- 
tion, his  services  under  such  unlawful  enlistment  will  not  be  counted  as 
making  good  any  of  the  time  lost  by  desertion. 

132.  A  deserter  will  not  be  restored  to  duty  without  trial,  except  by 
authority  competent  to  order  his  trial.    Such  restoration  does  not  remove 
the  charge  of  desertion,  nor  relieve  the  soldier  from  any  of  the  forfeitures 
attached  to  that  offense.    He  must  make  good  the  time  lost  by  desertion, 
refund  the  reward  and  expenses  paid  for  apprehension  and  delivery,  and 
forfeit  pay  while  absent. 

133.  An  enlisted  man  who  absents  himself  from  his  post  or  company 
without  authority  will  forfeit  all  pay  and  allowances  accruing  during  such 
absence,  and  upon  conviction  by  court-martial  make  good  the  time  lost. 
!No  man  will  be  reported  a  deserter  until  after  the  expiration  of  ten  days 
(should  he  remain  away  that  length  of  time ) ,  unless  the  company  commander 
has  conclusive  evidence  of  the  absentee's  intention  not  to  return  ;  but  com- 
manding officers  will  take  steps  to  apprehend  soldiers  absent  without  leave 
as  soon  as  that  fact  is  reported.    Should  the  soldier  not  return,  or  not  be 
apprehended,  within  the  time  named,  his  desertion  will  date  from  the  com- 
mencement of  the  unauthorized  absence.    An  absence  without  leave  of  less 
than  one  day  will  not  be  noted  upon  the  muster  and  pay  rolls. 

134.  Soldiers  not  charged  with  crime,  discovered  to  be  deserters  from  the 
INavy  or  Marine  Corps,  will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  of  the  Army.    In  such 
cases,  reports  with  descriptive  lists  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  by  the  proper  commanding  officer,  who  will  hold  the 
men  in  confinement  without  pay,  awaiting  instructions  regarding  their  dis- 
position.   Deserters  from  the  Navy  will  not  be  received  at  military  posts. 


RETIREMENT   OF   ENLISTED   MEN.  19 

ARTICLE  XX. 

RETIREMENT  OF  ENLISTED  MEN. 

1 35.  When  an  enlisted  man  shall  have  served  as  such  for  thirty  years, 
either  in  the  Army  or  the  Marine  Corps  and  the  Army,  he  may  apply  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  retirement.     Upon  the  approval  of  the 
application  an  order  will  be  issued  from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office  trans- 
ferring him  to  the  retired  list  and  directing  that  transportation  in  kind  to 
his  home  and  commutation  of  subsistence  during  necessary  travel  be  given 
him.    Length  of  war  service  (both  enlisted  and  commissioned)  with  the 
Army  in  the  field,  or  with  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  in  active  service 
(either  as  volunteer  or  regular)  during  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  will  be 
doubled  in  computing  the  thirty  years  necessary  to  entitle  him  to  be  retired. 

136.  Upon  receipt  of  the  order  for  retirement,  the  soldier's  immediate 
commanding  officer  will  furnish  him  with  final  statements,  closing  his 
accounts  of  pay,  deposits,  and  all  allowances  other  than  those  of  travel,  as 
of  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  ;  he  will  forward  to  the  Adjutant  - 
General  of  the  Army  a  descriptive  list  (in  duplicate) ,  noting  thereon  the 
fact  that  final  statements  have  been  given,  the  re-enlistment  or  the  continu- 
ous-service pay  per  month  for  which  the  soldier  was  last  mustered,  and  his 
post-office  address  for  the  next  thirty  days.     The  descriptive  list  will  bear 
the  soldier's  signature,  or,  if  he  can  not  write,  a  statement  to  that  effect. 
The  final  statements  and  descriptive  lists  must  state  the  date  to  which  sub- 
sistence has  been  furnished,  also  whether  subsistence  while  traveling  home 
has  been  furnished,  and,  if  so,  for  what  dates.     A  discharge  certificate  will 
not  be  given,  but  the  soldier  will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  of  his  command 
with  appropriate  explanatory  remarks.    The  Pay  Department  will  be  notified 
and  furnished  with  the  soldier's  signature,  as  in  case  of  discharge. 

137.  On  the  last  day  of  every  calendar  month  each  retired  enlisted  man 
will  report  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  his  post-office  address. 
Blank  forms  for  personal  reports  and  pay  accounts,  with  official  penalty 
envelopes,  will  be  furnished  retired  enlisted  men  upon  application  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

138.  The  authorized  pay  and  allowances  of  retired  enlisted  men  will  be 
paid  them  monthly  by  the  Pay  Department.     Their  pay  will  be  three-fourths 
of  the  monthly  pay  allowed  them  by  law  in  the  grade  held  when  retired, 
including  re-enlisted  and  continuous-service  pay  then  received.    No  deduc- 
tion will  be  made  except  the  monthly  tax  of  12$  cents  for  support  of  the 
Soldiers'  Home.     They  are  not  entitled  to  commutation  for  fuel  or  quarters, 
but  will  receive  commutation  for  subsistence  and  clothing  as  follows : 

For  subsistence. — At  the  rate  of  22$  cents  per  day. 

For  clothing. — Three-fourths  of  the  average  annual  allowance  prescribed 
in  orders  for  an  entire  enlistment  in  the  grade  from  which  retired,  one- 
twelfth  of  such  amount  to  be  paid  monthly.  The  allowance  of  clothing  to 
chief  musicians  is  the  same  as  that  to  quartermaster-sergeants. 

139.  The  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  will  furnish  a  descriptive  list  to 
each  enlisted  man  on  the  retired  list,  who  will  forward  the  same  at  the  end 
of  each  calendar  month,  with  pay  accounts  signed  in  duplicate,  to  such 
paymaster  as  the  chief  paymaster  of  the  department  in  which  the  soldier 


20  RETIREMENT DISCHARGES. 

resides  may  designate.  The  paymaster  will  note  the  fact  of  payment  on  the 
descriptive  list.  If  the  soldier  can  not  write,  his  mark  should  be  witnessed 
by  a  commissioned  officer,  if  practicable ;  otherwise  by  some  well-known 
person,  preferably  the  postmaster  of  his  place  of  residence. 

ARTICLE  XXI. 

DISCHARGES.    CERTIFICATES  OF  DISABILITY. 

DISCHARGES. 

140.  An  enlisted  man  will  not  be  discharged  before  the  expiration  of  his 
term  except: 

1.  By  order  of  the  President  or  Secretary  of  War. 

2.  By  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial. 

3.  On  certificate  of  disability,  by  direction  of  the  commander  of  a  terri- 
torial department  or  army  in  the  field  ;  but  when  the  disability  of  a  soldier 
is  caused  by  disease  contracted  before  enlistment,  or  by  his  own  misconduct 
or  bad  habits,  discharge  will  be  ordered  only  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

4.  In  compliance  with  an  order  of  one  of  the  United  States  courts,  or  a 
justice  or  a  judge  thereof,  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus. 

141.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged,  his  company  commander  will 
furnish  him  with  final  statements  in  duplicate  or  a  full  statement  in  writing 
of  the  reasons  why  such  final  statements  are  not  furnished.    Final  state- 
ments will  not  be  furnished  a  soldier  who  has  forfeited  all  pay  and  allow- 
ances and  has  no  deposits  nor  detained  pay  due  him.    When  the  discharge 
is  made  on  certificate  of  disability,  the  ascertained  disability  as  recited  in  the 
certificate  must  be  give  a  in  the  final  statements  as  the  reason  or  cause  for 
discharge. 

142.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  by  expiration  of  service  his 
discharge  will  take  effect  on  the  last  day  thereof;  i.  e.,  if  enlisted  on  the 
second  day  of  the  month  his  term  will  expire  on  the  first  day  of  the  same 
month  in  the  last  year  of  his  term  of  enlistment. 

143.  Discharge  certificates  will  not  be  made  in  duplicate.    Upon  satis- 
factory proof  of  the  loss  of  a  discharge,  or  of  its  destruction  without  the  fault 
of  the  party  entitled  to  it,  the  War  Department  may  issue  to  such  party  a 
certificate  of  service,  showing  date  of  enlistment  in  and  discharge  from  the 
Army  and  character  given  on  discharge  certificate.    Discharge  certificates 
must  not  be  forwarded  to  the  War  Department  in  correspondence  unless 
called  for. 

144.  In  time  of  peace,  a  soldier  serving  in  the  second  year  or  first  six 
months  of  the  third  year  of  his  first  enlistment  may  apply  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  through  military  channels,  for  the  privilege  of  purchas- 
ing his  discharge,  but  such  application  will  not  be  entertained  unless  based 
on  satisfactory  reasons  fully  set  forth  by  the  applicant  and  verified  by  the 
officer  forwarding  the  application,  nor  unless  accompanied  by  a  statement 
of  the  soldier's  immediate  commanding  officer  showing  the  condition  of 
his  accounts.     If  such  application  be  granted,  the  purchase  price  will  be 
entered  on  the  final  statements  as  an  item  due  the  United  States.    A  soldier 
once  discharged  by  purchase  will  not  be  granted  that  favor  a  second  time. 
A  soldier  serving  in  a  second  or  any  other  enlistment,  but  not  receiving  con- 
tinuous service  or  re-enlisted  pay,  is  not  debarred  from  discharge  by  purchase. 


DISCHARGES.  21 

The  price  of  purchase  in  the  first  month  of  the  second  year  will  be  $120, 
and  will  be  $5  less  in  each  succeeding  month  of  the  period  during  which 
purchase  may  be  authorized. 

145.  Enlisted  men  who  have  served  meritoriously  twelve  years  or  more, 
continuously  or  otherwise,  will  be  classified  as  veteran  soldiers.     If  it  be  for 
their  material  benefit,  discharge  may  be  granted  them  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  by  way  of  favor  as  veterans.    A  soldier  once  discharged  as  a  veteran 
will  not  be  discharged  again  by  way  of  favor. 

146.  Soldiers  discharged  as  provided  in  paragraphs  144  and  145  will  not 
receive  travel  allowances. 

147.  Transcripts  from  records  of  civil  courts  need  not  accompany  appli- 
cations for  discharge  of  enlisted  men  sentenced  to  imprisonment  by  such 
courts.    The  official  statement  of  the  company  commander  to  that  effect  is 
sufficient. 

148.  The  cause  of  discharge  and  the  soldier's  age  at  its  date  will  be 
stated  in  the  body  of  the  discharge  certificate.    His  character  will  be  accu- 
rately described  at  the  bottom  of  the  certificate,  but  if  not  sufficiently  good 
to  allow  of  his  re-enlistment,  that  portion  of  the  certificate  relating  to  his 
character  will  be  cut  off.    The  words  "  Service  honest  and  faithful,"  or 
"  Service  not  honest  and  faithful,"  as  the  case  may  be,  will  be  entered  under 
"  Remarks  "  in  the  military  record  on  the  back  of  the  discharge  certificate, 
and  will  also  be  noted  on  the  final  statements.     The  company  commander 
will,  before  submitting  the  discharge  certificate  to  the  proper  officer  for 
signature,  inform  the  soldier  of  the  character  he  intends  to  give  him. 
Should  the  soldier  feel  that  injustice  will  be  done  him  thereby  he  may  at 
once  apply  for  redress  to  the  post  commander,  who  will  immediately  con- 
vene a  board  of  officers  to  determine  the  facts  in  the  case,  and  will  briefly 
note  the  finding  of  the  board,  if  approved  by  him,  on  the  discharge  certifi- 
cate.   But  in  all  cases  where  the  company  commander  deems  a  soldier's 
services  unfaithful,  he  should  whenever  practicable  notify  the  soldier  at 
least  thirty  days  prior  to  discharge  of  the  character  which  he  intends  to  give, 
in  order  that  the  soldier  may  have  ample  opportunity  to  apply  for  and  be 
heard  before  the  board.    In  such  cases  the  proceedings  of    the  board, 
showing  all  the  facts  pertinent  to  the  inquiry,  with  the  views  of  the  inter- 
mediate commanders  indorsed  thereon,  will  be  transmitted  for  the  consid- 
eration and  action  of  the  War  Department.    This  board  may  be  called  upor 
the  application  of  the  post  or  company  commander,  and  if  by  the  former 
the  department  commander  shall  appoint  it.     The  character  given  by  the 
company  commander,  also  the  character  found  by  the  board,  will  be  noted 
on  the  muster-roll.    The  officer  who  prepares  the  discharge  will  state  thereon 
whether  the  man  is  married  or  unmarried,  the  number  of  his  minor  chil- 
dren, and,  if  discharged  from  a  re-enlistment,  the  number  thereof. 

149.  If  a  soldier  be  discharged  while  absent  from  his  company,  the  date, 
place,  and  cause  thereof  will  be  reported  to  his  company  commander  by  the 
officer  giving  the  discharge,  and  this  report  will  be  accompanied  by  a  com- 
plete descriptive  list. 

150.  In  order  to  prevent  payment  on  fraudulent  discharge  papers,  the 
officer  who  prepares  the  final  statements  of  a  soldier  will,  shortly  before  his 
discharge,  send  to  the  paymaster  to  whom  the  soldier  may  wish  to  apply  for 
payment,  a  notification  in  his  own  handwriting,  stating  therein  the  date  of 
last  payment  to  the  soldier  and  his  credits  and  debits,  both  in  words  and 


22  DISCHARGES CERTIFICATES    OF    DISABILITY. 

figures.  The  officer  will  also  send  the  soldier's  signature,  or  will  report  that 
the  soldier  can  not  write  his  name.  This  notification  will  not  be  given  to 
the  soldier,  but  will  be  sent  by  mail,  so  as  to  reach  the  paymaster  before  the 
soldier  can  report  for  payment.  The  officer  issuing  the  final  statements  will 
inform  the  discharged  soldier,  in  writing,  of  the  name  and  location  of  the 
paymaster  to  whom  he  shall  apply  for  payment,  and  at  the  same  time  send 
the  required  notification  to  the  designated  paymaster. 

151.  Blank  forms  for  discharge  and  final  statements  will  be  furnished  by 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and  will  be  retained  in  the  personal  cus- 
tody of   company  commanders ;  those  for  discharge  will  be  of  three  classes : 
For  honorable  and  for  dishonorable  discharge,  and  for  discharge  without 
honor.     They  will  be  used  as  follows: 

1.  The  parchment  discharge  blank,  for  honorable  discharge  only,  and  the 
word  "honorably  "  will  be  interlined  in  the  old  blanks  when  used. 

2.  The  blank  for  dishonorable  discharge,  for  such  discharge  alone. 

3.  The  blank  for  discharge  without  honor,  when  a  soldier  is  discharged  : 
(a)  Without  trial,  on  account  of  fraudulent  enlistment. 

(6)  Without  trial,  on  account  of  having  become  disqualified  for  service, 
physically  or  in  character,  through  his  own  fault. 

(c)  On  account  of  imprisonment  under  sentence  of  a  civil  court. 

(d)  On  account  of  being,  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment,  in 
confinement  under  the  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial  which  does  not 
provide  for  dishonorable  discharge. 

(e)  With  forfeiture  of  retained  pay  on  the  approved  finding  of  a  board 
that  he  has  not  served  honestly  and  faithfully. 

(/)  When  discharge  without  honor  is  specially  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  for  any  other  reason. 

152.  A  dishonorable  discharge  from  the  service  is  a  complete  expulsion 
from  the  Army,  and  covers  all  unexpired  enlistments. 

153.  When  transportation  in  kind  is  furnished  a  discharged  soldier  to 
enable  him  to  reach  a  paymaster,  the  quartermaster  will  note  on  the  final 
statements  that  "transportation  in  kind  from—      -  to  -         "  has  been 
furnished,  stating  the  cost  when  it  can  be  ascertained  by  him.     If  transpor- 
tation be  furnished  to  a  soldier  discharged  at  the  place  of  his  enlistment,  to 
enable  hiua  to  reach  a  paymaster,  the  cost  thereof,  which  will  be  ascertained 
And  noted  on  the  final  statements,  will  be  deducted. 

CERTIFICATES  OF  DISABILITY. 

154.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  permanently  unfitted  for  military  service 
because  of  wounds  or  disease,  he  should,  if  practicable,  be  discharged  on 
certificate  of  disability  before  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  service  in  which 
the  disability  was  incurred.    Blank  forms  will  be  furnished  by  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army,  and  the  directions  thereon  will  be  strictly  complied 
with. 

155.  When  physical  disability  does  not  appear  to  be  permanent,  was 
incurred  in  line  of  duty,  and  benefit  may  be  expected  from  a  change  of  cli- 
mate, a  report  of  the  case  will  be  forwarded  for  the  action  of  the  Command- 
ing General  of  the  Army.     The  soldier  will  not  be  transferred  to  another 
company.    In  cases  likely  to  be  benefited  by  treatment  in  the  Army  and 
Navy  General  Hospital  at  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  the  application  required  by 
the  regulations  for  admission  thereto  will  be  made.    A  record  of  cases 


CERTIFICATES    OF    DISABILITY DECEASED    SOLDIERS.        23 

transferred  under  the  foregoing  provisions,  with  a  report  of  results,  will 
be  forwarded  to  the  Surgeon-General  at  the  end  of  each  calendar  year. 

156.  When  an  application  for  discharge  is  approved,  the  post  or  regi- 
mental commander  will  furnish  to  the  surgeon  by  whom  the  certificate  was 
given,  or  to  the  senior  surgeon  of  the  command  to  which  the  soldier  was 
attached  at  the  time  of  his  discharge,  a  letter  setting  forth  the  full  name 
and  rank  of  the  soldier,  the  company  and  regiment  to  which  he  belonged, 
the  date  of  discharge,  and  the  cause  thereof  as  stated  in  the  certificate. 
The  surgeon,  having  made  a  true  copy  of  the  letter  for  the  completion  of 
his  own  records,  will  forward  the  original  to  the  Surgeon-General  direct. 

157.  When  there  is  a  probable  case  for  pension,  special  care  will  be  taken 
to  state  in  the  certificate  the  degree  of  disability,  to  describe  particularly  the 
disability,  wound,  or  disease,  the  extent  to  which  it  deprives  the  soldier  of 
the  use  of  any  limb  or  faculty,  or  affects  his  health,  strength,  activity,  con- 
stitution, or  capacity  to  labor. 

ARTICLE  XXII. 

DECEASED  SOLDIERS. 

158.  When  a  soldier  is  killed  in  action,  or  dies  at  any  post,  hospital,  or 
station,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  his  immediate  commander  to  secure  his 
effects  and  to  prepare  the  inventory  required  by  the  126th  Article  of  War, 
according  to  prescribed  form.     Duplicates  of  the  inventory,  with  final  state- 
ments, will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

159.  Should  the  effects  of  a  deceased  soldier  not  be  claimed  within  30 
days,  they  will  be  sold  by  a  council  of  administration  under  the  authority 
of  the  post  commander,  and  the  proceeds  transferred  to  the  commander  of 
the  company  to  which  the  deceased  belonged,  by  whom  they  will  be  deposited 
with  a  paymaster  to  the  credit  of  the  United  States.    Duplicate  receipts  will 
be  taken,  one  of  which  will  be  sent  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army  and  the  other  retained  with  the  company  records. 

160.  In  all  cases  of  sale  by  a  council  of  administration,  a  detailed  state- 
ment of  the  proceeds,  duly  certified  by  the  council  and  commanding  officer, 
will  accompany  the  paymaster's  receipt  forwarded  by  the  company  com- 
mander to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.    The  statement  will  be 

indorsed :  ' '  Report  of  the  proceeds  of  the  effects  of  -  ,  late  of 

company , regiment  of ,  who  died  at  —    — ,  the  day 

of , ." 

161.  The  effects  will  be  delivered,  when  called  for,  to  the  legal  representa- 
tives of  the  deceased,  and  the  receipts  therefor  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army.    Applications  for  arrears  of  pay  and  proceeds  of  sale 
of  effects  of  deceased  soldiers  should  be  addressed  to  the  Auditor  for  the 
War  Department,  Washington,  D.  C.,  who  settles  such  accounts. 

162.  The  remains  of   deceased  soldiers  will  be  decently  inclosed  in 
coffins  and  transported  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  the  nearest 
military  post  or  national  cemetery  for  burial,  unless  the  commanding  officer 
deem  burial  at  the  place  of  death  to  be  proper,  when  a  report  of  the  fact  will 
be  made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.     The  expense  of  transporting 
the  remains  is  payable  from  the  appropriation  for  Army  transportation ; 
other  expenses  of  burial  are  limited  to  $15  for  noncommissioned  officers  and 
$10  for  private  soldiers. 


24  WORKING   PARTIES EXTRA   AND    SPECIAL   DUTY. 

ARTICLE  XXIII. 

WORKING  PARTIES.    EXTRA  AND  SPECIAL  DUTY  MEN. 

163.  Troops  will  not  be  employed  in  labors  that  interfere  with  theii 
military  duties  except  in  cases  of  necessity. 

164.  Enlisted  men  detailed  to  perform  specific  services  which  remove 
them  temporarily  from  the  ordinary  duty  roster  of  the  organization  to  which 
they  belong  will  be  reported  on  extra  duty  if  receiving  increased  compensa- 
tion therefor,  otherwise,  on  special  duty.     They  will  not  be  placed  on  extra 
duty  except  as  bakers  or  to  perform  the  necessary  routine  services  in  the 
Quartermaster's  and  Subsistence  Departments,  without  the  sanction  of  the 
department  commander,  nor  will  they  be  employed  on  extra  duty  for  labor 
in  camp  or  garrison  which  can  be  properly  performed  by  fatigue  parties. 
Allotments  of  funds  for  payment  of  extra-duty  men  at  department  head- 
quarters and  depots  under  the  control  of  department  commanders  will  be 
made  only  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War.     Duty  of  a  military 
character  must  be  performed  without  extra  compensation. 

165.  Enlisted  men  detailed  by  name  on  extra  duty  under  competent 
authority  at  constant  labor  for  not  less  than  ten  days,  are  entitled  to  receive 
extra-duty  pay  at  the  following  rates:  For  services  as  mechanics,  artisans, 
and  school  teachers,  50  cents  per  day ;  as  bakers,  according  to  paragraph 
306 ;  as  overseers,  clerks,  teamsters,  laborers,  and  for  all  other  extra-duty 
services.  35  cents  per  day. 

166.  The  detail  of  a  noncommissioned  officer  on  extra  duty  other  than 
that  of  overseer  will  not  be  made  without  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of 
War.    A  noncommissioned  officer  will  not  be  detailed  on  any  duty  incon- 
sistent with  his  rank  and  position  in  the  military  service. 

167.  Noncommissioned  staff  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  several  staff 
departments  will  not  be  detailed  on  extra  duty  without  authority  from  the 
Secretary  of  War.     They  are  not  entitled  to  extra-duty  pay  for  services 
rendered  in  their  respective  departments. 

168.  Company  artificers,  farriers,  blacksmiths,  saddlers,  and  wagoners 
will  not  receive  extra-duty  pay  unless  detailed  on  extra  duty  in  the  Quarter- 
master's Department,  wholly  disconnected  from  their  companies. 

169.  Soldiers  on  extra  duty  will  be  paid  the  extra  rates  of  pay  allowed 
by  law  for  the  duty  performed,  and  for  the  exact  number  of  days  employed ; 
and  no  greater  number  of  men  will  be  employed  on  extra  duty  at  any  time 
than  can  be  paid  the  full  legal  rates  for  the  time  employed  from  the  funds 
provided.    Payments  made  in  violation  of  the  above  rules  will  be  charged 
against  the  officers  who  ordered  the  details. 

170.  Extra-duty  men  will  attend  the  weekly  and  monthly  inspections 
of  their  companies,  and  as  many  daily  drills  as  practicable.     Special-duty 
men,  except  noncommissioned  officers  in  charge  of  barracks  or  stables,  the 
cooks,  and  such  clerks  as  are  necessarily  excused  by  commanding  officers, 
will  attend  all  drills  and  inspections. 

171.  Extra-duty  men  will  be  held  to  such  hours  of  labor  as  maybe  expe- 
dient and  necessary;  but,  except  in  case  of  urgent  public  necessity,  as  in 
military  operations,  eight  hours  will  be  considered  a  day's  work.     For  all 
hours  employed  beyond  that  number,  the  soldier  will  receive  additional  com- 


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pensation — the  extra  hours  being  computed  as  fractions  of  a  day  of  eight 
hours'  duration. 

172.  Details  of  enlisted  men  for  extra  and  special  duty  will  be  limited  to 
actual  necessities,  which  will  be  determined  by  post  commanders  in  accord- 
ance with  limits  published  in  orders  from  the  War  Department.    Allot- 
ments to  posts  of  funds  for  extra-duty  pay  are  made  by  department  com- 
manders from  allotments  made  to  departments  for  the  purpose,  and  must 
not  be  exceeded  without  special  authority  from  department  commanders. 

ARTICLE  XXIV. 

SOLDIERS'  HOME. 

173.  An  honest  and  faithful  service  of  twenty  years  in  the  Army  entitles 
a  soldier  to  admission  to  the  Soldier's  Home,  Washington,  D.  C. 

174.  When  a  soldier,  by  reason  of  long  service,  or  disability  contracted 
in  the  line  of  duty,  desires  to  enter  the  Soldiers'  Home,  his  company  com- 
mander will  so  report,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army,  giving  all  the  details  necessary  for  a  full  understanding  of  the 
case,  including  the  date  of  each  enlistment,  with  company  and  regiment.    If 
the  soldier  be  physically  disabled,  the  report  will  be  accompanied  by  certifi- 
cates of  disability.     The  papers  will  be  referred  to  the  Board  of  Commission- 
ers of  the  Home,  and  if,  in  its  opinion,  the  soldier  is  entitled  to  become  an 
inmate,  the  necessary  authority  will  be  given  for  his  discharge  at  the  place 
where  he  is  serving.    He  may  then  proceed  to  Washington  and  report  to  the 
Board  of  Commissioners  for  admission  to  the  Home. 

175.  Transportation  to  the  Home  will  not  be  furnished  except  by  author- 
ity of  the  Secretary  of  War,  on  the  application  of  the  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners ;  and  in  such  cases  the  officers  who  pay  the  accounts  will  be  guided 
by  the  regulations  governing  the  payment  of  accounts  for  transportation 
of  persons  procuring  artificial  limbs,  as  prescribed  in  paragraphs  1467  to 
1471.  inclusive,  except  that  the  account  will  be  referred  to  the  Treasurer  of 
the  Soldiers'  Home  for  repayment. 

176.  Commanding  officers  will  not  order  the  issue  of  clothing  or  subsist- 
ence to  be  repaid  from  the  funds  of  the  Home. 

ARTICLE  XXV. 

MEDALS  OF  HONOR  AND  CERTIFICATES  OF  MERIT. 

177.  Medals  of  honor  will  be  awarded  by  the  President  to  officers  and 
enlisted  men  who  most  distinguish  themselves  in  action. 

1 78.  When  any  enlisted  man  of  the  Army  shall  have  distinguished  him- 
self in  the  service,  the  President  may  grant  him  a  certificate  of  merit,  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  or  chief  of  the 
corps  to  which  such  man  belongs. 

179.  Recommendations  for  a  certificate  of  merit  must  originate  with  an 
eyewitness,  preferably  the  immediate  commanding  officer.    "Each  case  will 
be  submitted  separately,  forwarded  through  the  regular  channels,  and  must 
be  favorably  indorsed  by  each  commander. 

180.  Extra  pay  at  the  rate  of  $2  per  month  from  the  date  of  the  distin- 
guished service  is  allowed  to  each  enlisted  man  to  whom  a  certificate  of 
merit  is  granted. 


26        VETERINARY    SURGEONS COMMANDING    GENERAL. 

181.  If  the  soldier  be  discharged  before  the  certificate  is  issued,  it  will 
be  retained  in  the  Adjutant-General's  Office  until  called  for,  when  proof 
of  the  identity  of  the  applicant  will  be  required.    Should  he  die  before 
receiving  his  certificate,  it  will  be  deposited  in  the  office  of  the  Auditor  for 
the  War  Department  for  the  benefit  of  his  heirs. 

ARTICLE  XXVI. 

VETERINARY  SURGEONS. 

182.  Veterinary  surgeons  are  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  on  the 
applications  of  regimental  commanders,  supported  by  requisite  proofs  of 
capacity  and  fitness. 

183.  A  veterinary  surgeon  has  the  rank  of  sergeant-major,  and  is  entitled 
to  the  same  allowances  in  kind,  of  quarters,  fuel  and  lights. 

184.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  veterinary  surgeon  to  visit  at  least  daily, 
all  sick  or  injured  animals  at  his  station,  and  to  recommend  such  treatment 
as  he  may  deem  proper.    He  will  have  access  to  the  stables  at  all  times. 
Upon  request  he  will  attend  such  authorized  private  horses  of  mounted 
officers  as  may  need  his  services. 

185.  The  veterinary  surgeon  will  instruct  company  farriers  in  the  proper 
care  of  the  horse.    In  this  he  will  give  especial  importance  to  the  anatomy 
and  pathology  of  the  foot,  showing  the  nature  and  uses  of  all  its  parts,  illus- 
trating the  subject  by  dissections  and  specimens.    He  will  also  teach  the 
principles  and  practice  of  horseshoeing.    For  the  purpose  indicated  he  will 
make  such  visits  of  instruction  to  companies  of  the  regiment  not  at  his 
station  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  by  the  regimental  commander. 

186.  Wherever  four  or  more  troops  of  cavalry  are  stationed,  a  suitable 
building  may  be  set  apart  as  a  veterinary  hospital. 

ARTICLE  XXVII. 

THE  COMMANDING  GENERAL  OF  THE  ARMY. 

1871.  The  military  establishment  is  under  the  orders  of  the  Commanding 
General  of  the  Army  in  that  which  pertains  to  its  discipline  and  military 
control.  The  fiscal  affairs  of  the  Army  are  conducted  by  the  Secretary  of 
War,  through  the  several  staff  departments. 

1 88.  All  orders  and  instructions  from  the  President  or  Secretary  of  War, 
relating  to  military  operations  or  affecting  the  military  control  and  disci- 
pline of  the  Army,  will  be  promulgated  through  the  Commanding  General. 

ARTICLE  XXVIII. 

TERRITORIAL  DEPARTMENTS. 

189.  Territorial    departments  are  established  and   their  commanders 
assigned  by  direction  of  the  President.    In  time  of  peace,  army  corps,  divi- 
sions, or  brigades  will  not  be  formed  except  for  purposes  of  instruction. 

190.  The  commander  of  a  department  commands  all  the  military  forces 
of  the  Government  within  its  limits,  whether  of  the  line  or  staff,  which 
are  not  specially  excepted  from  his  control  by  the  War  Department.    The 
Infantry  and  Cavalry  School  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  and  the  Cavalry 


TERRITORIAL    DEPARTMENTS.  27 

and  Light  Artillery  School  at  Fort  Riley,  Kans.,  in  matters  pertaining  to 
the  courses  of  instruction ;  the  Military  Academy ;  the  Artillery  School ; 
the  engineer  establishment  at  Willets  Point;  the  arsenals;  the  general 
depots  of  supply ;  the  general  service  recruiting  stations ;  such  permanent 
fortifications  as  may  be  in  process  of  construction  or  repair,  and  officers 
employed  on  special  duty  under  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  exempted  from 
the  supervision  of  department  commanders.  But  when  an  emergency^ 
demands  it,  all  military  men  and  material  within  the  limits  of  their  juris- 
diction come  under  their  control. 

191.  Purchasing  commissaries,  officers  on  duty  at  general  depots  of  sup- 
ply, and  others  indicated  in  the  preceding  paragraph,  whether  reporting  by 
letter  to  department  commanders  or  not,  are  subject  to  their  orders  for 
court-martial  or  other  duty  in  an  emergency  only;  and  officers  on  duty 
with  the  commands  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Fort  Monroe,  and  Fort  Riley  will 
not  be  detached  without  the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Com- 
manding General  of  the  Army. 

192.  A  department  commander  is  charged  with  the  administration  of  all 
the  military  affairs  of  his  department,  and  the  execution  of  all  orders  from 
higher  authority.     He  will  report  to  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army 
all  matters  relating  to  the  general  welfare  of  his  command,  including  such 
change  of  station  of  troops  as  he  may  deem  desirable,  but  will  obtain  the 
approval  of  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  before  ordering  the 
movement.    If  it  be  necessary  to  move  troops  to  meet  emergencies,  such 
movements,  and  all  the  circumstances  will  be  reported  at  the  earliest 
possible  moment. 

193.  Each  department  commander  will  inspect  the  troops  under  his 
command  at  least  once  each  year,  and  for  this  purpose  he  may  be  accom- 
panied by  one  officer  of  his  personal  or  the  department  staff.    He  will  assure 
himself  by  personal  examination  and  observation  that  all  officers  and  men 
under  his  control  are  efficient  in  the  performance  of  duty,  that  the  troops 
are  thoroughly  drilled  and  instructed  in  their  field  duties  and  tactical  exer- 
cises, that  supplies  are  properly  distributed,  that  proper  care  is  exercised  in 
the  purchase  and  preservation  of  public  property,  and  that  strict  economy 
is  exercised  in  all  public  expenditures.    In  his  annual  report  the  results 
of  these  inspections  will  be  summarized.    From  time  to  time  he  will  report, 
for  the  information  of  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  and  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,  the  names  of  any  and  all  officers  belonging  to  his  command 
who  are  believed  to  be  incompetent  or  permanently  unable,  from  any  cause, 
to  perform  all  the  duties  of  their  several  grades,  both  in  garrison  and  in 
active  service  ;  he  will  also  report  any  errors,  irregularities,  or  abuses  requir- 
ing the  action  of  higher  authority. 

194.  Department  commanders  are  expected  to  determine  controversies 
arising  within  the  limits  of  their  jurisdiction  and  decide  questions  referred 
to  them  on  appeal. 

195.  Although  a  department  commander  may  continue  to  discharge  the 
more  important  functions  of  his  command  while  beyond  its  territorial  lim- 
its, his  absence  therefrom  requires  the  sanction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  if  intending  to  leave  his  headquarters  for  an  absence  within  his  depart- 
ment, he  will  report  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  his  intention,  the 
duration  of,  and  his  address  during,  his  proposed  absence. 


28  DEPARTMENTS POSTS    AND    RESERVATIONS. 

196.  The  personal  staff  of  a  department  commander  will  consist  of  the 
authorized  aids.     The  department  staff  will  be  limited  to  the  officers  detailed 
by  the  Secretary  of  War  from  appropriate  staff  departments  or  corps,  or 
of  officers  of  the  line  detailed  by  the  same  authority  to  act  in  their  stead, 
and  their  official  designations  will  be  as  follows :  Adjutant-general,  chief 
quartermaster,  chief  commissary,  chief  surgeon,  chief  paymaster,  judge- 
.advocate,  and  artillery  inspector,  the  last  appointed  as  prescribed  in  para- 
graph 350 ;  also,  when  necessary,  an  engineer  officer,  an  ordnance  officer, 
and  a  signal  officer,  each  detailed  from  his  corps ;  but  when  any  of  these 
officers  are  not  assigned,  or  when  any  department  staff  officer  is  temporarily 
absent  or  disabled,  the  duties  of  his  position  will  be  performed  by  other 
members  of  the  department  or  personal  staff.     The  chief  quartermaster  and 
chief  commissary  will  each  have   charge  of  the  depot  of  his  department, 
at  the  place  where  headquarters  are  located,  and  will,  when  practicable, 
make  purchases.     The  chief  surgeon  will,  when  practicable,  perform  the 
duty  of  attending  surgeon.     The  chief  paymaster  will  make  a  proportion 
of  the  payments  in  the  command.     The  duties  prescribed  in  Small  Arms 
Firing  Regulations  for  the  inspector  of  small-arms  practice  will  be  per- 
formed by  an  aid  or  by  the  adjutant-general. 

197.  Funds  for  contingent  expenses  at  department  headquarters  are 
allotted  by  the  Secretary  of  War  and  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  adjutants- 
general.     The  amount  allotted  will  be  apportioned  by  the  department  com- 
mander to  the  officers  of  the  staff  corps  serving  at  his  headquarters  as  the 
interests  of  the  service  dictate,  and  the  adjutant-general  will  make  purchases 
and  expenditures  as  those  officers  request,  subject  to  the  written  approval 
of  the  department  commander.    Property  so  purchased  will  be  taken  up  on 
the  return  of  the  adjutant-general  and  transferred  to  the  staff  officers  con- 
cerned, who  will  give  duplicate  receipts  therefor,  and  it  will  then  be  dropped 
from  the  return  of  the  adjutant-general,  who  will  file  one  set  of  receipts  as 
retained  vouchers  and  send  the  other  to  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus  in 
which  the  staff  officers  are  serving.     On  June  30  of  each  year  all  officers 
who  have  purchased  or  receipted  for  such  property  will  make  return  there- 
for to  the  chiefs  of  their  respective  bureaus,  to  whose  satisfaction  expend- 
itures, losses,  etc.,  will  be  explained.    An  officer  accountable  for  such  prop- 
erty will  take  duplicate  receipts  therefor  when  relieved,  and  will  forward 
one  of  them  to  the  proper  chief  of  bureau  with  the  return  which  he  will 
then  render,  and  file  the  other  with  his  retained  papers. 

ARTICLE  XXIX. 

MILITARY  POSTS  AND  RESERVATIONS. 

POSTS. 

19§.  Permanent  military  posts  are  established  under  the  direction  of 
the  Secretary  of  War,  by  whom  their  names  will  be  designated. 

199.  Permanent  posts  will  be  styled  "Forts/'  and  points  occupied  tem- 
porarily by  troops,  "Camps." 

200.  The  commander  of  a  post  is  responsible  for  its  safety  and  defense, 
and  for  the  discipline,  drill,  and  tactical  instruction  of  his  command,  to 
which  ends  all  other  garrison  duties  will  be  made  subservient.    He  will  be 
responsible  for  the  preservation  and  proper  application  of  public  property, 
for  the  strict  enforcement  of  laws  and  regulations,  and  for  the  proper  con- 


POSTS.  29 

dition  of  quarters  and  defenses.  He  will  make  an  inspection  of  his  command 
on  the  last  day  of  every  month,  will  satisfy  himself  by  frequent  personal 
examination  that  the  disbursements  of  all  officers  in  charge  of  funds  are  in 
accordance  with  law  and  regulations  and  their  accounts  correctly  stated, 
and  will  make  such  reports  of  these  inspections  and  examinations  as  the 
department  commander  may  direct. 

20 1 .  The  post  commander  and  surgeon  will  make  frequent  visits  during 
the  month  to  the  hospital,  guard-house,  mess  hall,  and  other  buildings  and 
rooms  used  by  enlisted  men. 

!2O*2.  An  orderly  observance  of  the  Sabbath  by  the  officers  and  men  in 
the  military  service  is  enjoined.  Military  duty  and  labor  on  Sunday  will 
be  reduced  to  the  measure  of  strict  necessity. 

20 3.  The  staff  of  a  post  commander  will  consist  of  such  staff  officers  as 
are  on  duty  at  the  post,  and  such  line  officers  as  may  be  required  for  staff 
duties.     Their  official  designations  will  be  as  follows :  Adjutant,  quarter- 
master, commissary,  surgeon,  assistant  surgeon,  engineer  officer,  ordnance 
officer,  and  signal  officer. 

204.  Expenditures  of  labor,  money,  or  material  upon  posts  will  be  strictly 
limited  to  the  amounts  allowed  by  law  and  regulations. 

205.  When  practicable,  temporary  buildings  for  the  use  of  the  Army  will 
be  erected  by  its  enlisted  force,  and  necessary  repairs  of  public  buildings  at 
garrisoned  posts  not  appropriated  for  or  specially  authorized  will  be  made  by 
the  troops. 

206.  In  case  of  emergency  when  reference  to  higher  authority  is  imprac- 
ticable, department  commanders  may  order  the  purchase  of  material  and 
engagement  of  services  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  public  buildings 
or  property,  not  to  exceed  in  amount  $500  for  any  post,  but  no  greater  sum 
will  be  expended  without  the  sanction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

207.  Post  commanders  are  authorized  to  assist  mail  contractors  with 
Government  transportation,  provided  it  can  be  spared  without  detriment 
to  the  service,  when,  through  accident  or  unavoidable  casualty,  they  are 
deprived  of  the  means  necessary  to  fulfill  their  contracts.     Such  assistance 
must  cease  as  soon  as  the  contractor  can,  by  exercise  of  proper  diligence, 
resupply  himself  with  transportation.    Receipts  for  the  property  loaned  will 
be  taken,  which  in  the  event  of  its  loss  or  damage  will  be  forwarded,  with  a 
report  of  facts,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  that  the  amount 
involved  may  be  collected  from  the  contractor  through  the  Post-Office 
Department. 

20 8.  At  posts  supplied  with  ordnance  and  with  ammunition  for  the  pur- 
pose, a  morning  and  evening  gun  will  be  fired  daily  at  reveille  and  retreat. 

Post  Records. 

209.  The  following  books  of  record  will  be  kept  at  each  post:  An  order 
book,  a  letters-received  book,  an  index  book  for  letters  received,  a  letters- 
sent  book,  an  index  book  for  letters  sent,  a  post  council  of  administration 
book,  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department;  a  morning  report 
book,  and  a  guard  report  book,  furnished  by  the  Adjutant -General  of  the 
Army ;  a  post  exchange  council  book,  provided  by  the  post  exchange.     All 
copies  of  all  returns  and  reports  rendered,  if  not  contained  in  the  book  of 
orders  received,  letters  sent,  all  letters  received  which  are  not  required  to 


30  RESERVATIONS FLAGS,  COLORS,  ETC. 

be  returned ;  in  fine,  all  official  papers  which  relate  to  post  administration, 
and  which  are  required  to  be  kept  at  the  post,  will  be  filed  and  preserved 
as  a  part  of  the  post  records.  The  records  will  not  be  removed  from  the 
post  except  on  its  discontinuance.  Commanding  officers  will  see  that  the 
records  are  accurately  kept  and  are  properly  transferred  to  their  successors. 

RESERVATIONS. 

210.  Department  commanders  will  supervise  all  military  reservations 
within  the  limits  of  their  commands,  and  if  necessary,  will  use  force  to 
remove  trespassers.     No  license  or  permission  to  any  civilian  to  use  or 
occupy  any  part  of  a  reservation  will  be  given,  except  by  the  Secretary 
or  War,  unless  he  be  in  the  employ  of  the  Government,  or  in  the  family 
or  service  of  persons  there  employed. 

211.  Military  posts  temporarily  evacuated  by  troops,  and  lands  reserved 
for  military  use,  will  be  under  charge  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 
Permanent  works  of  defense,  however,  and  the  lands  appurtenant  thereto, 
are  under  the  supervision  of  the  Engineer  Department. 

ARTICLE   XXX. 

FLAGS,  COLORS,  STANDARDS,  AND  GUIDONS. 

FLAGS. 

212.  The  flag  of  the  United  States  has  thirteen  horizontal  stripes,  seven 
red  and  six  white,  the  red  and  white  stripes  alternating,  and  the  union  of 
the  flag  consists  of  white  stars  in  a  blue  field  placed  in  the  upper  quarter 
next  the  staff,  and  extending  to  the  lower  edge  of  the  fourth  red  stripe  from 
the  top.    The  number  of  stars  is  the  same  as  the  number  of  States  in  the 
Union.    On  the  admission  of  a  State  into  the  Union,  one  star  will  be  added 
to  the  union  of  the  flag,  and  such  addition  will  take  effect  on  the  4th  day 
of  July  next  succeeding  such  admission. 

213.  The  garrison,  post,  and  storm  flags  are  national  flags,  and  will  be  of 
bunting.    The  union  of  each  is  as  described  in  the  preceding  paragraph  and 
one-third  the  length  of  the  flag. 

The  garrison  flag  will  have  36  feet  fly  and  20  feet  hoist ;  it  will  be  fur- 
nished only  to  posts  designated  from  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  and  will 
be  hoisted  only  on  holidays  and  important  occasions. 

The  post  flag  will  have  20  feet  fly  and  10  feet  hoist ;  it  will  be  furnished 
for  all  garrisoned  posts  and  will  be  hoisted  in  pleasant  weather. 

The  storm  flag  will  have  8  feet  fly  and  4  feet  2  inches  hoist ;  it  will  be  fur- 
nished for  all  occupied  posts  and  national  cemeteries,  and  will  be  hoisted  in 
stormy  or  windy  weather ;  it  will  also  be  used  as  a  recruiting  flag. 

214.  Hospital  and  ambulance  flags :  For  general  hospitals,  white  bunt- 
ing, 9  by  5  feet,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting  4  feet  high  and  4  feet  wide 
in  the  center ;  arms  of  cross  to  be  16  inches  wide. 

For  field  hospitals,  white  bunting,  6  by  4  feet,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting 
3  feet  high  and  3  feet  wide  in  the  center ;  arms  of  cross  to  be  12  inches  wide. 

For  ambulances  and  guidons  to  mark  the  way  to  field  hospitals,  white 
bunting,  28  by  16  inches,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting  12  inches  high  and  12 
inches  wide  in  the  center ;  arms  of  cross  to  be  4  inches  wide. 


OF 

COLORS   AND    STANDA^pfc. 

^C...  .. 

COLORS. 

Battalion  of  Engineers. 

215.  The  national  color  of  stars  and  stripes,  as  described  for  flags,  will 
be  made  of  silk,  5  feet  6  inches  fly,  4  feet  4  inches  on  the  pike,  which  will  be 
9  feet  long,  including  spearhead  and  ferrule.    The  union  to  be  2  feet  6 
inches  long,  and  "U.S.  Engineers"  embroidered  in  silver  on  the  center 
stripe,  stars  embroidered  in  white  silk,  yellow  silk  knotted  fringe,  cord  and 
tassels  red  and  white  silk.     The  battalion  color  will  be  of  scarlet  silk, 
same  dimensions,  having  in  the  center  a  castle,  with  "U.S."  above  and 
"Engineers"  below  in  silver,  fringe  white,  cord  and  tassels  red  and  white 

silk. 

Artillery  Regiments. 

216.  The  national  color  will  be  of  material  and  dimensions  and  with 
union,  stars,  and  pike  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  215,  having  the  number 
and  name  of  regiment  embroidered  in  yellow  silk  on  the  center  stripe, 
fringe  yellow,  cord  and  tassels  red  and  yellow.    The  regimental  color  will 
be  of  scarlet  silk,   same  dimensions,  bearing  in  the  center  two  cannon 
crossed,  with  "U.  S."  above  and  number  and  name  of  regiment  below,  each 
in  a  scroll,  the  scrolls  yellow,  letters  scarlet,  fringe  yellow,  cord  and  tassels 
red  and  yellow. 

Infantry  Regiments. 

217.  The  national  color  will  be  of  material  and  dimensions  and  with 
union,  stars,  and  pike  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  215,  having  the  number 
and  name  of  the  regiment  embroidered  in  white  silk  on  the  center  stripe, 
fringe  yellow,  cord  and  tassels  blue  and  white.    The  regimental  color  will 
be  of  blue  silk,  same  dimensions,  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States 
embroidered  in  silk  on  the  center,  beneath  the  eagle  a  red  scroll,  with  num- 
ber and  name  of  regiment  embroidered  in  white,  fringe  yellow  cord  and 
tassels  blue  and  white. 

STANDARDS  FOR  CAVALRY  REGIMENTS. 

218.  The  national  standard  of  stars  and  stripes,  as  described  for  flags, 
will  be  made  of  silk,  4  feet  fly  and  3  feet  on  the  lance,  which  will  be  9  feet  6 
inches  long,  including  spear  and  ferrule.    The  union  to  be  22  inches  long, 
and  the  number  and  name  of  regiment  embroidered  in  yellow  silk  on  the 
center  stripe,  fringe  yellow.    The  regimental  standard  will  be  of  yellow 
silk,  same  dimensions,  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States  embroidered 
in  silk  on  the  center,  beneath  the  eagle  a  red  scroll,  with  number  and  name 
of  regiment  embroidered  in  yellow,  fringe  yellow. 

COLORS  AND  STANDARDS. 

219.  The  silken  national  color  or  standard  will  be  carried  in  battle, 
campaign  and  on  all  occasions  of   ceremony  at  regimental  headquarters 
in  which  two  or  more  companies  of  the  regiment  participate.     The  regi- 
mental color  or  standard  will  be  carried  in  like  cases  in  battle,  campaign  and 
at  reviews  and  inspections;  at  ceremonies  other  than  reviews,  inspections 
and  escort  of  the  color,  it  will  be  carried  only  when  so  ordered  by  the  regi- 
mental commander.    A  similar  rule  applies  to  the  use  of  the  colors  of  the 
Battalion  of  Engineers.     When  not  in  use  as  prescribed  in  this  paragraph, 
colors  and  standards  will  be  kept  in  their  waterpoof  cases. 


32  COLORS,  STANDARDS   AND    GUIDONS. 

SERVICE  COLORS  AND  STANDARDS. 

220.  A  national  color  made  of  bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  but  in 
all  other  respects  similar  to  the  silken  national  color,  will  be  furnished  to 
the  Battalion  of  Engineers  and  to  each  regiment  of  artillery  and  infantry, 
for  use  at  drills  and  on  marches  and  all  service  other  than  battles,  cam- 
paigns, and  occasions  of  ceremony.     A  similar  color  of  the  same  dimensions 
as  the  silken  standard  will  be  furnished  for  like  purposes  to  each  regiment 
of  cavalry. 

GUIDONS  FOR   CAVALRY. 

221.  Each  troop  of  cavalry  will  have  a  silken  guidon,  cut  swallow-tailed, 
15  inches  to  the  fork,  3  feet  5  inches  fly  from  lance  to  end  of  swallowtail, 
and  2  feet  3  inches  on  the  lance,  having  two  horizontal  stripes  each  one-half 
the  width  of  the  flag,  the  upper  red  and  the  lower  white,  the  red  stripe  hav- 
ing on  both  sides  in  the  center  the  number  of  the  regiment  in  white  silk, 
and  the  white  stripe  the  letter  of  the  troop  in  red  silk,  the  letter  and  number 
block-shaped,  4f  inches  high,  the  lance  1£  inches  in  diameter  and  9  feet 
long,  including  spear  and  ferrule.     Each  troop  will  also  have  a  service 
guidon  made  of  bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  in  shape  and  design  the 
same  as  the  silken  guidon ;  the  latter  will  be  used  only  in  battle,  campaign, 
or  on  occasions  of  ceremony. 

GUIDONS  FOR  LIGHT   ARTILLERY. 

222.  Each  battery  of  light  artillery  will  have  a  guidon  of  scarlet  silk, 
dimensions  and  shape  same  as  described  for  cavalry  guidons,  in  the  center 
on  both  sides  of  the  guidon  two  cannon  crossed,  about  14£  inches  in  length, 
with  number  of  regiment  above  and  letter  of  battery  below  the  crossed 
cannon,  letter  and  number  of  yellow  silk,  letter  and  number  block-shaped, 
4^  inches  high,  lance  same  as  for  cavalry  guidon.     This  silken  guidon  will  be 
used  only  in  battle,  campaign,  or  on  occasions  of  ceremony.    Each  battery 
will  also  have  a  service  guidon  of  bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  in 
shape  and  design  the  same  as  the  silken  guidon. 

223;  Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  a  commanding  officer,  the  condition 
of  any  silken  color,  standard,  or  guidon  in  the  possession  of  his  command 
has  become  unserviceable,  a  board  of  survey  will  "be  appointed  to  report  for 
the  information  of  the  Secretary  of  War  its  condition  and  as  to  the  neces- 
sity of  supplying  a  new  one.  If  requiring  repair,  application  to  have  it 
placed  in  a  serviceable  condition  should  be  made  to  the  Quartermaster- 
General.  Service  colors  and  guidons  will  be  submitted  to  the  action  of  an 
inspector  when  unfit  for  further  use.  Upon  receipt  of  new  silken  colors, 
standards,  or  guidons,  commanding  officers  will  cause  those  replaced  to  be 
suitably  labeled  and  sent  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  preser- 
vation. 

224.  The  names  of  the  battles  in  which  one  or  more  companies  of  a  regi- 
ment or  of  the  Battalion  of  Engineers  have  borne  a  meritorious  part  may  be 
engraved  upon  silver  rings,  fastened  on  the  pikes  or  lances  of  the  colors  or 
standards,  and  in  cases  where  less  than  half  the  number  of  companies  of  the 
regiment  or  battalion  were  engaged,  the  company  letters  will  follow  the 
name  of  the  battle.  The  names  of  battles  in  which  light  batteries  or  troops 
of  cavalry  have,  when  detached,  been  engaged  separately,  may  be  inscribed 
upon  rings  on  the  lances  of  their  guidons.  The  lance  of  the  service  guidon 


KEGIMENTS.  33 

will  not  be  thus  marked.  The  fact  that  an  action  in  which  any  organization 
has  been  engaged  is  entitled  to  be  called  a  battle,  and  the  name  to  be  engraved 
on  the  rings,  will  be  announced  from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Requi- 
sitions for  new  colors  and  guidons  will  be  accompanied  by  lists  of  battles. 

CAMP    COLORS. 

225.  To  be  as  described  for  flags,  printed  upon  bunting,  18  by  20  inches, 
on  a  pole  of  ash  8  feet  long  and  1£  inches  in  diameter,  the  butt  end  armed 
with  a  pointed  ferrule. 

ARTICLE    XXXI. 

REGIMENTS. 
ORGANIZATION  AND  INSTRUCTION. 

226.  The  regiment  is  the  administrative  unit ;  for  purposes  of  discipline 
and  instruction,  it  will  be  divided  into  battalions,  each  containing  two  or 
more  companies.     The  command  of  a  regiment  devolves  upon  the  senior 
officer  on  duty  with  it,  wherever  he  may  be  stationed.    Each  battalion  is 
commanded  by  the  senior  officer  on  duty  therewith.     Whenever  portions  of 
different  regiments  are  serving  together,  the  commanding  officer  may  desig- 
nate the  battalions. 

227.  The  designation  ''company,"  as  used  in  these  regulations,  applies  to 
troops  of  cavalry,  batteries  of  artillery,  light  or  foot,  and  companies  of 
infantry, 

228.  Upon  the  organization  of  a  regiment,  its  companies  receive  perma* 
nent  designation  by  letters  in  alphabetical  order,  and  officers  are  assigned 
to  them  in  order  as  lettered,  according  to  rank.     Subsequently  officers,  upon 
promotion  or  appointment,  are  assigned  to  fill  vacancies  regardless  of  rela- 
tive rank. 

229.  A  regimental  commander  should  continually  labor  for  the  instruc- 
tion and  efficiency  of  his  regiment.     He  should  encourage  among  his  officers 
harmonious  relations  and  a  friendly  spirit  of  emulation  in  the  performance 
of  duty.     His  timely  interference  to  prevent  disputes,  his  advice  to  the  inex- 
perienced, and  immediate  censure  of  any  conduct  liable  to  produce  dissen- 
sion in  the  regiment  or  to  reflect  discredit  upon  it,  are  of  great  importance 
in  securing  and  maintaining  its  efficiency.     In  such  efforts  he  will  receive 
the  loyal  support  of  his  subordinates.     He  will  make  an  inspection  of  his 
immediate  command  on  the  last  day  of  every  month. 

230.  Each  department  commander  will  announce  in  orders  annually  the 
period  of  the  year  to  be  given  to  practical  instruction  in  drill  and  other  mili- 
tary exercises,  prescribing  their  character  and  the  time  to  be  devoted 
thereto.     He  will  also  designate  a  period  of  four  consecutive  months  in  each 
year  for  theoretical  instruction,  imparted  in  lyceums  or  by  lectures,  recita- 
tions, or  other  methods,  to  be  given  twice  each  week  during  the  period  desig- 
nated.   Each  regimental  commander  will  supervise  the  instruction  of  the 
officers  under  his  immediate  command,  and  each  post  commander  that  of 
ivgiinental  officers  of  his  command  who  are  absent  from  the  headquarters 
of  their  respective  regiments.     Each  company  commander  is  responsible 
for  the  practical  and  theoretical  instruction  of  his  noncommissioned  officers. 
These  duties  will  be  so  performed  as  not  to  interfere  with  proper  rest  and 
recreation. 

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34  REGIMENTAL    STAFF. 

231.  Upon  the  last  day  of  September  and  March  of  each  year,  command- 
ing officers  of  companies  will  forward  to  their  regimental  commanders 
reports  showing  the  character  and  scope  of  instruction  imparted  during  the 
previous  six  months,  the  number  and  kind  of  drills,  and  number  of  recita- 
tions with  average  attendance  thereon.     Regimental  commanders  will  for- 
ward abstracts  of  these  reports  through  military  channels  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  for  the  information  of  the  Commanding  General. 

232.  Regimental  field  officers  are  assigned  by  department  commanders  to 
the  posts  or  stations  where  their  services  are  most  required,  provided  troops 
of  their  own  regiments  are  stationed  there.     Lieutenant-colonels  and  majors 
on  duty  at  posts  are  assigned  to  battalions  by  post  commanders. 

THE   REGIMENTAL   STAFF. 

233.  The  staff  of  a  regiment  consists  of  the  adjutant  and  quartermaster 
and  they  will  be  so  designated.     They  will  be  appointed  by  the  regimental 
commander,  who  will  at  once  report  his  action  to  the  Adjutant-General  by 
telegraph;  the  appointment  of  the  quartermaster  is  made  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War.     Each  appointment  will  take  effect  the 
day  on  which  it  is  made,  and  the  officer  appointed  will  be  entitled  to  the  pay 
pertaining  thereto  from  the  date  when  he  assumes  the  duties  under  such 
appointment. 

234.  The  adjutant  or  quartermaster  may  hold  office  for  four  years,  includ- 
ing all  periods  of  such  service,  and  no  longer.     He  will  not  be  eligible  for  a 
second  tour  of  such  duty  nor  for  appointment  or  reappointment  to  either 
position,  except  to  serve  an  unexpired  term  of  four  years. 

235.  A  regimental  commander  is  restricted  in  his  choice  of  staff  officers 
to  the  lieutenants  on  duty  with  the  regiment  and  who  are  not  at  a  school  of 
instruction  nor  with  light  batteries.     Should  he  desire  to  appoint  a  lieuten- 
ant absent  from  the  regiment,  the  lieutenant  must  join  before  the  appoint- 
ment can  be  made. 

236.  The  adjutant,  under  the  direction  of  the  regimental  commander, 
will  have  charge  of  the  various  rosters  of  service  ;  he  will  make,  publish,  and 
verify  all  details,  keep  the  records  of  the  regiment,  and  perform  such  military 
duties  with  troops  as  are  required  by  regulations.     Through  him  the  regi- 
mental commander  communicates  with  the  officers  and  men  of  his  command. 

237.  The  adjutant  should  be  courteous  to,  and  on  friendly  terms  with, 
the  officers  of  the  command  he  represents,  and  will  avoid  all  discussions  of 
the  orders  or  military  conduct  of  his  superiors.     He  should  inform  himself 
upon  all  points  of  military  usage  and  etiquette,  and,  on  proper  occasions,  aid 
with  his  advice  and  experience  the  subalterns  of  the  regiment,  especially  those 
just  entering  the  service.     He  will  endeavor  at  all  times  to  exert  the  influence 
belonging  to  his  station  in  sustaining  the  reputation,  discipline,  and  harmony 
of  the  regiment. 

238.  The  adjutant  and  quartermaster  are,  under  the  regimental  com- 
mander, responsible  for  the  discipline  and  efficiency  of  the  noncommissioned 
staff  and  band. 

239.  The  quartermaster  is  responsible  for  all  quartermaster's  supplies  of 
the  regiment,  and  may  be  required  to  perform  the  duties  of  quartermaster 
and  commissary  of  the  post  where  he  is  stationed. 


REGIMENTAL    STAFF,  RECORDS    AND    BANDS.  35 

240.  An  officer  of  the  regimental  staff  may  be  assigned  to  duty  with  a 
company,  or  to  any  staff  duty  which  his  regimental  commander  may  impose. 

241.  The  regimental  commander  appoints  the  noncommissioned  staff, 
which  consists  of  the  sergeant-major  and  quartermaster-sergeant ;  also  the 
regimental  noncommissioned  officers,  consisting  of  the  chief  musician,  and 
principal  musicians  or  chief  trumpeter  and  saddler-sergeant,  according  to 
arm,  each  of  whom  will  be  furnished  with  a  warrant  (his  personal  prop- 
erty), signed  by  the  regimental  commander  and  countersigned  by  the  adju- 
tant.    The  appointment  takes  effect  the  day  on  which  it  is  made,  and  the 
warrant  may  be  continued  in  force  upon  discharge  and  re-enlistment,  if 
re-enlistment  is  made  on  the  day  following  discharge,  every  such  re-enlist- 
ment to  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the  regimental  commander.     Regi- 
mental noncommissioned  staff  officers  and  regimental  noncommissioned 
officers  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial  or  by 
order  of  the  regimental  commander. 

242.  The  public  property  pertaining  to  the  headquarters  of  the  regi- 
ment will  be  marked  "  H.  Q. , "  with  arm  and  number  of  regiment ;  the  equip- 
ments in  possession  of  the  noncommissioned  staff,  regimental  noncommis- 
sioned officers  and  band  will  be  marked  "N.C.S.,"  "N.C.,"  and  "Band," 
respectively,  and  with  the  arm  and  number  of  the  regiment  and  of  the  man 
to  whom  the  articles  are  issued. 

REGIMENTAL  RECORDS. 

243.  Regimental  records  will  consist  of  an  order  book,  a  letters-received 
book,  an  index  book  for  letters  received,  a  letters-sent  book,  an  index  book 
for  letters  sent,  and  a  regimental  fund  book,  furnished  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department ;  a  descriptive  book,  furnished  by  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army;  all  orders,  circulars,  and  instructions  from,  higher  authority, 
copies  of  the  monthly  returns,  muster  rolls  of  the  field,  staff,  and  band, 
other  regimental  returns  and  reports,  and  all  correspondence  concerning 
the  regiment  or  affecting  its  personnel. 

244.  All  orders  and  circulars  from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  or  of 
the  corps,  division,  brigade,  or  territorial  department  in  which  the  regiment 
may  be  serving,  will  be  filed  in  book  form  and  indexed  as  soon  as  received. 

REGIMENTAL  BANDS. 

245.  Each  regimental  band  will  consist  of  one  sergeant  and  twenty 
privates,  in  addition  to  the  chief  musician,  and  principal  musicians  or  chief 
trumpeter.     The  regimental  commander  will  designate  the  company  from 
which  the  sergeant  is  to  be  taken  and  the  number  of  men  of  each  company 
to  serve  with  the  band.     Vacancies  thus  caused  will  not  be  filled.     The 
number  of  men  in  and  attached  to  the  band  will  not  exceed  twenty-four. 

246.  Band  musicians  will  be  dropped  from  company  muster  rolls,  but 
will  be  instructed  as  soldiers,  and  are  liable  to  serve  in  the  ranks  on  any 
occasion.    They  will  be  mustered  with  the  regimental  noncommissioned 
staff  and  be  included  in  the  aggregate  on  all  regimental  returns. 

247.  When  a  regiment  occupies  several  stations  the  band  will  be  kept  at 
the  headquarters,  provided  one  or  more  companies  be  serving  there.    The 
field  musicians  of  companies  will  not  be  separated  therefrom. 


36  TROOPS,    BATTERIES    AND    COMPANIES. 

248.  Musical  instruments,  mentioned  in  paragraph   1201,  extra  parts 
therefor,  and  equipments  for  bands,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department.     Musical  instruments  other  than  those  above  referred  to 
may  be  purchased  from  available  regimental  funds.     The  quartermaster 
will  be  accountable  for  band  instruments  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department ;  the  adjutant  for  those  purchased  from  the  regimental  fund. 

249.  Regimental  commanders  will  notify  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army  direct  when  field  or  band  musicians  are  required. 

250.  Commanding  officers  will  require  bands  to  play  national  and  patri- 
otic airs  on  appropriate  occasions. 

ARTICLE   XXXII. 

TROOPS.  BATTERIES  AND  COMPANIES. 

OFFICERS   AND  NONCOMMISSIONED   OFFICERS. 

251.  Captains,  although  eligible  for  appointment  as  aids,  and  liable  to 
the  temporary  details  of  service,  will  not,  except  for  urgent  reasons,  be 
detached  from  their  companies. 

252.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  company  is  responsible  for  its  appear- 
ance, discipline,  and  efficiency;  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  its  equip- 
ment ;  for  the  proper  performance  of  duties  connected  with  its  subsistence, 
pay,  clothing,  accounts,  reports,  and  returns. 

253.  In  the  absence  of  its  captain,  the  command  of  a  company  devolves 
upon  the  subaltern  next  in  rank  who  is  serving  with  it,  unless  otherwise 
specially  directed. 

254.  In  the  absence  of  all  the  officers  of  a  company,  the  post  commander 
will  assign  an  officer,  preferably  of  the  same  regiment,  to  its  command.     If 
there  be  no  officer  available,  the  fact  will  be  reported  to  the  department 
commander. 

255.  Captains  will  require  their  lieutenants  to  assist  in  the  performance 
of  all  company  duties,  including  the  keeping  of  records  and  the  preparation 
of  the  necessary  reports  and  returns. 

256.  Noncommissioned  officers  will  be  carefully  selected  and  instructed, 
and  always  supported  by  company  commanders  in  the  proper  performance 
of  their  duties.     They  will  not  be  detailed  for  any  duty  nor  permitted  to 
engage  in  any  occupation  inconsistent  with  their  rank  and  position.     Offi- 
cers will  be  cautious  in  reproving  them  in  the  presence  or  hearing  of  private 
soldiers. 

257.  Sergeants  and  corporals  are  appointed  by  regimental  commanders, 
on  the  recommendation  of  their  company  commanders.    To  test  the  capacity 
of  privates  for  the  duties  of  noncommissioned  officers,  company  commanders 
may  appoint  lance  corporals,  who  will  hold  such  appointments  not  to  exceed 
three  months,  and  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  as  corporals.     The  appoint- 
ments, with  the  approval  of  the  regimental  or  post  commander,  may  be 
renewed  for  three  months ;  but  no  company  shall  have  more  than  one  lance 
corporal  at  a  time.    Lance  corporals  holding  renewed  appointments  are  on 
the  same  footing  regarding  reduction  as  corporals.     A  lance  corporal  hold- 
ing a  first  appointment  will  wear  the  uniform  of  a  private,  with  a  chevron 
having  one  bar  of  lace  or  braid  ;  if  holding  a  renewed  appointment  he  will 


COMPANIES COMPANY    RECORDS.  37 

wear  the  uniform  of  a  corporal,  except  that  the  chevron  will  have  but  one 
bar  of  lace  or  braid. 

258.  The  captain  will  select  the  first  sergeant  from  the  sergeants  of  his 
company,  and  may  return  him  to  the  grade  of  sergeant  without  reference 
to  higher  authority. 

259.  Every  noncommissioned  officer  will  be  furnished  with  a  certificate 
or  warrant  of  his  rank,  signed  by  the  colonel  and  countersigned  by  the 
adjutant ;  but  a  separate  warrant  as  first  sergeant  will  not  be  given.     A 
warrant  issued  to  a  noncommissioned  officer  is  his  personal  property.    War- 
rants need  not  be  renewed  in  cases  of  re-enlistment  in  the  same  company,  if 
re-enlistment  is  made  the  day  following  the  day  of  discharge,  but,  upon 
request,  may  remain  in  force  until  vacated  by  promotion  or  reduction,  each 
re-enlistment  to  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the  company  commander. 

260.  Appointments  of  sergeants  and  corporals  will  take  effect  on  the  day 
of  appointment  by  the  regimental  commander,  and  of  first  sergeants,  artifi- 
cers, blacksmiths,  farriers,  saddlers,  and  wagoners  on  the  day  of  appoint- 
ment by  the  company  commander ;  but  in  case  of  vacancy  in  a  company  in 
the  field  and  absent  from  regimental  headquarters,  a  company  commander 
may  make  a  temporary  appointment  of  a  sergeant  or  corporal,  which,  if 
approved  by  the  regimental  commander,  will  carry  rank  and  pay  from  the 
date  of  such  appointment. 

261 .  A  noncommissioned  officer  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  sentence 
of  a  court-martial,  or  by  the  order  of  the  regimental  commander  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  company  commander.     If  reduced  to  the  ranks  by 
sentence  of  court-martial  at  a  post  not  the  headquarters  of  his  regiment, 
the  company  commander  will  forward  a  transcript  of  the  order  to  the  regi- 
mental commander.     The  desertion  of  a  noncommissioned  officer  vacates 
his  position  on  the  date  of  desertion. 

262.  Artificers  are  mechanics  whose  services  are  necessary  for  the  public 
interest. 

263.  A  soldier  may,  when  necessary,  be  relieved  from  ordinary  military 
duty  to  make,  repair,  or  alter  uniforms.     The  post  council  will  fix  the  rates 
to  be  charged,  which  will  not  exceed  the  cost  of  doing  such  work  at  the 
clothing  depot,  and  company  commanders  will  cause  to  be  deducted  from 
the  pay  of  enlisted  men  and  turned  over  to  the  proper  party  the  amount 
properly  due  therefor. 

COMPANY  BOOKS   AND   RECORDS. 

264.  The  company  records  will  consist  of  :  A  company  order  book,  a  book 
of  letters  received,  an  index  of  letters  received,  a  book  of  letters  sent,  an 
index  of  letters  sent,  a  company  council  book,  supplied  by  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department;  a  sick  report  book,  a  company  clothing  book,  a  morning 
report  book,  a  descriptive  and  deposit  book,  and  a  duty  roster,  supplied  by 
the  Adjutant-General;  also  for  a  company  of  cavalry  or  light  artillery,  a 
descriptive  book  of  public  animals,  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment.   A  record  of  vaccinations  will  be  entered  in  the  descriptive  and 
deposit  book.     The  records  will  also  contain  orders  and  instructions  received 
from  higher  authority,  retained  copies  of  the  various  rolls,  reports,  and 
returns  required  by  regulations  and  existing  orders,  and  all  letters  and  cor- 
respondence affecting  the  personnel  of   the  company.     Copies  of  orders 


38  COMPANIES. 

entered  by  first  sergeants  in  company  order  books  will  be  attested  by  the 
adjutant. 

265.  The  records  of  each  company  or  detachment  will  contain  full  infor- 
mation respecting  all  quartermaster's  supplies,  showing  list  of  articles,  date 
of  receipt,  from  whom  received,  and  name  of  officer  who  signed  memoran- 
dum receipt  therefor;  also  an  account  of  all  articles  turned  in,  expended, 
stolen,  lost,  or  destroyed ;  and  the  company  or  detachment  commander  will 
quarterly  and  when  relinquishing  his  command  have  a  settlement  with  the 
quartermaster. 

INTERIOR   ECONOMY   OF   COMPANIES. 

266.  Company,  band,  and  detachment  commanders  will  make  a  com- 
plete inspection  of  their  organizations  under  arms  every  Saturday.     They 
•will  also  make  a  daily  inspection  of  the  men's  quarters  and  kitchens,  giving 
particular  attention  to  cleanliness  and  the  proper  preparation  of  food,  mid 
noting  whether  all  lamps  in  use  have  been  cleaned,  filled,  and  made  ready 
for  lighting,  before  dark.     No  one  will  be  excused  from  Saturday  inspection 
except  the  guard  and  the  sick  in  hospital.     Cavalry  and  field  artillery  will 
habitually  be  inspected  mounted. 

26 9*  •  The  company  commander  will  cause  the  enlisted  men  of  the  com- 
pany to  be  numbered  and  divided  into  four  squads,  each  under  the  charge 
of  a  noncommissioned  officer.  As  far  as  practicable  the  men  of  each  squad 
will  be  quartered  together. 

26§.  In  quarters  the  name  of  each  soldier  will  be  attached  to  his  bunk, 
arms  will  be  kept  in  racks,  bayonets  in  their  scabbards.  Accoutrements 
and  sabers  will  be  hung  up  by  the  belts. 

269.  Strict  attention  will  be  paid  by  company  commanders  to  the  clean- 
liness of  the  men  and  to  the  police  of  barracks  or  tents.     The  men  will  be 
required  to  bathe  frequently.     The  hair  will  be  kept  short  and"  the  beard 
neatly  trimmed.     Soiled  clothing  will  be  kept  in  the  barrack  bag. 

270.  A  thorough  police  of  barracks  will  precede  the  Saturday  inspection. 
The  chiefs  of  squads  will  see  that  bunks  and  bedding  are  overhauled,  floors, 
tables,  and  benches  scoured,  arms  and  accoutrements  cleaned,  and  all  arti- 
cles of  black  leather  polished. 

271.  Chiefs  of  squads  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  cleanliness  of  their 
men.    They  will  see  that  those  who  are  to  go  on  duty  put  their  arms,  accou- 
trements and  clothing  in  the  best  order,  and  that  such  as  have  passes  leave 
the  post  in  proper  dress. 

2 "72.  Soldiers  will  wear  uniform  in  camp  or  garrison,  and  will  not  be 
permitted  to  keep  other  clothing  in  their  possession.  When  on  fatigue  they 
will  wear  suitable  fatigue  dress. 

273.  The  articles  borne  upon  the  annual  price  list  of  clothing,  published 
in  orders,  will  be  considered  the  uniform,  and  no  deviation  therefrom  will 
be  allowed. 

274.  Company  commanders  will  see  that  all  public  property  in  the  pos- 
session of  enlisted  men  is  kept  in  good  order,  and  that  missing  or  damaged 
articles  are  duly  accounted  for. 

275.  Company  commanders  are  responsible  for  text-books  issued  for  the 
use  of  their  companies. 


MESSING   AND   COOKING.  39 

276.  Enlisted  men  will  not  take  their  arms  apart  except  by  permission 
of  a  commissioned  officer.    The  mutilation  of  any  part  by  filing  or  other- 
wise,  and    attempts   to  beautify  or  change  the  finish,  are  prohibited. 
Pieces  will  be  unloaded  before  being  taken  to  quarters  or  tents  and  as  soon 
as  the  men  using  them  are  relieved  from  duty  unless  otherwise  ordered. 
The  use  of  tompions  in  small  arms  is  forbidden. 

277.  The  use  of  any  dressing  or  polishing  material  on  leather  accoutre- 
ments, equipments,  or  harness,  except  the  preparations  supplied  by  the  Ord- 
nance Department  for  that  purpose,  is  forbidden. 

278.  Equipments  will  be  fitted  to  the  men  under  the  direction  of  an 
officer ;  all  other  changes  are  prohibited. 

279.  Articles  of  public  property  issued  to  a  company  for  its  exclusive 
use  will,  when  practicable,  be  marked  with  the  letter  of  the  company  and 
number  and  arm  of  the  regiment.    Such  articles  issued  to  an  enlisted  man 
(arms  and  clothing  excepted)  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  marked  with  the 
number  of  the  man,  letter  of  the  company,  and  number  of  the  regiment. 
Haversacks  and  blanket  bags  will  be  uniformly  marked  on  the  outside  as 
follows:    Cavalry,    crossed   sabers;    artillery,   crossed  cannons;  infantry, 
crossed  rifles  ;  with  letter  of  company  above  and  number  of  regiment  below 
the  intersection ;  the  special  corps  of  the  Army  according  to  their  respective 
devices.    The  design  will  be  stenciled  in  black,  the  device  five  inches  long, 
and  letters  and  numbers  in  full-faced  characters  one  inch  high.    The  design 
will  be  placed  above  letters  "U.  S."  on  equipments,  and  the  number  of 
the  soldier,  in  characters  one  inch  high,  will  be  placed  at  the  bottom,  near 
the  lower  edge  of  the  blanket  bag.    The  canteen  will  be  marked  with  the 
letter  of  the  company,  number  of  the  regiment,  and  number  of  the  man. 

MESSING  AND  COOKING. 

2 SO.  In  camp  or  barracks,  where  companies  are  not  joined  in  a  general 
mess,  a  company  commander  will  supervise  the  cooking  and  messing  of  his 
men.  He  will  see  that  his  company  is  provided  with  at  least  two  copies  of 
the  Manual  for  Army  Cooks,  and  that  suitable  men  in  sufficient  numbers 
are  fully  instructed  in  managing  and  cooking  the  ration  in  the  field:  also 
that  necessary  utensils  in  serviceable  condition  are  always  on  hand,  together 
with  the  field  mess  furniture  for  each  man.  At  a  post  Where  all  the  com- 
panies are  joined  in  a  general  mess,  the  post  commander  will  see  that  the 
instruction  above  mentioned  is  given.  At  such  a  post  a  company  com- 
mander will  confine  his  supervision  of  the  mess  of  his  company  to  observa- 
tion and  to  notifying  the  officer  in  charge  in  writing  of  anything  requir- 
ing remedy.  Should  this  officer  fail  to  apply  proper  remedy,,  report  may 
then  be  made  to  the  post  commander.  A  department  commander  will  see 
that  each  company  of  his  command  has  the  necessary  field  practice  each  year. 

281.  Kitchens  will  be  placed  under  the  immediate  charge  of  noncom- 
missioned officers,  who  will  be  held  responsible  for  their  condition  and  for 
the  proper  use  of  rations.    No  one  will  be  allowed  to  visit  or  remain  in  the 
kitchen  except  those  who  go  there  on  duty,  or  are  employed  therein.     The 
greatest  care  will  be  observed  in  cleaning  and  scouring  cooking  utensils. 

282.  Special  regulations  for  soldiers'  fare  can  not  be  made  to  suit  each 
locality  and  circumstance.    Personal  care  and  judgment  on  the  part  of  com- 
pany officers  are  relied  on  to  prevent  waste  or  misuse.    By  due  economy 


40  MESSING COUNCILS. 

some  part  of  the  ration  can  be  saved  and  sold,  and  the  proceeds  applied  to 
provide  additional  articles  of  diet. 

2 S3.  The  Manual  for  Army  Cooks  contains  comprehensive  instructions 
in  cooking,  which  will  be  observed  as  far  as  practicable. 

284.  The  food  of  prisoners  will  be  sent  to  their  places  of  confinement 
when  practicable,  but  post  commanders  may  arrange  to  send  prisoners, 
under  proper  guard,  to  their  messes. 

285.  Kitchen  and  table  ware  and  mess  furniture  will  be  supplied  by  the 
Quartermaster's  Department.     Allowances  will  be  announced  in  orders. 
Post  commanders  will  enforce  rigid  economy  in  regard  to  such  property. 
Articles  broken,  lost  or  damaged  will  be  charged  to  individuals  at  fault. 
Such  proportions  of  company  allowances  of  fuel,  illuminating  supplies, 
brooms,  and  scrubbing  brushes  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  service  of  a  gen- 
eral mess  will  be  allotted  by  the  post  commander. 

286.  In  the  field  the  mess  furniture  of  a  soldier  will  be  limited  to  one  tin 
cup,  knife,  fork  and  spoon,  and  such  device  for  individual  cooking  as  may 
be  furnished  by  the  Ordnance  Department. 

ARTICLE    XXXIII. 

COUNCILS  OF  ADMINISTRATION. 

287.  Post,  post  exchange,  companj',  and  mess  councils  of  administration 
are  assembled  to  audit  the  bakery,  exchange,  company,  and  mess  funds, 
respectively,  to  ascertain  and  examine  the  sources  from  which,  and  methods 
by  which,  they  have  accrued,  and  to  recommend  expenditures  therefrom. 
Post  councils  are  also  called  to  deliberate  upon  and  recommend  action,  within 
the  limits  allowed  by  regulations,  upon  such  subjects  affecting  the  welfare 
and  economy  of  the  post  as  commanding  officers  may  submit  to  them. 

288.  On  the  last  day  of  each  quarter,  and  when  necessary,  the  post,  post 
exchange,  and  general  mess  councils  will  be  convened  by  the  post  com- 
mander, and  the  company  council  by  the  company  commander.     The  mess 
and  exchange  councils  will  also  meet  at  the  call  of  their  presidents.     The 
post  council  will  consist  of  the  three  officers  on  duty  at  the  post  next  in  rank 
to  the  commander,  or  of  as  many  as  are  available,  if  less  than  three.     If 
only  the  commanding  officer  be  present,  he  will  act.     The  post  exchange 
council  will  consist  of  three  officers,  viz,  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  exchange 
and  two  company  commanders  detailed  by  roster,  or  when  this  is  impracti- 
cable, the  exchange  council  will  be  constituted  as  prescribed  for  the  post 
council.     The  company  council  will  consist  of  all  officers  present  for  duty 
with  the  company,  and  the  mess  council  of  the  commanders  of  the  several 
companies  participating  in  the  general  mess. 

289.  The  junior  member  of  each  council  will  record  its  proceedings  in 
the  appropriate  book,  and  they  will  be  signed  by  the  president  and  recorder. 
Those  of  the  post,  exchange,  and  mess  councils  will  be  submitted  to  the 
post  commander,  who  will  sign  his  approval  or  objection  in  the  council 
book.     Should  the  post  commander  disapprove  the  proceedings,  and  the 
council,  after  reconsideration,  adhere  to  its  conclusions,  a  copy  of  the  pro- 
ceedings will  be  sent  by  the  commanding  officer  to  the  department  com- 
mander, whose  decision  thereon  upon  all  questions  not  involving  pecuniary 
responsibility  will  be  final.     Upon  such  questions  appeal  may  be  taken  to  the 


FUNDS,  REGIMENTAL  AND  BAKERY.          41 

Secretary  of  War.  The  final  orders  in  each  case  will  be  entered  in  the  council 
book.  In  the  proceedings  of  company  councils  the  post  commander  will 
decide  disagreements. 

290.  The  post  council  will  fix  laundry  charges,  prices  charged  by  trades- 
men for  making  and  repairing  uniforms  of  enlisted  men,  and  when  directed 
will  submit  regulations  for  the  post  school. 

29 1 .  The  commanding  officer  who  approves  the  appropriations  of  a  coun- 
cil, and  in  the  matter  of  the  company  fund  the  company  commander,  will 
be  held  responsible  for  all  expenditures  not  made  in  accordance  with  regu- 
lations. 

292.  In  case  of  loss  of  regimental,  bakery,  exchange,  company,  or  mess 
funds,  the  circumstances  will  be  carefully  investigated  and  reported  by  the 
post  council,  with  recommendation  as  to  responsibility,  for  the  decision  of 
the  department  commander.     In  case  of  appeal  from  his  action  the  papers 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the  decision  of 
the  War  Department. 

ARTICLE   XXXIV. 

REGIMENTAL,  BAKERY,  COMPANY  AND  MESS  FUNDS. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

293.  The  purchase  from  regimental,  bakery,  company,  or  mess  funds, 
of  any  article  which  can  be  obtained  on  requisition  from  a  supply  depart- 
ment is  forbidden. 

294.  No  projects  by  which  money  will  accrue  will  be  entered  upon  under 
color  of  military  control  without  specific  authority  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment. 

REGIMENTAL  FUND. 

295.  This  fund  consists  of  the  gross  amounts  received  on  account  of  the 
band  from  post  exchange  profits,  voluntary  contributions,  amounts  retained 
for  regimental  use  from  proceeds  of  private  engagements  of  the  band  and 
from  sale  of  articles  purchased.     The  adjutant  will  be  the  treasurer  of  the 
fund,  and  will  disburse  it  under  the  direction  of  the  regimental  commander. 
A  record  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  and  a  ccmplete  list  of  property 
purchased  will  be  kept  in  the  regimental  fund  book. 

BAKERY,  FUND. 

296.  The  usual  ration  of  bread  is  18  ounces,  but  the  weight  of  it  may 
be  increased  within  the  limits  of  the  flour  ration,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
commanding  officer,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  post  council  of  admin- 
istration.   Such  portion  of  the  flour  as  the  company  commander  deems  neces- 
sary for  food  in  other  forms  than  bread — not  exceeding  two  ounces  per 
ration— may  be  drawn  by  the  company.     The  remainder  will  be  turned  into 
the  post  bakery,  and  for  each  ration  of  flour  thus  turned  in  the  company  is 
entitled  to  one  ration  of  bread  or  the  price  of  one  flour  ration.    Savings  on  the 
flour  ration,  ordinarily  33  per  cent.,  will  be  disposed  of  by  the  post  treasurer 
for  the  benefit  of  the  troops ;  bread  may  be  baked  from  it  for  sale  to  civilian 
employees  and  others  connected  with  the  military  service  at  the  post,  and 
to  post  exchanges ;  the  residue  of  the  flour  will  be  sold.    At  the  end  of  every 
quarter  the  post  council  will  make  an  equitable  distribution  of  the  money 
savings  of  the  bakery,  and  this  action  when  approved  by  the  post  commander 


42  FUNDS,  COMPANY  AND  MESS. 

will  be  final.  Surplus  bread  will  b3  sold  only  by  the  bakery.  When 
enlisted  men  or  others  entitled  to  rations  are  allowed  to  mess  separately 
from  companies  or  organizations,  they  will  not,  when  flour  is  issued  to  them 
by  the  Subsistence  Department,  be  required  to  turn  it  into  the  post  bakery 
if  they  prefer  the  ration  of  flour  to  the  ration  of  bread  issued  therefrom, 
but  they  will  not  be  entitled  to  any  share  of  the  bakery  profits.  The  sav- 
ings of  flour  by  troops  in  the  field  will  be  credited  to  the  company  fund. 

29 71.  The  bakery  fund  will  be  under  the  supervision  of  the  post  council, 
and  will  be  collected  and  held  by  the  officer  appointed  by  the  post  com- 
mander as  post  treasurer,  who  will  also  act  as  post  librarian. 

298.  The  post  treasurer  will  open  an  account  with  the  bakery  fund  and 
will  make  payments  therefrom  in  pursuance  of  specific  appropriations  by 
the  post  council,  approved  by  the  post  commander.     The  account  will  at  all 
times  be  subject  to  the  post  commander's  inspection. 

299.  When  an  officer  is  relieved  from  duty  as  post  treasurer,  his  accounts 
will  be  audited  by  the  post  council. 

COMPANY  AND  MESS  FUNDS. 

300.  The  company  fund,  which  will  consist  of  the  gross  amounts  of 
money  received  from  all  sources,  is  received  by  the  company  commander 
and,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  company  council,  is  disbursed  by  him 
solely  for  the  benefit  of  the  company.    Articles  of  the  established  ration 
purchased  with  company  funds  will  be  purchased  from  the  commissary,  if 
practicable.    The  fund  of  the  hospital,  or  of  a  detachment  or  band  having 
a  separate  mess,  is  regarded  as  a  company  fund.    Moneys  accruing  to  the 
fund  of  a  detachment  of  the  Hospital  Corps,  together  with  the  proceeds 
from  the  savings  of  the  rations  of  the  sick  in  hospital,  belong  to  the  hospital 
fund. 

301.  The  company  commander  will  keep  an  account  of  the  company 
fund,  which  will  be  subject  to  inspection  by  the  commander  of  the  post  and 
regiment  and  members  of  the  company  council. 

302.  Extra  compensation  may  be  paid  to  enlisted  men  from  company  or 
general  mess  funds  as  follows :  From  a  company  fund,  25  cents  per  day  to 
the  head  cook ;  from  a  general  mess  fund,  not  exceeding  $2.00  per  day,  to  be 
apportioned  by  the  mess  council  among  the  cooks  and  other  necessary 
regular  attendants.    Of  this  $2.00  the  mess  council  may  allot  to  the  mess 
steward  (who  may  be  a  noncommissioned  officer)  a  per  diem  of  50  cents, 
and  in  addition  thereto  a  share  of  the  remaining  $1.50.     The  head  cook  of 
a  company  and  such  of  the  regular  attendants  of  a  general  mess  as  the  com- 
manding officer  may  designate  will  be  inspected  and  mustered  in  the  kitchen 
or  mess  hall.     They  will  be  excused  from  the  ordinary  post  duties,  but  will 
attend  target  practice  when  practicable. 

303.  An  officer  appointed  by  the  post  commander  will,  under  his  direc- 
tion, conduct  the  general  mess  affairs,  make  necessary  purchases,  and  have 
charge  of  the  mess  fund.     Quarterly  and  when  relieved  he  will  submit  to 
the  mess  council  a  statement  of  all  business  dealings  and  money  transac- 
tions, with  proper  vouchers.     Upon  the  call  of  the  mess  council,  he  will 
furnish  information  regarding  the  condition  and  management  of  the  mess. 
A  company  on  taking  the  field  or  withdrawing  from  a  general  mess  will  be 
entitled  to  a  just  share  of  the  fund  thereof,  to  be  determined  by  the  mess 
council,  approved  by  the  post  commander. 


UNIVERSITY 

BAKERIES,  LIBRARIES,  VTQ.  43 


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ARTICLE   XXXV. 

POST  BAKERIES. 

3O-1.  Bread  will  be  baked  in  post  bakeries  when  practicable.  At  all 
permanent  posts  a  suitable  building  for  the  purpose,  and  the  necessary 
utensils  and  furniture  therefor,  will  be  provided  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department.  Such  necessary  fuel  as  can  be  saved  from  authorized  issues  to 
troops  may  be  used  in  post  bakeries.  If  more  is  needed  it  may  be  purchased 
from  the  quartermaster  at  contract  price.  The  post  treasurer,  under  the 
supervision  of  the  commanding  officer,  will  have  charge  of  the  bakery. 

305.  A  competent  enlisted  man  will  be  detailed  as  chief   baker,  and  if 
necessary,  one  or  more  enlisted  men  as  assistant  bakers. 

306.  Extra  pay  to  post  bakers  will  be  paid  from  the  bakery  fund,  and 
the  following  daily  rates  are  authorized :  To  the  chief  baker  at  a  post  of  one 
company,  25  cents ;  two  companies,  35  cents ;  three  companies,  40  cents ;  four 
or  more  companies,  50  cents.     To  each  necessary  assistant,  10  cents  less  than 
the  chief  baker,  when  the  chief  baker's  pay  is  40  cents  or  less,  and  15  cents 
less,  when  the  chief  baker's  pay  is  50  cents. 

307.  The  expenses  of  the  bakery  will  be  restricted  to  the  extra  pay  of  the 
bakers,  the  purchase  of  articles  necessary  for  making  bread,  and  utensils 
not  furnished  by  the  supply  departments.     These  expenses  must  be  paid 
from  the  savings  of  the  flour  ration. 

308.  The  chief  baker  will  be  inspected  and  mustered  at  the  post  bakery. 
He  will  be  excuse.1  from  ordinary  post  duties,  but  will  attend  target  prac- 
tice when  practicable. 

309.  The  baking  of  bread  by  companies  at  posts  is  expressly  forbidden. 

ARTICLE   XXXVI. 

LIBRARIES,  READING  ROOMS,  ETC. 

310.  At  each  permanent  post  suitable  rooms  will  be  set  apart  for  use 
as  library,  reading  room,  chapel  and  school.    The  Quartermaster-General 
will  procure  and  forward  to  post  libraries  such  newspapers  and  periodicals, 
and  to  post  schools  such  schoolbooks,  stationery  and  school  material  for  the 
use  of  enlisted  men  as  are  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War.    Newspapers 
and  periodicals  will  not  be  taken  from  the  library;  schoolbooks  will  not  be 
taken  from  the  schoolroom  except  for  the  proper  use  of  those  attending  the 
post  school.    These  books  and  periodicals  are  intended  especially  for  the  use 
of  enlisted  men.    Books  for  post  chapel  services  are  not  furnished  by  the 
Government;  the  chaplain  is  expected  to  obtain  them  through  the  voluntary 
contributions  of  those  interested.     The  library  and  reading  rooms  may  be 
used  by  officers  in  such  manner  as  not  to  interfere  with  their  use  by  enlisted 
men. 

311.  At  any  post  where  building  material  can  be  obtained  without 
expense  to  the  Government,  and  enlisted  men  desire  to  erect  buildings  by 
their  own  labor  for  use  as  post  exchanges,  gymnasiums,  bowling  alleys,  and 
other  places  of  amusement,  the  post  commander  is  authorized  to  use  the 
necessary  teams  and  such  tools,  window  sash,  doors,  and  other  material  as 
may  be  on  hand  and  can  be  spared. 


44  GARDENS — SCHOOLS. 

312.  In  all  cases  of  necessary  removal,  the  articles  supplied  for  use  in 
bakeries,  libraries,  reading  rooms,  schools,  and  gymnasiums  will  be  trans- 
ported by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

313.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  furnish  fuel  for  heating 
libraries,  reading  rooms,  schools,  chapels,  and  gymnasiums  as  indicated 
in  paragraph  1006. 

ARTICLE    XXXVII. 

POST  GARDENS. 

314.  Commanding  officers  of  posts  at  or  near  which  suitable  public 
lands  are  available,  will  set  aside  for  post  gardens  such  ground  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  production  of  vegetables  for  the  command  and  will  cause 
it  to  be  cultivated  by  the  garrison. 

315.  Seeds  for  post  gardens  may  be  procured  from  the  commissary,  or 
from  dealers  or  producers  in  the  vicinity  of  the  post.     Payment  for  such  arti- 
cles at  cost  prices  will  be  made  from  post  exchange  funds,  or  pro  rata  from 
company  and  hospital  funds. 

316.  Department  commanders  will  give  such  instructions  as  may  be  nec- 
essary for  carrying  these  regulations  into  effect  and  for  the  proper  distribu- 
tion of  products  of  gardens  among  those  entitled  to  them.   Surplus  products 
may  be  sold  and  the  proceeds  divided  among  the  company  funds  of  the  gar- 
rison according  to  strength  of  companies. 

ARTICLE    XXXVIII. 

POST  SCHOOLS. 

317.  The  instruction  of  enlisted  men  is  a  military  duty.     The  post  com- 
mander will  detail  an  officer  to  conduct  the  post  school.     Instruction  will  be 
given  by  officers,  assisted  by  teachers  detailed  from  the  enlisted  men.    Com- 
manding officers  are  enjoined  to  personally  aid  and  encourage  those  needing 
instruction,  which  will  not  be  restricted  to  the  elementary  branches,  but  will 
extend  to  and  include  any  subjects  for  which  enlisted  men  under  instruction 
may  have  an  aptitude,  or  which  they  can  pursue  with  advantage  to  them- 
selves or  to  the  service.     In  the  absence  of  proper  text-books  instruction 
will  be  oral.    Desks  and  other  material  needed  in  schoolrooms  will  be  sup- 
plied by  the  quartermaster. 

31§.  School  terms,  aggregating  not  less  than  four  months  in  each  year, 
will  be  designated  by  the  department  commander,  and  sessions  will  be  held 
daily,  Saturdays  and  Sundays  excepted.  At  the  beginning  of  each  term, 
company  commanders  will  furnish  to  the  post  commander  a  list  of  men 
needing  or  desiring  instruction. 

319.  The  number  of  teachers  detailed  from  the  enlisted  men  will  not 
exceed  one  to  every  fifteen  pupils  or  fraction  of  that  number.  If  there  be  no 
enlisted  men  present  suitable  for  such  detail,  the  commanding  officer  will 
apply  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the  number  required.  For 
Saturdays  and  Sundays  and  during  vacation  but  one  teacher  at  each  post 
will  be  allowed  extra-duty  pay,  and  he  will  be  required  to  care  for  the 
schoolbooks  and  property,  and  to  teach  the  recruits  and  children.  A  school- 
teacher is  not  entitled  to  extra-duty  pay  while  absent  on  furlough  or  on 
pass  exceeding  twenty-four  hours. 


SCHOOLS EXCHANGES.  45 

320.  The  adjutant-general  of  each  department  will,  under  the  direction 
of  its  commander,  have  a  general  supervision  of  the  post  schools  of  the 
department.     He  will  make,  annually,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
a  full  report  of  their  condition  and  progress,  setting  forth  specifically  any  case 
of  failure  or  neglect  on  the  part  of  a  post  commander  to  take  proper  interest 
in  them  or  to  facilitate  their  operation.    This  report  will  accompany  the 
annual  report  of  the  department  commander.     Twice  each  year  reports  will 
be  rendered  by  officers  in  charge  of  schools  on  the  prescribed  forms,  through 
post  commanders,  to  the  adjutant-general  of  the  department,  who  will  for- 
ward a  consolidation  thereof  with  his  annual  report. 

321.  Officers  of  the  Inspector-General's  Department  will  examine  into 
the  system  of  instruction,  advise  post  commanders  of  defects  and  suggest 
methods  of  improvement.     They  will  endeavor  to  bring  about  uniformity 
in  methods  of  management  and  instruction. 

322.  At  posts  where  the  number  of  children  present  will  admit  of  it  and 
where  there  are  no  convenient  educational  privileges,  schools  will  be  main- 
tained at  which  the'  attendance  of  children  of  officers  will  be  optional  with 
parents  and  those  of  enlisted  men  compulsory.     The  sessions  of  children's 
schools  will  be  during  such  hours  of  the  day  as  commanding  officers  may 
direct. 

323.  The  children  of  civilians  living  near  a  post  may  be  permitted  to 
attend  the  post  school.     In  such  cases  the  parents  will,  if  able,  pay  a  small 
compensation  for  the  privilege  and  will  supply  the  necessary  books.    • 

324.  The  officer  in  charge  of  the  post  school  will  regulate  the  character 
and  methods  of  instruction  and  enforce  necessary  discipline.     Enlisted  men 
in  attendance  who  misbehave  will  be  duly  reported  to  the  post  authorities. 
Harsh  punishment  will  not  be  inflicted  upon  children ;  if  not  amenable  to 
discipline,  their  conduct  will  be  reported  to  the  commanding  officer,  who 
will  take  the  necessary  action.     For  noncompliance  with  the  rules  of  the 
school,  children  of  officers  may  be  deprived  of  its  privileges. 

ARTICLE    XXXIX. 

POST  EXCHANGES, 

325.  Post  exchanges  are  established  and  maintained  under  special  regu- 
lations prepared  by  the  War  Department,  which  will  be  published  from  time 
to  time. 

326.  On  June  30  and  December  31  of  each  year  the  commanding  officer 
of  a  post  at  which  an  exchange  is  conducted  will  submit  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army,  through  military  channels,  a  detailed  report  of  the 
operations  and  financial  condition  of  the  exchange,  accompanied  by  such 
remarks  touching  its  effect  upon  the  welfare  of  his  command  as  he  may 
deem  it  necessary  to  make  for  the  information  of  the  Commanding  General 
of  the  Army  and  the  Secretary  of  War. 

ABTICLE    XL. 

CARE  OF  FORTIFICATIONS  AND  MAGAZINES. 

327.  No  person  will  be  permitted  to  walk  upon  any  of  the  slopes  of  a 
fortification,  excepting  the  ramps  and  glacis.    If  necessary  to  provide  for 


46  CARE    OF    FORTIFICATIONS. 

crossing  them,  it  should  be  done  by  means  of  wooden  steps  or  stairs.  The 
occasional  walking  of  persons  on  a  parapet  will  do  no  harm  provided  the 
surface  is  not  cut  into  paths. 

328.  Animals  will  not  be  permitted  to  graze  upon  the  slopes,  parapets, 
or  ramparts,  nor  upon  the  glacis  except  within  fenced  limits  which  shall 
not  approach  within  30  feet  of  the  crest  of  the  glacis. 

329.  All  grassed  surfaces  except  the  glacis  will  be  frequently  mowed. 
In  cutting  the  grass  upon  small  slopes  a  sickle  will  be  used ;  in  mowing 
the  steep  slopes  the  mower  will  stand  on  a  light  ladder  resting  against  the 
slope. 

330.  Hay  may  be  cut  on  the  glacis,  or  if  fenced,  it  may  be  used  as  a  pas- 
ture ;  otherwise  it  will  be  treated  like  other  slopes  of  the  fortification.     On 
all  slopes  dead  sods  will  be  replaced  with  fresh  ones.     Weeds  will  be  eradi- 
cated.   The  burning  of  grass  upon  any  portion  of  a  fortification  is  prohibited. 
The  formation  of  gullies  in  the  parade,  terreplein,  and  ramps,  will  be  pre- 
vented, especially  in  slopes  where  grass  is  not  well  established. 

33 1 .  Terrepleins,  floors,  pavements,  and  walks,  when  constructed  of  brick, 
masonry  or  concrete,  will  be  preserved  from  injury  with  great  care.     They 
will  be  protected  by  planks  whenever  it  is  necessary  to  move  guns  or  vehi- 
cles of  any  kind  over  them,  and  no  heavy  weight  will  be  permitted  to  fall 
upon  them. 

332.  Earth ,  sand  or  ashes  will  not  be  placed  against  woodwork.     Wooden 
floors,  platforms  and  bridges  will  be  kept  clean  and  exposed  to  a  free  circu- 
lation of  air.    Doors  and  windows  of  all  storerooms,  of  unoccupied  case- 
mates, quarters  and  buildings  will  be  opened  several  times  a  week  for 
thorough  ventilation. 

333.  The  labor  required  by  this  article,  as  well  as  repairs  requiring  small 
disbursements,  such  as  repainting  exposed  wood  or  iron  work,  can  be  per- 
formed by  the  garrison ;  but  reports,  estimates,  and  requisitions  may  be 
necessary  to  obtain  materials. 

334.  The  taking  of  photographic  or  other  views  of  permanent  works  of 
defense  will  not  be  permitted. 

335.  Magazines  will  be  opened  for  ventilation  in  dry  weather  only.     The 
ventilators  will  be  kept  free.    No  shrubbery  or  trees  will  be  permitted  to 
screen  the  buildings  from  the  sun. 

336.  Moisture  in  a  magazine  may  be  absorbed  by  chloride  of  lime  placed 
in  an  open  vessel.    The  use  of  quicklime  is  dangerous. 

337.  Canes,  swords  or  other  articles  which  might  produce  sparks  will 
not  be  taken  into  a  magazine,  and  no  person  will  enter  without  first  remov- 
ing his  shoes  or  putting  on  magazine  slippers. 

338.  Barrels  containing   powder  will   be   occasionally  inspected  and 
brushed  to  prevent  insects  from  destroying  the  hoops.     Carbolic  acid  may 
be  used  as  a  preventive.    When  necessary  to  prevent  caking,  barrels  of  pow- 
der will  be  rolled  on  boards  outside  the  magazine.     Should  the  powder  be 
caked,  great  caution  must  be  used  in  breaking  the  lumps.    The  grains  must 
be  separated,  but  not  pulverized. 

339.  Under  no  circumstances  will  cartridge  bags  or  projectiles  be  filled 
in  a  magazine. 


LIGHT    ARTILLERY TORPEDC    SERVICE.  47 

340.  Smoking  or  fire  will  not  be  allowed  in  the  vicinity  of  a  magazine. 
Should  a  fire  accidentally  occur  near  by,  the  ventilators  and  windows  will 
be  immediately  closed  and  the  building  covered  with  paulins  or  blankets 
saturated  with  water.    No  attempt  should  be  made  to  remove  the  contents. 

341.  Such  articles  as  loaded  shells,  fuses,  friction  primers,  water  caps, 
rockets  and  fireworks  will  never  be  put  in  a  magazine  containing  powder. 

342.  Shells  will  not  be  charged  until  there  is  occasion  for  firing  them. 

343.  The  instructions  regarding  the  care  and  preservation  of  artillery 
material,  contained  in  the  authorized  Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery,  will  be 
observed  by  the  commanding  officer  of  each  military  post  at  which  such 
material  is  used  or  stored. 

ARTICLE  XLI. 

LIGHT  ARTILLERY  INSTRUCTION. 

344.  For  purposes  of  instruction  the  lieutenants  of  the  artillery  regi- 
ments will  be  assigned  for  tours  of  duty  not  exceeding  three  years  with  the 
light  batteries  of  their  respective  regiments.    Transfers  to  and  from  light 
batteries  will  be  made  by  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  after  consid- 
eration of  such  recommendations  as  may  be  made  by  the  regimental  com- 
manders, and  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  take  effect  on  the  1st  day  of  October. 
Regimental  commanders  will  forward  their  recommendations  in  due  season 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.     Details  for  light  artillery  instruc- 
tion will,  as  a  rule,  be  made  from  officers  who  are  not  on  detached  or  special 
service. 

34»5.  Captains  of  light  batteries  will  be  assigned,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Secretary  of  War,  by  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  upon  the 
recommendation  of  regimental  commanders,  whose  recommendations  will 
be  based  solely  upon  the  special  qualifications  of  officers  for  the  command 
of  the  instruction  batteries. 

ARTICLE    XLII. 

INSTRUCTION  IN  TORPEDO  SERVICE. 

346.  The  commanding  officer  of  each  cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry 
regiment  may,  on  the  1st  day  of  September  of  each  year,  nominate  to  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army  one  subaltern  for  detail  at  Willets  Point, 
N.  Y.,  for  a  course  of  instruction  in  torpedo  service,  commencing  on  the  1st 
day  of  December  and  ending  on  the  1st  day  of  October  following.     The  nomi- 
nations thus  made  will  be  forwarded  through  the  regular  military  channels. 

347.  The  conditions  governing  the  detail  will  be  determined  each  year 
and  announced  in  general  orders  from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Army. 

ARTICLE    XLIII. 

ARTILLERY  PRACTICE. 

34 N.  At  all  posts  with  fixed  batteries  the  position  of  every  gun,  mounted 
or  to  be  mounted,  will  have  its  number,  which  will  be  placed  on  the  gun 
when  in  position.  The  guns  will  be  numbered  in  a  regular  series,  com- 
mencing with  the  first  gun  on  the  left  of  the  main  entrance  looking  out. 


48  ARTILLERY    PRACTICE. 

Where  there  are  platforms  temporarily  unoccupied  by  guns  they  will  be 
included  in  the  regular  series  of  numbering.  The  pieces  of  other  batteries 
will  be  numbered  from  right  to  left. 

349.  At  all  posts  with  fixed  batteries  a  book  will  be  kept,  known  as  the 
Post  Book  of  Artillery  Record,  in  which,  under  the  direction  of  the  post 
commander,  will  be  entered  the  number  of  each  mounted  gun,  its  caliber, 
weight,  names  of  founder  and  inspector,  and  other  marks,  the  description 
of  its  carriage,  whence  received,  date  of  receipt  at  post,  and  the  greatest  field 
of  fire  of  the  gun  in  position.     This  book  will  be  furnished  by  the  Ordnance 
Department.     Instructions  for  keeping  it  will  be  found  in  front  pages. 

350.  The  commanding  general  of  each  department  within  which  are  the 
headquarters  of  one  or  more  regiments  of  artillery,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  will  select  a  competent  field  officer 
of  artillery,  not  a  colonel,  to  be  attached  to  the  department  staff,  who  will 
be  designated  the  artillery  inspector.     He  will  perform  such  duties  in  con- 
nection with  his  arm  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  department  com- 
mander, make  such  inspections  of  the  artillery  troops  and  material  in  the 
department  as  may  be  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  report  thereon 
to  the  department  commander. 

351.  The  commanding  officer  of  each  post  where  there  are  fixed  batteries 
bearing  upon  a  channel,  will  call  upon  the  Engineer  Department  for  accu- 
rate charts  showing  the  soundings  within  range  of  the  guns.     These  charts 
will  be  elaborated  as  prescribed  by  instructions  and  general  orders  governing 
artillery  practice. 

352.  The  details  of  the  methods  of  conducting  the  technical  instruction 
of  artillery  troops,  target  practice  with  heavy  and  light  artillery,  and  the 
artillery  competitions  will  be  prescribed  in  orders  and  instructions  issuing 
from  the  Headquarters  of  tke  Army.    Any  deviation  from  the  prescribed 
methods  must  be  sanctioned  by  the  department  commander. 

353.  All  officers  of  artillery  will  be  encouraged  to  submit,  through 
proper  channels,  suggestions  and  devices  for  improving  prescribed  methods. 
Changes  affecting  the  authorized  Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery  will  be  pub- 
lished in  Artillery  Memoranda  from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office. 

354.  The  allowance  of  ammunition  for  the  instruction  of  heavy  and 
light  artillery  batteries  and  for  practice  with  machine  guns  will  be  deter- 
mined each  year  and  announced  in  general  orders  from  the  Headquarters  of 
the  Army. 

355.  Targets  and  target  material  for  artillery  practice  will  be  provided 
by  the  Ordnance  Department.     The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  fur- 
nish all  necessary  assistance  in  placing,  removing  and  storing  targets. 

356.  In  addition  to  such  reports  as  may  be  required  by  instructions  and 
orders  governing  artillery  practice,  the  commanding  officer  of  a  post  or 
battery  will  forward  for  the  information  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  on 
forms  supplied  by  the  Ordnance  Department,  a  report  of  each  shot  fired  in 
practice,  instruction,  and  active  service. 


SMALL-ARMS    PRACTICE ROSTER.  49 

ARTICLE    XLIV. 

SMALL-ARMS  PRACTICE. 

357.  Small-arms  practice  will  be  conducted  in  accordance    With  the 
authorized  firing  regulations  and  orders  from  the  War  Department.     The 
period  selected  for  practice  on  the  range  will  be  announced  annually  by 
department  commanders,  who  will  also  publish  the  results  of  the  firing, 
and  the  names  of  qualified  sharpshooters ;  all  orders  containing  instruc- 
tions to  govern  either  preliminary  methods  or  practice  with  the  rifle, 
carbine,  or  revolver,  will  be  issued  from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Army. 

358.  Reports  as  to  the  amount  of  instruction  imparted  and  the  degree 
of  efficiency  attained  will  be  rendered  only  as  required  by  the  firing  regu- 
lations for  small  arms,  or  by  orders  issued  from  the  Headquarters  of  the 
Army.     The  necessary  books  and  blanks  will  be  supplied  by  the  Ordnance 
Department. 

359.  The  values  of  small-arms  ammunition  and  of  the  component  parts 
thereof  will  be  published  in  general  orders. 

360.  The  aggregate  allowance  of  ammunition  for  any  company  will  be 
expended  at  such  times  during  the  year  as  the  department  commander 
may  direct,  or  in  the  absence  of  specific  directions,  as  the  post  and  com- 
pany commanders  may  determine.     When  not  used  in  target  practice, 
ammunition  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  post  and  company  commanders, 
be  expended  in  hunting. 

361.  Company  commanders  will  keep  a  permanent  record  for  each  cal- 
endar year  of  the  ammunition  expended  in  target  firing  at  each  practice. 
Any  expenditure  in  excess  of  authorized  allowances  will  be  charged  to  the 
officer  accountable.    Ammunition  not  expended  at  the  end  of  the  calendar 
year  will  be  no  longer  available. 

362.  The  Ordnance  Department  will   provide  the   requisite   targets, 
streamers  and  flags.      The  quartermaster  will  set  up  the  targets,  prepare 
the  range  and  construct  shelters  for  the  markers.     Flour  for  making  paste 
for  use  in  target  practice  will  be  issued  by  the  commissary. 

363.  Where  hunting  for  large  game  is  practicable  the  men  will  be 
encouraged  to  hunt,  and  for  this  purpose  company  commanders  may  per- 
mit their  men  to  purchase  cartridges,  if  supply  warrants  it,  such  sales  to 
be  accounted  for  on  returns  of  ordnance. 

ARTICLE   XLV. 

ROSTER,  DETACHMENTS  AND  DAILY  SERVICE. 

THE  ROSTER. 

364.  A  roster  is  a  list  of  officers  or  men  for  duty,  with  a  record  of  the 
duty  performed  by  each.    Generally,  details  for  duty  are  made  so  that  the 
one  longest  off  is  the  first  for  detail.     Details  so  made  are  said  to  be  made 
by  roster. 

365.  All  details  for  service  in  garrison  and  in  the  field,  except  the  author- 
ized special  and  extra-duty  details,  will  be  by  roster  ;  but  officers  or  enlisted 
men,  when  detailed,  must  serve,  whether  a  roster  be  kept  or  not.     Having 
performed  the  service,  they  may  appeal  to  superior  authority  if  they  deem 
themselves  aggrieved. 

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50  ROSTER. 

366.  The  duties  performed  by  roster  are  of  two  classes.     The  first  com- 
prises,  (1)    outposts;  (2)   interior  guards,    including  stable   guards;    (3) 
detachments  to  protect  laborers  on  military  works ;   (4)   armed  working 
parties  on  such  works.     The  second  comprises  all  other  duties  and  fatigue, 
in  or  out  of  the  garrison  or  camp. 

367.  The  rosters  are  distinct  for  each  class.     Officers  are  named  on  them 
in  the  order  of  rank.     Details  are  made  in  succession  according  to  roster, 
beginning  at  the  head. 

368.  Lieutenant-colonels  and  majors  are  on  one  roster,  and  may  be 
detailed  when  the  importance  of  the  duty  requires  it.     In  the  field  their 
roster  is  kept  at  division  and  brigade  headquarters.     Captains  form  one  ros- 
ter and  are  exempt  from  ordinary  fatigue  duties.     A  captain  commanding  a 
battalion  is  exempt  from  detail,  and  duty  falling  to  him  passes.     Lieuten- 
ants form  one  roster,  and  first  and  second  lieutenants  are  entered  alter- 
nately.    Sergeants,  corporals,  musicians  and  privates  form  distinct  rosters. 

369.  Officers,  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates  take  duties  of  the 
first  class  in  the  order  stated  in  paragraph  366,  viz,  the  first  for  detail  takes 
the  outposts,  the  next  the  interior  guards,  and  so  on.     In  those  of  the  sec- 
ond class  the  senior  officer  takes  the  largest  party.     The  party  first  for  detail 
takes  the  service  out  of  camp. 

370.  In  making  details  by  roster,  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  is  each  day 
charged  with  the  number  of  days  that  he  has  remained  present  and  avail- 
able since  the  beginning  of  his  last  tour.     Departures  from  this  rule  may  be 
authorized  by  the  commanding  officer  whenever  a  strict  application  would 
allow  improper  advantage  or  work  hardship. 

371.  When  an  officer  has  been  detailed  and  is  not  present  or  available  at 
the  hour  of  marching,  the  next  after  him  takes  the  duty.    When  an  out- 
post has  passed  the  chain  of  sentinels,  or  an  interior  guard  has  reached  its 
post,  the  officer  whose  tour  it  was  can  not  take  it  unless  so  ordered  by  the 
commanding  officer,  but  succeeds  to  the  tour  of  the  officer  who  has  taken  his. 

372.  Duties  of  the  first  class  are  credited  on  the  roster  when  the  guards 
or  detachments  have  passed  the  chain  of  sentinels  or  an  interior  guard  has 
reached  its  post ;  other  duties,  when  the  parties  have  entered  upon  their 
performance. 

373.  An  officer  or  enlisted  man  on  duty  of  the  first  class,  or  who  is  next 
for  detail  for  such  duty,  is  available,  when  relieved,  for  duty  of  the  second 
class  that  has  fallen  to  him  during  that  time.     Except  in  emergencies  no 
duty  will  be  required  of  the  old  officer  of  the  day  or  the  old  guard  until  four 
•hours  after  they  have  been  relieved. 

374.  Soldiers  march  armed,  and  if  necessary,  fully  equipped,  on  all  duties 
of  the  first  class. 

375.  In  the  cavalry,  dismounted  men  and  those  whose  horses  are  not  fit 
for  service  are  preferred  for  all  dismounted  details.    Mounted  men  are  never 
employed  on  such  service  if  the  number  of  dismounted  men  is  sufficient. 

376.  In  the  field,  every  enlisted  man  of  the  cavalry  detailed  for  dismounted 
service  will,  before  he  marches,  take  to  the  first  sergeant  of  his  troop  his  horse 
equipments  and  saddle,  ready  packed.     In  case  of  alarm  the  first  sergeant 
sees  that  the  horses  of  these  men  are  equipped  and  led  to  the  rendezvous. 


DETACHMENTS — DAILY    SERVICE.  51 

377.  Light  batteries  serving  with  other  troops  will  perform  their  own 
guard,  police,  and  fatigue  duty,  and  officers  and  men  will  be  exempt  from 
detail  for  other  duty  of  like  character,  except  when  in  the  judgment  of  the 
post  commander  the  necessities  of  the  service  will  not  permit  such  exemp- 
tion, in  which  case  he  will  immediately  report  his  action  and  the  circum- 
stances to  the  department  commander. 

DETACHMENTS. 

378.  As  far  as  the  exigencies  of  the  service  will  permit,  detachments  for 
armed  service  will  be  formed  by  taking  battalions,  companies,  platoons,  or 
other  subdivisions  in  turn,  according  to  the  roster. 

379.  Officers  or  enlisted  men  detailed  for  detached  service  while  on  other 
duty  will  be  relieved  from  that  duty  if  they  can  reach  camp  in  time  to  march 
with  the  detachment. 

3 SO.  When  a  detachment  is  to  be  formed  from  the  different  organiza- 
tions of  a  command,  the  adjutant  or  adjutant-general  forms  its  contingent, 
verifies  the  details  and  sends  it  to  the  place  of  assembly,  or  turns  it  over  to  the 
detachment  commander. 

381.  When  detachments  meet,  the  command  is  regulated  while  they 
serve  together  as  if  they  formed  one  command,  but  the  senior  officer  can 
not  prevent  the  commander  of  any  detachment  from  moving  when  he  thinks 
proper  to  execute  the  orders  he  has  received. 

382.  On  the  return  of  a  detachment  its  commander  reports  to  the  head- 
quarters from  which  he  received  his  orders. 

DAILY   SERVICE. 

383.  There  should  be  daily  at  least  two  roll  calls,  viz,  at  reveille  and 
retreat.     Commanding  officers  may  also  order  roll  calls  in  special  cases  at 
such  times  as  they  deem  necessary.     The  roll  will  be  called  on  the  company 
parade  by  the  first  sergeant,  superintended  by  a  commissioned  officer.     If 
companies  are  quartered  together  or  in  contiguous  barracks,  one  officer  may 
superintend  the  roll  call  of  two  or  more  of  them,  provided  he  can  do  so 
efficiently,  commanding  officers  regulating  the   practice  in  this  regard. 
Ordinarily' there  will  not  be  any  formation  for  roll  call  at  tattoo,  but  the 
prescribed  signal  will  be  sounded,  and  fifteen  minutes  thereafter  lights  in 
squad  rooms  will  be  extinguished  and  all  noises  and  loud  talking  will  cease. 
Call  to  quarters  will  be  sounded  at  10.45  p.  m.  and  taps  at  11.     At  taps  all 
lights  not  authorized  by  the  commanding  officer  will  be  extinguished  and  the 
first  sergeant  or  other  noncommissioned  officer,  as  the  company  commander 
may  direct,  will  inspect  each  company  and  report  to  the  officer  of  the  day 
the  names  of  all  unauthorized  absentees.    Reveille  roll  call  in  garrison  will 
not  ordinarily  take  place  earlier  than  5.30  a.  m.  in  summer,  or  6.30  a.  m.  in 
winter.    At  retreat  roll  call  the  troops  are  brought  to  parade  rest  and  so 
remain  during  the  sounding  of  retreat. 

384.  Mess  call  will  be  sounded  daity  as  follows :    For  breakfast,  fifteen 
minutes  after  reveille  roll  call ;  for  dinner,  not  earlier  than  12  m.  nor  later 
than  12.15  p.m.  ;  for  supper,  not  earlier  than  5  nor  later  than  6.30  p.  m. 
Meals  for  enlisted  men  will  be  served  promptly  at  the  hours  appointed 
and  the  duties  of  the  post,  as  far  as  compatible  with  the  requirements  of 


52  HONORS. 

the  service,  will  be  so  arranged  that  the  enlisted  men  may  be  present.  The 
men  will  be  allowed  at  least  twenty  minutes  for  breakfast  and  supper  and 
thirty  minutes  for  dinner. 

3 §5.  Except  at  the  ceremony  of  parade,  the  result  of  a  roll  call  will  be 
reported  after  the  companies  have  been  dismissed,  to  the  officer  superin- 
tending the  call,  who  will  report  the  result  to  the  commanding  officer. 

386.  In  camp  and  garrison  the  commanding  officer  fixes  the  hours  for 
reports,  issues  and  roll  calls,  and  for  the  performance  of  stated  duties  and 
fatigues.     In  garrison,  retreat  will  be  at  sunset.     The  signals  will  be  sounded 
by  the  field  musicians  in  accordance  with  authorized  drill  regulations. 

387.  After  breakfast,  and  after  stable  duty  in  the  cavalry,  the  tents  or 
quarters  and  adjacent  ground  will  be  policed  by  the  men  of  the  companies 
and  the  guardhouse  or  guard  tent  by  the  prisoners  or  by  members  of  the 
guard  if  there  be  no  prisoners. 

388.  The  morning  reports  of  the  companies,  signed  by  the  company  com- 
manders and  first  sergeants,  will  be  handed  to  the  adjutant  before  8  o'clock 
in  the  morning  and  will  be  consolidated  by  him  within  the  next  hour.     The 
consolidated  report  will  be  signed  by  the  commanding  officer  and  the  adju- 
tant. 

ARTICLE   XL VI. 

HONORS,  COURTESIES  AND  CEREMONIES. 
HONORS. 

389.  The  officers  named  below  will  be  received  with  standards  and 
colors  dropping,  officers  and  troops  saluting,  and  the  bands  and  field  music 
playing,  as  follows :  The  President,  the  President's  March ;  the  General, 
the  General's  March;  the  Lieutenant-General  or  the  Major-General  Com- 
manding the  Army,  trumpets  sounding  three  flourishes  or  drums  beating 
three  ruffles ;  a  major-general,  two  flourishes  or  two  ruffles ;  a  brigadier- 
general,  one  flourish  or  one  ruffle. 

390.  To  the  Vice-President,  the  members  of  the  Cabinet,  the  Chief  Jus- 
tice, the  President  of  the  Senate,  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives, American  or  foreign  ambassadors,  and  governors  within  their  respective 
States  and  Territories  the  same  honors  are  paid  as  to  the  General ;  to  the 
Assistant  Secretary  of  War  and  to  American  or  foreign  envoys  or  minis- 
ters, the  same  honors  as  to  the  Lieutenant-General ;  to  officers  of  the  Navy 
the  honors  due  to  their  assimilated  or  relative  rank  ;  to  officers  of  marines 
and  volunteers,  and  militia  when  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  the 
honors  due  to  like  grades  in  the  regular  service ;  to  officers  of  a  foreign 
service  the  honors  due  to  their  rank. 

39 1 .  The  national  or  regimental  color  or  standard,  uncased,  passing  a 
guard  or  other  armed  body  will  be  saluted,  the  field  music  sounding  ' '  to  the 
color  "or  "  to  the  standard."    Officers  or  enlisted  men  passing  the  uncased 
color  will  render  the  prescribed  salute ;  with  no  arms  in  hand,  the  salute 
will  be  made  by  uncovering. 

392.  No  honors  are  paid  by  troops  when  on  the  march  or  in  trenches  and 
no  salute  is  rendered  when  marching  in  double  time  or  at  the  trot  or  gallop. 

393.  The  commanding  officer  is  saluted  by  all  commissioned  officers  in 
command  of  troops  or  detachments.    Troops  under  arms  will  salute  as  pre- 
scribed in  drill  regulations. 


HONORS.  53 

394.  All  officers  salute  on  meeting  and  in  making  or  receiving  official 
reports.     Military  courtesy  requires  the  junior  to  salute  first,  but  when  the 
salute  is  introductory  to  a  report  made  at  a  military  ceremony  or  forma- 
tion to  the  representative  of  a  common  superior — as  for  example,  to  the 
adjutant,  officer  of  the  day,  etc. — the  officer  making  the  report,  whatever 
his  rank,  will  salute  first ;  the  officer  to  whom  the  report  is  made  will  ac- 
knowledge by  saluting,  that  he  has  received  and  understood  the  report. 
When  under  arms  the  salute  is  made  with  the  sword  or  saber  if  drawn ; 
otherwise  with  the  hand.     A  mounted  officer  dismounts  before  addressing 
a  superior  not  mounted. 

395.  On  official  occasions,  officers  when  indoors  and  under  arms  do  not 
uncover,  but  salute  with  the  sword  if  drawn  ;  otherwise  with  the  hand. 
If  not  under  arms,  they  uncover  and  stand  at  attention,  but  do  not  salute 
except  when  making  or  receiving  reports. 

396.  When  an  enlisted  man  without  arms  passes  an  officer  he  salutes 
with  the  hand  farthest  from  the  officer.     If  mounted,  he  salutes  with  the 
right  hand.     Officers  are  saluted  whether  in  uniform  or  not. 

397.  An  enlisted  man,  armed  with  the  saber  and  out  of  ranks,  salutes  all 
officers  with  the  saber  if  drawn;  otherwise  he  salutes  with  the  hand.     If  on 
foot  and  armed  with  a  rifle  or  carbine,  he  makes  the  rifle  or  carbine  salute. 
A  mounted  soldier  dismounts  before  addressing  an  officer  not  mounted. 

398.  A  noncommissioned  officer  or  private  in  command  of  a  detachment 
without  arms  salutes  all  officers  with  the  hand,  but  if  the  detachment  be  on 
foot  and  armed  with  the  rifle  or  carbine,  he  makes  the  rifle  or  carbine 
salute,  and  if  armed  with  a  saber,  he  salutes  with  it. 

399.  An   enlisted  man,  if  seated,  rises  on  the  approach  of  an  officer, 
faces  toward  him  and  salutes.     If  standing,  he  faces  the  officer  for  the 
same  purpose.     If  the  parties  remain  in  the  same  place  or  on  the  same 
ground,  such  compliments  need  not  be  repeated.     Soldiers  actually  at  work 
do  not  cease  work  to  salute  an  officer  unless  addressed  by  him. 

400.  An  enlisted  man  makes  the  prescribed  salute  with  the  weapon  he 
is  armed  with,  or  if  unarmed,  whether  covered  or  uncovered,  with  the 
hand,  before  addressing  an  officer.    He  also  makes  the  same  salute  after 
receiving  a  reply. 

401.  Indoors,  an  unarmed  enlisted  man  uncovers  and  stands  at  attention 
upon  the  approach  of  an  officer;   he  does  not  salute  unless  he  addresses 
or  is  addressed  by  the  officer.    If  armed  he  salutes  as  heretofore  prescribed, 
without  uncovering. 

402.  When  an  officer  enters  a  room  where  there  are  soldiers,  the  word 
"Attention"  is  given  by  some  one  who  perceives  him,  when  all  rise  and 
remain  standing  in  the  position  of  a  soldier  until  the  officer  leaves  the  room. 
Soldiers  at  meals  do  not  rise. 

403.  Soldiers  at  all  times  and  in  all  situations  pay  the  same  compliments 
to  officers  of  the  Army,  Navy,  and  Marines,  to  officers  of  volunteers  and 
officers  of  the  militia  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  as  to  officers  of 
their  own  regiments,  corps  or  arm  of  service. 

404.  Officers  will  at  all  times  acknowledge  the  courtesies  of  enlisted 
men  by  returning  salutes  given,  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  drill  regula- 
tions.   When  several  officers  in  company  are  saluted,  all  who  are  entitled 
to  the  salute  return  it. 


54  SALUTES. 

SALUTES  WITH   CANNON. 

405.  Salutes  will  be  fired  between  sunrise  and  sunset  only,  and,  as  a  rule, 
not  on  Sunday.     The  national  flag  will  always  be  displayed  at  the  time  of 
firing  a  salute. 

406.  The  national  salute  is  21  guns.     The  salute  to  the  Union,  com- 
memorative of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  and  consisting  of  one  gun 
for  each  State,  is  fired  at  noon  on  July  4,  at  every  post  provided  with 
artillery. 

407.  The  President,  both  on  his  arrival  at  and  departure  from  a  military 
post,  or  when  in  its  vicinity,  receives  a  salute  of  21  guns.     No  other  per- 
sonal salute  is  fired  in  his  presence. 

408.  The  Vice-President  and  President  of  the  Senate  receive  a  salute  of 
19  guns ;  members  of  the  Cabinet,  the  Chief  Justice,  the  Speaker  of  the  House 
of  Representatives,  American  or  foreign  ambassadors,  a  committee  of  Con- 
gress officially  visiting  a  military  post,  and  governors,  within  their  respec- 
tive States  or  Territories,  receive  17  guns.     The  Assistant  Secretary  of  War, 
when  officially  visiting  a  military  post,  receives  15  guns. 

409.  American  or  foreign  envoys  or  ministers  receive  15  guns  ;  ministers 
resident  accredited  to  the  United  States,  13  guns;  charges  d'affaires,  11 
guns  ;  consuls-general  accredited  to  the  United  States,  9  guns. 

4 1O.  The  sovereign  or  chief  magistrate  of  a  foreign  country  receives  the 
salute  prescribed  for  the  President ;  members  of  a  royal  family  receive  the 
salute  due  to  their  sovereign. 

411.  The  General  receives  a  salute  of  17  guns ;  the  Lieutenant-General  or 
Major-General  Commanding  the  Army,  15  guns  ;  a  major-general,  13  guns, 
and  a  brigadier-general.  11  guns, 

4 1 2.  An  officer  assigned  to  duty  according  to  his  brevet  rank  is  entitled 
to  the  salute  prescribed  for  the  grade  to  which  he  is  assigned. 

413.  As  a  rule,  a  personal  salute  is  fired  when  the  personage  entitled  to  it 
enters  a  post. 

414.  A  general  officer  is  saluted  but  once  a  year  at  each  post  when 
notice  of  his  intention  to  visit  it  has  been  given.     A  retired  general  officer 
making  an  official  visit  is  saluted  according  to  his  grade.     When  several  per- 
sons, each  of  whom  is  entitled  to  a  salute,  arrive  together  at  a  post,  the 
highest  in  rank  or  position  is  alone  saluted.     If  they  arrive  successively,  each 
is  saluted  in  turn. 

415.  Officers  of  the  Navy  are  saluted  according  to  their  relative  rank; 
officers  of  marines  and  of  the  volunteer  forces  or  militia  in  the  service  of 
the  United  States  and  officers  of  foreign  services  are  saluted  according  to 
rank. 

416.  The  salute  to  a  national  flag  is  21  guns. 

417.  It  is  the  custom  of  foreign  ships  of  war,  on  entering  a  harbor  or 
passing  near  a  fortification,  to  hoist  at  the  fore  the  flag  of  the  country  in 
whose  waters  they  are,  and  to  salute  it.    On  the  completion  of  the  salute  to 
the  flag,  a  salute  of  the  same  number  of  guns  will  be  promptly  returned 
by  the  nearest  fort  or  battery.     If  there  be  several  forts  or  batteries  in  sight, 
or  within  6  miles  of  each  other,  the  saluting  station  will  return  the  salute. 


SALUTES VISITS    AND    COURTESIES.  55 

United  States  vessels  return  salutes  to  the  flag  in  United  States  waters 
only  when  there  is  no  fort  or  battery  to  do  so.  United  States  vessels  do  not 
salute  United  States  forts  or  posts. 

418.  When  a  civil  functionary  entitled  to  a  salute  arrives  at  a  military 
post  the  commanding  officer  meets  or  calls  upon  him  as  soon  as  practicable, 
and  will  tender  him  a  review,  if  the  garrison  consists  of  not  less  than  four 
companies.     When  a  general  officer  visits  a  post  within  his  command,  the 
troops  will  be  paraded  for  review,  unless  he  directs  otherwise.    When  a 
salute  is  to  be  given  an  officer  junior  to  another  present  at  a  post,  the  senior 
will  be  notified  to  that  effect  by  the  commanding  officer. 

419.  The  flag  of  a  military  post  will  not  be  dipped  by  way  of  salute  or 
compliment. 

VISITS   AND  COURTESIES. 

4 2O.  Officers  arriving  at  the  headquarters  of  a  territorial  department, 
military  command,  or  at  a  military  post,  will  call  upon  the  commander 
thereof  as  soon  as  practicable  and  register  their  names.     If  the  visiting 
officer  be  senior  to  the  commander,  the  former  may  send  a  card,  in  which 
case  it  becomes  the  duty  of  the  commander  to  make  the  first  call. 

421.  The  interchange  of  official  compliments  and  visits  between  foreign 
military  and  naval  officers  and  the  authorities  of  a  military  post  is  inter- 
national in  character  and  opens  the  way  to  official  and  social  courtesies 
among  the  officers.     In  cases  of  vessels  of  war,  foreign  or  otherwise,  recently 
arrived,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  post  commander  to  send  a  suitable  officer  to 
offer  civilities  and  assistance.    It  is  expected  that  this  civility  will  be  returned 
and  that  within  twenty-four  hours  thereafter,  weather  permitting,  the  officer 
in  chief  command  of  the  ship  or  ships  will  visit  the  officer  in  command  of 
the  post  or  station,  should  the  latter  be  his  equal  or  superior  in  grade.     This 
visit  will  be  returned  within  twenty-four  hours.     Should  the  naval  officer 
in  command  be  superior  in  grade  to  the  officer  commanding  the  post  or 
station  the  first  visit  will  be  paid  by  the  latter. 

422.  When  a  military  commander  officially  visits  a  vessel  of  war,  he  will 
give  notice  in  advance  of  his  intention  to  do  so.     He  is  received  at  the  gang- 
way by  the  commander  of  the  vessel  and  is  accompanied  there  by  the  same 
officer  when  leaving.     The  officer  who  is  sent  with  the  customary  offer  of 
civilities  is  met  at  the  gangway  of  a  vessel  of  war  by  the  officer  of  the  deck, 
and  is  presented  by  the  latter  to  the  commander  of  the  vessel. 

423.  A  vessel  of  war  is  approached  and  boarded,  by  commissioned  offi- 
cers, by  the  starboard  side  and  gangway.     In  entering  a  boat,  the  junior  goes 
first  and  other  officers  follow  in  order  of  rank ;  in  leaving  a  boat,  the  senior 
goes  first.    The  latter  acknowledges  the  salutes  which  are  given  at  the  gang- 
way of  a  naval  vessel. 

424.  Naval  vessels  fire  personal  salutes  to  officers  entitled  to  them  when 
the  boats  containing  them  have  cleared  the  ship.     It  is  an  acknowledgment 
of  the  salute  by  the  officer  saluted  for  his  boat  to  lie  on  her  oars  from  the 
first  until  the  last  gun  and  for  him  to  uncover ;  at  the  conclusion,  to  give 
way.    Personal  salutes  are  not  returned  by  military  posts. 

425.  In  case  of  vessels  of  war  of  foreign  powers  at  peace  with  the  United 
States  lying  in  our  ports  or  harbors  and  celebrating  their  national  festivities, 
the  commander  of  each  fort,  battery,  or  military  post  may  participate  in  the 


ti  HONORS. 

celebration  by  firing  salutes,  parading  commands,  etc.  In  such  a  case  the 
flag  of  the  United  States  will  be  hoisted  and  lowered  simultaneously  with 
that  of  the  ship  on  board  of  which  the  celebration  occurs. 

ESCORTS   OF  HONOR. 

426.  Escorts  of  honor  maybe  composed  of  cavalry,  artillery,  or  infantry, 
or  of  all  arms,  according  to  the  circumstances.     They  are  detailed  for  the 
purpose  of  receiving  and  escorting  personages  of  high  rank,  civil  or  military, 
when  they  arrive  and  depart.     The  troops  for  this  purpose  will  be  selected 
for  their  soldierly  appearance  and  superior  discipline,  and  are  formed  and 
maneuvered  as  prescribed  in  the  authorized  drill  regulations.     The  post 
commander  in  each  case  will  detail  an  officer  to  attend  the  personage  escorted, 
and  bear  communications  from  him  to  the  commander  of  the  escort. 

FUNERAL  HONORS. 

427.  On  the  receipt  at  any  post  or  camp  of  official  notice  of  the  death 
of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  the  commanding  officer  will,  on  the 
following  day,  cause  a  gun  to  be  fired  every  half  hour,  beginning  at  sun- 
rise and  ending  at  sunset.     When  posts  are  near  each  other  the  firing  will 
take  place  only  at  the  post  commanded  by  the  senior  officer. 

428.  On  the  day  of  interment  of  a  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Commanding 
General  of  the  Army  a  gun  will  be  fired  every  half  hour,  beginning  at  sun- 
rise, until  the  funeral  procession  moves. 

429.  The  orders  announcing  the  death  of  a  general  officer  on  the  active 
or  retired  list,  or  other  person  entitled  to  a  salute  of  cannon,  will  specify  the 
number  of  guns  to  be  fired  at  half -hour  intervals,  commencing  at  8  o'clock 
a.  m.  on  the  day  after  the  receipt  of  the  order.     During  the  firing  the  flag 
will  be  displayed  at  half-staff.     The  number  of  guns  to  which  the  deceased 
was  entitled  will  be  fired.     The  posts  at  which  they  shall  be  fired  will  be 
designated  in  the  orders. 

430.  When  the  funeral  of  an  officer,  who  was  entitled  to  a  salute,  takes 
place  at  or  near  a  military  post,  minute  guns  will  be  fired  while  the  remains 
are  being  borne  to  the  place  of  interment  but  the  number  of  guns  will  not 
exceed  that  to  which  the  officer  was  entitled  as  a  salute.    After  the  remains 
are  deposited  in  the  grave  a  salute  corresponding  to  the  rank  of  the  deceased 
will  be  fired  in  addition  to   three  salvos  of  artillery  or  three  volleys  of 
musketry. 

431.  If  the  remains  of  a  flag  officer  of  the  Navy  are  brought  ashore  in 
the  vicinity  of  a  military  post,  the  flag  will  be  displayed  at  half-staff  and 
minute  guns  will  be  fired  as  the  procession  moves.     The  number  of  guns 
will  be  that  to  which  the  officer  was  entitled  as  a  salute. 

432.  During  the  funeral  of  a  civil  functionary  who  was  entitled  to  a 
salute,  the  flag  is  displayed  at  half-staff  and  minute  guns  are  fired. 

433.  On  the  death  of  an  officer  at  a  military  post  the  flag  is  displayed  at 
half -staff  and  so  remains,  between  reveille  and  retreat,  until  the  last  salvo  or 
volley  is  fired  over  the  grave;  or  if  the  remains  are  not  interred  at  the  post, 
until  they  are  removed  therefrom. 

434.  During  the  funeral  of  an  enlisted  man  at  a  military  post  the  flag  is 
displayed  at  half-staff.     It  is  hoisted  to  the  top  after  the  final  volley  or  gun 
is  fired,  or  after  the  remains  are  taken  from  the  post.     The  same  honors  are 
paid  on  the  occasion  of  the  funeral  of  a  retired  enlisted  man. 


FUNERAL  HONORS.  57 

435.  All  military  posts  in  sight  of  each  other  display  their  flags  at  half- 
staff  upon  the  occasion  of  one  doing  so.     The  same  rule  is  observed  toward 
all  vessels  of  war. 

436.  When  the  flag  is  displayed  at  half-staff  it  is  lowered  to  that  posi- 
tion from  the  top  of  the  staff.     It  is  afterwards  hoisted  to  the  top  before  it 
is  finally  lowered. 

437.  The  funeral  escort  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  General  of  the  Army 
will  consist  of  a  regiment  of  infantry,  a  squadron  of  cavalry,  and  two  bat- 
teries of  artillery ;  of  the  Lieutenant-General  or  the  Major-General  Command- 
ing the  Army,  a  regiment  of  infantry,  a  squadron  of  cavalry  and  a  battery 
of  artillery ;  of  a  major-general,  a  regiment  of  infantry,  two  troops  of  cavalry, 
and  a  battery  of  artillery ;  of  a  brigadier-general,  a  regiment  of  infantry,  a 
troop  of  cavalry,  and  a  platoon  of  artillery;  of  a  colonel,  a  regiment ;  a  lieu- 
tenant-colonel or  major,  a  battalion  or  squadron  ;  a  captain,  one  company  ; 
a  subaltern,  a  platoon.     The  funeral  escort  of  a  general  officer,  or  of  any 
other  officer  either  on  the  active  or  retired  list,  when  the  funeral  occurs  at  any 
other  place  than  a  military  post  or  camp,  will  be  ordered  by  the  Command- 
ing General  of  the  Army  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and 
will  be  composed  of  such  bodies  of  troops,  not  exceeding  the  number  pre- 
scribed in  this  paragraph,  as  the  interests  of  the  service  will  permit.    But  ir 
all  cases  where  the  funeral  ceremonies  take  place  at  or  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  of  a  military  post,  or  where  the  remains  are  conveyed  through  a 
military  post  en  route  to  the  place  of  burial,  the  above  regulation  relative  to 
escort  will  be  complied  with,  so  far  as  the  strength  of  the  garrison  wi!' 
allow;  the  flag  will  be  at  half-staff  while  the  remains  are  at  or  in  the  imme- 
diate vicinity  of  the  post  and  the  department  or  post  commander  will  give 
the  necessary  orders. 

438.  The  funeral  escort  of  an  officer  will  be  commanded  by  an  offioer  of 
the  same  grade ;  if  none  such  be  present,  by  one  of  the  next  lower  grade. 
The  ceremony  is  prescribed  in  the  drill  regulations. 

439.  The  funeral  escort  of  a  noncommissioned  staff  officer  will  consist  of 
sixteen  rank  and  file,  commanded  by  a  sergeant ;  of  a  sergeant,  of  fourteen 
rank  and  file,  commanded  by  a  sergeant ;  of  a  corporal,  of  twelve  rank  and 
file,  commanded  by  a  corporal ;  of  a  private,  of  eight  rank  and  file,  com- 
manded by  a  corporal. 

440.  The  funeral  escorts  of  officers  of  field  artillery  will  be  as  follows : 
Colonel,  twelve  pieces  ;  lieutenant-colonel  and  major,  eight  pieces ;  captain, 
four  pieces ;  lieutenant,  two  pieces.     The  escort  of  an  enlisted  man  will 
consist  of  one  piece.     Caissons  need  not  accompany  the  pieces. 

441.  Six  pallbearers  will  be  selected  from  the  grade  of  the  deceased,  or 
from  the  next  grade  above  or  below. 

442.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  attending  military  funerals  wear  uniform 
and  side  arms  and  in  the  funeral  procession  follow  the  mourners  in  order  of 
rank.     The  funeral  of  an  officer  is  attended  by  such  officers  of  the  post  or 
organization  in  the  field  as  other  duties  will  permit.     The  funeral  of  a  non- 
commissioned officer  is  attended  by  the  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates 
of  the  regiment,  or  such  part  of  it  as  may  be  present  and  can  be  spared 
from  other  duties ;  that  of  a  private  by  the  noncommissioned  officers  and 
privates  of  his  company. 

443.  The  badge  of  military  mourning  is  a  knot  of  black  crape  worn  upon 
the  sword  hilt  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  thirty  days. 


58       FUNERAL  HONORS CEREMONIES GUARDS. 

444.  As  family  mourning,  officers  may  wear  a  straight  band  of  crape  five 
inches  wide  around  the  left  arm  above  the  elbow. 

445.  The  drums  of  a  funeral  escort  will  be  covered  with  black  crape  or 
thin  black  serge,  furnished  by  the  quartermaster. 

446.  The  colors  of  a  regiment  will  not  be  placed  in  mourning  or  draped, 
except  when  ordered  from  the  War  Department.     Two  streamers  of  crape 
seven  feet  long  and  about  twelve  inches  wide  attached  to  the  ferrule  below 
the  spearhead  will  be  used. 

447.  Funeral  honors  will  be  paid  to  deceased  officers  without  military 
command  in  accordance  with  their  grade. 

CEREMONIES. 

448.  All  ceremonies  will  be  conducted  as  prescribed  in  the  authorized 
drill  regulations. 

449.  There  will  be  daily  one  parade,  morning  or  evening,  as  the  command- 
ing officer  may  direct,  which  will  not  be  dispensed  with  except  on  urgent 
occasions.     All  officers  and  men  will  be  present  unless  specially  excused  or 
on  duty  incompatible  with  such  attendance. 

450.  At  every  military  post  or  station  the  flag  will  be  hoisted  at  the 
sounding  of  the  first  note  of  the  reveille,  or  of  the  first  note  of  the  march, 
if  a  march  be  played  before  the  reveille.     The  flag  will  be  lowered  at  the 
sounding  of  the  last  note  of  the  retreat,  and  while  the  flag  is  being  lowered 
the  band  will  play  The  Star  Spangled  Banner. 

451.  Troops  will  be  mustered  for  pay  on  the  last  day  of  each  month  unless 
otherwise  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     When  the  commanding  officer 
can  not  muster  all  the  troops  he  will  designate  other  officers  to  assist. 

452.  Each  stated  muster  will,  when  practicable,  be  preceded  by  a  minute 
and  careful  inspection.     If  the  command  consists  of  more  than  one  com- 
pany, the  inspection  will  be  preceded  by  a  review.     If  the  day  for  muster 
falls  on  Sunday,  such  review  and  inspection  will  be  omitted. 

ARTICLE   XL VII. 

GUARDS. 

453.  The  authorized  Manual  of  Guard  Duty  is  the  guide  in  all  matters 
relating  to  duties  of  guards  not  contained  in  these  regulations. 

454.  Articles  of  camp  and  garrison  equipage  needed  for  strictly  post  or 
police  purposes,   as  flags,  spades,  shovels,   axes,  hatchets,  pickaxes,  and 
>rooms,  will  be  issued  by  the  quartermaster  on  special  requisition  of  the 
officer  of  the  guard  or  officer  of  the  day,  approved  by  the  post  commander. 
These  articles  will  be  receipted  for  by  the  officer  making  the  requisition  and 
dropped  from  the  quartermaster's  returns ;  articles  other  than  those  herein 
enumerated  will  be  continued  on  his  returns. 

455.  Articles  so  obtained  will  be  duly  entered,  by  the  officer  who  receives 
them,  on  the  guard  report  under  the  heading  "Articles  in  charge."    They 
will  be  carried  on  the  report  and  daily  receipted  for  by  the  successive  officers 
of  the  guard  or  day.     When  no  longer  fit  for  use  they  will  be  submitted  for 
inspection,  and,  if  condemned,  disposed  of  as  ordered. 


MAPS — SERVICE    SCHOOLS.  59 

456.  An  officer  who  receipts  for  property  so  carried  on  the  guard  report 
is  not  required  to  render  returns  thereof.     He  is  relieved  from  accounta- 
bility for  it  by  the  receipt  of  his  successor. 

ARTICLE   XL VIII. 
MAPS  AND  RECONNAISSANCES. 

457.  The  commanding  officer  of  every  body  of  troops  ordered  to  march 
will  select  a  competent  person,  preferably  a  commissioned  officer,  to  whom 
he  will  intrust  the  special  duty  of  making  the  field  notes  and  sketches  and 
keeping  the  journals  hereinafter  mentioned,  for  the  preparation  of  a  map  of 
the  route  traversed.     The  person  so  selected  will  be  relieved  of  so  much  of 
his  routine  duties  as  will  enable  him  to  perform  this  duty.     Daily  or  more 
frequently,  the  commanding  officer  will  inspect  and  verify  the  notes  and 
journal. 

458.  Journals  of  marches  will  be  kept  in  notebooks  and  route  recon- 
naissances will  be  recorded  on  blanks.     The  books  and  blanks  will  be  fur- 
nished by  the  Engineer  Department.     If  they  can  not  be  obtained  they  will 
be  prepared  according  to  standard  forms  as  nearly  as  practicable. 

459.  Notebooks  will  be  freely  used  and  to  guard  against  loss  of  valuable 
data,  copies  will  be  made,  verified  and  retained,  and  the  originals  forwarded 
to  department  headquarters  at  every  convenient  opportunity.     Whenever  a 
sufficient  halt  is  made,  a  map  of  the  route  up  to  that  point,  together  with  a 
report  thereon,  will  be  transmitted  in  the  same  manner.     These  notes  will 
not  be  omitted  when  passing  over  known  routes. 

460.  General  instructions  for  the  use  and  preservation  of  instruments, 
the  character  of  the  observations  to  be  specially  made  and  the  methods  of 
recording  them  will  be  found  in  printed  notes  in  the  book  and  on  the  form 
which  the  Engineer  Department  supplies. 

461.  Requisitions  will  be  made  upon  the  Engineer  Department  for  the 
necessary  instruments,  notebooks,  and  reconnaissance  blanks. 

ARTICLE   XLIX. 

THE  SERVICE  SCHOOLS. 

THE   ARTILLERY  SCHOOL. 

462.  The  Artillery  School  at  Fort  Monroe,  Va.,  constitutes  an  independ- 
ent command,  from  which  all  reports  and  returns  are  made  direct  to  the 
Headquarters  of  the  Army.     It  is  governed  by  special  regulations. 

The  school  will  have  the  following  organization: 

1.  The  commandant  of  the  school  and  post,  the  directors  of  instruction, 
instructors  and  assistant  instructors,  and  such  organizations,  officers,  and 
enlisted  men  as  may  be  assigned  for  duty  or  instruction. 

2.  The  staff  of  the  school,  which  will  consist  of  the   commandant,  the 
directors  of  instruction,  and  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Fort  Monroe 
Arsenal.     The  adjutant  will  be  secretary  of  the  staff. 

463.  The  lieutenants  of  the  instruction  batteries  will  be  relieved  and 
replaced  by  others  on  September  1  of  each  alternate  year.     Transfers  for 
this  purpose  will  be  made  by  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  after 
consideration  of   such  recommendations  as  may  be  made  by  regimental 


60  SERVICE    SCHOOLS. 

commanders  and  forwarded  in  due  season  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army.  Details  for  instruction  will,  as  a  rule,  be  made  from  officers  who 
have  not  served  at  the  Artillery  School,  and  who  are  not  on  detached  or 
special  service. 

THE  INFANTRY  AND  CAVALRY  SCHOOL. 

464.  The  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  is 
governed  by  special  regulations,  and  will  have  the  folio  wing  organization: 

1.  Two  or  more  field  officers  of  infantry  and  one   or  more  of  cavalry, 
the  senior  of  whom  will  command  the  school  and  post ;  the  others  will 
be  instructors. 

2.  Such    other    officers  of  the  Army  as   may  be  detailed  for  duty  as 
instructors  and  assistant  instructors. 

3.  The  staff  of  the  school,  consisting  of  the  instructors   in   charge  of 
departments. 

4.  Such  organizations,  officers,  and  enlisted  men  as  may  be  assigned  for 
duty  or  instruction. 

5.  The  student  officers,  lieutenants  of  infantry  and  cavalry,  one  from 
each  regiment  nominated  by  the  regimental  commander,  and  such  others  as 
may  be  detailed,  all  of  whom  will  be  required  to  take  the  prescribed  course 
of  instruction.     These  officers  will  be  detailed  in  orders  from  Headquarters 
of  the  Army. 

6.  A  secretary  of  the  school  and  staff,  who  will  be  appointed  by  the 
commandant. 

465.  Commanding  officers  of  regiments  will  be  directed  from  Headquar 
ters  of  the  Army  to  make  preliminary  selection  of  officers  and  of  alternates 
one  year  in  advance  of  the  date  of  entrance  at  the  school,  and  such  officers 
or  alternates  will,  at  the  proper  time,  be  detailed  at  the  school,  except  for 
cogent  reasons  to  the  contrary ;  but  no  officer  will  be  selected  who  is  not 
physically  qualified  for  active  service.     A  list  of  the  names  of  officers  and 
alternates  selected  will  be  sent  from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office  to  the 
commandant,  who  will  cause  the  programme  of  instruction  and  list  of 
authorized  text-books  to  be  sent  to  them, 

HONOR   GRADUATES. 

466.  As  soon  as  practicable  after  the  close  of  the  final  examination  of 
each  class  at  the  Artillery  School  and  at  the  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School, 
the  respective  commandants  will  report  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army  the  names  of  those  student  officers  recommended  by  the  staff  of  the 
school  as  most  distinguished  by  general  proficiency  in  the  prescribed  course 
of  study,  two  from  each  class  at  the  Artillery  School,  and  not  less  than 
three   nor  more  than  five  from  each  class  at  the  Infantry  and  Cavalry 
School.     As  long  as  any  such  graduate  is  borne  upon  the  active  or  retired 
list  of  the  Army,  his  name  in  the  Army  Register  will  be  accompanied  by  an 
appropriate  design  signifying  that  he  is  an  honor  graduate.     The  number 
of  honor  graduates  in  any  class  at  the  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School  will  be 
determined  by  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  on  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  staff  of  the  school. 

THE  CAVALRY   AND  LIGHT  ARTILLERY  SCHOOL. 

467.  The  Cavalry  and  Light  Artillery  School  at  Fort  Riley,  Kans.,  is 
governed  by  special  regulations  and  includes  a  sub-school  of  practice  for  each 


SERVICE    SCHOOLS HOSPITAL    FOR    INSANE.  61 

of  those  arms.     The  school  is  for  the  purpose  of  instruction  in  the  combined 
operations  of  cavalry  and  light  artillery. 
The  school  will  have  the  following  organization : 

1.  Field  officers,  four  or  more  of  cavalry  and  one  or  more  of  artillery. 
The  commandant  will  be  a  colonel  of  cavalry,  but  in  his  absence  the  senior 
officer  of  cavalry  or  artillery  present  will  command. 

2.  The  director  of  the   sub-school  for  cavalry,  who  will  be  the  senior 
officer  of  cavalry  present  next  to  the  commandant,  and  the  director  of  the 
sub-school  of  light  artillery,  who  will  be  the  senior  officer  of  artillery  present. 

3.  The  staff  of  the  school,  which  will  consist  of  the  commandant  and  all 
the  field  officers  of  cavalry  and  artillery  at  the  post. 

4.  Such  number  of  squadrons  of  cavalry  not  exceeding  three,  such  num- 
ber of  batteries  of  light  artillery  not  exceeding  five,  and  such  other  officers 
and  enlisted  men  as  may  be  there  assigned  for  instruction. 

5.  A  secretary  of  the  school  and  its  staff,  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
commandant. 

THE  ARMY  MEDICAL  SCHOOL. 

468.  The  Army  Medical  School,  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  is  governed  by 
special  regulations,  and  will  have  the  following  organization  : 

1.  The  faculty,  which  -will  consist  of  four  or  more  professors  selected 
from  the  senior  officers  of  the  Medical  Department  stationed  in  or  near  the 
city  of  Washington,  and  such  associate  professors  as  maybe  required.     The 
senior  officer  will  be  president,  and  the  junior,  secretary  of  the  faculty. 

2.  The   student  officers,  who  will  be  those  medical  officers  who  have 
been  appointed  since  the  last  preceding  term  of  the  school,  and  such  others 
as  may  be  authorized  to  attend. 

ARTICLE   L. 

THE  GOVERNMENT  HOSPITAL  FOR  THE  INSANE. 

469.  The  insane  of  the  military  service  will  be  sent  by  department  com- 
manders, under  proper  escort,  to  Washington,  D.  C.,  where  they  will  be 
reported  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  that  the  orders  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  for  admission  to  the  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane  may- 
be obtained. 

4 TO.  An  application  for  admission  to  the  hospital  will  be  forwarded  in 
time  to  reach  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  at  least  one  day  before 
the  arrival  of  the  patient.  It  will  contain  a  full  description  of  the  patient, 
and  will  be  accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  the  post  surgeon  containing  the 
diagnosis  and  a  detailed  account  of  the  medical  history  of  the  case.  If  the 
patient  be  a  soldier,  his  descriptive  list  and  certificates  of  disability  will 
accompany  the  application.  He  will  not  be  discharged  from  the  service 
except  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  after  his  arrival  at  the  hospital. 

471.  An  insane  soldier  will  be  escorted  by  a  noncommissioned  officer. 
When  a  number  are  sent  at  one  time,  or  when  the  patient  or  patients  are 
violent,  the  department  commander  may  order  such  addition  to  the  escort  as 
may  be  necessary.  The  noncommissioned  officer  will  report  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  by  telegraph,  at  least  twenty-four  hours  in  advance, 
the  probable  time  and  place  of  arrival  in  Washington.  After  leaving  the 
patient  at  the  asylum,  the  noncommissioned  officer  will  report  to  the  Adju- 
tant-General of  the  Army  for  further  instructions. 


62  INDIANS. 

472.  On  the  departure  of  the  patient  from  his  station,  the  commanding 
officer  will  give  such  orders  to  the  person  in  charge  as  will  provide  for  trans- 
portation of  the  necessary  attendants  to  the  institution  and  returning  to 
their  posts,  also  subsistence  during  their  absence.     When  payment  of  com- 
mutation, in  lieu  of  subsistence  in  kind,  is  permissible  under  paragraph 
1272,  the  commanding  officer  may,  in  writing,  order  commutation  for  the 
patient  to  be  paid  in  advance  to,  and  receipted  for  by,  the  noncommissioned 
officer  to  whose  charge  the  patient  is  committed. 

473.  To  obtain  the  release  of  a  patient  when  cured,  or  his  delivery  to  the 
care  of  friends,  application  must  be  made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army,  accompanied  by  the  recommendation  of  the  superintendent  of  the 
hospital. 

ARTICLE    LI. 

INDIANS. 

INDIAN   COUNTRY,    ETC. 

.  474.  If  any  commanding  officer  of  a  military  post  has  reason  to  suspect 
or  is  informed  that  any  white  person  or  Indian  is  about  to  introduce  or  has 
introduced  any  spirituous  liquor  or  wine  into  the  Indian  country  in  violation 
of  law,  he  may  cause  the  boats,  stores,  packages,  wagons,  sleds,  and  places 
of  deposit  of  such  person  to  be  searched ;  and  if  such  liquor  is  found  therein, 
the  same,  together  with  the  boats,  teams,  wagons,  and  sleds  used  in  convey- 
ing the  same,  and  also  the  goods,  packages,  and  peltries  of  such  person,  shall 
be  seized  and  delivered  to  the  proper  officer,  and  shall  be  proceeded  against 
by  libel  in  the  proper  court.  It  shall,  moreover,  be  the  duty  of  any  person 
in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  Indian,  to  take  and  destroy  any 
ardent  spirits  or  wine  found  in  the  Indian  country,  except  such  as  may  be 
introduced  therein  by  the  War  Department.  In  all  cases  arising  under  sec- 
tions 2139  and  2140,  Revised  Statutes,  Indians  shall  be  competent  witnesses. 

475.  The  Indian  country  within  the  meaning  of  the  foregoing  paragraph 
may  be  denned,  in  general,  as  the  Indian  Territory,  Indian  reservations,  or 
districts  occupied  by  Indian  tribes  and  to  which  the  Indian  title  has  not 
been  extinguished ;  or  sections  of  country  over  which  the  operation  of  the 
Indian  trade  and  intercourse  laws  has  been  retained  by  Indian  treaty  stipu- 
lations.   Should  any  case  arise  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  com- 
mander, does  not  appear  to  be  embraced  within  these  definitions,  he  will 
report  it  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  order  that  the  question  whether  the 
location  is  Indian  country  may  be  authoritatively  determined. 

476.  When  lands  are  secured  to  the  Indians  by  treaty  against  occupa- 
tion by  the  whites  the  military  commanders  will  keep  intruders  off  the 
same  by  military  force  if  necessary,  until  such  time  'as  the  Indian  title  is 
extinguished  or  the  lands  are  opened  by  Congress  for  settlement. 

477.  When  questions  arise  as  to  the  ownership  of  animals  in  possession 
of  Indians  the  commanding  officer  of  the  nearest  military  post  is  author- 
ized and  directed  to  act  in  conjunction  with  the  agent  in  charge  of  said 
Indians  in  the  investigation  and  determination  of  ownership. 

478.  The  introduction  into  the  Indian  country  for  the  purpose  of  sale  to 
or  exchange  with  Indians  of  any  breech-loading  firearms  and  of  any  special 
ammunition  adapted  to  them,  and  the  sale  and  exchange  to  Indians  in  the 
Indian  country  of  any  such  arms  or  ammunition,  is  prohibited.     The  intro- 


INDIANS. 


63 


duction  into  the  country  or  district  occupied  by  any  tribe  of  hostile  Indians, 
for  the  purpose  of  sale  or  exchange  to  them,  of  arms  or  ammunition  of  any 
description,  and  the  sale  or  exchange  thereof  to  or  with  such  Indians,  is  pro- 
hibited ;  and  all  such  arms  or  ammunition  introduced  by  traders  or  other 
persons,  and  which  are  liable  in  any  manner  to  be  received  by  such  hostile 
Indians,  shall  be  deemed  contraband  of  war,  to  be  seized  by  any  officer  and 
confiscated. 

479.  Supplies,  stores,  and  property  of  any  kind  procured  out  of  Army 
appropriations  will  not  be  transferred,  in  any  way  or  under  any  circum- 
stances, for  the  use  of  Indians  except  under  authority  first  obtained  from 
the  Secretary  of  War.    Any  officer  violating  the  terms  of  this  regulation 
will  be  charged  with  the  money  value  of  the  supplies,  stores,  or  property 
transferred,  and  in  addition  be  otherwise  held  accountable,  according  to 
circumstances.     But  this  paragraph  will  not  be  construed  to  prohibit  the 
issue  of  small  quantities  of  subsistence  stores  to  Indians  visiting  military 
posts,  as  authorized  in  paragraph  1266. 

480.  Indians  held  as  prisoners  of  war  are  entitled  to  receive  necessary 
subsistence,  clothing,  medicines  and    medical   attendance.      There  is  no 
authority  of  law  permitting  such  supplies  and  attendance  to  be  furnished 
to  Indians  under  the  care  and  management  of  the  Interior  Department.    All 
Indian  prisoners  will  be  reported  on  the  post  returns  under  the  following 
form: 


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INDIAN  SCOUTS. 

4§1.  Indians  employed  as  scouts  under  the  provisions  of  sections  1C94 
and  1112,  Revised  Statutes,  will  be  enlisted  for  periods  of  three  years  and 
discharged  when  the  necessity  for  their  services  shall  cease.  While  in  service 
they  will  receive  the  pay  and  allowances  of  cavalry  soldiers  and  an  addi- 
tional allowance  of  40  cents  per  day,  provided  they  furnish  their  own  horses 
and  horse  equipments ;  but  such  additional  allowance  will  cease  if  they 
do  not  keep  their  horses  and  equipments  in  serviceable  condition. 

482.  Department  commanders  are  authorized  to  appoint  the  sergeants 
and  corporals  for  the  whole  number  of  enlisted  Indian  scouts  serving  in  their 
departments,  but  such  appointments  must  not  exceed  the  proportion  of 
one  first  sergeant,  five  sergeants,  and  four  corporals  for  every  sixty  enlisted 
Indian  scouts. 

483.  The  number  of  Indian  scouts  allowed  to  military  departments  will 
be  announced  from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the  Headquarters  of  the 
Army. 


64  ENFORCEMENT   OF   LAWS. 

484.  The  enlistment  and  re-enlistment  of  Indian  scouts  will  be  made, 
under  the  direction  of  department  commanders.  The  appointment  or 
mustering  of  farriers  or  blacksmiths  on  the  rolls  of  Indian  scouts  is  illegal. 

4§5.  In  all  cases  of  enlistment  of  Indians  the  full  Indian  name,  and  also 
the  English  interpretation  of  the  same,  will  be  inserted  in  the  enlistment 
papers  and  in  all  subsequent  returns  and  reports  concerning  them. 

ARTICLE  LII. 

EMPLOYMENT  OF  TROOPS  IN  THE  ENFORCEMENT  OF  THE  LAWS. 

486.  It  is  unlawful  to  employ  any  part  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States> 
as  a  posse  comitatus  or  otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of  executing  the  lawsv 
except  in  such  cases  and  under  such  circumstances  as  such  employment 
of  said  force  may  be  expressly  authorized  by  the  Constitution  or  by  act  of 
Congress ;  and  any  person  willfully  violating  this  provision  will  be  deemed 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  will  be  punishable  by 
a  fine  not  exceeding  $10,000  or  imprisonment  not  exceeding  two  years,  or 
by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

487.  The  provisions  of  the  Constitution  and  of  acts  of  Congress  under- 
stood as  intended  to  be  excepted  from  the  operation  of  the  preceding  para- 
graph, authorizing  the  employment  of  the  military  forces  for  the  purpose  of 
executing  the  laws,  are  as  follows : 

ARTICLE  IV  OF  THE  CONSTITUTION. 

§  4.  The  United  States  shall  guarantee  to  every  State  in  this  Union  a  republican  form 
of  government,  and  shall  protect  each  of  them  against  invasion ;  and  on  application  of 
the  legislature,  or  of  the  executive  (when  the  legislature  can  not  be  convened),  against 
domestic  violence. 

REVISED  STATUTES  OP  THE  UNITED  STATES. 
CIVIL  RIGHTS. 

SEC.  1984.  The  commissioners  authorized  to  be  appointed  by  the  preceding  section  [sec. 
1983]  are  empowered,  within  their  respective  counties,  to  appoint,  in  writing,  under  their 
hands,  one  or  more  suitable  persons,  from  time  to  time,  who  shall  execute  all  such  war- 
rants or  other  process  as  the  commissioners  may  issue  in  the  lawful  performance  of  their 
duties,  and  the  persons  so  appointed  shall  have  authority  to  summon  and  call  to  their 
aid  the  bystanders  or  posse  comitatus  of  the  proper  county,  or  such  portion  of  the  land 
and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia,  as  may  be  necessary  to  the  per- 
formance of  the  duty  with  which  they  are  charged  ;  and  such  warrants  shall  run  and 
be  executed  anywhere  in  the  State  or  Territory  within  which  they  are  issued. 

SEC.  1989.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  of  the  United  States,  or  such  person  as 
he  may  empower  for  that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the 
United  States,  or  of  the  militia,  as  may  be  necessary  to  aid  in  the  execution  of  judicial 
process  issued  under  any  of  the  preceding  provisions,  or  as  shall  be  necessary  to  prevent 
the  violation  and  enforce  the  due  execution  of  the  provisions  of  this  title. 

SEC.  1991.  Every  person  in  the  military  or  civil  service  in  the  Territory  of  New  Mexico 
shall  aid  in  the  enforcement  of  the  preceding  section  [abolishing  peonage]. 

INDIANS. 

SEC.  2118.  Every  person  who  makes  a  settlement  on  any  lands  belonging,  secured,  or 
granted  by  treaty  with  the  United  States  to  any  Indian  tribe,  or  surveys  or  attempts  to 
survey  such  lands,  or  to  designate  any  of  the  boundaries  by  marking  trees,  or  otherwise, 
is  liable  to  a  penalty  of  one  thousand  dollars.  The  President  may,  moreover,  take  such 
measures  and  employ  such  military  force  as  he  may  judge  necessary  to  remove  any  such 
person  from  the  lands. 


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SEC.  2147.  The  Superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs,  and  the  Indian  agents  and  sub-agents, 
shall  have  authority  to  remove  from  the  Indian  country  all  persons  found  therein  con- 
trary to  law;  and  the  President  is  authorized  to  direct  the  military  force  to  be  employed 
in  such  removal. 

SEC.  2150.  The  military  forces  of  the  United  States  may  be  employed  in  such  manner 
and  under  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  direct — 

First.  In  the  apprehension  of  every  person  who  may  be  in  the  Indian  country  in  vio- 
lation of  law;  and  in  conveying  him  immediately  from  the  Indian  country,  by  the  nearest 
convenient  and  safe  route,  to  the  civil  authority  of  the  Territory  or  judicial  district  in 
which  such  person  shall  be  found,  to  be  proceeded  against  in  due  course  of  law  ; 

Second.  In  the  examination  and  seizure  of  stores,  packages,  and  boats,  authorized  by 
law; 

Third.  In  preventing  the  introduction  of  persons  and  property  into  the  Indian  country 
contrary  to  law  ;  which  persons  and  property  shall  be  proceeded  against  according  to  law ; 

Fourth.  And  also  in  destroying  and  breaking  up  any  distillery  for  manufacturing  ardent 
spirits  set  up  or  continued  within  the  Indian  country. 

SEC.  2151.  No  person  apprehended  by  military  force  under  the  preceding  section  shall 
be  detained  longer  than  live  days  after  arrest  and  before  removal.  All  officers  and  soldiers 
who  may  have  any  such  person  in  custody  shall  treat  him  with  all  the  humanity  which 
the  circumstances  will  permit. 

SEC.  2152.  The  superintendents,  agents,  and  sub-agents  shall  endeavor  to  procure  the 
arrest  and  trial  of  all  Indians  accused  of  committing  any  crime,  offense,  or  misdemeanor, 
and  of  all  other  persons  who  may  have  committed  crimes  or  offenses  within  any  State  or 
Territory,  and  have  fled  into  the  Indian  country,  either  by  demanding  the  same  of  the 
chiefs  of  the  proper  tribe,  or  by  such  other  means  as  the  President  may  authorize.  The 
President  may  direct  the  military  force  of  the  United  States  to  be  employed  in  the  appre- 
hension of  such  Indians,  and  also  in  preventing  or  terminating  hostilities  between  any  of 
the  Indian  tribes. 

THE  PUBLIC  LANDS. 

SEC.  2460.  The  President  is  authorized  to  employ  so  much  of  the  land  and  naval  forces 
of  the  United  States  as  may  be  necessary  effectually  to  prevent  the  felling,  cutting  down, 
or  other  destruction  of  the  timber  of  the  United  States  in  Florida,  and  to  prevent  the 
transportation  or  carrying  away  any  such  timber  as  may  be  already  felled  or  cut  down ; 
and  to  take  such  other  and  further  measures  as  may  be  deemed  advisable  for  the  preser- 
vation of  the  timber  of  the  United  States  in  Florida. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America 
in  Congress  assembled,  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall,  after  the  passing  of  this  act, 
take  possession  of,  or  make  a  settlement  on  any  lands  ceded  or  secured  to  the  United 
States,  by  any  treaty  made  with  a  foreign  nation,  or  by  a  cession  from  any  State  to  the 
United  States,  which  lands  shall  not  have  been  previously  sold,  ceded,  or  leased  by  the 
United  States,  or  the  claim  to  which  lands,  by  such  person  or  persons,  shall  not  have 
been  previously  recognized  and  confirmed  by  the  United  States ;  or  if  any  person  or  per- 
sons shall  cause  such  lands  to  be  thus  occupied,  taken  possession  of,  or  settled ;  or  shall 
survey,  or  attempt  to  survey,  or  cause  to  be  surveyed,  any  such  lands  ;  or  designate  any 
boundaries  thereon,  by  marking  trees,  or  otherwise,  until  thereto  duly  atTthorized  by 
law,  such  offender  or  offenders  shall  forfeit  all  his  or  their  right,  title,  and  claim,  if  any 
he  hath,  or  they  have,  of  whatsoever  nature  or  kind  the  same  shall  or  may  be,  to  the 
lands  aforesaid,  which  he  or  they  shall  have  taken  possession  of,  or  settled,  or  cause  to  be 
occupied,  taken  possession  of,  or  settled,  or  which  he  or  they  shall  have  surveyed,  or 
attempt  to  survey,  or  cause  to  be  surveyed,  or  the  boundaries  thereof  he  or  they  shall 
have  designated,  or  cause  to  be  designated,  by  marking  trees  or  otherwise.  And  it  shall 
moreover  be  lawful  for  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  direct  the  marshal,  or  offi- 
cer acting  as  marshal,  in  the  manner  hereinafter  directed,  and  also  to  take  such  other 
measures,  and  to  employ  such  military  force  as  he  may  judge  necessary  and  proper,  to 
remove  from  lands  ceded  or  secured  to  the  United  States  by  treaty  or  cession  as  afore- 
said any  person  or  persons  who  shall  hereafter  take  possession  of  the  same,  or  make,  or 
attempt  to  make,  a  settlement  thereon,  until  thereunto  authorized  by  law.  And  every 
right,  title,  or  claim  forfeited  under  this  act  shall  be  taken  and  deemed  to  be  vested  in 
the  United  States,  without  any  other  or  further  proceedings :  Provided,  That  nothing 
herein  contained  shall  be  construed  to  affect  the  right,  title,  or  claim  of  any  person  to 
lands  in  the  Territories  of  Orleans  or  Louisiana  before  the  boards  of  commissioners 
established  by  the  act  intituled  "An  act  for  ascertaining  and  adjusting  the  titles  and 

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66  ENFORCEMENT    OF    LAWS. 

claims  to  land  within  the  Territory  of  Orleans  and  the  District  of  Louisiana,"  shall  have 
made  their  reports  and  the  decision  of  Congress  been  had  thereon. 

[Section  1  of  an  act  approved  March  3rd,  1807,  perpetuated  by  sec.  5596,  Revised  Stat- 
utes.] 

THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH. 

SEC.  4792.  The  quarantines  and  other  restraints  established  by  the  health  laws  of  any 
State  respecting  any  vessels  arriving  in,  or  bound  to,  any  port  or  district  thereof,  shall 
be  duly  observed  by  the  officers  of  the  customs  revenue  of  the  United  States,  by  the 
masters  and  crews  of  the  several  revenue  cutters,  and  by  the  military  officers  command- 
ing in  any  fort  or  station  upon  the  seacoast ;  and  all  such  officers  of  the  United  States 
shall  faithfully  aid  in  the  execution  of  such  quarantines  and  health  laws,  according  to 
their  respective  powers  and  within  their  respective  precincts,  and  as  they  shall  be  directed, 
from  time  to  time,  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.  *  *  * 

EXTRADITION. 

SEC.  5275.  Whenever  any  person  is  delivered  by  any  foreign  government  to  an  agent  of 
the  United  States  for  the  purpose  of  baing  brought  within  the  United  States  and  tried 
for  any  crime  of  which  he  is  duly  accused,  the  President  shall  have  power  to  take  all  nec- 
essary measures  for  the  transportation  and  safe-keeping  of  such  accused  person,  and  for 
his  security  against  lawless  violence,  until  the  final  conclusion  of  his  trial  for  the  crimes 
or  offenses  specified  in  the  warrant  of  extradition,  and  until  his  final  discharge  from  cus- 
tody or  imprisonment  for  or  on  account  of  such  crimes  or  offenses,  and  for  a  reasonable 
time  thereafter,  and  may  employ  such  portion  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United 
States,  or  of  the  militia  thereof,  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  safe-keeping  and  protection 
of  the  accused.  , 

NEUTRALITY. 

SEC.  5286.  Every  person  who,  within  the  territory  or  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States, 
begins  or  sets  on  foot,  or  provides  or  prepares  the  means  for,  any  military  expedition  or 
enterprise,  to  be  carried  on  from  thence  against  the  territory  or  dominions  of  any  for- 
eign prince  or  state,  or  of  any  colony,  district,  or  people  with  whom  the  United  States 
are  at  peace,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  high  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  fined  not  exceed- 
ing three  thousand  dollars  and  imprisoned  not  more  than  three  years. 

SEC.  5287.  *  *  *  In  every  case  in  which  a  vessel  is  fitted  out  and  armed,  or  attempted  to 
be  fitted  out  and  armed,  or  in  which  the  force  of  any  vessel  of  war,  cruiser,  or  other  armed 
vessel  is  increased  or  augmented,  or  in  which  any  military  expedition  or  enterprise  is 
begun  or  set  on  foot,  contrary  to  the  provisions  and  prohibitions  of  this  title ;  and  in 
every  case  of  the  capture  of  a  vessel  within  the  jurisdiction  or  protection  of  the  United 
States  as  before  defined ;  and  in  every  case  in  which  any  process  issuing  out  of  any  court 
of  the  United  States  is  disobeyed  or  resisted  by  any  person  having  the  custody  of  any 
vessel  of  war,  cruiser,  or  other  armed  vessel  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or  of  any  col- 
ony, district,  or  people,  or  of  any  subjects  or  citizens  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or 
of  any  colony,  district,  or  people,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  other  per- 
son as  he  shall  have  empowered  for  that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or 
naval  forces  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  militia  thereof  for  the  purpose  of  taking  pos- 
session of  and  detaining  any  such  vessel,  with  her  prizes,  if  any,  in  order  to  the  execution 
of  the  prohibitions  and  penalties  of  this  title,  and  to  the  restoring  of  such  prizes  in  the 
cases  in  which  restoration  shall  be  adjudged,  and  also  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  the 
carrying  on  of  any  such  expedition  or  enterprise  from  the  territories  or  jurisdiction  of 
the  United  States  against  the  territories  or  dominions  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or 
of  any  colony,  district,  or  people  with  whom  the  United  States  are  at  peace. 

SEC.  5288.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  person  as  he  shall  empower  for 
that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of 
the  militia  thereof,  as  shall  be  necessary  to  compel  any  foreign  vessel  to  depart  the  United 
States  in  all  cases  in  which,  by  the  laws  of  nations  or  the  treaties  of  the  United  States, 
she  ought  not  to  remain  within  the  United  States. 

INSURRECTION. 

SEC.  5297.  In  case  of  an  insurrection  in  any  State  against  the  government  thereof,  it  shall 
be  lawful  for  the  President,  on  application  of  the  legislature  of  such  State,  or  of  the 
executive,  when  the  legislature  can  not  be  convened,  to  call  forth  such  number  of  the 


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militia  of  any  other  State  or  States,  which  may  be  applied  for,  as  he  deems  sufficient  to 
suppress  such  insurrection  ;  or,  on  like  application,  to  employ,  for  the  same  purposes,  such 
part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  as  he  deems  necessary. 

SEC.  5298.  Whenever,  by  reason  of  unlawful  obstructions,  combinations,  or  assemblages 
of  persons,  or  rebellion  against  the  authority  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  it 
shall  become  impracticable,  in  the  judgment  of  the  President,  to  enforce,  by  the  ordinary 
course  of  j  udicial  proceedings,  the  laws  of  the  United  States  within  any  State  or  Territory, 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  to  call  forth  the  militia  of  any  or  all  the  States,  and  to 
employ  such  parts  of  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  to  enforce  the  faithful  execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  to  sup- 
press such  rebellion,  in  whatever  State  or  Territory  thereof  the  laws  of  the  United  States 
maybe  forcibly  opposed,  or  the  execution  thereof  forcibly  obstructed. 

SEC.  5299.  Whenever  insurrection,  domestic  violence,  unlawful  combinations,  or  con- 
spiracies in  any  State  so  obstructs  or  hinders  the  execution  of  the  laws  thereof,  and  of 
the  United  States,  as  to  deprive  any  portion  or  class  of  the  people  of  such  State  of  any  of 
the  rights,  privileges,  or  immunities,  or  protection,  named  in  the  Constitution  and  secured 
by  the  laws  for  the  protection  of  such  rights,  privileges,  or  immunities,  and  the  consti- 
tuted authorities  of  such  State  are  unable  to  protect,  or,  from  any  cause,  fail  in  or  refuse 
protection  of  the  people  in  such  rights,  such  facts  shall  be  deemed  a  denial  by  such  State 
of  the  equal  protection  of  the  laws  to  which  they  are  entitled  under  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States  ;  and  in  all  such  cases,  or  whenever  any  such  insurrection,  violence, 
unlawful  combination,  or  conspiracy  opposes  or  obstructs  the  laws  of  the  United  States, 
or  the  due  execution  thereof,  or  impedes  or  obstructs  the  due  course  of  justice  under  the 
same,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  take  such  measures, 
by  the  employment  of  the  militia  or  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of 
either,  or  by  other  means,  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  for  the  suppression  of  such  insur- 
rection, domestic  violence,  or  combinations. 

Among  the  laws  to  be  enforced  under  sections  5298  and  5299  are  the  fol- 
lowing : 

(1)  Section  3995,  Revised  Statutes,  which  prohibits  the  obstructing  or" 
retarding  the  passage  of  the  mail,  and  all  other  laws  relating  to  the  carrying 
of  the  mails. 

(2)  The  following  sections  of  an  act  approved  July  2, 1890,  entitled  : 

AN  ACT  to  protect  trade  and  commerce  against  unlawful  restraints  and  monopolies. 

SEC.  1.  Every  contract,  combination  in  the  form  of  trust  or  otherwise,  or  conspiracy,  in 
restraint  of  trade  or  commerce  among  the  several  States,  or  with  foreign  nations,  is 
hereby  declared  to  be  illegal. 

Every  person  who  shall  make  any  such  contract  or  engage  in  any  such  combination  or 
conspiracy  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be 
punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding 
one  year,  or  by  both  said  punishments,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

SEC.  3.  Every  contract,  combination  in  form  of  trust  or  otherwise,  or  conspiracy,  in 
restraint  of  trade  or  commerce  in  any  Territory  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  or  in  restraint  of  trade  or  commerce  between  any  such  Territory  and  another, 
or  between  any  such  Territory  or  Territories  and  any  State  or  States  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  or  with  foreign  nations,  or  between  the  District  of  Columbia  and  any  State  or 
States  or  foreign  nations,  is  hereby  declared  illegal. 

Every  person  who  shall  make  any  such  contract  or  engage  in  any  such  combination  or 
conspiracy  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be 
punished  by  fine  not  exceeding  five  thousand  dollars,  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding 
one  year,  or  by  both  said  punishments,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

(3)  The  following  section  of  an  act  approved  July  2,  1864,  entitled : 

AN  ACT  granting  lands  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line  from 

Lake  Superior  to  Puget  Sound,  on  the  Pacific  coast,  by  the  Northern  route. 
SEC.  11.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  or  any  part 
thereof,  shall  be  a  post  route  and  a  military  road,  subject  to  the  use  of  the  United  States 
for  postal,  military,  naval,  and  all  other  Government  service,  and  also  subject  to  such 
regulations  as  Congress  may  impose  restricting  the  charges  for  such  Government  trans- 
portation. 


68  ENFORCEMENT    OF    LAWS. 

(4)  The  following  section  of  an  act  approved  July  1,  1862,  entitled: 

AN  ACT  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line  from  the  Missoui  i 
River  to  the  Pacific  Ocean,  and  to  secure  to  the  Government  the  use  of  the  same  for 
postal,  military,  and  other  purposes. 

(The  Union  and  Central  Pacific  Railway  Companies.) 

SEC.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  grants  aforesaid  are  made  upon  condition 
that  said  company  shall  pay  said  bonds  at  maturity,  and  shall  keep  said  railroad  and  tele* 
graph  line  in  repair  and  use,  and  shall  at  all  times  transmit  dispatches  over  said  telegraph 
line  and  transport  mails,  troops,  and  munitions  of  war,  supplies,  and  public  stores  upon 
said  railroad  for  the  Government,  whenever  required  to  do  so  by  any  department  thereof, 
and  that  the  Government  shall  at  all  times  have  the  preference  in  the  use  of  the  same 
for  all  the  purposes  aforesaid.  *  *  * 

(5)  The  following  sections  of  an  act  approved  July  27,  1866,  entitled : 

AN  ACT  granting  lands  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line  from 
the  States  of  Missouri  and  Arkansas  to  the  Pacific  coast. 

SEC.  11.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad,  or  any  part 
thereof,  shall  be  a  post  route  and  military  road,  subject  to  the  use  of  the  United  States 
for  postal,  military,  naval,  and  all  other  Government  service,  and  also  subject  to  such 
regulations  as  Congress  may  impose  restricting  the  charges  for  such  Government  trans- 
portation. 

SEC.  18.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  a  company  incor- 
porated under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  California,  is  hereby  authorized  to  connect  with 
the  said  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad,  formed  under  this  act,  at  such  point  near  the 
boundary  line  of  the  State  of  California,  as  they  shall  deem  most  suitable  for  a  railroad  line 
to  San  Francisco,  and  shall  have  a  uniform  gauge  and  rate  of  freight  or  fare  with  said  road ; 
and  in  consideration  thereof,  to  aid  in  its  construction,  shall  have  similar  grants  of  land, 
subject  to  all  the  conditions  and  limitations  herein  provided,  and  shall  be  required  to 
construct  its  road  on  the  like  regulations,  as  to  time  and  manner,  with  the  Atlantic  and 
Pacific  Railroad  herein  provided  for. 

SEC.  5316.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  take  any  vessel  or  cargo  detained  under  the  preceding 
section  [sec.  5315]  from  the  custody  of  the  proper  officers  of  the  customs,  unless  by  process 
of  some  court  of  the  United  States  ;  and  in  case  of  any  attempt  otherwise  to  take  such  vessel 
or  cargo  by  any  force,  or  combination,  or  assemblage  of  persons,  too  great  to  be  overcome 
by  the  officers  of  the  customs,  the  President,  or  such  person  as  he  shall  have  empowered 
for  that  purpose,  may  employ  such  part  of  the  Army  or  Navy  or  militia  of  the  United 
States,  or  such  force  of  citizen  volunteers  as  may  be  necessary,  to  prevent  the  removal 
of  such  vessel  or  cargo,  and  to  protect  the  officers  of  the  customs  in  retaining  the  custody 
thereof. 

GUANO  ISLANDS. 

SEC.  5577.  The  President  is  authorized,  at  his  discretion,  to  employ  the  land  and  naval 
forces  of  the  United  States  to  protect  the  rights  of  the  discoverer  [of  a  guano  island]  or 
of  his  widow,  heir,  executor,  administrator,  or  assigns. 

4 §8.  Officers  of  the  Army  will  not  permit  troops  under  their  command 
to  be  used  to  aid  the  civil  authorities  as  a  posse  comitatus,  or  in  execution 
of  the  laws,  except  as  provided  in  the  foregoing  paragraph. 

489.  If  time  will  admit,  applications  for  the  use  of  troops  for  such  purposes 
must  be  forwarded,  with  statements  of  all  material  facts,  for  the  consideration 
and  action  of  the  President ;  but  incase  of  sudden  and  unexpected  invasion, 
insurrection,  or  riot,  endangering  the  public  property  of  the  United  States, 
or  in  case  of  attempted  or  threatened  robbery  or  interruption  of  the  United 
States  mails,  or  other  equivalent  emergency  so  imminent  as  to  render  it 
dangerous  to  await  instructions  requested  through  the  speediest  means  of 
communication,  an  officer  of  the  Army  may  take  such  action  before  the 
receipt  of  instructions  as  the  circumstances  of  the  case  and  the  law  under 
which  he  is  acting  may  justify,  and  will  promptly  report  his  action  and  the 
circumstances  requiring  it  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  by  tele- 
graph, if  possible,  for  the  information  of  the  President. 


CEMETERIES.  69 

490.  In  the  enforcement  of  the  laws,  troops  are  employed  as  a  part  of  the 
military  power  of  the  United  States,  and  act  tinder  the  orders  of  the  Presi- 
dent as  Commander-in-Chief .     They  can  not  be  directed  to  act  under  the 
orders  of  any  civil  officer.     The  commanding  officers  of  troops  so  employed 
are   directly  responsible  to  their   military  superiors.    Any  unlawful  or 
unauthorized  act  on  their  part  would  not  be  excusable  on  the  ground  of 
an  order  or  request  received  by  them  from  a  marshal  or  any  other  civil 
officer. 

49 1 .  Troops  called  into  action  against  a  mob  forcibly  resisting  or  obstruct- 
ing the  execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  attempting  to  destroy 
property  belonging  to  or  under  the  protection  of  the  United  States,  are  gov- 
erned by  the  general  regulations  of  the  Army  and  apply  military  tactics  in 
respect  to  the  manner  in  which  they  shall  act  to  accomplish  the  desired 
end.     It  is  purely  a  tactical  question  in  what  manner  they  shall  use  the 
weapons  with  which  they  are  armed — whether  by  fire  of  musketry  and  artil- 
lery or  by  the  use  of  the  bayonet  and  saber,  or  by  both,  and  at  what  stage 
of  the  operations  each  or  either  mode  of  attack  shall  be  employed.     This 
tactical  question  will  be  decided  by  the  immediate  commander  of  the  troops, 
according  to  his  judgment  of  the  situation.     The  fire  of  troops  should  be 
withheld  until  timely  warning  has  been  given  to  the  innocent  who  may 
be  mingled  with  the  mob.     Troops  must  never  fire  into  a  crowd  unless 
ordered  by  their  commanding  officer,  except  that  single  selected  sharpshoot- 
ers may  shoot  down  individual  rioters  who  have  fired  upon  or  thrown  mis- 
siles at  the  troops.    As  a  general  rule  the  bayonet  alone  should  be  used 
against  mixed  crowds  in  the  first  stages  of  a  revolt.    But  as  soon  as  sufficient 
warning  has  been  given  to  enable  the  innocent  to  separate  themselves  from 
the  guilty,  the  action  of  the  troops  should  be  governed  solely  by  the  tactical 
considerations  involved  in  the  duty  they  are  ordered  to  perform.     They 
should  make  their  blows  so  effective  as  to  promptly  suppress  all  resistance 
to  lawful  authority,  and  should  stop  the  destruction  of  life  the  moment  law- 
less resistance  has  ceased.     Punishment  belongs  not  to  the  troops,  but  to  the 
courts  of  justice. 

ARTICLE  LIII. 
CEMETERIES. 

NATIONAL   CEMETERIES. 

492.  National  cemeteries,  and  the  records  pertaining  thereto,  are  under 
the  charge  of  the  Quartermaster-General.    All  correspondence  between  his 
office  and  the  officers  of  his  department  in  charge  thereof,  and  the  civil 
engineers  and  agents  especially  employed  in  connection  therewith,  also  the 
monthly  reports  of  superintendents,  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  him. 

BATTLE-GROUND   CEMETERIES. 

493.  In  order  to  secure,  as  far  as  possible,  the  decent  interment  of  those 
who  fall  in  battle,  it  is  the  duty  of  commanding  generals  to  set  apart  a  suit- 
able spot  near  every  battlefield,  and  to  cause  the  remains  of  the  killed  to  be 
there  interred.    Headboards  will  be  placed  at  the  graves,  each  bearing  the 
number  of  the  grave  and  the  name  of  the  person  buried  therein.    A  register 
of  the  burial  ground  will  be  preserved,  in  which  will  be  entered  the  loca- 
tion of  each  grave  and  the  descriptive  numbers  and  names  which  appear 
on  the  headboards. 


70  CEMETERIES — PRINTING. 

POST   CEMETERIES. 

494.  The  commanding  officer  of  every  post  situated  on  public  lands  of 
the  United  States  will  see  that  a  suitable  portion  of  such  land  is,  when  prac- 
ticable, set  apart  and  properly  maintained  for  the  burial  of  deceased  officers 
and  soldiers  and  their  families,  and  of  Government  employees. 

495.  Post  cemeteries  will  be  suitably  inclosed  with  a  wall  or  fence  of  the 
best  material  available,  and  will  be  maintained  by  the  labor  of  the  garri- 
son.    Materials  for  the  construction  and  repair  of  fences  and  headboards 
will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

496.  At  each  grave  will  be  placed  a  headboard,  plainly  marked  with  a 
number,  and  with  the  name,  company,  regiment  and  date  of  death  of  the 
occupant,  the  number  to  correspond  to  the  number  in  the  record  of  inter- 
ments.    Headboards  will  be  of  well-seasoned  wood,  painted  with  three  coats 
of  white  paint,  four  feet  long,  ten  inches  wide,  one  and  three-eighths  inches 
thick,  and  stand  two  feet  out  of  the  ground;   the  inscriptions  in  black 
letters  one  inch  long. 

497.  Walks  will  be  four  feet  wide,  neatly  rounded,  and  properly  drained 
and  graveled  when  the  material  is  at  hand.     When  practicable,  good  grass 
sod  should  cover  the  rest  of  the  ground,  including  the  graves,  and  native  trees 
and  shrubs  will  be  preserved  or  planted  for  ornament  and  shade. 

498.  A  record  of  interments  will  be  kept  by  the  quartermaster,  which 
will  be  turned  over  by  him,  when  relieved,  to  his  successor  or  transmitted 
to  the  Quartermaster-General  if  the  post  be  discontinued. 

499.  A  report  containing  the  names  of  persons  buried  during  the  calendar 
year,  giving  in  each  case  number  and  locality  of  grave,  date  of  death  and 
burial,  and  in  case  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man,  his  rank,  company  and 
regiment  or  corps,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 

ARTICLE  LIV. 

PRINTING. 
NEWSPAPER  ADVERTISING. 

500.  Newspapers  officially  designated  for  publishing  War  Department 
advertisements  are  required  to  forward  to  the  chief  clerk  sworn  statements 
of  the  commercial  rates  charged  by  them  to  individuals,  with  their  usual 
discounts,  and  of  any  changes  made  in  the  same.     These  statements  will  give 
the  size  of  type  used  in  the  advertisements  and  show  whether  the  charges 
are  made  by  the  inch,  line,  square,  or  folio,  the  rate  for  the  first  and  subse- 
quent insertions,  and  if  by  the  square,  the  number  of  lines  counted  as  such. 
Fractional  parts  of  an  inch,  square,  or  folio  will  be  paid  for  at  proportionate 
rates.    When  charges  are  varied  in  accordance  with  amount  of  space  occu- 
pied or  period  of  publication,  the  statements  will  show  the  charges  for  from 
one  square  to  the  number  of  squares  contained  in  a  column,  inserted  from 
one  to  thirty  times. 

501.  The  heads  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  will  furnish  officers 
charged  with  the  publication  of  advertisements  lists  of  newspapers  desig- 
nated by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  the  necessary  blanks  for  compliance 
with  these  regulations. 

502.  Officers  will  observe  conciseness  in  wording  advertisements,  and 
the  matter,  including  the  heading  and  the  name  and  title  of  the  signing 


PRINTING.  7 1 

officer,  must  be  set  up  close  in  one  paragraph,  without  dash  or  blank  lines, 
leading  or  display,  and  in  type  no  larger  than  that  ordinarily  used  in  adver- 
tisements. At  offices  and  depots  where  proposals  are  frequently  invited  it 
is  not  necessary  to  publish  in  each  case  the  conditions  usually  imposed  upon 
bidders  and  contractors  ;  a  statement  that  they  will  be  furnished  on  appli- 
cation will  suffice.  The  following  is  a  sample  of  advertisement  set  up  in 
accordance  with  these  requirements  : 

PROPOSALS  FOR  FIRE  HOSE.— Office  of  Building  for  State, 
War,  and  Navy  Departments,  Washington,  D.  C.,  Nov.  5, 
1887.— Sealed  proposals  for  furnishing  and  delivering  unlined 
Linen  Hose,  Coupling,  and  Pipes,  for  west  and  center  wings 
of  building  for  State,  War,  and  Navy  Departments,  in  this 
city,  will  be  received  here  until  12  m.,  Nov.  7, 1887,  and  then 
opened.  Information  furnished  on  application.  Envelopes 
containing  proposals  should  be  indorsed  "Proposals  for  Fire 
Hose,"  and  addressed  THOS.  LINCOLN  CASEY,  Col.  Engrs. 

Advertisements  for  quartermaster's  supplies  will  conform  to  the  require- 
ments of  section  3716,  Revised  Statutes. 

503.  No  official  advertisement  will  be  published  in  any  newspaper  except 
under  special  or  general  written    authority  of    the  Secretary  of    War. 
Special  authority  authorizes  the  publication  of    a  given  advertisement 
a  specified  number  of  times  in  a  designated  newspaper  or  newspapers. 
General  authority  is  granted  only  to  disbursing  officers  engaged  in  making 
frequent  pur  chases  and  contracts,  and  authorizes  the  publication,  for  specified 
periods,  in  designated  newspapers,  of  such  advertisements  for  proposals  as 
their  duties  may  require.     Due  economy  as  to  the  number  of  newspapers  in 
which  an  advertisement  is  to  appear  will  be  observed  by  officers  having  gen- 
eral authority  to  advertise,  no  greater  number  being  used  in  any  case  than 
may  be  necessary  to  give  proper  and  sufficient  public  notice.     Requests  for 
authority  will  be  made  upon  prescribed  forms. 

504.  Advertisements  should  not  be  inserted  in  Sunday  editions  unless 
specially  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     In  case  of  great  emergency, 
the  nature  of  which  will  be  stated,  authority  to  advertise  may  be  requested 
by  telegraph. 

505.  Advertisements  in  newspapers  announcing  sales  of  property  or 
inviting  proposals  for  furnishing  labor  or  supplies,  will,  as  a  rule,  allow 
thirty  days  to  intervene  between  date  of  first  publication  and  date  of  sale 
or  opening  of  bids.     If  necessity  require,  a  shorter  period  may  be  allowed, 
but  no  period  of  less  than  ten  days  will  be  designated  except  in  case  of  emer- 
gency.   No  officer  will  authorize  the  publication  of  an  advertisement  beyond 
the  morning  of  the  day  on  which  the  sale  or  opening  of  bids  is  to  occur,  and 
no  payments  will  be  made  for  continuing  such  publication  beyond  the  period 
authorized. 

506.  Ordinarily  advertisements  will  be  given  six  insertions  in  daily,  or 
four  in  weekly,  papers.     When  more  than  ten  days  are  to  intervene  between 
the  date  of  the  first  publication  and  the  date  of  opening,  those  in  daily  news- 
papers inviting  proposals  will  at  once  be  given  four  consecutive  insertions, 
and  immediately  before  the  date  of  opening,  two  consecutive  insertions.     In 
case  of  emergency,  advertisements  may  be  given  one  or  more  insertions,  as 
time  and  circumstances  permit. 

507.  Vouchers  covering  bills  for  advertising  in  newspapers  must,  prior 
to  payment,  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War.     They  will  be  prepared 
by  the  advertising  officer,  in  duplicate,  upon  prescribed  forms,  and  each 


72  PRINTING. 

will  have  attached  a  copy  of  the  advertisement  cut  from  the  newspaper,  and 
an  original  bill  of  the  publisher.  No  voucher  will  contain  the  account  of 
more  than  one  newspaper,  nor  for  more  than  one  advertisement.  The  num- 
ber of  squares,  lines  or  folios,  the  number  of  insertions,  and  the  amount, 
as  charged  by  the  publisher,  will  be  entered  on  the  vouchers.  The  number 
of  insertions  ordered  will  be  stated  in  the  proper  column,  and  the  column 
headed  "  Amount  allowed  "  will  be  left  blank.  The  receipt  will  be  left  blank 
and  without  signature  until  the  voucher  has  been  acted  upon  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War.  Indorsed  on  the  voucher  will  appear  a  copy  of  the  authority 
of  the  War  Department  for  the  publication,  stating  its  number.  The 
accounts  thus  prepared  will  be  forwarded  by  the  certifying  officer  direct  to 
the  chief  clerk  of  the  War  Department,  with  an  indorsement  describing  the 
inclosures. 

508.  Accounts  presented  to  officers  for  advertisements  which  they  did 
not  order,  but  which  are  shown  to  have  been  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  to  be  published  in  the  newspaper  presenting  the  accounts  for  payment, 
will  be  prepared  upon  the  official  forms  and  transmitted  to  the  chief  clerk 
of  the  War  Department  in  the  same  manner  as  other  accounts  for  adver- 
tising.   The  following  form  of  certificate  will  be  used  in  such  cases: 

I  certify  that  the  annexed  advertisement  was  cut  from  the  newspaper  named  in  the 
above  account,  and  that  it  was  inserted  in  that  newspaper  for  the  period  stated. 

Claims  of  publishers  of  official  newspapers  for  advertisements  copied  from 
other  papers  without  authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War  will  not  be  paid. 

509.  In  the  event  of  an  officer's  death  or  removal,  the  outstanding  bills 
for  advertisements  pertaining  to  his  office  will  be  prepared,  certified,  and 
forwarded  by  his  successor,  who  is  authorized  to  vary  the  form  to  correspond 
to  the  facts.    Officers  changing  stations  will  leave  with  their  successors  com- 
plete records  relative  to  unsettled  accounts  for  advertising. 

JOB   PRINTING. 

510.  The  printing  required  at  the  several  department  headquarters  will 
be  executed  under  contract,  thirty  days'  notice,  when  practicable,  being 
given  of  the  opening  of  proposals.     Bids  will  be  invited  and  contracts  made 
in  accordance  with  the  form  of  proposal  and  circular  of  instructions  fur- 
nished by  the  Quartermaster's  Department.     The  period  of  the  contract 
will  not  extend  beyond  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year  in  which  made,  and  the 
contract  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

511.  Vouchers  covering  bills  for  printing  for  department  headquarters 
will,  prior  to  payment,  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War.     They  will 
be  made  out  on  prescribed  forms,  the  printing  to  be  so  described  as  to  enable 
computations  to  be  readily  reviewed  according  to  the  customary  met  hods  in 
use  among  book  and  job  printers.    A  sample  of  the  printing  will  accompany 
each  bill,  and  on  vouchers  for  work  classed  as  "special"  in  the  circular  of 
instructions,  the  number  of  copies  and  rate  per  hundred  will  be  stated,  and 
on  vouchers  for  other  jobs  the  date  of  printing,  number  of  copies,  name  and 
amount  of  type  (number  of  thousand  ems) ,  number  of  tokens  of  press  work, 
and  rates  per  thousand  ems  and  per  token  will  be  stated.     The  voucher  will 
show  grade  and  quantity  of  paper  furnished  by  the  printer  and  price  charged. 
The  vouchers  thus  prepared,  with  the  certificate  of  the  officer  ordering  the 
work,  as  to  its  necessity  and  propriety,  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  chief 
clerk  of  the  War  Department,  with  a  letter  of  transmittal  describing  the 
inclosures. 


PURCHASES,  ETC.  73 

512.  Printed  letter  and  note  headings  for  department  headquarters  will 
contain  only  the  designation  of  the  headquarters,  the  office  to  which  the  corre- 
spondence pertains,  post-office  address  and  blank  date.     Those  for  posts, 
regiments  and  schools  of  instruction  will  contain  only  the  designation  of 
the  post,  regiment  or  school,  post-office  address  and  blank  date. 

513.  Necessary  printing  in  special  cases  not  covered  by  contracts  for 
printing  for  department  headquarters  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  done 
by  contract  after  competition,  awards  being  made  to  the  lowest  responsible 
bidders.     These  contracts  and  all  vouchers  covering  the  service  will  also  be 
submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

514.  Officers  will,  as  a  rule,  obtain  all  blank  forms,  blank  books,  etc.,  by 
requisition  upon  the  heads  of  the  proper  staff  departments. 

ARTICLE  LV. 

PURCHASE  OF  SUPPLIES  AND  ENGAGEMENT  OF  SERVICES. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

515.  No  contract  or  purchase  on  behalf  of  the  United  States  shall  be  made, 
unless  the  same  is  authorized  by  law,  or  is  under  an  appropriation  adequate 
to  its  ftilfillment,  except  for  clothing,  subsistence,  forage,  fuel,  quarters,  or 
transportation,  which,  however,  shall  not  exceed  the  necessities  of  the  cur- 
rent year.     (R.  S.,  3732.)     No  officer  of  the  United  States  shall  accept  vol- 
untary service  for  the  Government  or  employ  personal  service  in  excess  of 
that  authorized  by  law,  except  in  case  of  emergency  involving  loss  of  life  or 
destruction  of  property.     (Act  approved  May  1,  1884.) 

516.  The  labor  of  troops  or  Government  employees,  or  Government  means 
of  transportation,  will  not  be  used  to  enable  contractors  to  fulfill  contracts, 
except  in  cases  of  manifest  necessity,  and  then  only  on  the  written  authority 
of  the  proper  commander.    Full  deduction  will  be  made  for  Government 
services  when  rendered. 

517.  Articles  of  foreign  production  or  manufacture  for  the  service  of  the 
United  States  will  not  be  purchased  abroad  for  importation  without  special 
authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War. 

518.  Supplies,  and  services  not  personal,  required  in  the  various  depart- 
ments of  the  Army  will  be  procured  where  they  can  be  had  cheapest,  quality 
and  cost  of  transportation  in  the  case  of  supplies  being  considered : 

1.  After  public  notice  inviting  proposals  for  thirty  days  or  more,  or  for 
ten  days  or  more  but  less  than  thirty  days,  or  for  less  than  ten  days,  accord- 
ing to  the  needs  of  the  service. 

2.  Without  public  notice. 

Personal  services  are  such  as  the  individual  employed  or  contracted  with 
must  perform  in  person  directly  under  the  control  and  supervision  of  an 
officer  or  agent  of  the  Government,  as  distinguished  from  services  the  per- 
formance of  which  may  be  delegated  by  the  contractor  to  others.  Bills 
rendered  for  such  services  must  contain  no  charge  for  material. 

5 19.  An  officer  charged  with  the  duty  of  making  a  contract  orpurchase 
is  responsible  under  the  laws  and  regulations  for  his  action.     Permission  or 
orders  to  make  a  contract  or  purchase  without  inviting  competition  will  not 
justify  the  procedure,  and  will  not  be  given. 


74  PURCHASES,    ETC. 

ADVERTISING    FOR  PROPOSALS. 

5 2O.  In  cases  of  large  purchases  a  period  of  thirty  or  more  days  should 
intervene  between  date  of  first  publication  and  of  opening  proposals.     IE 
small  purchases,  from  ten  to  thirty  days  should  intervene,  and  when  the 
public  exigency  (constituting  an  emergency)  does  not  permit  ten  days  tc 
intervene,  the  period  should  be  for  as  many  days  as  the  circumstances  will 
permit.    Advertising  for   proposals  by  newspapers,  in  accordance  with 
Article  LIV,  will  be  adopted  when  time  permits,  and  the  quantity  or  value 
of  the  purchase,  or  character  of  the  services,  in  the  opinion  of  the  purchas- 
ing officer,  will  justify  the  expense.     When  notice  of  less  than  thirty  days 
is  given,  advertising  by  circulars  (sent  to  principal  dealers  in  the  localities 
where  the  supplies  or  services  are  desired,  and  posted  in  public  places)  is 
permissible.    A  purchasing  officer  may  advertise  by  newspapers  and  cir- 
culars at  the  same  time. 

521.  When  advertisements  or  specifications  thereunder  do  not  announce 
fixed  standards  for  articles  required,  they  should  be  so  worded  as  to  permit 
bids  to  be  considered  item  by  item,  and  awards  to  be  made  for  the  most 
suitable  articles  of  each  kind  offered. 

522.  Whenever  it  is  intended  to  require  that  guaranties  shall  accompany 
proposals,  that  fact,  the  amounts  in  which  the  guarantors  are  to  justify, 
and  the  periods  to  be  allowed  after  the  award  for  the  execution  of  contract 
papers  and  bonds,  will  be  stated  in  the  advertisement  or  specification. 

523.  Advertisements  inviting  proposals  will  ordinarily  be  issued  by  the 
officer  who  is  to  make  the  contract  or  purchase  ;  in  special  cases,  if  compe- 
tent authority  so  direct,  they  may  be  issued  by  any  other  officer. 

524.  A  copy  of  each  advertisement  and  specification  will  be  promptly 
forwarded  by  the  officer  issuing  it,  direct  to  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War 
Department,  together  with  all  information  required  for  a  complete  under- 
standing of  the  necessity  for  the  proposed  contract  or  purchase,  and  in 
case  of  notice  by  circular,  there  will  be  indorsed  on  it  the  names  of  persons 
to  whom  sent,  and  if  issued  for  a  period  of  less  than  ten  days,  the  reason 
why  a  longer  period  was  not  allowed  will  be  stated.     The  forwarding  of 
these  notices  at  time  of  issuing  may  be  dispensed  with  at  the  discretion  of 
the  chief  of  bureau  to  which  the  proposed  contract  or  purchase  pertains. 

PROPOSALS. 

525.  Information  in  regard  to  supplies  or  services  for  which  proposals 
have  been  invited  will  be  furnished  on  application  to  all  persons  desiring  it, 
but  no  person  belonging  to  or  employed  in  the  military  service  will  render 
assistance  in  the  preparation  of  proposals. 

526.  Bidders  for  supplies  will  be  informed  of  the  kind,  quantity  and 
quality  of  articles  required,  the  place,  time  and  rate  of  delivery,  and  condi- 
tions of  paynient.     They  will  be  furnished  with  such  specifications  as  have 
been  adopted,  and  will  be  permitted  to  examine  the  standard  samples  at  the 
places  where  deposited. 

527.  Bidders  for  labor  will  be  informed  of  the  nature  and  extent  of  the 
services  required,  where  they  are  to  be  performed,  and  the  time  allowed  for 
performance.    They  will  be  furnished  with,  or  allowed  to  examine,  plans  and 
specifications  of  all  works  upon  which  they  desire  to  bid,  and  in  general  will 
be  furnished  with  any  information  needed  to  enable  them  to  act  understand- 
ingly. 


PURCHASES,    ETC.  75 

528.  No  person  will  be  informed,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  the  name  of 
anyone  intending  to  bid,  or  not  to  bid,  or  to  whom  information  in  respect  to 
proposals  has  been  given. 

5  29 ,  Proposals  should  be  prepared  in  duplicate,  or  in  triplicate  if  required, 
in  strict  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  advertisement  or  specifica- 
tions ;  they  should  make  specific  reference  to  the  advertisement  and  to  any 
plans  or  specifications  which  may  have  been  furnished.  Each  proposal 
should  give  the  place  of  residence  and  post-office  address  of  the  bidder,  with 
county,  State  or  Territory,  and  should  be  signed  by  the  bidder  with  his 
usual  signature  in  full. 

530.  A  proposal  by  a  person  who  affixes  to  his  signature  the  word  "  presi- 
dent," "secretary,"  "agent, "or  other  designation,  without  disclosing  his 
principal,  is  the  proposal  of  the  individual.     That  by  a  corporation  should 
be  signed  with  the  name  of  the  corporation,  followed  by  the  signature  of  the 
president,  secretary  or  other  person  authorized  to  bind  it  in  the  matter,  who 
should  file  evidence  of  his  authority  to  do  so.     That  by  a  firm  should  be 
signed  with  the  firm  name,  either  by  a  member  thereof  or  by  its  agent,  giving 
the  names  of  all  members  of  the  firm.     If  an  agent  signs,  he  should  file  evi- 
dence of  his  authority  to  bind  the  firm. 

531.  In  proposals,  numbers  and  prices  will  be  written  in  words,  as  well  as 
expressed  in  figures ;  but  when  a  great  variety  of  articles,  such  as  station- 
ery, hardware,  etc.,  is  required,  quantities  and  prices  may,  if  the  amounts 
involved  are  inconsiderable  and   the  forms  of  proposals  so  indicate,  be 
expressed  in  figures  only.     It  will  be  sufficient  if  specifications  are  referred 
to  and  are  declared  to  form  part  of  the  proposal. 

532.  Erasures  or  interlineations  should  be  explained  by  the  bidder,  in 
the  proposal,  over  his  signature. 

533.  Guaranties,  signed  by  two  responsible  parties,  will  be  required  to 
accompany  proposals  whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  officer  authorized  to 
make  the  contract,  they  are  necessary  to  protect  the  public  interests,  and 
when  so  required,  no  proposal  unaccompanied   by  a  guaranty,  made  in 
manner  and  form  as  directed  in  the  advertisement  or  specifications,  will  be 
considered. 

»134.  The  guaranty  will  be  in  duplicate,  or  in  triplicate  if  required,  and 
will  be  made  out  and  executed  with  the  necessary  justification,  in  accord- 
ance with  blank  forms  furnished  by  chiefs  of  bureaus.  The  certificate  of 
sufficiency  of  guarantors  will  be  executed  in  the  manner  prescribed  in 
paragraph  563. 

535.  Proposals,  with  their  guaranties,  will  be  securely  sealed  in  suitable 
envelopes,  indorsed  and  addressed  as  required  by  the  advertisement,  and 
must  be  in  the  possession  of  the  officer  addressed  before  the  hour  appointed 
for  the  opening.     No  responsibility  will  attach  to  an  officer  for  the  pre- 
mature opening  of  any  proposal  not  so  indorsed  as  to  clearly  show  its 
character. 

536.  When  an  advertisement  calls  for  proposals  to  furnish  labor  or  sup- 
plies at  more  than  one  place,  a  separate  proposal  will  be  made  for  perform- 
ance at  each  place,  but  all  may  be  submitted  in  the  same  envelope. 

537.  Proposals  received  prior  to  the  time  of  opening  will  be  securely 
kept.    The  officer  whose  duty  it  is  to  open  them  will  decide  when  that  time 
has  arrived,  and  no  proposal  will  thereafter  be  received. 


76  PURCHASES,    ETC. 

538.  Before  the  time  for  opening,  any  bidder  may,  without  prejudice, 
withdraw  from  competition  by  giving  written  notice  of  his  decision  to  the 
officer  holding  his  bid,  and  when  his  bid  is  reached  at  the  opening  it  will  be 
returned  to  him  or  his  authorized  agent  unread. 

539.  Proposals  will  be  opened  and  read  aloud  at  the  time  and  place 
appointed  for  the  opening  (bidders  having  the  right  to  be  present) ,  and  each 
proposal  will  then  and  there  be  numbered  and  entered  on  an  abstract,  the 
articles  being  entered  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  to  appear  on  the 
returns.     Articles  to  be  procured  by  contract  will  be  abstracted  separately 
from  those  to  be  procured  on  written  acceptance.     If  the  number  of  pro- 
posals is  large,  those  relating  to  specific  articles  or  classes  of  articles  may  be 
entered  on  separate  abstracts.     The  number  of  each  proposal,  with  the 
quantities  and  prices  of  articles  offered  and  dates  of  delivery,  will  appear 
in  the  proper  columns,  and  a  copy  of  the  advertisement  or  notice,  under 
which  the  proposals  are  received,  with  a  copy  of  the  specifications  if  any, 
will  be  attached  to  the  upper  left-hand  corner  of  the  abstract.     When  two 
or  more  sheets  are  used  for  the  abstract  they  will  be  properly  fastened 
together  and  paged  on  the  upper  right-hand  corner. 

540.  Proposals  will  be  separately  folded  and  numbered  as  vouchers  to 
the  abstract.     They  will  not  be  fastened  together  nor  to  contracts,  except  to 
the  copy  required  to  be  sent  to  the  Returns  Office. 

541.  When  proposals  are  received  at  a  post,  unless  by  an  officer  author- 
ized to  make  the  award,  as  in  cases  involving  small   expenditures,  they 
and  the  abstract  will  be  forwarded  to  department  headquarters,  with  the 
recommendations  of  the  receiving  officer  and  the  post  commander  as  to  the 
person  to  whom  the  award  should  be  made.     When  a  purchasing  officer, 
acting  under  the  direct  supervision  of  a  chief  of  bureau,  has  invited  and 
received  proposals,  he  will  make  the  award  and  execute  the  necessary  papers, 
unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  chief  of  bureau. 

AWARDS. 

542.  When  proposals  for  supplies  for  the  general  service  of  a  department 
are  received  at  its  headquarters,  the  chief  officer  of  that  branch  of  the  staff 
to  which  they  pertain  will  submit  them  to  the  department  commander,  and 
under  his  supervision,  will  make  the  award  and  execute  the  necessary 
papers,  unless  under  existing  orders  the  action  of  higher  authority  is 
necessary. 

543.  Except  in  rare  cases,  when  the  United  States  elects  to  exercise  the 
right  to  reject  proposals,  awards  will  be  made  to  the  lowest  responsible 
bona  fide  bidder  whose  proposal  for  furnishing  a  proper  article  is  not 
unreasonable. 

544.  Slight  failures  on  the  part  of  a  bidder  to  comply  strictly  with  the 
terms  of  an  advertisement  should  not  necessarily  lead  to  the  rejection  of  his 
bid,  but  the  interests  of  the  Government  will  be  fully  considered  in  making 
the  award. 

545.  Articles  of  domestic  production  or  manufacture  will  be  preferred 
to  those  of  foreign  origin,  cost  and  quality  being  equal. 

546.  When  no  guaranty  is  required,  bidders  must,  if  called  upon  by  the 
awarding  officer,  furnish  satisfactory  evidence  before  the  award  is  made  of 
their  ability  to  carry  their  proposals  into  effect. 


PURCHASES,    ETC.  77 

547.  The  accepted  quantity  and  price  will  be  noted  on  the  abstract  of 
proposals  in  the  column  of  ' '  Remarks, "  opposite  the  name  of  the  bidder.     If  a 
bid  is  rejected,  and  one  at  a  higher  price  accepted,  the  reason  for  the  rejec- 
tion will  be  written  in  the  column  of  remarks.     When  contracts  are  made 
that  fact  will  be  stated  in  the  abstract. 

ABSTRACTS   OF   PROPOSALS. 

548.  A  copy  of  each  abstract,  in  those  cases  where  contracts  are  to  be 
entered  into,  made  as  directed  in  paragraphs  539, 541,  and  547,  accompanied 
by  a  duplicate  of  each  proposal  received,  will,  as  soon  as  considered,  be  for- 
warded to  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War  Department.     When  the  purchase 
of  supplies  or  engagement  of  services  is  made  through  written  proposal 
and  written  acceptance  only,  the  abstract  and  proposals  need  not  be  for- 
warded unless  specially  directed. 

METHODS  OF   PURCHASE. 

549.  A  purchase  of  supplies  or  engagement  of  services  will  be  made : 

1.  By  contract,  "reduced  to  writing  and  signed  by  the  contracting  parties 
with  their  names  at  the  end  thereof. "    Agreements  of  this  character  only 
are  termed  "  contracts  "  in  these  regulations. 

2.  By  written  proposal  and  written  acceptance. 

3.  By  oral  agreement. 

When  delivery  or  performance  does  not  immediately  follow  an  award 
or  bargain,  the  first  method  will  be  used ;  when  delivery  or  performance 
immediately  follows  an  award  or  bargain,  the  second  method  may  be 
resorted  to. 

550.  Contracts  will  be  made  on  forms  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus, 
in  cases  where  such  forms  are  applicable,  and  those  forms  will  be  modified 
only  to  such  extent  as  is  necessary.    All  conditions  will  be  stated  therein  as 
fully  and  clearly  as  possible. 

551.  Contracts  will  be  made  in  the  name  of,  and  will  be  signed  by,  the 
officer  designated  by  the  chief  of  bureau  to  which  the  contracts  pertain. 
They  will  not  be  made  at  posts  unless  ordered  by  superior  authority,  and 
they  will  not  be  so  ordered  unless  the  stores  or  services  required,  of  proper 
quality  or  kind,  can  be  procured  as  cheaply  there  as  elsewhere. 

552.  When  a  contract  is  entered  into  with  a  partnership,  the  individual 
names  of  the  partners  should  be  given  in  the  body  of  the  instrument,  with 
the  recitation  that  they  are  partners  composing  a  firm,  which  should  be 
named,  and  it  may  be  signed  in  the  name  of  the  partnership  by  one  of  the 
partners,  who  will  append  his  own  signature  as  one  of  the  firm. 

553.  Contracts  executed  by  a  corporation  should  have  the  name  of  the 
corporation  in  the  body  of  the  instrument,  and  should  be  signed  by  the 
president,  secretary  or  other  person  acting  in  its  behalf,  who  should  sign 
the  corporate  name  and  his  own.     The  contract  should  be  executed  under 
the  corporate  seal,  when  the  corporation  has  a  seal,  and  evidence  should  be 
furnished  also  under  the  corporate  seal  as  to  the  official  character  of  the 
person  by  whom  it  is  executed,  and  that  he  is  duly  authorized  to  execute  the 
same  in  behalf  of  the  corporation.     This  evidence  may  be  a  properly  verified 
extract  from  the  articles  of  incorporation  or  from  the  by-laws  or  from  the 
minutes  of  the  board  of  directors. 


78  PURCHASES,    ETC. 

554.  All  contracts  will  be  executed  in  quintuplicate.     One  is  for  the  con- 
tractor, one  for  the  contracting  officer,  one  for  the  Auditor  for  the  War 
Department,  one  for  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  contract  pertains 
and  one  for  the  Returns  Office  of  the  Interior  Department. 

555.  Upon  receipt  of  the  contract  in  quintuplicate  at  the  proper  bureau 
it  will  be  examined,  and  if  found  correct,  approved.     Should  any  illegality 
be  discovered,  it  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

556.  The  copy  intended  for  the  Returns  Office  will  be  sent  thereto  by  the 
officer  making  and  signing  the  same,  as  soon  as  possible  after  the  contract 
has  been  made  and  approved,  and  within  thirty  days,  together  with  all  bids, 
offers,  and  proposals  made  by  persons  to  obtain  the  contract,  and  with  a 
copy  of  the  advertisement ;  all  of  which  will  be  fastened  together  by  a  ribbon 
and  seal,  and  numbered  in  regular  order,  with  the  affidavit  of  the  contract- 
ing officer  appended  in  the  following  form  : 

1  do  solemnly  swear  that  the  copy  of  contract  hereto  annexed  is  an  exact  copy  of  a  con- 
tract made  by  me  personally  with  —  —  ;  that  I  made  the  same  fairly,  without  any 
benefit  or  advantage  to  myself,  or  allowing  any  such  benefit  or  advantage  corruptly  to 

the  said —  or  any  other  person  ;  and  that  the  papers  accompanying  include  all 

those  relating  to  the  said  contract,  as  required  by  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and 
provided. 

557.  In  case  of  a  purchase  made  by  an  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  or 
Subsistence  Department  after  public  notice  of  ten  days  or  more,  the  copy 
intended  for  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  must  be  accompanied 
by  a  copy  of  the  advertisement,  a  certificate  of  the  contracting  officer  as  to 
the  time  and  manner  of  its  publication,  and  his  certificate  that  the  award 
was  made  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  for  the  best  and  most  suitable 
article. 

55 §.  All  papers  relating  to  or  affecting  the  performance  of  any  contract 
will  finally  be  transmitted  to  the  bureau  of  the  War  Department  to  which 
the  contract  pertains,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  704. 

CONTRACTORS'  BONDS. 

559.  Bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  contracts  for  supplies  or  serv- 
ice will  be  required  in  the  following  cases : 

1.  When  the  consideration  is  $3,000  or  more,  whatever  may  be  the  length 
of  time  required  for  the  full  performance  of  the  contract. 

2.  When  the  consideration  is  over  $250  but  less  than  $3,000  and  the  con- 
tract can  not  be  fully  performed  within  thirty  days  from  its  date. 

Bonds  may  be  exacted  or,  in  the  discretion  of  the  respective  chiefs  of 
bureaus  concerned,  waived  in  the  following  cases : 

1.  When  the  consideration  is  less  than  $3,000  and  the  contract  is  to  be 
fully  performed  within  thirty  days  from  its  date. 

2.  When  the  consideration  is  not  more  than  $250,  whatever  may  be  the 
length  of  time  required  for  full  performance. 

3.  When  the  contract  is  for  furnishing  meals  to  recruits  and  recruiting 
parties. 

The  amount  of  penalty  in  a  contractor's  bond  will  be  fixed  by  the  con- 
tracting officer,  and  will  not  be  less  than  one- tenth  nor  more  than  the  full 
amount  of  the  consideration  of  the  contract. 

Nothing  in  this  paragraph  is  to  be  construed  as  authorizing  the  waiving 
of  bonds  required  under  paragraph  565. 


PURCHASES,    ETC.  79 

560.  When  bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  contracts  are  exacted, 
they  will  be  made  and  executed  with  the  necessary  justification  and  certifi- 
cation of  sufficiency  of  sureties,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed 
on  the  blank  forms  of  contractors'  bonds  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus. 
Such  bonds  must  be  executed  by  the  contractor  as  principal,  and  by  a  surety 
company,  or  by  at  least  two  sufficient  and  responsible  persons  who  must  be 
citizens  of  the  United  States,  as  sureties.    Each  must  affix  to  his  signature 
a  seal,  and  each  signature  must  be  attested  by  at  least  one  witness.     When 
practicable  there  will  be  a  separate  witness  to  each  signature. 

561.  A  company  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States, 
or  of  any  State,  and  legally  authorized  to  guarantee  bonds,  may  be  accepted 
as  surety,  under  the  conditions  prescribed  in  Article  LVI.    A  firm,  as  such, 
will  not  be  accepted  as  surety,  nor  a  partner  for  a  copartner  or  firm  of 
which  he  is  a  member.    Stockholders  who  are  not  officers-  of  a  corporation 
may  be  accepted  as  sureties  for  such  corporation. 

562.  A  guarantor,  or  the  guarantors,  to  a  bidder's  guaranty  may  be 
accepted  as  surety,  or  sureties,  to  the  bond  of  the  same  person  as  contractor, 
provided  such  guarantor  or  guarantors  are  able  to  justify  as  required  for 
the  bond. 

563.  The  sureties,  if  non-corporate  guarantors,  must  jointly  justify  in 
double  the  amount  of  the  penalty.    The  affidavit  must  be  taken  before  a 
person  authorized  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  State,  Territory  or 
District,  to  administer  oaths.    Justification  will  be  followed  by  the  certifi- 
cate of  a  judge  or  clerk  of  a  United  States  court,  a  United  States  district 
attorney,  United  States  commissioner,  a  judge  or  clerk  of  a  State  court  of 
record  with  the  seal  of  said  court  attached,  that  the  guarantors  or  sureties 
are  known  to  him,  and  that,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief, 
each  is  worth,  over  and  above  all  debts  and  liabilities,  the  sum  stated  in  his 
affidavit  of  justification.    If  found  necessary,  separate  certificates  may  be 
furnished  as  to  each  guarantor  or  surety. 

564.  Contractors'  bonds  will  be  executed  in  duplicate,  one  to  accom- 
pany the  copy  of  the  contract  which  is  sent  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War 
Department,  and  the  other  retained  by  the  officer  who  makes  the  contract. 

565.  When  a  contract  is  entered  into  for  the  construction  of  any  public 
building,  or  the  prosecution  and  completion  of  any  public  work,  or  for 
repairs  on  any  public  building  or  public  w*ork,  the   contractor  will  be 
required,  before  entering  upon  performance  of  the  same,  to  include  in  the 
bond  given  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  contract  the  further  obliga- 
tion that  he  will  promptly  make  payments  to  all  persons  who  supply  him 
with  labor  and  materials  for  the  prosecution  of  the  work  provided  for  in  such 
contract.    A  certified  copy  of  this  contract  and  bond  will  be  furnished  to 
any  person  who  has  supplied  such  labor  or  materials,  upon  his  application 
to  the  War  Department,  accompanied  by  an  affidavit  that  the  labor  or  mate- 
rials have  been  supplied  by  him  and  have  not  been  paid  for  by  the  contractor. 

ORAL  AGREEMENT. 

566.  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  549,  supplies  may  be  pro- 
cured and  services  engaged  by  oral  agreement,  in  the  manner  common 
among  business  men,  in  the  following  cases  : 

1.  When  the  public  exigencies  require  immediate  delivery  of  supplies  or 
performance  of  services,  and  there  is  no  time  to  advertise  by  newspapers 
or  circulars. 


80  PURCHASES,    ETC. BONDS. 

2.  When  prices  of  articles  are  fixed  and  uniform,  and  no  competition  can 
be  had. 

3.  When  proposals  have  been  invited  and  none  have  been  received. 

4.  When  proposals  are  above  the  market  price  or  otherwise  unreasonable. 

5.  When  the  aggregate  amount  of  a  purchase,  including  all  items  that 
can  reasonably  be  consolidated,  does  not  exceed  $200,  if  the  interests  of  the 
Government  will  be  promoted  by  dispensing  with  public  notice  or  adver- 
tisement. 

6.  When  "exceptional  articles  "  are  purchased  by  the  Subsistence  Depart- 
ment, or  medical  supplies  by  the  Medical  Department. 

567.  Before  making  a  purchase  by  oral  agreement  the  officer  will  inform 
himself  concerning  prevailing  prices  by  inquiry  among  principal  dealers  in 
his  locality. 

568.  Open  purchases  for  the  military  service  on  or  near  an  Indian  reser- 
vation will  be  made  as  far  as  practicable  from  the  Indians,  when  fair  and 
reasonable  rates,  not  exceeding  the  market  prices  in  the  locality,  can  be 
obtained. 

REPORTS  OF  PURCHASES. 

569.  An  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  or  Subsistence  Department  who 
makes  a  purchase  of  supplies,  or  an  engagement  of  services  not  personal, 
after  public  notice  of  less  than  ten  days,  or  an  officer  of  any  department 
(except  the  Medical  Department)  who  makes  a  purchase  of  supplies  or 
engagement  of  services  under  paragraph  566,  will  transmit  with  his  monthly 
money  accounts,  to  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  matter  pertains,  a 
report  setting  forth  in  detail  the  quantity,  price,  name  of  seller,  etc.,  of  the 
supplies  so  purchased,  or  the  nature  of  the  services  so  engaged,  and  the 
reasons  for  the  mode  adopted  in  each  case.     "Exceptional  articles"  pur- 
chased by  the  Subsistence  Department  will  be  reported  as  such,  without 
items  or  reasons  for  purchase.    The  head  of  the  bureau  will  submit  these 
reports  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

MARKING  SUPPLIES   BY  CONTRACTORS. 

570.  Contractors  furnishing  supplies  will  mark  and  distinguish  them 
with  their  names  and  with  such  other  designations  as  shall  be  directed  by  the 
purchasing  officer. 

ARTICLE  LVI. 
BONDS  OF  DISBURSING  OFFICERS,  BIDDERS  AND  CONTRACTORS. 

571.  Disbursing  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's,  Subsistence  and  Pay 
Departments,  and  all  storekeepers,  before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices,  will  give  bonds  as  required  by  law.    Chiefs  of  bureaus 
will  see  that  such  bonds  are  examined  as  to  sufficiency  of  sureties  at  least 
once  in  two  years,  and  renewed  once  in  four  years,  or  more  frequently  if 
necessary. 

572.  Sureties  to  bonds  given  by  disbursing  officers  will  be  bound  jointly 
and  severally  for  the  whole  amount  expressed  therein,  and  must  satisfy  the 
Secretary  pf  War  that  they  are  worth,  jointly,  double  such  amount,  each 
surety  making  affidavit  that  he  is  worth  that  sum  over  and  above  his  debts 
and  liabilities,  and  stating  in  the  affidavit  his  place  of  residence. 

573.  When  the  principal  of  the  bond  is  a  corporation,  a  copy  of  its  char- 
ter or  articles  of  incorporation,  authenticated  by  the  secretary  of  state  or 


BONDS. 

other  officer  having  authority,  will  be  attached  to  the  bond.  A  copy  of  the 
record  of  the  organization  of  the  corporation  and  of  the  selection  and 
qualification  of  the  officers  executing  the  bond  in  its  behalf,  as  well  as  a 
copy  of  the  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board  of  directors  or  other  gov- 
erning body  of  the  corporation,  showing  their  authority  to  execute  the 
same — all  duly  certified  by  the  custodian  of  such  records,  under  the  seal  of 
the  corporation,  to  be  correct  copies — will  be  attached  thereto. 

574.  Before  a  corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  there  must  be  filed 
with  the  Secretary  of  War  a  copy  of  its  charter  or  articles  of  incorporation, 
and  of  all  laws  that  may  be  necessary  or  which  may  be  required  in,  addition 
to  the  charter  to  show  that  it  has  power  to  enter  into  the  obligation,  these 
copies  to  be  authenticated  by  the  secretary  of  state  or  other  officer  having 
authority ;  also  a  copy  of  the  record  of  the  organization  of  the  corporation 
and  of  the  selection  and  qualification  of  the  officers,  as  well  as  a  copy  of  the 
by-laws  or  other  records  authorizing  certain  officers  of  the  corporation  to 
execute  bonds  in  its  behalf,  these  copies  to  be  duly  certified  by  the  custodian 
of  such  records,  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation,  to  be  correct  copies. 
There  will  also  be  filed  an  itemized  statement  of  the  financial  condition  of 
the  company  showing  its  assets  and  liabilities,  and  a  statement  of  the  amount 
of  its  existing  obligations  as  surety,  duly  certified  under  the  corporate  seal 
by  the  custodian  of  the  records  of  the  corporation  to  have  been  compared  by 
him  with  the  records  and  found  to  be  correct.    These  papers  will  not  be 
attached  to  the  bond.    All  papers  specified  and  a  statement  of  the  financial 
condition  of  the  company  will  be  furnished  as  often  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
may  require ;  provided,  however,  that  the  financial  statement  will  be  fur- 
nished semiannually,  without  being  called  for,  and  the  evidence  as  to  the 
selection  and  qualification  of  the  officers  of  the  company  will  be  furnished 
immediately  after  their  election  ;  and  whenever  any  change  is  made  in  their 
authority  to  execute  bonds,  evidence  thereof  will  be  immediately  furnished. 

575.  In  case  of  financial  embarrassment,  failure,  or  other  disqualifying 
cause  on  the  part  of  the  surety  to  a  bond,  the  Secretary  of  War  will  require 
the  bond  to  be  renewed  to  his  satisfaction,  upon  notification  to  the  principal. 

576.  Before   a   corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  it  must  obtain 
authority  in  writing  from  the  Attorney-General  to  do  business  under  the  act 
of  August  13,  1894,  and  must  file  with  the  Secretary  of  War  a  copy  of  such 
authority,  duly  certified  as  a  true  copy  by  the  Department  of  Justice. 

577.  Before  a  corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  on  the  bond  of  a 
principal  residing  in  a  State  or  Territory  other  than  the  one  in  which  it  was 
incorporated,  it  must  comply  with  the  requirements  of  section  2  of  act  of 
August  13,  1894,  as  to  the  appointment  of  an  agent  on  whom  process  maybe 
served,  etc.,  and  must  file  with  the  Secretary  of  War  a  copy  of  the  power  of 
attorney  to  such  agent,  authenticated  under  the  seal  of  the  United  States 
district  court  for  the  judicial  district  within  which  the  agent  resides,  or  the 
certificate  of  the  Department  of  Justice  that  the  company  has  complied  with 
the  provisions  of  section  2  of  said  act  of  August  13,  1894. 

578.  The  principal  and  surety  must  sign  and  seal  the  bond.  The  corporate 
seal  of  the  corporation  must  be  affixed  to  the  bond  by  some  person  duly 
authorized,  who  must  also  affix  the  name  of  the  corporation  to  it,  followed 
by  his  own  signature  and  official  designation  written  after  the  word  "  by." 
The  names  and  places  of  business  of  the  principal  and  surety  must  be  writ- 
ten in  the  body  of  the  bond. 

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82  MONEY    ACCOUNTABILITY. 

ARTICLE   LVII. 

MONEY  ACCOUNTABILITY. 
PUBLIC  MONEYS. 

579.  The  use  of  moneys  for  purposes  other  than  those  for  which  appro- 
priated, liquidation  of  liabilities  of  one  fiscal  year  by  use  of  moneys  appro- 
priated for  another,  and  expenditures  in  a  fiscal  year  of  any  sum  in  excess 
of  appropriations  for  that  year,  or  involving  the  Government  in  any  con- 
tract for  future  payment  of  money  in  excess  of  appropriations,  except  as 
authorized  by  paragraph  515,  are  prohibited. 

5 NO.  Chiefs  of  bureaus  will  see  that  funds  in  the  hands  of  a  disbursing 
officer  are  limited  to  his  requirements  for  a  brief  period,  and  that  as  much 
as  practicable  of  public  moneys  placed  to  his  credit  is  kept  with  the  Treas- 
urer or  an  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States.  Estimates  for  funds 
should  state  the  most  convenient  places  of  deposit. 

581.  Lists  of  national-bank  depositories,  designated  for  the  use  of  dis- 
bursing officers,  with  the  amounts  of  securities  filed  by  each  with  the  United 
States  Treasurer,  will  be  published  from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the 
Adjutant-General's  Office. 

582.  Where  there  are  two  or  more  designated  depositories  in  the  same 
place,  credits  should  be  so  regulated  by  each  disbursing  officer  there  stationed 
as  to  maintain,  as  far  as  possible  (by  deposits,  disbursements  and  transfers) , 
a  proportion  between  the  amount  of  his  credit  at  each  depository  and  the 
amount  of  securities  filed  by  it  with  the  United  States  Treasurer.    Trans- 
fers from  one  depository  to  another  are  not  authorized,  except  through  the 
Treasury  Department. 

583.  When  an  officer  disburses  money  in  different  capacities,  his  deposits 
and  accounts  will  be  kept  distinct,  according  to  the  bureaus  to  which  they 
pertain. 

584.  P.ublic  moneys  subject  to  disbursement  coming  into  the  hands  of 
an  officer  from  any  source  must  be  promptly  placed  by  him  to  his  credit  with 
the  Treasurer  or  an  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States,  or  a  duly  desig- 
nated depositary,  or  transferred  to  a  disbursing  officer  of  that  branch  of  the 
public  service  to  which  the  money  pertains ;  in  either  of  which  cases  a  receipt 
will  be  obtained.    Exceptions  to  this  rule  are  allowed  where  a  disbursing 
officer  has  been  specially  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  keep  in  his 
personal  possession,  at  his  own  risk,  the  public  moneys  which  have  been 
intrusted  to  him  for  disbursement,  and  money  in  hand  may  be  disbursed  at 
once  without  being  placed  in  depositories  if  payments  are  due.     The  amount 
of  subsistence  funds  which  a  commissary  may  keep  in  his  personal  possession, 
at  his  own  risk,  is  stated  in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

585.  A  disbursing  officer  ceasing  to  act  as  such  and  having  public  funds 
to  his  credit  in  any  office  or  bank  will  at  once  inform  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury  stating  what  checks  drawn  against  the  same  are  still  outstanding 
and  unpaid. 

586.  All  amounts  of  money  held  at  the  end  of  each  fiscal  year  by  the 
Treasurer,  an  assistant  treasurer  or  a  designated  depositary,  credited  to  a 
disbursing  officer  whose  account  has  remained  unchanged,  either  by  deposit 
or  payment,  for  the  space  of  three  years,  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury, 
to  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  such  officer  if  it  be  found  that  he  is  entitled  to 
the  credit. 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  83 

DISBURSING   OFFICERS. 

587.  No  officer  disbursing  money  for  the  military  service,  or  directing 
the  disbursement  thereof,  shall  be  concerned  individually,  directly  or  indi- 
rectly, in  the  purchase  or  sale  of  any  article  intended  for,  used  by,  or  per- 
taining to  the  department  of  the  public  service  in  which  he  is  engaged. 

588.  No  officer  or  clerk  of  a  disbursing  officer  shall  be  interested  in  the 
purchase  of  any  soldier's  certificate  of  pay  due,  or  any  other  claim  against 
the  United  States. 

589.  Officers  or  agents  in  the  military  service  will  not  purchase  supplies 
for  the  Government  from  any  other  person  in  the  military  service,  nor 
contract  with  any  such  person  to  furnish  supplies  or  service  to  the  Govern- 
ment, nor  make  any  Government  purchase  or  contract  in  which  such  person 
shall  be  admitted  to  share  or  receive  benefit. 

590.  If  any  disbursing  officer  shall  bet  at  cards  or  any  game  of  hazard 
his  commanding  officer  will  suspend  his  functions,  require  him  to  turn  over 
all  public  funds  in  his  keeping,  and  will  immediately  report  the  case  to  the 
proper  bureau  of  the  War  Department.    He  will  also  report  the  case  to  the 
department  commander,  who  will  at  once  convene  a  court-martial  for  the 
trial  of  the  officer. 

591.  Every  disbursing  officer,  in  opening  his  first  account  and  before 
issuing  any  checks,  will  furnish  the  depositary  on  whom  the  checks  are  to 
be  drawn  with  his  official  signature,  duly  verified  by  some  officer  whose 
signature  is  known  to  the  depositary. 

592.  For  every  Treasury  draft  received  by  a  depositary  to  be  placed  to  the 
official  credit  of  a  disbursing  officer,  and  for  every  deposit  of  funds  made 
by  the  officer  to  his  official  credit,  subject  to  payment  of  his  checks,  a 
receipt,  numbered  in  serial  order,  and  giving  the  place  and  date  of  issue, 
will  be  furnished  him  by  the  depositary,  setting  forth  the  character  of  the 
funds,  i.  e. ,  whether  coin  or  currency.    If  the  credit  is  made  by  a  disbursing 
officer's  check  transferring  funds,  the  essential  items  of  the  check  will  be 
enumerated,  and  if  by  a  Treasury  draft,  the  warrant  number.    The  title  of 
the  officer  will  be  expressed,  and  the  title  of  the  account  will  also  show  for 
what  branch  of  the  public  service  it  is  kept.    The  receipt,  called  "  a  dis- 
bursing officer's  receipt,"  will  be  retained  by  the  officer  in  whose  favor  it 
is  made. 

593.  An  officer  is  not  authorized  to  insure  public  money  or  property,  and 
he  will  not  be  allowed  credit  for  any  expense  paid  for  the  collection  of 
money  on  checks,  except  as  provided  for  military  attaches  serving  abroad. 

TRANSFERS. 

594.  Public  funds  will,  in  general,  be  transferred  as  follows :  The  officer 
making  the  transfer  will  draw  his  check  directing  the  depositary  to  place 
a  stated  amount  to  the  official  credit  of  the  officer  named  therein.    The  check 
will  be  sent  to  the  depositary  and  not  to  the  officer  in  whose  favor  it  is 
drawn.    If  it  is  necessary  that  the  officer  to  whom  the  funds  are  transferred 
shall  receive  them  without  delay,  the  transferring  officer  may  draw  his 
check  and  transmit  the  same  direct  to  the  officer  requiring  them.    In  either 
case,  invoices  of  the  funds  transferred  are  sent  to  the  receiving  officer. 

595.  Funds  will  not  be  transferred  from  one  appropriation  for  the  use 
of  another,  by  borrowing  or  otherwise. 


84  MONEY    ACCOUNTABILITY. 

CHECKS. 

596.  A  disbursing  officer  may  draw  his  check  in  favor  of  himself  "  or 
bearer  "  for  making  payments  of  amounts  not  exceeding  $20 ;  for  making 
payments  at  a  distance  from  a  depository;  or  for  making  payments  of  fixed 
salaries  due  at  a  certain  period,  if  the  check  be  not  drawn  more  than  two 
days  before  the  salaries  become  due.    In  all  other  cases  checks  will  be  made 
payable  to  "order"  or  "bearer,"  and  will  be  drawn  only  in  favor  of  the 
persons,  firms  or  corporations,  by  name,  to  whom  the  payments  are  to  be 
made. 

597.  Each  check  of  a  disbursing  officer  must  state  on  its  face  the  object 
of  the  expenditure,  and  in  case  of  payment  to  officers  or  enlisted  men,  the 
period  covered  by  the  payment.     Such  statements  must  be  brief  but  clear, 
as,  for  instance,  "  pay,"  "pay  roll,"  or  "  payment  of  troops,  "adding  the  post 
or  station;  "purchase  of  subsistence "  or  of  other  supplies,  naming  them; 
"on  contract  for  construction,"  mentioning  the  fortification  or  other  public 
work  for  which  the  payment  is  made  ;  "  payments  under  $20,"  etc.     Pay- 
ment is  refused  on  all  checks  where  this  requirement  is  disregarded,  and 
report  of  the  fact  made  to  the  Treasury. 

598.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  pay  an  account  until  it  is  due.      In 
cases  of  contracts  for  the  performance  of  service  or  delivery  of  articles, 
payment  will  not  exceed  the  value  of  services  rendered,  or  articles  actually 
delivered. 

599.  When  an  original  check  of  a  disbursing  officer,  not  exceeding  $2, 500 
in  amount,  has  been  lost  or  destroyed,  a  duplicate  check  may  be  issued  by 
him,  after  six  months  and  within  three  years  of  the  date  of  the  original, 
upon  the  owner  filing  with  him  the  notice  and  proof  of  loss  and  the  indemnity 
bond  required  by  sections  3646  and  3647,  Revised  Statutes,  and  act  of  February 
16,  1885.    In  case  the  disbursing  officer  who  issued  the  original  check  is  no 
longer  in  the  service,  the  notice  and  proof  of  loss,  and  the  indemnity  bond  will 
be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  prior  to  the  issue  of  a  duplicate  check. 
The  proper  accounting  officer  of  the  Treasury  will  state  an  account  in  favor 
of  the  owner  of  said  check  and  charge  the  amount  thereof  to  the  account*of 
such  officer.     Instructions  for  the  execution  and  use  of  the  affidavit  and  bond, 
and  the  issue  of  the  duplicate  check,  accompany  the  blank  form  furnished 
by  the  Treasury  Department. 

600.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation  or  removal  from  active  service  of 
a  disbursing  officer,  any  check  previously  drawn  by  him,  and  not  presented 
for  payment  within  four  months  of  its  date,  will  not  be  paid  until  its  correct- 
ness shall  have  been  attested  by  the  Secretary  or  Assistant  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury. 

601.  A  check  drawn  by  a  disbursing  officer  still  in  active  service,  pre- 
sented before  it  shall  have  been  issued  three  full  fiscal  years,  will  be  paid  in 
the  usual  manner  by  the  office  or  bank  on  which  it  is  drawn,  and  from  funds 
to  the  credit  of  the  drawer. 

602.  At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  every  disbursing  officer  will  make 
a  return  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  through  the  proper  channels,  of 
all  outstanding  checks  issued  by  him  three  years  or  more  prior  thereto,  giv- 
ing the  names  of  payees  and  their  residences  when  known,  the  purpose? 
for  which  and  places  on  which  the  checks  were  drawn,  with  amounts,  num- 
bers and  dates  of  same,  and  the  numbers  of  the  vouchers  received  therefor. 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  85 

603.  At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  all  amounts  remaining  to  the  credit 
of  a  disbursing  officer,  represented  by  checks  or  drafts  drawn  upon  the  Treas- 
urer, an  assistant  treasurer,  or  any  designated  depositary,  three  or  more 
years  prior  thereto,  will  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  and  there  stand  to  the 
credit  of  the  payees  in  an  appropriation  account  denominated  "  outstanding 
liabilities." 

604.  A  check  which  has  been  issued  for  a  longer  period  than  three  full 
fiscal  years  will  be  paid  only  by  the  settlement  of  an  account  in  the  Treas- 
ury Department.     For  this  purpose  the  check  will  be  transmitted,  through 
the  proper  channels,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

OFFICIAL  CHECK   BOOKS. 

605.  Official  check  books  are    issued  by  the  Treasurer  and  assistant 
treasurers  of  the  United  States  direct  to  disbursing  officers  who  have  public 
money  on  deposit  with  them.    Rules  for  issue,  transfer,  etc.,  of  these  check 
books  accompany  each  book. 

606.  Official  check  books  on  national  bank  depositories  are  furnished  by 
chiefs  of  bureaus,  by  whom  records  of  blank  checks  issued  will  be  kept  and  to 
whom  unused  checks  will  be  returned.     Rules  for  issue,  transfer,  etc.,  of 
these  check  books  accompany  each  book.     In  making  payments,  only  official 
checks  will  be  used. 

607.  Mutilated  official  checks  will  be  forwarded  to  the  depository  to 
which  they  pertain,  and  a  record  of  the  date  of  transmission  made  on  the 
stub. 

CERTIFICATES  OF  DEPOSIT. 

608.  Public  moneys  are  transferred  to  the  general  Treasury  by  being 
deposited  to  the  * '  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,"  either  at  the 
Treasurer's  office,  or  at  the  office  of  one  of  the  assistant  treasurers,  or  at 
one  of  the  designated  depositories.    All  "  miscellaneous  receipts  on  account 
of  proceeds  of  Government  property"  (paragraph  615)  must  be  deposited; 
also,  when  required  by  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  which  the  funds  pertain,  the 
public  moneys  in  the  possession  of  or  to  the  credit  of  disbursing  officers  or 
others.    For  each  deposit  made  a  "  certificate  of  deposit "  in  duplicate  will 
be  given,  showing  the  full  name,  rank,  regiment  or  corps  of  the  depositor, 
and  to  what  appropriation  or  fund  the  amount  belongs,  the  depositor  giving 
the  necessary  information  when  making  the  deposit. 

609.  The  "  originals  "  of  all  certificates  of  deposit  will,  immediately  upon 
their  issue,  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  by  the 
depositors  (not  the  depositaries),  who,  before  transmitting  them,  will  see 
that  their  amounts  correspond  to  the  sums  actually  deposited.    Each  cer- 
tificate forwarded  will  contain  or  be  accompanied  by  a  statement  showing 
distinctly  the  source  from  which  the  money  was  derived,  i.  e. : 

1.  If  a  balance  of  funds  for  disbursement,  the  appropriation  and  fiscal  year 
will  be  correctly  named. 

2.  If  in  refundment  of  an  overpayment,  when,  by  whom  and  upon  what 
voucher  the  overpayment  was  made. 

3.  If  from  stoppages  on  pay  rolls  on  account  of  loss  of  or  damage  to  prop- 
erty by  employees,  or  on  account  of  sales  to  them,  for  which  property  the 
depositing  officer  is  himself  responsible,  the  character  of  the  property  and 
the  date  of  loss  or  sale  will  be  given  and  a  reference  made  to  the  officer's 
property  voucher  accounting  for  the  same. 


86  MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

4.  If  from  stoppage  on  account  of  loss,  damage  or  sale  of  property  for 
which  an  officer  other  than  the  depositing  officer  is  responsible,  the  name  of 
the  responsible  officer  will  be  given,  with  a  list  of  persons  from  whom  deduc- 
tions were  made,  stating  character  of  property  and  amount  deducted  in  each 
case. 

5.  Deposits  of  funds  received  from  sales  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  or  on 
account  of  losses  or  forfeitures,  will  be  fully  explained. 

6 1 0.  A  disbursing  officer  of  one  staff  department  making  stoppages  on 
account  of  the  funds  or  property  of  another  staff  department  will,  in  the 
absence  of  special  instructions  to  the  contrary,  deposit  the  funds  so  received, 
and  not  leave  them  to  be  transferred  upon  the  settlement  of  his  accounts  at 
the  Treasury. 

611.  Nothing  in  the  two  preceding  paragraphs  will  be  construed  to  affect 
the  existing  system  of  depositing  collections  by  paymasters  of  the  Army. 

612.  The  number,  date  and  amount  of  the  certificate  of  deposit,  together 
with  the  specific  appropriation,  if  named,  will  be  noted  on  the  account  cur- 
rent upon  which  the  depositor  desires  to  be  credited  with  the  money  depos- 
ited.   Certificates  of  deposit  will  not  be  filed  with  accounts  current.    Officers 
will  state  in  such  accounts  dates  of  deposits  and  name  and  location  of 
depository. 

613.  Certificates  of  deposit  must  be  recorded  in  the  proper  bureaus  of  the 
War  Department.     The  "  originals,"  upon  their  receipt  at  the  Treasury,  are 
immediately  forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  who  refers  them  to  the 
proper  bureaus  to  which  the  deposits  pertain  for  verification  and  designa- 
tion of  the  appropriation. 

PROCEEDS  OF  SALES. 

614.  Moneys  received  for  stores,  materials  or  supplies  (except  subsistence 
stores)  sold  to  officers,  enlisted  men,  or  exploring  or  surveying  expeditions 
authorized  by  law  will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the 
United  States,  and  respectively  revert  to  the  appropriation  out  of  which 
originally  expended.     Proceeds  of  sales  of  useless  ordnance  material  are 
expended  under  conditions  prescribed  by  law.     Proceeds  of  sales  of  subsist- 
ence supplies  are  immediately  available  for  the  purchase  of  fresh  supplies. 

615.  The  proceeds  of  sales  of  all  public  property,  the  disposition  of  which 
is  not  provided  for  by  the  preceding  paragraph,  after  the  expenses  of  sale 
have  been  deducted,  will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of 
the  United  States  as  "  Miscellaneous  receipts  on  account  of  proceeds  of  Gov- 
ernment property,"  for  which  certificates  of  deposit  will  issue,  showing  the 
name,  rank,  regiment  or  corps  of  the  depositor,  the  nature  of  the  deposit, 
the  kind  of  property  and  the  bureau  to  which  it  pertained. 

616.  The  transfer  of  public  property  from  one  bureau  or  Department  to 
another  is  not  regarded  as  a  sale.    If  money  is  received  therefor,  it  may  be 
used  to  replace  such  stores  and  will  be  reported  accordingly. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

617.  The  fiscal  year  ends  on  June  30.    The  quarters  of  the  fiscal  year 
are  as  follows :  First  quarter,  July  1  to  September  30 ;  second,  October  1 
to  December  31 ;  third,  January  1  to  March  31 ;  fourth,  April  1  to  June  30. 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  87 

618.  Chiefs  of  bureaus,  in  notifying  officers  of  remittances,  will  inform 
them  of  the  amount  remitted  under  each  head  of  appropriation,  giving  the 
designation  by  fiscal  years  when  necessary. 

619.  Accounts  current,  abstracts  and  vouchers,  including  transfers  and 
refundments,  will  have  noted  in  red  ink  on  the  face  and  also  in  the  brief  on 
the  back  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the  funds  pertain. 

620.  No  account  current,  except  in  the  Pay  Department,  will  contain 
accounts  of  different  years ;  and  no  item  will  be  entered  thereon  unless  it 
pertains  to  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the  account  belongs. 

621.  Money  received  and  disbursed  under  the  appropriation  for  contin- 
gent expenses  of  the  Army  will  be  accounted  for  by  officers  authorized  to 
disburse  it,  on  special  accounts  current,  in  which  funds  belonging  to  other 
appropriations  will  not  be  entered. 

622.  When  an  article  purchased  is  not  named  in  the  appropriation  act, 
the  purpose  for  which  it  is  intended  determines  the  appropriation  from 
which  payment  is  made. 

623.  All  public  funds  on  hand  at  the  close  of  a  fiscal  year,  except  those 
required  to  pay  outstanding  liabilities  incurred  during  such  year  (a  schedule 
of  which  will  if  possible  accompany  the  last  account  current  for  the  year) 
and  "  no  limit "  appropriations,  will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treas- 
urer of  the  United  States  and  the  disbursing  officer's  account  closed  by  a 
credit  for  such  deposit. 

624.  Balances  retained  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  for  the  purpose 
of  paying  outstanding  liabilities,  will  be  carried  to  a  "  supplemental  account 
current"  for  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the  funds  pertain. 

625.  When  disbursements  are  made  from  such  balances,  accounts  will 
be  rendered  as  "supplemental  accounts"  for  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the 
funds  pertain.    Admitted  errors,  to  be  refunded,  except  in  the  Pay  Depart- 
ment, will  be  taken  up  on  an  account  current  for  the  fiscal  year  in  which 
the  errors  occurred. 

ACCOUNTS  CURRENT. 

626.  Accounts  current  will  be  made  in  duplicate ;  one  copy,  accompanied 
by  abstracts  and  vouchers,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  chief  of  the  bureau, 
and  the  other  retained  by  the  officer.    The  forms  of  accounts  current  and 
abstracts  furnished  by  the  chief  of  the  bureau  in  which  the  officer  is  serving 
will  be  used. 

627.  Disbursing  officers  who  render  accounts  which  eventually  pass  to 
the  Treasury  Department  for  settlement  are  required  to  prepare  their 
accounts,  with  abstracts  and  vouchers  complete,  and  deposit  them  in  the 
post-office,  addressed  to  the  chief  of  the  bureau  of  the  War  Department  to 
which  they  pertain,  on  or  before  the  10th  day  of  each  month.    Irregulari- 
ties in  the  mail  service  or  want  of  blank  forms  will  not  excuse  a  failure  to 
comply  with  this  paragraph.    When  vouchers  are  not  sent  with  the  account 
to  which  they  belong,  but  are  subsequently  rendered,  suitable  explanation 
will  be  made. 

628.  Original  vouchers  will,  if  possible,  accompany  the  accounts ;  copies 
will  not  be  accepted  unless  duly  certified  and  accompanied  by  satisfactory 
evidence  of  the  loss  or  destruction  of  the  originals,  or  that  their  retention  is 
indispensable  to  the  performance  of  duty  by  an  officer. 


88  MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

629.  With  the  accounts  will  be  forwarded  all  orders  of  commanding 
officers  and  all  other  papers  upon  which  the  officer  accountable  relies  to 
relieve  himself  from  responsibility. 

630.  When  an  officer  is  relieved  from  duty  in  a  staff  department  at  any 
station  he  will  certify   outstanding  debts  if  any,  to  his  successor,  and 
transmit  a  list  of  the  same  to  the  head  of  the  proper  bureau.     Unless  other- 
wise ordered,  he  will  turn  over  to  his  successor  the  public  money,  property, 
books  and  papers  pertaining  to  the  service  from  which  he  is  relieved. 

MONEY  VOUCHERS. 

631.  Vouchers  will  ordinarily  be  made  in  duplicate,  or,  if  required,  in 
triplicate,  and  the  number  made  will  be  stated  on  each  copy. 

632.  The  correctness  of  the  facts  stated  on  a  voucher  and  the  justness 
of  the  account  must  be  certified  by  an  officer. 

633.  Every  voucher  in  support  of  a  payment  for  supplies,  or  for  services 
other  than  by  the  day  or  month,  whether  it  be  made  pursuant  to  a  form- 
ally prepared  contract,  an  accepted  bid,  or  a  purchase  without  advertising 
(unless  it  comes  within  the  excepted  cases  provided  for  in  the  following 
paragraph) ,  must  have  attached  to  it  an  original  bill  furnished  by  the  cred- 
itor, dated  and  signed  by  him  or  his  authorized  representative,  giving  his 
place  of  business  or  residence,  and  stating  (if  for  supplies  furnished)  the 
date  of  the  purchase,  the  quantity  and  price  of  each  article,  and  the  amount 
or  (if  for  services  other  than  by  the  day  or  month)  the  character  of  the  serv- 
ices, the  date  or  dates  on  which  rendered,  and  the  amount.    A  voucher  so 
accompanied  will  be  made  out  in  favor  of  the  creditor,  giving  his  address, 
and  may  state  the  account  in  general  terms,  with  the  aggregate  amount 
only  extended,  and  the  words  "  as  per  bill  hereto  attached,"  or  words  of  like 
import,  added.    Where  a  purchase  under  an  accepted  bid  after  public  notice 
is  made  in  the  Quartermaster's  or  Subsistence  Department,  the  voucher, 
besides  being  subject  to  the  foregoing  requirements,  will  be  accompanied 
by  a  copy  of  the  public  notice,  the  accepted  bid  and  a  copy  of  the  letter 
accepting  the  bid,  and  must  contain  a  certificate  that  the  award  was  made 
to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  for  the  best  and  most  suitable  articles, 
and  that  the  needs  of  the  service  required  the  purchase  to  be  made  in  the 
manner  indicated  by  the  public  notice.    Where  papers  relating  to  two  or 
more  vouchers  are  required  to  accompany  accounts,  they  must  be  filed  with 
the  first  voucher  paid,  and  reference  thereto  made  on  the  other  vouchers. 
A  voucher  for  services  by  the  day  or  month  must  state  the  nature  of  the 
service,  the  inclusive  dates  of  service,  the  time  for  which  payment  is  made, 
the  rate  of  pay  and  the  amount. 

634.  When  a  creditor  is  unable  for  any  cause  to  make  out  his  bill,  or 
to  have  it  made  out,  the  disbursing  officer  must  set  forth  on  the  voucher 
all  the  details  of  the  account,  as  required  for  the  bill  by  the  preceding 
paragraph,  and  must  give  reasons  in  full  on  the  voucher  why  a  bill  is  not 
furnished.    Original  bills  need  not  be  attached  to  vouchers  in  the  follow- 
ing cases,  viz:  Where,  under  a  con  tract,  quantities  delivered  or  amounts  due 
are  determined  by  a  duly  authorized  inspector,  and  his  certificate  as  to  the 
facts  is  filed  with  the  voucher  to  which  it  pertains ;  where  a  bill  of  lading 
or  transportation  request  accompanies  a  voucher  for  transportation  services 
performed  under  public  tariffs ;  where  a  voucher  is  for  telegraphic  services 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  89 

at  rates  fixed  by  the  Postmaster-General ;  where  a  voucher  is  for  services  by 
the  day  or  month,  or  where  a  creditor  makes  out  his  bill  on  a  blank  form  of 
voucher  and  certifies  to  its  correctness. 

635.  Money  amounts  will  be  expressed  in  terms  of  dollars  and  cents. 
When  a  fraction  of  a  cent  less  than  one-half  occurs  in  the  footing  of  a 
voucher  it  will  be  disregarded.     If  the  fraction  be  one-half  or  greater  it  will 
be  reckoned  as  a  cent. 

636.  A  voucher  for  a  purchase,  or  for  services  not  personal,  must  have 
expressed  on  its  face,  immediately  below  the  statement  of  the  account, 
the  mode  of  purchase  or  engagement,  using  therefor  one  of  the  following 
notations : 

1.  Under  contract,  dated ,  18    . 

2.  Under  public  notice,  dated ,  18    . 

3.  Under  oral  agreement,  without  advertising. 

637.  The  giving  or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  for  public  money  is 
prohibited. 

638.  A  voucher  for  funds  disbursed  will,  before  being  signed  by  a  pub- 
lic creditor,  be  made  out  in  full,  with  the  place  of  payment  and  the  name, 
rank,  regiment  or  corps  of  the  paying  officer  entered  in  the  receipt,  and 
the  exact  amount  of  money  written  out  in  words  in  the  receipt.    When 
vouchers  are  sent  by  mail  for  signature  the  date  in  the  receipt  will  be  left 
blank,  and  the  check  in  payment  will  not  be  drawn  until  the  vouchers  are 
returned  properly  signed,  when  the  date  of  the  check  will  be  added  to  the 
receipt. 

639.  Invoices  of  and  receipts  for  funds  transferred  will  state  place  and 
date  of  transfer,  the  name,  rank,  regiment  or  corps  of  the  officer  from 
whom  the  money  is  received,  the  kind  of  funds  transferred,  and  the  amount 
transferred  under  each  head  of  appropriation.    If  the  transfer  is  for  the  cor- 
rection of  errors,  whether  arising  upon  the  settlement  of  accounts  or  other- 
wise, the  facts  will  be  noted  in  detail  on  both  invoice  and  receipt.     The 
receiving  officer  or  agent  will  indorse  upon  the  invoice  the  exact  date  of 
the  receipt  given  by  him  and  will  file  it  with  the  account  current  on  which 
he  acknowledges  receipt  of  the  funds.    Any  discrepancy  as  to  the  appro- 
priation, fiscal  year  or  amount,  which  may  exist  between  the  invoice  and 
receipt  when  the  latter  is  properly  made  out  will  be  noted  and  explained 
on  both  invoice  and  receipt  by  the  officer  or  agent  receiving  and  receipting 
-^or  the  funds. 

64  O.  Vouchers  for  payment  made,  and  invoices  and  receipts  for  money 
transferred,  will  have  noted  upon  them  the  number,  date,  and  amount  of 
checks  given,  and  the  depository  on  which  drawn.  If  payment  is  made  by 
currency  in  part  or  in  whole,  the  facts  will  be  stated. 

641.  A  receipt  to  a  voucher  which  has  been  made  out  in  favor  of  a  firm 
by  name  must  be  signed  in  the  firm  name  by  one  of  the  partners  known 
by  the  disbursing  officer  to  be  a  member  of  the  firm,  when  the  disbursing 
officer  has  no  notice  of  any  arrangement  among  the  partners  that  such 
member  has  no  authority  to  bind  the  firm.  The  receipt  should  be  signed 
in  the  firm  name  by  the  partner,  who  should  append  his  own  signature  as 
"one  of  the  firm."  A  receipt  signed  for  a  firm  or  individual  by  a  clerk  or 
other  person  will  not  be  accepted. 


30  MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

642.  A  receipt  to  a  voucher  which  has  been  made  out  in  favor  of  a  cor- 
poration by  name  must  be  signed  by  the  treasurer  or  other  officer  of  the 
corporation  in  his  official  capacity,  who  will  be  required  to  file  with  the 
voucher  evidence  of  his  authority  for  so  doing.    This  evidence  may  be  a 
properly  verified  extract  from  the  articles  of  incorporation  or  from  the 
by-laws  or  from  the  minutes  of  the  board  of  directors. 

643.  The  authority  to  receive  and  receipt  for  money  due  a  corporation 
must  be  filed  with  the  voucher  which  is  forwarded  with  the  account  current 
of  the  disbursing  officer  to  the  chief  of  bureau.    If  subsequent  payments 
are  made  under  the  same  authority  the  disbursing  officer  will  refer,  on  the 
voucher  therefor,  to  the  voucher  with  which  the  authority  is  filed. 

644.  Receipts  for  small  sums  for  occasional  service  paid  to  corporations, 
such  as  railroad,  telegraph,  turnpike,  transfer,  express,  steamboat,  hotel, 
newspaper,  and  ice  companies,  may  be  signed  by  the  local  agent  in  charge  of 
the  business  of  the  company  at  the  place  where  the  service  is  rendered,  or 
where  it  begins  or  terminates,  and  the  certificate  of  the  officer  making  pay- 
ment that  the  person  to  whom  payment  was  thus  made  was  then  the  local 
agent  of  the  company,  in  charge  of  its  business  at  the  place  designated,  will 
be  sufficient  evidence  of  the  agent's  authority  to  receive  and  receipt  for  the 
money  paid. 

645.  When  an  account  is  presented  by  an  individual  who  is  not  known  to 
the  disbursing  officer,  the  latter  will  require  him  to  be  identified. 

646.  The  signature  to  the  receipt  and  the  name  of  the  person  or  business 
firm  as  entered  at  the  head  of  an  account  must  be  literally  alike. 

647.  When  a  signature  is  not  written  by  the  hand  of  the  party  it  must 
be  witnessed,  and  by  a  commissioned  officer  when  practicable. 

648.  In  final  statements,  receipts  for  money  and  papers  of  like  character, 
money  amounts  will,  in  all  cases,  be  written  out  in  full  and  also  expressed 
by  figures  in  parentheses.    This  requirement  does  not  apply  to  muster  and 
pay  rolls  and  pay  rolls  of  other  descriptions. 

649.  Fees  of  civil  officers  for  administering  oaths  in  matters  of  military 
administration  (where  the  services  of  judge-advocates  of  departments  or 
of  courts-martial,  or  trial  officers  of  summary  courts  were  not  obtainable) 
will  be  paid  from  the  appropriation  applicable  to  the  subject-matter  of  the 
oaths,  and  in  case  there  be  no  appropriation  applicable  thereto,  the  fees  will 
be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

«>5O.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  issue  vouchers  for  unpaid  accounts 
as  due  bills  against  the  United  States,  but  a  certified  statement  of  personal 
services  and  of  wages  due  may  be  given  to  a  discharged  employee  who  for 
want  of  funds  was  not  paid  at  time  of  discharge. 

651.  When  applicable,  the  following  rules  for  the  computation  of  time 
in  payment  for  services  will  be  observed : 

1.  For  any  full  calendar  month's  service,  at  a  stipulated  monthly  rate  of 
compensation,  payment  will  be  made  at  such  stipulated  rate,  without  regard 
to  the  number  of  days  in  that  month. 

2.  When  service  commences  on  an  intermediate  day  of  the  month,  thirty 
days  will  be  assumed  as  the  length  of  the  month,  whatever  be  the  number  of 
days  therein. 

3.  When  the  service  terminates  on  an  intermediate  day  of  the  month,  the 
actual  number  of  days  during  which  service  was  rendered  in  that  calendar 
month  will  be  allowed. 


MONEY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  91 

4.  When  the  service  embraces  two  or  more  months  or  parts  of  months 
but  one  fraction  will  be  made,  thus :  From  September  21  to  November  25, 
inclusive,  will  be  calculated  :  September  21  to  October  20,  inclusive,  one 
month;   from  October  21  to  November  20,  inclusive,  one  month;   from 
November  21  to  25,  inclusive,  five  days — making  the  time  allowed  two 
months  and  five  days. 

5.  When  two  fractions  of  months  occur  and  both  are  less  than  a  whole 
month,  as  from  August  21  to  September  10,  the  time  will  be  determined  thus : 
August  21  to  30,  inclusive  (ignoring  the  31st) ,  ten  days  ;  from  September  1 
to  10,  inclusive,  ten  days — making  the  time  allowed  twenty  days. 

6.  Service  commencing  in  February  will  be  calculated  as  though  the  month 
contained  thirty  days,  thus:  From  February  21  to  28  (or  29),  inclusive,  ten 
days.    When  the  service  commences  on  the  28th  day  of  that  month  three 
days  will  be  allowed,  and  if  on  the  29th  two  days. 

7.  If  service  commences  on  the  31st  day  of  any  month,  payment  will  not 
be  made  for  that  day. 

8.  For  commutation  of  subsistence  and  for  services  of  persons  employed 
at  a  per  diem  rate,  payment  will  be  made  for  the  actual  number  of  days. 

9.  When  services  are  rendered  from  one  given  date  to  another,  the  account 
will  state  clearly  whether  both  dates  are  included. 

10.  In  computing  the  wages  of  persons  employed  at  a  per  diem  allowance, 
the  day  on  which  service  begins  and  the  day  on  which  it  ends  will  be  allowed 
in  the  computation. 

652.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  settle  with  heirs,  executors,  or  adminis- 
trators except  by  authority  of  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War  Department, 
and  upon  accounts  that  have  been  duly  audited  and  certified  by  the  proper 
accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury. 

PECUNIARY  RESPONSIBILITY  OF  OFFICERS. 

653.  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  money  made  in 
obedience  to  the  order  of  his  commanding  officer.    Every  order  issued  by 
any  military  authority  which  may  cause  an  expenditure  of  money  in  a  staff 
department  will  be  given  in  writing.    One  copy  thereof  will  be  forwarded 
by  the  officer  receiving  it  to  the  head  of  his  department,  and  the  other  will 
be  filed  by  the  disbursing  officer  with  his  voucher  for  the  disbursement.    If 
the  expenditure  be  disallowed  it  will  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  ordered  it. 

654.  If  a  payment  made  on  the  certificate  of  an  officer  as  to  the  facts  is 
afterwards  disallowed  for  error  of  fact  in  the  certificate,  it  will  pass  to  the 
credit  of  the  disbursing  officer  and  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  gave  the 
certificate ;  but  the  disbursing  officer  can  not  protect  himself  in  an  errone- 
ous payment  made  without  due  care  by  charging  lack  of  care  against  the 
officer  who  gave  the  certificate. 

ADMINISTRATIVE  EXAMINATION   OF  MONEY  ACCOUNTS. 

655.  The  chief  of  a  bureau  to  which  accounts  pertain  will  cause  each 
account  current,  with  its  accompanying  papers,  to  be  examined  and  trans- 
mitted to  the  Treasury  Department,  with  his  decision  indorsed  thereon, 
within  twenty  days  from  the  date  on  which  such  account  was  received  at 
his  office.    He  will  bring  to  the  notice  of  the  Secretary  of  War  all  matters 
of  account  that  require  or  merit  it.    When  a  suspension  or  disallowance  is 
made,  the  bureau  will  notify  the  officer  that  he  may  have  an  opportunity  to 
submit  explanations  or  take  an  appeal  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 


92  PROPERTY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

656.  In  case  of  discovered  error  or  disallowance  in  an  account  upon  its 
examination  by  the  proper  authority  the  officer  responsible  will,  upon  noti- 
fication thereof,  unless  able  to  furnish  evidence  to  correct  or  remove  the 
same,  make  the  proper  correction  in  his  next  account  current,  and  refer 
therein  to  the  particular  voucher  in  which  the  error  occurred  or  the  disallow- 
ance was  made. 

ARTICLE    LVIII. 

PUBLIC  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND  RESPONSIBILITY. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

657.  Accountability  and  responsibility   devolve  upon   any  person  to 
whom  public  property  is  intrusted  and  who  is  required  to  make  returns 
therefor.     Responsibility  without   accountability    devolves  upon  one  to 
whom  such  property  is  intrusted,  but  who  is  not  required  to  make  returns 
therefor.     Thus,  with  respect  to  quartermaster's  supplies  intrusted  to  a 
company  or  detachment  commander,  responsibility  but  not  accountability 
attaches. 

658.  The  officer  in  permanent  or  temporary  command  of  a  post  or  sta- 
tion is  responsible  for  the  security  of  all  public  property  of  the  command, 
whether  in  use  or  in  store,  and  although  for  purposes  of  periodical  accounta- 
bility to  the  War  Department  it  may  all  have  been  officially  receipted  for 
by  subordinate  officers,  the  commanding  officer  is  nevertheless  responsible 
and  pecuniarily  liable  with  them  for  the  strict  observance  of  the  regulations 
in  regard  to  its  preservation,  use,  and  issue.     He  will  take  care  that  all 
storehouses  are  properly  guarded,  that  only  reliable  agents  are  employed, 
and  only  trustworthy  enlisted  men  are  detailed  for   duty  in  them  or  in 
connection  with  property. 

659.  If  an  officer  in  charge  of  the  public  property  of  a  command  (not 
properly  pertaining  to  a  company  or   detachment)  is,  by  order,  leave  of 
absence,  or  any  other  cause,  separated  from  it,  the  commanding  officer  or  an 
officer  designated  by  him  will  receipt  and  account  for  it. 

660.  If  it  becomes  necessary  to  remove  all  officers  from  the  charge  of 
public  property,  the  commanding  officer  will  take  measures  to  secure  it  and 
report  the  circumstances  to  the  proper  authority. 

661.  A  company  or  detachment  commander  is  responsible  for  all  public 
property  pertaining  to  his  company  or  detachment  and  will  not  transfer  his 
accountability  therefor  to  a  successor  during  periods  of  absence  of  less  than 
a  month,  unless  so  ordered  by  competent  authority ;  when  such  absence 
exceeds  a  month,  the  question  of  responsibility  is  settled  by  the  proper 
authority. 

662.  The  officer  in  temporary  or  permanent  command  of  a  company  or 
detachment  is  responsible  for  all  public  property  used  by  or  in  possession  of 
the  command,  whether  he  receipt  for  it  or  not. 

663.  The  property  responsibility  of  a  company  commander  can  not  be 
transferred  to  enlisted  men.    It  is  his  duty  to  attend  personally  to  its  secu- 
rity, and  to  superintend  issues  himself  or  cause  them  to  be  superintended  by 
a  commissioned  officer. 

664.  An  officer  will  not,  when  it  can  be  avoided,  be  detailed  for  duty  which 
will  separate  him  from  public  property  for  which  he  is  accountable. 


PROPERTY   ACCOUNTABILITY.  93 

665.  A  transfer  of  public  property  involves  a  change  of  possession  and 
accountability.     The  transferring  officer  will  furnish  the  receiving  officer 
with  invoices,  in  duplicate,  accurately  enumerating  the  property,  and  the 
latter  will  return  duplicate  receipts.    The  transaction  will  appear  on  the 
property  returns  rendered  by  each. 

666.  When  an  officer  to  whom  stores  have  been  forwarded  believes  them 
to  have  miscarried  he  will  promptly  inform  the  issuing  and  forwarding 
officers. 

667*  If  an  officer  to  whom  public  property  has  baen  transferred  refuses 
to  receipt  for  it,  the  invoicing  officer  will  report  the  facts  to  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  former  for  action.  Copies  of  all  papers  relating  to 
the  transaction  will  be  filed  with  his  returns. 

668.  Upon  the  receipt  of  public  property  by  an  officer  he  will  make 
careful  examination  to  ascertain  its  quality  and  condition,  but  will  not  break 
original  packages  until  issues  are  to  be  made,  unless  he  has  reason  to  believe 
the  contents  defective.    Should  he  discover  defect  or  shortage,  he  will  apply 
for  a  board  of  survey  to  determine  it  and  fix  the  responsibility.     Should 
he  consider  the  property  unfit  for  use,  he  will  submit  inventories  in  tripli- 
cate and  request  the  action  of    an  inspector.     The  same  rule  will  be 
observed  in  regard  to  packages  when  first  opened  for  issue,  and  for  prop- 
erty damaged  or  missing  while  in  store. 

669.  When  packages  of  supplies  are  opened  for  the  first  time,  whether 
because  of  apparent  defect  or  for  issue,  the  officer  responsible  or  some  other 
commissioned  officer  will  be  present  and  verify  the  contents  by  actual  weight, 
count,  or  measurement,  as  circumstances  may  require,  and  in  case  of  defi- 
ciency or  damage  will  make  written  report  of  the  facts  to  the  post  com- 
mander.   If  only  the  officer  responsible  be  present  and  make  the  report,  he 
will  secure  the  sworn  statements  in  writing  of  one  or  more  civilians  or 
enlisted  men   regarding  the  condition  of  the  property  when  examined. 
Should  a  board  of  survey  be  convened,  the  post  commander  will  refer  to  it 
the  report  made  by  the  examining  officer,  together  with  the  sworn  state- 
ments.   At  arsenals  and  depots  where  there  are  persons  whose  special  duty 
it  is  to  receive  and  issue  public  stores,  the  reports  herein  required  may  be 
made  by  them  instead  of  officers  of  the  Army. 

670.  The  giving  or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  for  public  property  is 
prohibited. 

671.  Supplies  procured  by  one  bureau  will  not  be  furnished  to  another, 
except  by  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.    When  furnished  and 
restored  in  kind,  they  will  be  delivered  at  the  post  from  which  received,  or 
at  such  other  post  as  department  commanders  or  chiefs  of  bureaus  concerned 
may  determine.    If  the  transaction  is  between  two  bureaus  of  the  War 
Department,  payment  will  be  made  at  the  contract  or  invoice  price  of  the 
stores ;  when  between  a  bureau  of  the  War  Department  and  any  other 
Executive  Department,  the  amount  to  be  paid  will  include  the  contract  or 
invoice  price  and  cost  of  transportation. 

672.  In  no  case  will  means  of  transportation  or  other  property  of  any 
branch  of  the  military  service  be  taken  as  a  part  of  the  outfit  of  surveying 
or  exploring  expeditions  for  which  Congress  has  made  appropriations,  with- 
out the  express  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 


94  PROPERTY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

673.  When  it  is  impracticable  for  an  officer  to  personally  superintend  his 
issues — as  may  be  the  case  with  one  charged  with  disbursements,  or  the  care 
of  depots — he  should  choose  with  great  caution  the  agent  to  whom  he  intrusts 
the  duty. 

674.  The  keys  of  store  rooms  or  chests  will  not  be  intrusted  to  enlisted 
men  or  civilians,  without  great  vigilance  on  the  part  of  the  accountable 
officer  and  a  resort  to  every  reasonable  precaution,  including  frequent  per- 
sonal inspections,  to  prevent  loss  or  damage. 

675.  An  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  in  use   or  in  store  will 
endeavor  by  timely  repairs  to  keep  it  in  serviceable  condition.     For  this 
purpose  the  necessary  means  will  be  allowed  on  requisition,  and  property 
in  store  so  repaired  will  be  issued. 

676.  All  movable  public  property  will  if  practicable  be  conspicuously 
branded  "  U.  S."  before  being  used. 

677.  Public  property  will  not  be  used  nor  will  labor  hired  for  the  Govern- 
ment be  employed  for  any  private  purpose  whatsoever,  except  as  authorized 
in  these  regulations. 

678.  For  property  worn  out  in  the  public  service  the  preliminary  action 
of  a  board  of  survey  is  not  necessary,  and  the  accountable  officer  will  sub- 
mit inventories  thereof  and  ask  for  an  inspector's  action.     When  the  action 
of  a  board  of  survey  and  an  inspector  are  necessary,  the  inventory  will  be 
accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the  board. 

679.  Military  stores  and  public  property  condemned  and  ordered  sold  will 
be  disposed  of  at  auction,  for  cash,  on  due  public  notice  and  in  such  market 
as  the  public  interests  may  require.     The  officer  making  the  sale  will  sus- 
pend it  when  in  his  opinion  better  prices  can  be  obtained,  except  in  the  case 
of  condemned  animals,  the  disposition  of  which  is  provided  for  in  paragraph 
1037.    The  auctioneer's  certified  detailed  account  of  the  sale,  and  the  vouch- 
ers for  the  expenses  attending  it,  will  be  reported  on  the  proper  forms  to  the 
chief  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  property  pertained  and  a  copy  of  the 
auctioneer's  detailed  account  of  the  sale  will  be  furnished  the  Inspector- 
General. 

680.  Public  property  which  has  been  condemned,  or  the  issue  price  of 
which  has  been  reduced  by  a  board  of  survey,  will  not  be  purchased  by  an 
officer  who  was  responsible  therefor  at  the  time  of  condemnation  or  reduc- 
tion of  price,  nor  by  an  officer  who  bore  any  part  in  such  condemnation  or 
reduction. 

DAMAGED,   LOST,    DESTROYED,    ETC. 

68 1.  Causes  of  damage  to,  and  of  loss  and  destruction  of,  military  prop- 
erty are  classified  as  follows: 

1.  Unavoidable  causes,  being  those  over  which  the  responsible  officers 
have  no  control,  occurring  (a)  in  the  ordinary  course  of  service,  or  (6)  as 
incident  to  an  active  campaign. 

2.  Avoidable  causes,  being  those  due  to  carelessness,  willfulness,  or  neg- 
lect. 

682.  Officers  responsible  for  property  will  be  charged  for  any  damage 
to,  or  loss  or  destruction  of  the  same,  and  the  money  value  deducted  from 
their  monthly  pay,  unless  they  show,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  by  their  own  affidavits  or  certificates  or  by  one  or  more  depositions 
that  the  damage,  loss  or  destruction  was  occasioned  by  unavoidable  causes, 
and  without  fault  or  neglect  on  their  part. 


PROPERTY    ACCOUNTABILITY.  95 

683.  The  proper  officers  to  administer  oaths  in  the  administration  of 
the  affairs  of  the  Army  (except  when  otherwise  specially  provided)  are 
judge-advocates  of  departments,  judge-advocates  of  courts-martial,  and 
trial  officers  of  summary  courts.    When  none  of  these  are  within  reach 
and  available,  recourse  must  be  had  to  a  notary  public  or  other  civil  officer 
competent  to  administer  oaths  for  general  purposes. 

684.  If  an  article  of  public  property  be  lost  or  damaged  by  the  neglect 
or  fault  of  any  officer  or  soldier,  he  shall  pay  the  value  thereof,  or  the  cost 
of  repairs,  at  such  rates  as  a  board  of  survey  may  determine. 

685.  The  amount  charged  against  an  enlisted  man  on  the  muster  and 
pay  rolls  on  account  of  loss  or  damage  of  or  repairs  to  Government  prop- 
erty shall  not  exceed  the  value  of  the  article  or  cost  of  repairs;  and  such 
charge  will  only  be  made  on  conclusive  proof,  and  never  without  an  inquiry, 
if  the  soldier  demand  it.    He  will  be  informed  at  the  time  of  signing  the 
pay  rolls  that  his  signature  will  be  regarded  as  an  acknowledgment  of  the 
justice  of  the  charge. 

686.  When  a  deserter  carries  away  public  property,  or  when  such  prop- 
erty is  lost  through  his  desertion,  its  value  will  be  determined  by  a  board  of 
survey  and  charged  against  him  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  rolls. 

687.  If  articles  of  public  property  are  embezzled,  or  lost  or  damaged 
through  neglect,  by  a  civilian  employee,  the  value  or  damage  as  ascertained 
(and  by  a  board  of  survey  if  necessary)  shall  be  charged  to  him  and  set 
against  any  pay  or  money  due  him. 

688.  Whenever  information  is  received  that  animals  or  other  property 
belonging  to  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  are  unlawfully  in  the 
possession  of  any  person  not  in  the  military  service,  the  quartermaster,  or 
other  proper  officer,  will  promptly  cause  proceedings  to  be  instituted  and 
diligently  prosecuted  before  the  civil  authorities  for  the  recovery  of  the 
property,  and,  if  the  same  has  baen  stolen,  for  the  arrest,  trial,  conviction, 
and  'due  punishment  of  the  offender  and  his  accomplices. 

689.  Upon  satisfactory  information  that  such  United  States  property, 
unlawfully  in  the  possession  of  any  parties,  is  likely  to  be  taken  away,  con- 
cealed, or  otherwise  disposed  of  before  the  necessary  proceedings  can  be  had 
in  the  civil  tribunals  for  its  recovery,  the  post  or  detachment  commander  will 
at  once  cause  the  same  to  be  seized,  and  will  hold  it  subject  to  any  legal  pro- 
ceedings that  may  be  instituted  by  other  parties.    Persons  caught  in  the 
act  of  stealing  public  property  will  be  summarily  arrested  by  the  troops  and 
turned  over  to  the  civil  authorities  for  trial. 

690.  Quartermasters,  after  they  have  failed  to  get  possession  of  a  lost  or 
stolen  animal  by  the  ordinary  means,  may  authorize  the  payment  of  a  reward 
of  not  more  than  $25  for  its  recovery.    If  the  animal  has  been  stolen,  they 
may  offer  an  additional  reward  of  like  amount  for  each  person  arrested, 
tried,  convicted,  and  sentenced  for  the  theft. 

691.  The  expenses  necessarily  incurred  by  any  action  under  the  three 
preceding  paragraphs,  with  the  exception  of  attorney's  fees,  will  be  paid  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department,  upon  proper  vouchers  approved  by  the 
department  commander.    Officers  will  promptly  report  their  action  to  depart- 
ment headquarters. 


96  PROPERTY    ACCOUNTABILITY. 

PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY. 

692.  All  public  property,  whether  paid  for  or  not,  must  be  accounted  for 
on  the  proper  returns. 

693.  An  officer  accountable  for  the  public  property  of  two  or  more  com- 
panies will  account  for  that  pertaining  to  each,  except  quartermaster's 
supplies,  on  a  separate  return. 

694.  Accountability  for  public  property  will  not  be  transferred  to  enlisted 
men,  except  to  sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  at  ungarrisoned 
posts,  and  sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps. 

695.  Vouchers  for  issues  or  expenditures  of  property  not  authorized  by 
regulations  will  be  accompanied  by  copies  of  the  orders  directing  the  issues 
or  expenditures. 

696.  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  property  made  in 
obedience  to  the  order  of  his  commanding  officer.     If  the  expenditure  is 
disallowed,  it  will  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  ordered  it. 

697.  Public  property  expended,  lost,  or  destroyed  in  the  military  service 
must  be  accounted  for  by  affidavit,  or  the  certificate  of  a  commissioned  officer, 
or  other  satisfactory  evidence. 

698.  When  an  enlisted  man  has,  by  a  court-martial,  been  convicted  of 
losing  or  damaging  public  property,  the  officer  responsible  for  the  property 
will  send  with  his  property  return  a  certified  copy  of  so  much  of  the  court- 
martial  order  as  refers  to  the  case,  giving  number,  date,  and  place  of  issue  of 
the  order,  and  stating  on  the  face  of  said  copy  the  rolls  on  which  the  charges 
are  made. 

699.  Should  an  officer  or  agent  of  the  G-overnment  charged  with  public 
property  fail  to  render  the  prescribed  returns  thereof  within  a  reasonable 
time,  a  settlement  of  his  accounts  will  be  made  by  the  proper  bureau  of  the 
War  Department,  and  the  money  value  of  the  property  with  which  he  is 
charged  will  be  reported  against  him  for  stoppage. 

TOO.  All  returns  of  stores  or  supplies  will  be  rendered  as  required  by 
regulations  or  orders.  Those  of  subsistence  stores  and  subsistence  property 
will  be  forwarded  within  ten  days  after  the  expiration  of  the  accounting 
periods,  and  those  of  other  classes  of  stores  and  property  within  twenty 
days,  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  which  they  pertain.  Abstracts  of  purchases 
will  be  forwarded  with  the  money  accounts. 

ADMINISTRATIVE  EX4MINATION   OF  PROPERTY  RETURNS. 

70 1 .  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  receipt  of  a  return  by  the  proper  chief 
of  bureau,  it  will  be  examined  in  his  office,  and  the  officer  making  the  return 
will  be  notified  of  all  errors  and  irregularities  found  therein  and  granted 
three  months  to  correct  them.    Suspensions  or  disallowances  will  not  be 
made  on  account  of  slight  informalities  which  do  not  affect  the  validity  of  a 
voucher,  but  the  officer's  attention  may  be  called  to  them.    Whenever  the 
errors  have  been  corrected  or  compensation  has  been  made  for  deficient 
articles,  and  the  action  of  the  bureau  chief  is  sustained  or  modified  by  the 
Secretary  of  War,  the  return  will  be  regarded  as  settled,  and  the  officer 
who  rendered  it  will  be  notified  accordingly. 

702.  If  the  necessary  corrections  in  the  return  be  not  made  within  the 
prescribed  time  the  facts  will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War.    When 
it  has  been  determined  that  the  money  value  of  the  property  for  which  an 


LANDS,  ETC. — BOARDS  OF  SURVEY.          97 

officer  has  failed  to  account  shall  be  refunded  to  the  United  States,  the  facts 
will  be  certified  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  by  the  chief  of 
bureau. 

ARTICLE  LIX. 

LANDS,  BUILDINGS  AND  IMPROVEMENTS. 

703.  Land  shall  not  be  purchased  for  the  United  States  except  under  an 
act  of  Congress  authorizing  the  purchase,  nor  shall  public  money  be  expended 
for  the  erection  of  armories,  arsenals,  forts,  fortifications,  or  permanent 
buildings  of   any  description  thereon,  until  the  written  opinion  of  the 
Attorney-General  shall  have  been  obtained  announcing  the  validity  of  the 
title  thereof  in  the  Government,  nor,  if  the  land  be  within  any  State,  until 
jurisdiction  over  it  shall  have  been  ceded  to  the  United  States  by  the  legis- 
lature of  the  State. 

704.  All  papers  relating  to  the  Washington  Aqueduct  and  public  build- 
ings and  grounds  in  the  District  of  Columbia  will  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  Chief  of  Engineers.    AJ1  other  deeds  and  papers  pertaining  to  the  title 
or  sale  of,  and  any  lease,  grant,  license,  or  easement  of,  upon,  or  over  any 
military  reservation  or  other  lands  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment will  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Judge- Advocate-General.    When  any 
such  papers  come  into  the  possession  of  any  bureau  they  shall  within  five 
days  thereafter  be  transferred  to  the  office  of  the  Judge- Advocate-General. 

705.  Permanent  military  buildings  will  be  constructed  only  under  spe- 
cial authority  granted  by  an  act  of  Congress,  unless  the  work  or  labor  con- 
nected therewith  is  performed  by  troops,  and  in  such  case  the  authority  of 
Congress  must  first  be  obtained  if  the  estimated  cost  of  the  building  or 
structure  exceeds  $20,000. 

706.  Permanent  barracks,  quarters,  or.other  buildings,  or  piers  or  wharves, 
will  not  be  erected  or  constructed  except  by  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  and  in  accordance  with  plans  approved  by  him;  nor  will  any  material 
alterations  be  made  in  public  buildings  unless  like  authority  is  first  obtained; 
nor  will  any  expenditures  exceeding  $500  be  made  upon  any  building  01 
grounds  at  any  post,  fort,  arsenal,  or  depot  without  the  approval  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  and  upon  detailed  estimates  submitted  to  him. 

707.  A  copy  of  the  plat  of  the  lands  at  each  post,  fort,  arsenal,  and 
depot,  furnished  from  the  proper  bureau,  will  be  carefully  preserved  in  the 
office  of  the  commanding  officer. 

ARTICLE  LX. 

BOARDS  OF  SURVEY. 

708.  Public  property  which  has  been  damaged,  except  by  fair  wear  and 
tear,  or  is  unsuitable  for  the  service,  before  being  submitted  to  an  inspector 
for  condemnation,  will  be  examined  by  a  board  of  survey.     By  order  of  the 
commanding  officer,  public  animals  may  be  killed  to  prevent  contagion  or 
terminate  suffering;  clothing  infected  with  contagious  disease,  and  stores 
that  have  become  so  deteriorated  as  to  endanger  health  or  injure  other  stores, 
may  be  destroyed;  but  in  every  case  of  this  nature  a  board  of  survey  shall 
act,  and  an  inventory  and  inspection  report  signed  by  the  accountable  and 

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98  BOARDS    OF    SURVEY. 

commanding  officers  will  be  prepared  and  forwarded.  In  urgent  cases  the 
taking  of  proof  and  the  preparation  of  written  proceedings  by  the  board 
may  follow  the  destruction  of  the  property. 

TO 9.  A  board  of  survey  will  be  called  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
post  or  station.  It  will  be  composed  of  three  officers,  exclusive  of  the  com- 
manding officer  and  those  who  are  interested,  if  that  number  be  present  for 
duty;  otherwise,  of  as  many  as  are  so  present,  exclusive  of  the  commanding 
and  interested  officers;  or  if  none  but  the  commanding  officer  and  interested 
officers  be  present  for  duty,  then  of  the  commanding  officer.  When  only 
the  responsible  or  interested  officer  is  present,  he  will  not  constitute  himself 
a  board  of  survey,  but  will  furnish  the  department  commander  his  certifi- 
cate of  facts  and  circumstances,  supported  by  affidavits  of  enlisted  men  or 
others  who  are  cognizant  thereof.  Should  a  case  thus  presented  not  be  con- 
sidered satisfactory,  or  in  a  casein  which  only  interested  officers  with  oppos- 
ing interests  are  present  for  duty  at  the  post,  the  department  commander 
may  make  the  necessary  investigation. 

710.  A  board  of  survey  must  fully  investigate  matters  submitted  to  it. 
It  will  call  for  all  evidence  attainable,  and  will  not  limit  its  inquiries  to 
proofs  or  statements  presented  by  parties  in  interest.    It  will  rigidly  scru- 
tinize the  evidence,  especially  in  cases  of  alleged  theft  or  embezzlement,  and 
will  not  recommend  the  relief  of  officers  or  soldiers  from  responsibility, 
unless  fully  satisfied  that  those  charged  with  the  care  of  property  have 
performed  their  whole  duty  in  regard  to  it.     In  no  case,  however,  will  the 
report  of  a  board  take  the  place  of  the  evidence  required  in  paragraph  682. 

711.  The  party  responsible  for  the  property  to  be  surveyed  will,  in  all 
cases,  furnish  the  original  certificates  or  affidavits  upon  which  he  relies  to 
relieve  him  from  responsibility,  and  the  number  of  duly  attested  copies 
thereof  required  by  a  board  of  survey  to  accompany  its  proceedings. 

712.  A  board  of  survey  has  no  power  to  administer  oaths,  either  to  its 
members  or  to  witnesses  before  it,  but  it  should  hear  in  person  or  by  letter 
all  persons  concerned  in  the  subject-matter  before  it. 

713.  A  board  of  survey  can  not  condemn  public  property.     Its  action  is 
purely  advisory.    It  is  called  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  and  reporting 
facts,  submitting  opinions,  and  making  recommendations  upon  questions 
of  responsibility  which  may  arise  through  accident,   mistake  or  neglect. 
For  example,  it  investigates  and  determines  questions  involving  the  char- 
acter, amount,  and  cause  of  damage  or  deficiency  which  public  property 
may  have  sustained  in  transit,  store,  or  use,  and  which  is  not  the  result  of 
ordinary  wear  and  tear  of  the  service,  and  reports  the  investigation  made, 
its  opinions  thereon,  and  fixes  responsibility  for  such  damage  or  deficiency 
upon  the  proper  party.    It  makes  inventories  of  property  ordered  to  be  aban- 
doned when  the  articles  have  not  been  enumerated  in  the  orders  for  aban- 
donment.    It  recommends  the  prices  at  which  damaged  clothing  may  be 
issued,  and  the  proportion  in  which  supplies  shall  be  issued  in  consequence 
of  damage  or  deterioration  that  renders  them,  at  the  usual  rate,  unequal  to 
the  regulation  allowance,  fixing  in  each  instance  responsibility  for  actual 
condition.     It  verifies  the  discrepancy  between  invoices  and  the  actual  quan- 
tity or  description  of  property  transferred  from  one  officer  to  another,  fixes 
definitely  amounts  received  for  which  the  receiving  officer  must  receipt,  and 
ascertains,  as  far  as  possible,  where  and  how  the  discrepancy  has  occurred. 
It  inventories  and  reports  the  condition  of  property  in  the  possession  of 
deceased  officers  as  provided  for  in  paragraph  84. 


BOARDS    OF    SURVEY.  99 

The  proceedings  of  a  board  of  survey  will  be  prepared  in  triplicate 
and  signed  by  each  member  who  concurs  in  the  finding.  Should  a  member 
not  concur,  he  will  submit  a  minority  report,  to  be  embodied  in  the  record 
immediately  after  the  majority  report  and  signed  by  the  dissenting  mem- 
ber. The  proceedings  will  then  be  submitted  to  the  convening  authority  for 
approval  or  disapproval. 

715.  When  the  value  of  the  property  submitted  for  survey  or  the  loss  or 
damage  to  be  inquired  into  does  not  exceed  $500,  and  the  interested  officer 
does  not  request  the  department  commander's  action,  the  proceedings  of  the 
board  will  be  considered  complete  for  submission  as  a  property  voucher 
upon  the  approval  of  the  convening  authority.     One  copy  will  then  be  for- 
warded to  department  headquarters  and  the  others  delivered  to  the  officer 
accountable. 

716.  Should  the  proceedings  be  disapproved  by  the  convening  authority, 
or  should  the  value  of  the  property  submitted  for  survey  or  the  loss  or  dam- 
age to  be  inquired  into  exceed  $500,  or,  whatever  the  amount  involved, 
should  the  officer  pecuniarily  interested  request  it,  the  proceedings  in  tripli- 
cate will  be  forwarded  to  the  department  commander  for  review,  and  with 
his  action  are  complete.    One  copy  will  then  be  filed  at  department  head- 
quarters and  the  others  sent  to  the  accountable  officer.    But  all  proceedings 
of  boards  of  survey,  whatever  their  nature  or  the  amounts  involved,  are  sub- 
ject on  call  to  the  approval  or  disapproval  of  the  department  commander 
or  such  other  action  on  his  part  as  the  merits  of  the  case  or  the  interests  of 
the  Government  may  in  his  opinion  require. 

717.  The  proceedings  of  aboard  of  survey  which  recommends  the  relief  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men  from  responsibility  should  not  be  approved  unless 
full  and  careful  investigation  and  convincing  proof  to  sustain  the  board's 
findings  appear. 

718.  Properly  approved  proceedings  of  boards  of  survey  may  be  submitted 
as  vouchers  to  property  returns.    They  are  not  to  be  considered  as  conclu- 
sive until  accepted  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     Until  then  they  are  to.be 
regarded  simply  as  the  opinions  and  recommendations  of  disinterested  offi- 
cers, to  aid  in  the  settlement  of  questions  of  accountability  between  the 
Government  and  the  individuals  concerned.     If,  on  examination  in  the 
proper  bureau,  they  exhibit  serious  errors  or  defects  either  of  investigation 
or  of  finding,  they  will  not  be  accepted  as  sufficient  vouchers,  and  the  officer 
submitting  them  will  be  duly  notified,  that  he  may  have  opportunity  to  make 
explanations  or  appeal  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

719.  At  j)osts  or  stations  not  under  the  control  of  department  commanders 
commanding  officers  will  be  governed  by  these  regulations  in  convening 
boards  of  survey  and  acting  upon  their  proceedings,  but  in  cases  referred 
to  in  paragraph  716  will  forward  the  papers  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  to 
which  the  property  pertains. 

7  2O.  Separate  proceedings  of  boards  of  survey  will  be  had  for  each  staff 
department  concerned. 

721.  Whenever  a  board  recommends  a  stoppage  against  an  enlisted  man 
and  the  recommendation  is  approved,  the  convening  authority  will  cause  a 
copy  of  the  proceedings  to  be  furnished  to  the  company  commander,  who 
will  charge  the  amount  on  the  next  muster  and  pay-rolls  of  the  company. 


100  CIVILIAN   EMPLOYEES. 

722.  If  an  inspection  of  property  follows  the  action  of  a  board  of  survey 
thereon,  one  copy  of  the  proceedings  will  accompany  the  inventory  and 
inspection  report  which  is  transmitted  as  a  voucher  to  the  officer's  returns, 
and  another,  with  the  inventory  and  inspection  report,  will  be  filed  by  the 
officer  with  his  retained  papers. 

723.  For  private  property  of  officers  or  enlisted  men  lost  or  destroyed  in 
the  military  service,  without  fault  or  negligence  on  the  part  of  the  claim- 
ant, "where  the  private  property  so  lost  or  destroyed  was  shipped  on  board 
an  unseaworthy  vessel  by  order  of  any  officer  authorized  to  give  such  order 
or  direct  such  shipment,"  or  "  where  it  appears  that  the  loss  or  destruction 
of  the  private  property  of  the  claimant  was  in  consequence  of  his  having 
given  his  attention  to  the  saving  of  the  property  belonging  to  the  United 
States  which  was  in  danger  at  the  same  time  and  under  similar  circum- 
stances, "compensation  may  be  made  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Con- 
gress approved  March  3,  1885.     Proceedings  of  a  board  of  survey  will,  if 
possible,  accompany  each  application  under  this  act,  showing  fully  the 
circumstances  attending  the  loss. 

ARTICLE  LXI. 

CIVILIAN    EMPLOYEES. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

724.  In  the  staff  corps  and  departments  the  employment  of  civilians  will 
be  regulated  by  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretary  of  War.     Those  whose  services  are  engaged  with  the  intention  or 
probability  of  retaining  them  for  more  than  three  months  are  classified  as 
permanent  employees.    Their  appointment,  dismissal,  promotion,  or  reduc- 
tion will  be  made,  under  the  supervision  of  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus, 
by  the  officers  employing  them,  except  as  controlled  by  statute  or  the  civil- 
service  rules ;  but  in  selections  for  such  employment  preference  will  be  given, 
as  far  as  practicable,  to  applicants  who  have  served  meritoriously  as  enlisted 
men  in  the  Army,  and  the  appointments  and  promotions  of  all  permanent 
employees,  except  mechanics,  laborers,  teamsters,  and  others  of  similar  or 
kindred  occupations,  will  be  submitted  for  the  approval  or  confirmation  of 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

725.  The  clerks  and  messengers  authorized  by  the  act  of  Congress  of 
August  6,  1894,  will  be  employed  and  apportioned  to  the  several  headquar- 
ters and  stations  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  will  not  be  ordered  thence 
without  his  authority.    All  messenger  service  at  the  several  department 
headquarters,  except  for  staff  officers  not  assigned  to  the  department  staff, 
and,  as  far  as  practicable,  all  clerical  services  thereat,  will  be  performed  by 
this  class  of  employees. 

726.  Department   commanders  will  confine  expenditures  for  civilian 
employees  within  the  allotments  for  the  purpose  made  under  the  direction 
of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

727.  Civil  engineers,  clerks,  inspectors,  storekeepers,  packers,  watchmen, 
messengers,  teamsters,  mechanics  and  laborers  will,  as  a  rule,  be  engaged 
by  the  month,  day,  or  piece,  and  paid  at  the  end  of  each  calendar  month. 
They  will  be  designated  upon  the  rolls  in  the  capacity  in  which  employed 
and  at  the  rates  established.     When  discharged  and  not  paid,  certified  state- 
ments will  be  given  them. 


CIVILIAN   EMPLOYEES.  101 

728.  Eight  hours  constitute  a  day's  work  for  all  mechanics  and  laborers 
employed  by  or  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  except  in  cases  of  emergency. 
This  rule  does  not  extend  to  engineers,  firemen,  seamen,  watchmen,  mes- 
sengers, teamsters,  and  others,  the  nature  of  whose  employment  is  peculiar 
and  whose  services  may  be  necessary  at  any  or  occasionally  at  all  hours  of 
the  day. 

TRAVELING   EXPENSES. 

7129.  For  authorized  journeys  of  civilian  employees  of  any  branch  of  the 
military  service  transportation  requests  will  be  obtained  when  practicable, 
but  will  be  obtained  in  every  case  for  travel  over  bond-aided  railroads. 

730.  Reimbursement  of  actual  expenses  when  traveling  under  compe- 
tent orders  will  be  allowed,  under  the  following  heads,  to  civilians  in  the 
employ  of  any  branch  of  the  military  service,  excepting  the  expert  account- 
ant of  the  Inspector-General's  Department,  paymasters'  clerks,  and  those 
mentioned  in  the  next  succeeding  paragraph,  viz: 

1.  Cost  of  transportation  (excluding  parlor-car  fare)  over  the  shortest 
usually  traveled  route,  when  it  was  impracticable  to  furnish  transportation 
in  kind  on  transportation  requests. 

2.  Cost  of  transfers  to  and  from  railroad  stations,  not  exceeding  50  cents 
for  each  transfer. 

3.  Cost  of  one  double  berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  or  customary  state-room 
accommodation  on  boats  and  steamers  when  extra  charge  is  made  therefor. 

4.  Cost  of  meals  not  exceeding  $3  per  day  while  en  route  when  meals 
are  not  included  in  the  transportation  fare  paid ;  and  not  exceeding  $3  per 
day  for  meals  and  lodgings  during  necessary  delay  en  route. 

5.  Cost  of  meals  and  lodgings  not  exceeding  $3  per  day  while  on  duty  at 
places  designated  in  the  orders  for  the  performance  of  temporary  duty. 

Veterinary  surgeons  of  cavalry  regiments  traveling  under  proper  orders, 
in  accordance  with  paragraph  185,  are  not  entitled  to  reimbursement  under 
the  fifth  heading  above  given. 

731.  Laborers,  teamsters,  and  employees  of  similar  character,  traveling 
under  competent  orders,  will  be  entitled  to  such  actual  and  necessary 
expenses  of  travel  and  subsistence  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  chief  of 
bureau  which  pays  the  accounts.     Those  in  receipt  of  a  ration  under  para- 
graph 1252  will  not  be  allowed  commutation  therefor.     If  it  be  impracti- 
cable for  them  to  carry  rations  in  kind,  rations  will  not  be  drawn  for  the 
period  during  which  they  are  traveling. 

732.  None  but  the  authorized  items  of  traveling  expenses  of  civilians  will 
be  allowed.    They  will  in  all  cases  be  set  forth  in  detail  in  each  voucher  for 
reimbursement  supported  by  oath  and,  when  practicable,  by  receipts. 

733.  Paymasters'  clerks  and  the  expert  accountant  of  the  Inspector- 
General's  Department  when  traveling  on  duty  will,  when  transportation 
in  kind  can  not  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  be  reim- 
bursed for  cost  of  transportation  paid  by  them  exclusive  of  parlor  or  sleep- 
ing car  fares  or  transfers,  and  will   receive  in  addition  thereto,  for  all 
travel  whether  or  not  on  transportation  requests,  four  cents  per  mile  for 
each  mile  necessarily  traveled  by  them  in  the  performance  of  duty — distance 
to  be  computed  over  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route. 

734.  Actual  traveling  expenses,  as  contemplated  in  the  preceding  para- 
graphs, are  paid  by  the  following  departments,  viz : 


102  STAFF    ADMINISTRATION. 

Pay  Department. — To  paymasters'  clerks,  the  expert  accountant  of  the 
Inspector-General's  Department,  civilians  summoned  as  witnesses  before, 
and  authorized  reporters  of,  military  courts. 

Ordnance  Department. — To  employees  at  arsenals  and  armories  (cost  of 
transportation  included)  from  appropriations  for  the  service  of  the  Ordnance 
Department. 

Engineer  Department. — To  employees  on  public  works  and  fortifications 
(cost  of  transportation  included)  from  appropriations  made  specifically  for 
the  work. 

Quartermaster's  Department. — To  employees  of  the  Quartermaster's  and 
Subsistence  Departments,  and  other  employees  of  the  Army  not  above  pro- 
vided for. 

735.  When  officers  of  the  staff  departments  change  station  the  transfer 
of  clerks  or  other  employees  to  the  new  stations  at  the  expense  of  the  United 
States  is  prohibited,  except  in  cases  of  urgent  necessity,  for  which  the  sanc- 
tion of  the  Secretary  of  War  will  first  be  obtained.     The  Pay  Department 
is  excepted  from  this  regulation. 

ARTICLE  LXII. 

STAFF  ADMINISTRATION. 

736.  The  supply,  payment,  and  recruitment  of  the  Army,  and  the  direc- 
tion of  the  expenditures  of  the  appropriations  for  its  support,  are  by  law 
intrusted  to  the  Secretary  of  War.    He  exercises  control  through  the  bureaus 
of  the  War  Department.    He  determines  where  and  how  particular  sup- 
plies shall  be  purchased,  delivered,  inspected,  stored  and  distributed. 

737.  When  a  chief  of  bureau  of  the  War  Department  desires  to  change 
the  station  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  of  his  department,  or  to  send  him 
on  duty  peculiar  thereto  (except  in  cases  of  officers  employed  under  the 
appropriation  for  the  improvement  of  rivers  and  harbors,  and  of  enlisted 
men  belonging  to  the  Signal  Corps  or  detailed  to  duty  therewith),  he  will 
make  application  for  authority  to  do  so  through  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army,  setting  forth  the  reasons  for  change  or  purpose  of  such  journeys. 

738.  The  assignment  to  stations  of  staff  officers  and  of  enlisted  men  of 
the  staff  departments  will  be  made  by  the  Secretary  of  War  in  orders  from 
the  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  or  by  department  commanders  acting  under 
the  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.     In  the  case  of  medical  offi- 
cers, the  Surgeon-General,  in  recommending  changes  of  stations,  will  desig- 
nate the  posts  or  stations  to  which  he  desires  assignments  to  be  made.    The 
removal  of  an  officer  from  the  station  to  which  he  has  been  assigned  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  will  not  be  made  by  department  commanders,  except  in 
cases  of  urgent  necessity  when  time  will  not  admit  of  first  obtaining  author- 
ity therefor  from  the  Secretary  of  War ;  in  such  cases  prompt  report  will  be 
made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

739.  When  business  upon  which  a  board  of  officers  is  to  be  assembled 
is  solely  within  the  sphere  of  duty  of  a  particular  staff  department,  and 
the  members  thereof  are  to  be  selected  from  the  same,  the  chief  of  such 
department  will  call  the  board  if  it  is  to  meet  at  a  post  or  station  under  his 
immediate  control  and  is  to  be  composed  only  of  officers  serving  thereat ; 
otherwise  the  order  appointing  it  will  be  issued  by  direction  of  the  Secretary 
of  War. 


STAFF   ADMINISTRATION.  103 

740.  Copies  of  all  important  communications  from  a  bureau  of  the  War 
Department  to  a  disbursing  officer  on  the  staff  of  a  department  commander, 
which  concern  service  in  such  department,  will  be  sent  direct  to  the  depart- 
ment commander. 

74 1 .  Staff  officers  assigned  to  the  command  of  an  officer  are  under  his 
supervision  and  control  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  or  affecting  the  com- 
mand which  are  not  specially  excepted  therefrom  by  the  regulations  or 
orders  of  the  War  Department. 

742.  Commanders  of  departments,  in  order  to  avoid  unnecessary  clerical 
labor  and  accumulation  of  papers,  will  call  upon  officers  under  their  orders 
for  only  such  abstracts  or  reports,  in  addition  to  those  required  by  regula- 
tions, as  may  be  needed  for  proper  administration. 

743.  Commanding  officers  will  cause  returns,  requisitions,  and  estimates 
pertaining  to  their  respective  commands  to  be  promptly  made  and  forwarded. 

744.  Officers  doing  duty  as  staff  officers  at  military  posts  will  submit 
their  estimates  and  requisitions  for  supplies,  property,  and  money  to  their 
immediate  commanding  officers  for  revision  and  approval,  who  will  care- 
fully examine  estimates  and  requisitions,  and  satisfy  themselves  that  money 
or  articles  asked  for  are  in  amount,  quantity,  and  kind  actually  required  for 
the  public  service  during  the  period  covered. 

745.  The  chief  of  each  branch  of  the  staff  of  any  command  will  carefully 
revise  the  estimates  and  requisitions  for  money  and  supplies  for  the  com- 
mand in  so  far  as  his  particular  branch  is  concerned.    He  will  ascertain  and 
recommend  the  cheapest  markets  and  most  economical  routes  of  transporta- 
tion.    Such  officers  will  receive  from  their  commanders  timely  instructions 
as  to  all  contemplated  movements  of  troops  and  as  to  any  probable  increase 
or  diminution  of  the  garrison  at  any  particular  post,  that  a  proper  and  eco- 
nomical distribution  of  supplies  may  be  made. 

746.  Officers  of  the  staff  departments  assigned  to  the  charge  of  general 
depots,  or  to  the  duty  of  purchasing  supplies  for  troops  not  included  in  the 
military  department  in  which  they  are  located,  will  submit  to  the  depart- 
ment commander  such  estimates  only  as  relate  to  the  service  under  his 
command.    In  all  other  matters  they  will  communicate  directly  with  the 
chiefs  of  their  bureaus. 

747.  It  is  the  duty  of  commanding  officers  to  enforce  rigid  economy  in 
public  expenses,  and  to  correct  all  irregularity  and  extravagance  which 
they  may  discover ;  to  see  that  disbursements  are  economically  made,  and 
that  public  property  is  protected ;  to  carefully  scrutinize  all  contracts  and 
vouchers  for  disbursements,  and  to  guard  the  public  interests  in  every 
particular. 

ARTICLE   LXIII. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

748.  The  Adjutant-General's  Department  is  the  bureau  of  orders  and 
records  of  the  Army. 

Orders  and  instructions  emanating  from  the  War  Department  or  Army 
Headquarters  and  all  general  regulations  are  communicated  to  troops  and 
individuals  in  the  military  service  through  the  Adjutant-General.  His 
office  is  the  repository  for  the  records  of  the  War  Department  which  relate 


104      ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

to  the  personnel  of  the  permanent  military  establishment  and  militia  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States,  to  the  military  history  of  every  commissioned 
officer  and  soldier  thereof,  and  to  the  movements  and  operation  of  troops. 

The  records  of  all  appointments,  promotions,  resignations,  deaths,  and 
other  casualties  in  the  Army,  the  preparation  and  distribution  of  commis- 
sions, and  the  compilation  and  issue  of  the  Army  Register  and  of  informa- 
tion concerning  examinations  for  appointment  and  promotion,  pertain  to 
the  Adjutant-General's  Office. 

The  Adjutant-General  is  charged,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  with  the  management  of  the  recruiting  service,  the  collection  and  clas- 
sification of  military  information  in  regard  to  our  own  and  foreign  countries, 
the  preparation  of  instructions  to  officers  detailed  to  visit  encampments  of 
militia,  and  the  digesting,  arranging,  and  preserving  of  their  reports ;  also 
the  preparation  of  the  annual  returns  of  the  militia  required  by  law  to  be 
submitted  to  Congress.  Requests  for  military  information,  which  require 
action  on  the  part  of  any  military  attache  of  the  United  States,  will  be  made 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

749.  In  the  Adjutant-General's  Office  the  names  of  all  enlisted  soldiers 
are  enrolled,  enlistments  and  descriptive  lists  filed,  deaths,  discharges,  deser- 
tions, etc.,  recorded,  the  general  returns  of  the  Army  consolidated,  returns 
of  regiments  and  posts  and  all  muster  rolls,  and  the  inventories  of  effects 
of  deceased  officers  and  soldiers  preserved. 

750.  Rules  for  keeping  record  books,  and  forms  for  rolls,  returns,  etc., 
will  be  furnished  the  proper  officers  on  direct  application  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army. 

751.  Manuscript  returns,  rolls,  certificates,  and  other  documents  are 
prohibited,  when  the  proper  printed  forms  are  on  hand. 

ARTICLE   LXIV. 
MILITARY  CORRESPONDENCE. 

752.  An  official  letter  should  refer  to  one  subject  only.     Letters  of  trans- 
mi  ttal  will  be  used  only  when  necessary,  and  when  used  must  refer  only  to 
the  matter  transmitted ;  none  are  required  with  rolls,  returns,  or  periodical 
reports.    Telegrams  will  be  followed  by  official  copies  sent  by  first  mail. 

753.  A  half  sheet  of  letter  paper  will  be  used  for  a  communication 
requiring  but  a  single  page.    When  more  than  three  pages  are  required  for 
the  body  of  a  manuscript  communication  an  additional  half  sheet,  or  more  if 
necessary,  will  be  neatly  pasted  to  it,  so  that  the  last  or  outer  page  may  be 
left  entirely  blank. 

754.  Letter  paper  will  be  folded  in  three  and  foolscap  in  four  equal  folds 
parallel  with  the  writing.     The  inner  or  left  edge  of  the  sheet  is  the  top  when 
folded ;  the  left  fold  of  the  outer  page  is  the  first  fold.     The  first  fold  will  be 
used  exclusively  for  a  brief  analysis  of  the  contents  of  the  communication, 
the  office  marks,  and  note  of  inclosures. 

755.  The  post-office  address  of  an  officer's  station  will  be  given  in  his 
official  letters.    Indefinite  expressions  of  locality,  which  do  not  indicate 
where  the  letter  was  written,  will  not  be  used. 

756.  Official  communications  will  be  signed  or  authenticated  with  the 
pen  and  not  by  facsimiles.    Signatures  will  be  plainly  and  legibly  written, 


MILITARY    CORRESPONDENCE.  105 

with  the  rank  and  regiment  or  corps  of  the  writer  annexed ;  if  by  order, 
stating  by  whose  order.  By  virtue  of  commission  and  assignment  to  duty 
the  adjutant-general  or  adjutant  of  any  command  transacts  the  business  or 
correspondence  of  that  command  over  his  own  signature ;  but  when  orders 
or  instructions  of  any  kind  are  given,  the  authority  by  which  he  gives  the 
order  must  be  stated.  In  the  absence  of  a  department  commander,  his 
adjutant-general,  in  signing  communications  to  be  forwarded  to  higher 
authority,  will  add  to  his  signature  the  words,  "In  the  absence  of  the 
department  commander." 

"75 7.  An  officer  will  not  be  designated  in  orders  nor  addressed  in  official 
communications  by  any  other  title  than  that  of  his  actual  rank. 

758.  A  letter  will  be  properly  briefed  at  the  first  office  at  which  it  is 
received  and  entered. 

759.  Indorsements  commence  at  the  top  of  the  second  fold,  and  are  num- 
bered serially  in  order  of  dates  on  the  successive  folds,  leaving  room  after 
each  for  office  marks.    Additional  space  for  indorsements  will  be  provided 
by  pasting  slips  of  paper  on  the  under  side  of  the  last  fold  (right  edge  of 
original  paper),  each  slip,  when  attached,  to  have  the  same  length  and 
width  as  the  original  fold,  and  to  turn  back  upon  the  last  fold  like  the  leaf 
of  a  book.    The  first  fold,  on  which  the  brief  is  made,  is  always  outside. 
Printed  labels,  by  way  of  indorsement,  will  not  be  pasted  on  official  papers. 
In  no  case  will  a  loose  wrapper  be  placed  around  an  official  paper,  except 
as  a  mere  covering. 

760.  All  inclosures  will  be  numbered,  and  will  be  given  the  proper  office 
marks.    Inclosures  to  the  original  communication  are  noted  on  the  first  fold, 
just  below  the  brief.     If  others  are  added  when  an  indorsement  is  made, 
their  number  will  be  noted  at  the  foot  of  the  indorsement  to  which  they  per- 
tain and  also  on  the  first  fold  of  the  original  communication.     To  the  latter 
notation  will  be  added  the  number  of  the  indorsement  to  which  they  belong, 
thus,  "One  inclosure — fifth  indorsement."    Inclosures  to  indorsements  are 
numbered  in  the  same  series  as  those  to  the  original  paper,  and  the  number 
of  the  indorsement  to  which  they  belong  is  added  below.    If  few  in  number 
and  not  bulky,  inclosures  may  be  kept  inside  the  original  paper ;  otherwise 
they  will  be  folded  together  in  a  wrapper  marked  "inclosures."    Officers 
through  whose  hands  official  papers  pass  will  make  the  inclosures  and  slips 
secure  when  they  are  not  so.     (Models  illustrating  the  system  are  furnished 
from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office.) 

761.  Private  correspondence  from  persons  in  the  military  service  which 
they  may  desire  to  have  forwarded  through  the  dispatch  agents  of  the 
United  States  will  be  addressed,  under  cover,  to  the  War  Department. 

762.  All  communications  on  official  matters  intended  for  the  Secretary 
of  War,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  767,  or  the  Commanding  General  of 
the  Army  will  be  in  writing  and  addressed  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army.    Communications,  whether  from  a  subordinate  to  a  superior,  or  vice 
versa,  will,  as  a  rule,  pass  through  intermediate  commanders.    In  cases  of 
necessity  communication  may  be  direct,  the  necessity  therefor  being  stated. 
This  rule  will  also  govern  in  verbal  applications.    All  communications  from 
superiors  to  subordinates  will  be  answered  through  the  same  channel  as 
received.    This  paragraph,  however,  will  not  be  interpreted  as  including  mat- 
ters in  relation  to  which  intermediate  commanders  can  have  no  knowledge, 
and  over  which  they  are  not  expected  to  exercise  control. 


106  MILITARY   CORRESPONDENCE. 

763.  Official  correspondence  between  the  heads  of  the  different  depart- 
ments of  the  staff  of  any  command  and  its  commander  will  pass  through 
the  adjutant-general  or  adjutant  of  the  command.     Communications  to  or 
from  a  commander  and  his  subordinates  will  pass  through  the  same  chan- 
nel.    Communications,  however,  between  a  disbursing  officer  and  the  chief 
of  the  bureau  in  which  he  is  serving,  which  do  not  involve  questions  of 
administrative  responsibility  within  the  supervision  of  commanding  officers, 
nor  affect  the  official  interests  of  individuals,  but  which  relate  exclusively 
to  the  routine  of  business  in  his  department,  will  pass  direct. 

764.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  767,  all  communications,  reports, 
and  estimates  from  officers  serving  at  a  military  post,  and  communications 
of  every  nature  addressed  to  them  relating  to  affairs  of  the  post,  will  pass 
through  the  post  commander. 

765.  Officers  who  forward  communications  will  indorse  thereon  their 
approval  or  disapproval,  with  remarks.    No  communication  should  be  for- 
warded to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  by  a  department  commander 
or  other  superior  officer  for  the  action  of  the  Commanding  General  of  the 
Army  or  the  Secretary  of  War  without  some  recommendation  or  expression 
of  opinion. 

766.  A  commander  or  chief  of  bureau  may  communicate  with  those 
under  his  command  or  direction  through  a  staff  or  other  suitable  officer. 
With  all  others  he  will  himself  make  the  communication. 

767.  Chiefs  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  are  authorized  to  corre- 
spond directly  with  the  Secretary  of  War  and  with  the  subordinate  officers 
of  their  respective  corps  upon  any  matter  relating  exclusively  to  the  duties 
of  the  bureau  required  by  statute  to  be  performed  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretary  of  War,  and  necessary  sub-references  of  such  correspondence  and 
sub-reports  will,  in  like  manner,  be  direct  through  officers  of  the  respective 
corps.      Such  correspondence  with  subordinate  officers  will  not  embody 
instructions  to  be  carried  out  by  an  officer  reporting  to  or  serving  under 
an  officer  commanding  troops,  in  relation  to  any  matter  not  specifically 
excepted  from  his  command  and  control  by  law,  or  by  the  Secretary  of  War; 
and  replies  thereto  will  not  embody  remarks  or  recommendations  on  matters 
pertaining  to  the  administration  of  the  officer  commanding. 

768.  Unless  otherwise  expressly  authorized  by  statute,  an  application  for 
the  official  opinion  of  the  Judge- Advocate-General  or  of  an  officer  of  any 
Executive  Department  of  the  Government  other  than  the  War  Department 
will  be  addressed  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and  by  him  sub- 
mitted to  the  Secretary  of  War.     Abstract  questions  will  not  be  presented. 

769.  Unimportant  and  trivial  communications  need  not  be  forwarded 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  simply  because  addressed  to  him. 
Department  commanders  should  decide  whether  a  communication  is  of  suffi- 
cient importance  to  be  forwarded  to  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army 
or  the  Secretary  of  War. 

ARTICLE  LXV. 

ORDERS. 
i 

770.  The  orders  of  commanders  of  armies,  corps,  divisions,  brigades, 
regiments,  posts,   territorial  departments,  and  districts   are  denominated 
"general  (or  special)  orders"  of  such  army,  corps,  etc.,  according  to  char- 


ORDERS.  107 

acter.  General  and  special  orders  are  numbered  In  separate  series,  each 
beginning  with  the  calendar  year  or  at  the  time  of  the  establishment  of  the 
headquarters.  Orders  issued  by  commanders  of  battalions,  companies,  or 
small  detachments  are  simply  denominated  "  orders,"  and  are  numbered  in 
a  single  series,  beginning  with  the  year.  Circulars  issued  from  any  head- 
quarters are  numbered  in  a  separate  series. 

771.  General  orders  announce  the  time  and  place  of  issues  and  payments, 
hours  for  roll  calls  and  duties,  police  regulations  and  prohibitions,  returns 
to  be  made  and  their  forms,  laws  and  regulations  for  the  Army,  promo- 
tions and  appointments,  eulogies  or  censures,  the  results  of  trial  by  general 
courts-martial  in  all  cases  of  officers  or  of  enlisted  men  involving  matters  of 
general  interest  and  importance,  and  generally,  whatever  it  may  be  impor- 
tant to  publish  to  the  whole  command.     Orders  eulogizing  the  conduct  of 
living  officers  will  not  be  issued  except  in  cases  of  gallantry  in  action  or 
performance  of  specially  hazardous  service. 

772.  Special  orders  are  such  as  concern  individuals  or  relate  to  matters 
that  need  not  be  made  known  to  the  whole  command. 

773.  General  orders  and  all  important  special  orders  must  be  read  and 
approved,  before  issue,  by  the  officer  whose  orders  they  are. 

774.  An  order  will  state  at  its  head  the  source  from  which  it  emanates, 
its  number,  date,  and  place  of  issue  ;  and  at  its  foot,  the  name  of  the  com- 
mander by  whose  authority  it  is  issued.     It  may  be  put  in  the  form  of  a 
letter  addressed  to  the  individual  concerned  through  the  proper  channel. 

775.  Orders  for  any  body  of  troops  will  be  addressed  to  its  commander. 
They  will  be  executed  by  the  commander  present,  and  will  be  published  and 
copies  distributed  by  him  when  necessary. 

776.  Orders  to  an  officer  involving  travel  on  duty,  as  for  the  inspection 
or  payment  of  troops,  etc.,  will  designate  the  troops  and  posts  to  be  visited, 
and  the  order  in  which  he  will  visit  them. 

777.  Orders  and  instructions  will  be  transmitted  through  intermediate 
commanders,  in  order  of  rank,  except  when  they  are  of  such  character  that 
the  commanders  have  no  power  to  modify  or  suspend  them.    In  such  cases 
the  orders  or  instructions  will  be  sent  direct  to  the  officer  by  whom  they  are 
to  be  executed,  copies  being  furnished  to  the  intermediate  commanders. 

77§.  Printed  orders  are  generally  distributed  direct  to  posts  by  the  head- 
quarters from  which  issued.  Files  of  such  orders  will  be  kept  by  each  regi- 
ment and  company,  and  at  each  military  post,  and  will  be  turned  over  by  a 
commander,  when  relieved,  to  his  successor.  If  general  orders  in  regular 
succession  are  not  received  within  a  reasonable  time,  commanding  officers 
will  report  missing  numbers  to  the  proper  headquarters. 

7  79.  In  camp  or  garrison,  orders  that  affect  a  command  will,  as  a  rule,  be 
read  to  the  troops  at  the  first  regular  parade  after  they  are  received.  In  the 
field,  when  orderly  hours  can  not  be  observed,  they  will  be  sent  direct  to  the 
troops,  or  commanders  of  regiments  or  corps  will  be  informed  when  to  send 
to  headquarters  for  them,  or  during  a  halt  orders  will  be  read  to  troops,  with- 
out waiting  for  the  regular  parades. 

78O.  In  the  field,  verbal  and  important  written  orders  are  carried  by 
officers.  Dispatches  for  distant  corps  should  be  intrusted  only  to  officers  to 
whom  their  contents  may  be  confided. 


108  ORDERS — ROLLS — RETURNS. 

781.  Mounted  enlisted  men  will  be  employed  to  carry  important  dis- 
patches only  in  special  and  urgent  cases.    The  precise  hours  of  departure 
and  the  rates  at  which  they  are  to  be  conveyed  will  be  written  clearly  on 
the  covers  of  all  dispatches  transmitted  by  mounted  orderlies. 

782.  Copies  of  all  orders  issued  by  commanders  of  armies  or  territorial 
departments  will  be  forwarded  at  their  dates,  or  as  soon  as  practicable,  to 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  and  to  the  head  of  each  staff  department 
in  Washington. 

783.  The  date  of  any  appointment,  detail  or  removal  affecting  the  pay  of 
staff  officers  or  acting  staff  officers  will  be  immediately  reported-  by  the 
officer  making  the  same  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  and  to  the 
paymaster  of  the  department  or  command  to  which  such  officers  belong. 

ARTICLE   LXVI. 

MUSTER  AND  PAY  ROLLS. 

784.  At  every  muster  of  troops,  muster  and  pay  rolls  will  be  prepared, 
signed,  and  disposed  of  by  the  commander  of  each  regiment,  company,  or 
separate  detachment,  in  accordance  with  the  directions  on  the  blank  forms 
furnished  by  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.    There  will  be  reported  on 
the  regimental  roll  the  regimental  field  officers,  staff  (commissioned  and  non- 
commissioned) ,  and  band ;  on  the  company  roll,  the  officers  and  enlisted  men 
belonging  to  the  company ;  on  the  hospital  roll,  the  medical  officers,  the  hos- 
pital corps,  and  the  authorized  matrons  ;  on  the  post  noncommissioned  staff 
roll,  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Signal  Corps 
serving  at  the  post.    The  post  noncommissioned  staff  roll  will  be  prepared 
and  signed  by  the  adjutant,  who  will  also  keep  the  accounts  and  prepare  the 
final  statements  of  the  men  borne  thereon. 

785.  A  soldier  on  duty  or  in  hospital  at  a  post  or  station  where  his  com- 
pany is  not  mustered  will  be  mustered  on  a  detachment  roll,  a  separate  roll 
being  prepared  for  each  regiment. 

786.  Companies  will  be  designated  on  the  rolls  by  letters  and  regiments, 
and  by  the  names  of  their  captains  whether  present  or  absent. 

787.  Calculations  on  the  muster  and  pay  roll  are  made  by  the  paymaster, 
and  copied  on  the  retained  roll  by  the  company  or  detachment  commander, 
who  will  certify  that  he  witnessed  the  payment,  and  will  enter  thereon  the 
name  of  the  paymaster. 

788.  Corrections  on  muster  rolls,  after  muster  and  before  they  have  been 
forwarded, will  not  be  made  except  with  the  approval  of  the  mustering  officer. 
Retained  rolls  will  not  be  changed  without  authority  from  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army. 

ARTICLE   LXVII. 

RETURNS   OF  TROOPS. 

789.  Commanders  of  departments,  corps,  and  posts  will  make  to  the 
Adjutant-General's  Office,  in  Washington,  monthly  returns  of  their  respective 
commands  on  forms  furnished  by  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and 
in  accordance  with  the  directions  printed  thereon.    In  like  manner  company 
commanders  will  make  monthly  returns  of  their  companies  to  regimental 
headquarters. 


RETURNS   OF   TROOPS.  109 

790.  Every  commander  of  a  separate  body  of  ti  'Ops,  whether  an  army 
corps,  division,  brigade,  regiment,  or  detachment,  and  whether  engaged  in 
campaign,  field  service,  or  occupying  a  temporary  camp,  or  simply  in  transit 
from  one  place  to  another,  will  make  the  monthly  return  required  in  the 
preceding  paragraph.     Any  detachment  so  far  separated  from  the  main 
body  to  which  it  belongs  as  to  render  it  impracticable  for  the  commander 
of  the  main  body  to  make  the  muster  and  inspection  enjoined  by  the  regu- 
lations is  a  separate  command  within  the  meaning  of  this  paragraph. 

791.  At  the  close  of  January,  March,  May,  July,  September  and  Novem- 
ber of  each  year  each  company  commander  will  forward  with  his  morning 
report  to  the  commanding  officer  a  report  of  enlisted  strength  in  the  pre- 
scribed form.    These  the  commanding  officer  will  at  once  transmit  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.     Regimental  commanders  will  forward 
similar  reports  of  noncommissioned  staff  and  band,  including  unassigned 
recruits  if  any. 

792.  Regimental  returns  will  be  made  in  the  name  of  the  colonel  and 
those  of  the  company  in  that  of  the  captain,  whether  those  officers  be  pres- 
ent or  absent. 

793.  When  a  field  officer  is  serving  with  detached  companies  of  his  regi- 
ment the  commanders  thereof  will  forward  their  returns  through  him,  and  he 
will  transmit  them  with  his  personal  report  to  regimental  headquarters. 

794.  In  campaign,  one  copy  of  every  return  of  troops  will  be  forwarded 
through  intermediate  commanders  and  one  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army,  unless  otherwise  ordered. 

795.  Whenever  the  strength  of  a  separate  command  is  temporarily  or 
permanently  increased  or  diminished  by  the  moving  of  any  organization, 
the  commanding  officer  will  immediately  inform  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army  direct,  designating  the  organization  moved,  number  and  names  of 
officers,  and  strength  in  men,  animals,  and  arms. 

796.  In  campaign  two  columns  will  be  added  to  the  monthly  return  in 
the  space  reserved  for  remarks,  in  which  shall  be  entered  the  effective 
strength  of  the  organization.     In  determining  such  strength  only  those  who 
are  available  for  service  in  the  line  of  battle  will  be  included.    Officers  or 
enlisted  men  who  are  sick  or  disabled,  on  duty  in  any  of  the  staff  or  supply 
departments,  or  detached  for  any  cause  will  be  excluded. 

797.  After  any  action  or  affair  resulting  in  casualties,  a  return  in  tripli- 
cate of  killed,  wounded,  and  missing  will  be  made,  containing  the  name, 
rank,  and  regiment  of  each  person,  with  such  remarks  and  explanations  as 
may  be  necessary  to  a  full  understanding  of  any  claims  of  the  wounded  sol- 
diers or  of  representatives  of  the  deceased.     The  nature  of  the  wound,  the 
time  when  and  place  where  received ;  the  company,  regiment,  or  corps  to 
which  the  person  belongs,  and  the  name  of  his  captain,  colonel,  or  other 
commanding  officer  will  be  carefully  entered.     One  copy  of  this  return  will 
be  retained,  one  forwarded  direct,  and  the  third  through  military  channels, 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

798.  A  return  of  all  captured  property  will  be  rendered  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  through  intermediate  channels,  by  the  immediate  com- 
mander of  the  troops  making  the  capture. 


110  RECORDS — PERSONAL    REPORTS. 

ARTICLE  LXVIII. 

RECORDS. 

799.  All  military  records  will  be  carefully  preserved. 

800.  Whenever  a  post  or  other  command  is  discontinued  all  records  not 
required  for  use  at  headquarters  of  the  departments  in  which  the  command 
was  included  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  as 
will  also  the  records  of  departments  upon  discontinuance. 

801.  The  use  of  colored  inks,  except  as  carmine  or  red  ink  is  used  in 
annotation  and  ruling,  is  prohibited  in  the  records  and  correspondence  of 
the  Army. 

802.  Sections  5403  and  5408,  Revised  Statutes,  prescribe  penalties  for  the 
fraudulent  or  wrongful  destruction,  withdrawal  or  removal  from  any  pub- 
lic office  of  any  public  record,  paper  or  document  therein  deposited. 

803.  No  information  will  be  furnished  by  any  person  in  the  military 
service  which  can  be  made  the  basis  of  a  claim  against  the  Government, 
except  it  be  given  as  the  regulations  prescribe  to  the  proper  officers  of  the 
War,  Treasury,  or  Interior  Departments,  or  the  Department  of  Justice. 
Information  concerning  sick  and  wounded  officers  and  enlisted  men  may  be 
freely  conveyed  to  allay  the  anxiety  of  friends.     The  fact  of  death  may  be 
communicated  to  relatives,  but  not  circumstances  connected  therewith  which 
could  be  made  use  of  in  prosecuting  claims  against  the  Government,     If 
any  person  in  the  military  service  has  knowledge  of  facts  pertaining  to  the 
service  of  an  individual  who  is  an  applicant  for  a  pension,  he  may,  upon 
request,  if  not  pecuniarily  interested,  furnish  a  certificate  or  affidavit  setting 
forth  his  knowledge ;  but  record  evidence  will  be  furnished  by  the  War 
Department  only. 

ARTICLE    LXIX. 

PERSONAL  AND  EFFICIENCY  REPORTS. 

804.  When  any  officer  arrives  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  he  will  report  at 
the  Adjutant-General's  Office,  and  will  there  record  his  name,  residence  in 
the  city,  and  the  authority  by  which  he  is  absent  from  his  station. 

805.  An  officer  detached  from  his  regiment  or  corps  for  duty  at  another 
station,  or  a  field  officer  serving  with  troops  but  not  at  the  headquarters  of 
his  regiment,  will  immediately  report  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
and  to  his  regimental  and  post  commanders  the  time  of  departure  from  for- 
mer station,  of  arrival  at  new  station  with  a  reference  to  the  authority  for 
the  change,  and  his  post-office  address.     As  soon  as  practicable  he  will  in 
like  manner  report  the  nature  of  his  duties,  and  from  time  to  time  any 
material  change  therein,  and  any  change  of  address,  to  the  same  officers. 
An  officer  of  a  staff  corps  or  department,  or  an  officer  serving  therein  who 
is  not  carried  on  department  or  post  returns,  will  make  similar  reports  to 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  and  the  head  of  the  corps  or  department, 
and  such  other  reports  as  the  chief  of  the  bureau  may  require.     An  officer 
on  the  retired  list  will,  unless  specially  exempted,  report  each  change  of 
address  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

806.  An  individual  service  report  will  be  made  on  June  30  of  each  year 
by  each  officer  of  the  Army,  except  general  officers  and  the  chief  of  each 
staff  corps  or  department.     All  reports  made  by  regimental  officers  will  be 


EFFICIENCY    REPORTS-.  j> 

forwarded  direct  to  the  regimental  commander,  who  will  transmit  them, 
with  his  own  individual  report,  direct  to  the  Adjutant- General  of  the  Army. 
The  reports  of  post  chaplains  will  be  sent  to  the'Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army  through  post  commanders.  Reports  made  by  staff  officers  will  be 
forwarded  direct  to  the  chiefs  of  their  respective  corps  or  departments. 
Should  any  officer  be  unable,  from  any  cause,  to  prepare  his  report  on  the 
required  date,  it  will  be  forwarded  at  the  earliest  date  practicable  thereafter. 

SO1?.  Efficiency  reports  will  be  made  at  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year : 

1.  By  the  commander  of  each  department,  respecting  each  officer  of  his 
personal  and  departmental  staff,  and  each  officer  who  has  commanded  a 
post  or  important  camp,  or  has  been  in  charge  of  a  supply  depot  under  his 
command,  and  by  each  officer  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  in  charge  of  an 
engineering  division,  respecting  each  officer  under  his  orders. 

2.  By  the  chief  of  each  bureau,  respecting  each  officer  of  the  Army  who 
is  not  otherwise  reported  upon  under  these  regulations,  but  who  reports 
directly  to  the  bureau  chief. 

3.  By  the  commanding  officer  of  each  post,  important  camp,  arsenal,  or 
armory;  by  each  officer  in  charge  of  a  depot,  engineer  in  local  charge  of 
works,  the  commandant  of  each  service  school,  and  the  Superintendent 
of  the  Military  Academy,  respecting  each  officer  of  the  Army  serving  at 
any  such  post,  camp,  station,  school,  etc.,  during  the  year. 

808.  All  efficiency  reports  respecting  regimental  officers  and  post  chap- 
lains will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and  those 
respecting  officers  of  the  staff  corps  and  departments  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus 
through  intermediate  commanders,  who  will  indorse  thereon  such  remarks 
as  may  be  proper  in  each  case, 

809.  Each  officer  who  makes  the  annual  inspection  of  the  military  depart- 
ment of  any  civil  institution  of  learning  will,  immediately  after  the  inspec- 
tion, forward  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  an  efficiency  report 
respecting  each  Army  officer  on  duty  at  the  institution. 

8 1 0.  The  Inspector-General  will  forward  to  the  Secretary  of  War  extracts 
of  all  inspection  reports  containing  specially  favorable  or  unfavorable  men- 
tion of  any  officer.     Extracts  respecting  regimental  officers  will  be  sent 
through  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and  those  respecting  officers  of 
the  staff  corps  or  departments  through  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus. 
Copies  of  unfavorable  reports  will  be  sent  by  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  officers 
reported  upon,  for  their  remarks,  and  these,  when  received,  will  be  filed 
with  original  extracts. 

811.  In  preparing  efficiency  reports,  reporting  officers  will  exercise  the 
greatest  care  to  set  forth  all  facts  concerning  each  officer  and  his  record 
which  may  aid  the  Department  in  forming  a  true  estimate  of  standing,  abil- 
ity, and  special  fitness  for  any  military  duties. 

812.  Chief s  of  staff  corps  and  departments  will  note  the  correctness  of 
the  reports  received  and  will  add  any  data  known  to  them  which  will  con- 
tribute to  the  completeness  of  the  record  in  each  case.     All  service  and 
efficiency  reports  will  be  transmitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  as  soon  as 
practicable  after  their  receipt,  verification  and  completion. 


112  PENALTY   ENVELOPES RECRUITING. 

ARTICLE  LXX. 

PENALTY  ENVELOPES. 

813.  Official  communications,  and  other  mailable  matter  relating  exclu- 
sively to  the  public  business,  will  be  transmitted  through  the  mails  free  of 
postage,  if  inclosed  in  the  "  Penalty  envelope." 

814.  Envelopes  for  official  mail  matter,  for  the  bureaus  of  the  War 
Department  and  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  will  have  "War  Department," 
the  designation  of    headquarters,  bureau   or   office,  "Official    Business," 
printed  in  three  or  four  lines,  as  may  be  required,  in  the  upper  left  corner, 
and  in  the  upper  right  corner  the  following:  "Penalty  for  private  use, 
$300."    Envelopes  for  the  use  of  the  headquarters  of  a  territorial  depart- 
ment, for  a  post,  station,  armory,  arsenal,  depot,  or  school  of  instruction, 
will  be  of  the  same  form,  with  the  proper  substitution  for  the  designation  of 
the  bureau  or  office,  and  with  the  address  when  necessary.    Envelopes  re- 
quired for  the  transmission  of  printed  matter  may  also  have  printed  thereon 

"Printed  matter."  Other  printing  or  ruling  on  such  envelopes  at  public 
expense  is  prohibited,  unless  printed  at  the  Government  Printing  Office. 
For  the  official  business  of  officers  not  embraced  in  the  foregoing  classes, 
and  officers  on  the  retired  list,  the  heading  "War  Department,"  "  Official 
Business,"  will  be  placed  across  the  left  end  of  the  envelope,  with  the  officer's 
official  signature  written  immediately  below  it,  and  with  the  penalty  clause 
in  the  upper  right  corner. 

815.  Packages  of  public  property  weighing  not  more  than  four  pounds 
may  be  sent  through  the  mails  under  cover  of  the  penalty  envelope.    Pen- 
alty envelopes  with  return  address  may  be  furnished  to  any  person  from 
whom  official  information  is  desired,  or  for  the  return  of  official  vouchers, 
but  will  not  be  furnished  to  merchants  or  other  dealers  to  cover  the  trans- 
mission of  public  property. 

816.  The  use  of  freight  or  express  lines  for  transmitting  official  letters  or 
packages  that  can  be  sent  by  mail  is  forbidden. 

817.  The  penalty  envelope  will  not  be  used  for  foreign  correspondence. 

ARTICLE   LXXI. 

THE  RECRUITING  SERVICE. 

CLASSIFICATION   AND   DETAILS. 

818.  The  recruiting  service  is  general  and  special — general  when  it  con- 
cerns the  whole  Army,  and  special  when  it  concerns  particular  military 
organizations. 

819.  Details  of  officers  for  the  general  recruiting  service  except  at  posts 
will  ordinarily  be  for  two  years,  and  will  be  announced  in  orders  from  the 
Adjutant-General's  Office. 

8  2O.  Officers  of  the  general  recruiting  service  not  at  posts  will  not  be 
ordered  on  any  other  dutv,  except  by  authority  from  the  Adjutant-General's 
Office. 

RENDEZVOUS   AND  STATIONS. 

821.  Recruiting  stations  are  the  places  where  recruits  are  enlisted. 
Recruit  rendezvous  are  the  designated  posts  at  which  general  service  recruits 
are  collected  for  distribution  to  regiments. 


RECRUITING    SERVICE.  113 

822.  Recruits  at  each  rendezvous  will  constitute  a  recruit  detachment 
to  be  instructed  by  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  garrison 
detailed  by  the  commanding  officer  or  by  others  detailed  for  this  purpose. 
The  immediate  command  of  the  detachment  will  be  vested  in  the  senior  offi- 
cer on  duty  with  it.  In  all  matters  of  police  and  discipline  these  recruits 
are  under  the  command  of  the  post  and  department  commanders,  but  in  all 
other  matters,  including  discharges  for  disability,  they  are  directly  under 
the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Each  officer  in  command  of  a  recruit 
detachment  will  forward,  through  the  post  commander,  direct  to  the  Adju- 
tant-General of  the  Army,  tri-monthly  reports  of  the  strength  of  the  detach- 
ment. This  strength  will,  if  possible,  be  so  limited  as  not  to  exceed  that  of 
a  company  of  infantry. 

ENLISTMENTS. 

§23.  Any  male  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  person  who  has  legally 
declared  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen,  if  above  the  age  of  twenty-one 
and  under  the  age  of  thirty  years,  able-bodied,  free  from  disease,  of  good 
character,  and  temperate  habits,  may  be  enlisted  under  the  restrictions 
contained  in  this  article.  In  regard  to  age  or  citizenship  this  regulation 
shall  not  apply  to  soldiers  who  have  served  honestly  and  faithfully  a  previous 
enlistment  in  the  Army. 

824.  Applicants  for  original  enlistment,  and  men  who  apply  to  re-enter 
the  Army  after  an  interval  of  more  than  three  months  from  date  of  discharge, 
will  be  required  to  furnish  evidence  of  good  character.     To  determine  an 
applicant's  fitness  and  aptitude  for  the  service,  and  to  give  him  an  opportu- 
nity to  secure  testimonials  of  character,  he  may,  after  having  signed  the 
declaration  of  intention  to  enlist  and  passed  the  required  examination,  be 
retained  and  provided  for,  not  to  exceed  six  days.    Men  so  retained  will  be 
known  as  "recruits  on  probation."     The  enlistment  paper  of  any  such 
recruit  who  may  be  unfit  or  undesirable  for  the  service,  or  who  may  not 
desire  to  remain  in  the  service,  will  not  be  completed.     The  enlistment 
papers  of  recruits  who  are  accepted  and  duly  sworn  will  bear  the  date  on 
which  the  enlistment  is  completed  by  administering  the  oath. 

825.  The  enlistment  of  persons  of  any  of  the  following  classes  is  pro- 
hibited :  Former  soldiers  whose  service  during  last  term  of  enlistment  was 
not  honest  and  faithful,  insane  or  intoxicated  persons,  persons  under  the  age 
of  sixteen  years,  deserters  from  the  military  or  naval  service  of  the  United 
States,  persons  who  have  been  convicted  of  felony  or  who  have  been  im- 
prisoned under  sentence  of  a  court  in  a  reformatory,  jail  or  penitentiary, 
and,  for  first  enlistment  in  time  of  peace,  any  person  (except  an  Indian) 
who  is  not  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  who  has  not  made  legal  declara- 
tion of  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  who  can 
not  speak,  read  and  write  the  English  language,  or  who  is  over  thirty  years 
of  age. 

826.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  very  particular  to  ascertain  the  true  age 
of  the  recruit.    If  any  doubt  exist  as  to  the  applicant's  statement  regarding 
his  age,  his  oath  will  not  be  taken  as  conclusive  evidence  of  the  fact,  and 
if  he  can  not  furnish  competent  proof  to  support  his  statement  he  will  be 
rejected.    Boys  between  the  ages  of  sixteen  and  eighteen  may  be  enlisted 
as  musicians  or  to  learn  music,  with  the  written  consent  of  father,  only 

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114  RECRUITING    SERVICE. 

surviving  parent,  or  legally  appointed  guardian,  and  the  approval  of  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  When  a  minor  presents  himself  for  enlist- 
ment under  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph,  his  parents  or  guardian  will  be 
found  and  informed  of  the  application. 

827.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  held  to  a  rigid  accountability  for  the 
enlistment  of  men  who  may  be  found  unfitted  for  the  service.    If  a  recruit, 
after  having  been  enlisted,  be  rejected,  or  discharged  as  a  minor,  and  it 
appear  that  the  enlistment  was  carelessly  made  or  in  violation  of  these  reg- 
ulations, the  expenses  incurred  in  consequence  of  the  enlistment  may  be 
stopped  against  the  pay  of  the  officer  responsible. 

828.  A  person  having  a  wife  or  minor  child  will  not  be  enlisted  without 
special  authority  from  the  Adjutant  General's  Office. 

829.  After  the  nature  of  the  service  and  terms  of  enlistment  have  been 
fully  explained  to  the  applicant,  and  before  the  enlistment  blanks  are  filled, 
the  officer  will  read  to  him  and  offer  for  his  signature  the  following  declara- 
tion which  will  be  contained  in  the  enlistment  paper  : 

I, ,  desiring  to  enlist  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  for  the  term  of  three 

years,  do  declare  that  I  have  neither  wife  nor  child  ;  that  I  am  of  the  legal  age  to  enlist,  and 
believe  myself  to  be  physically  qualified  to  perform  the  duties  of  an  able-bodied  soldier ;  and 
I  do  further  declare  that  I  am  of  good  habits  and  character  in  all  respects  and  have  never 
been  discharged  from  the  United  States  service  (Army  or  Navy)  or  any  other  service  on 
account  of  disability  or  through  sentence  of  either  a  civil  or  military  court,  nor  dis- 
charged from  any  service,  civil  or  military,  except  with  good  character,  and  for  the  rea- 
sons given  by  me  to  the  recruiting  officer  prior  to  this  enlistment.  [Here  add,  in  case  of 
an  applicant  for  first  enlistment :  And  that  I  am,  or  have  made  legal  declaration  of  my 
intention  to  become,  a  citizen  of  the  United  States.] 

Given  at ,  this day  of ,  18 

Witness : 


If  the  applicant  be  a  minor,  his  parents  or  guardian  must  give  consent  in 
writing  in  the  following  terms : 

I, ,  do  certify  that  I  am  the  (father,  only  surviving  parent,  or  guardian,  as 

the  case  may  be)  of ;  that  the  said is years  of  age  ;  and  I  do 

hereby  freely  give  my  consent  to  his  enlisting  as  a  soldier  in  the  Army  of  the  United 
States  for  the  period  of  three  years. 

Given  at ,  this day  of ,  18 

Witness : 

This  consent  will  appear  on  the  enlistment  paper  and  will  follow  the  fore- 
going declaration. 

830.  Recruiting  officers  will  not  allow  any  man  to  be  enticed  into  the 
service  by  false  representations,  but  will,  in  person,  explain  to  every  man 
before  he  signs  the  enlistment  paper  the  nature  of  the  service,  the  length  of 
the  term,  the  amount  of  pay,  clothing,  rations,  and  other  allowances  to 
which  a  soldier  is  entitled  by  law. 

831.  As   soon  as  practicable,  and  within  six  days  after  he  has  been 
accepted  on  probation,  the  following  form  of  enlistment  will  be  signed  by 
and  oath  administered  to  the  recruit : 

STATE  OF ,  city  or  town  of ,  ss  : 

I,  — ,  born  in ,  in  the  State  of ,  aged years  and months,  and 

by  occupation  a ,  do  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  voluntarily  enlisted  (or  re-enlisted) 

this day  of ,  18    ,  as  a  soldier  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  of  America,  for 

the  period  of  three  years,  unless  sooner  discharged  by  proper  authority;  and  do  also  agree 


RECRUITING    SERVICE.  115 

to  accept  from  the  United  States  such  bounty,  pay,  rations,  and  clothing  as  are  or  may  be 
established  by  law.  And  I  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  bear  true  faith 
and  allegiance  to  the  United  States  of  America  ;  that  I  will  serve  them  honestly  and 
faithfully  against  all  their  enemies  whomsoever  ;  and  that  I  will  obey  the  orders  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  and  the  orders  of  the  officers  appointed  over  me,  accord- 
ing to  the  Rules  and  Articles  ol  War. 

.    [SEAL.] 

Subscribed  and  duly  sworn  to  before  me  this day  of ,  A.  D.  18    . 


Recruiting  Officer. 

This  oath  may  be  administered  by  any  commissioned  officer  of  the  Army. 
&3*2.  Within  six  days  after  his  enlistment,  the  Articles  of  War  will  be 
read  to  the  recruit. 

833.  Enlistment  papers  and  recruiting  returns  will  be  made  on  printed 
forms  furnished  by  the  Adjutant -General  of  the  Army,  and  will  be  exe- 
cuted and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with  directions  thereon. 

834.  The  real  name  of  the  recruit  will  be  ascertained,  correctly  spelled, 
and  written  in  the  same  way  wherever  it  occurs,  and  the  Christian  name 
will  not  be  abbreviated. 

835.  Enlistments  will  not  be  antedated  so  as  to  allow  a  soldier  additional 
pay  for  re-enlistment  who  applies  after  the  period  for  re-enlisting  has  expired; 
but  when  a  soldier  presents  himself  for  re-  enlistment  and  it  is  necessary  to 
obtain  information  in  his  case,  or  the  approval  of  higher  authority,  his  re-en- 
listment may  be  made  to  antedate  the  time  of  administering  the  oath,  but 
must  not  bear  a  date  prior  to  the  day  on  which  he  presented  himself. 

836.  When  a  soldier  re-enters  the  service,  the  officer  who  enlists  him  will 
indorse  on  the  enlistment  paper  next  below  his  own  name  and  regiment,  "sec- 
ond (or  third)  enlistment,"  as  the  case  may  be,  together  with  the  company 
and  regiment  in  which  the  soldier  last  served  and  the  date  of  discharge  from 
former  enlistment.    This  information  the  recruiting  officer  will  obtain  if 
possible  from  the  soldier's  discharge,  which  the  latter  should  be  required  to 
exhibit. 

837.  An  officer  who  enlists  or  re-enlists  a  man  who  has  been  discharged 
from  the  Army  will  immediately  give  notice  of  the  fact  to  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  company  from  which  the  man  was  last  discharged,  stating,  if 
practicable,  designation  of  the  organization  to  which  he  has  been  assigned. 
On  receiving  this  notice  the  commander  of  the  company  from  which  the 
man  was  discharged  will  record  the  fact  of  enlistment  or  re-enlistment  in 
the  company  descriptive  book.    Should  it  appear  that  deception  has  been 
practiced  he  will  report  the  case  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.     The 
recruiting  officer  will  enter  the  fact  of  enlistment  or  re-enlistment,  with 
date  and  place  upon  the  certificate  of  discharge  from  former  enlistment, 
which  the  soldier  should  have  in  his  possession. 

838.  Applications  to  re-enter  the  Army  from  persons  of  any  of  the  follow- 
ing classes  will  not  be  granted  without  special  authority  from  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army : 

1.  Former  soldiers  who  have  been  discharged  before  expiration  of  term  of 
service,  excepting  those  discharged  under  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  144 
and  145. 

2.  Former  soldiers  who  have  been  discharged  with  character  other  than 
good,  or  its  full  equivalent. 


116  RECRUITING    SERVICE. 

3.  Former  soldiers  over  thirty-five  years  of  age  who  were  last  discharged 
as  privates  and  have  failed  to  re-enlist  within  three  months  thereafter.    In 
such  cases  the  applications  must  show  that  the  enlistments  will  be  for  the 
interests  of  the  service. 

4.  A  former  soldier  having  a  wife  or  minor  child.     In  such  a  case  applica- 
tion will  not  be  made  by  telegraph,  but  will  be  forwarded  by  mail  through 
post  and  regimental  commanders  in  sufficient  time  to  admit  of  receipt  of 
reply  by  mail  before  date  of  discharge.     The  application  must  clearly  set 
forth  the  fact  that  re-enlistment  will  be  in  the  interests  of  the  service. 

5.  Former  soldiers  who  can  not  pass  the  required  examination  in  all 
respects.     To  entitle  an  application  of  this  nature  to  consideration  it  must 
have  the  recommendation  of  the  soldier's  former  commanding  officer,  which 
should  be  given  only  when  it  is  shown  that  any  existing  defects  will  not  pre- 
vent the  performance  by  the  applicant  of  full  military  duty,  and  that  his 
continuance  in  service  will  be  a  benefit  to  the  Army. 

839.  Enlisted  men  of  good  character  and  faithful  service  who,  at  the 
expiration  of  their  terms,  are  undergoing  treatment  for  injuries  incurred 
or  disease  contracted  in  the  line  of  duty,  may  be  re-enlisted  if  they  so  elect, 
and  if  the  disability  prove  to  be  permanent  they  will  subsequently  be  dis- 
charged on  certificates  of  disability.    An  enlisted  man  not  under  treatment, 
but  who  has  contracted  in  the  line  of  duty  infirmities  that  may  raise  a  ques- 
tion of  physical  eligibility  to  re-enlistment,  but  not  such  as  to  prevent  his 
performing  the  duties  of  a  soldier,  may  be  re-enlisted  by  authority  of  the 
War  Department  on  application  made  through  the  surgeon  and  proper  mil- 
itary channel  in  time  to  receive  a  decision  before  the  date  of  discharge. 

840.  Commanding  officers  forwarding  applications  from  men  of  their 
commands  for  permission  to  re-enlist  for  some  other  organization  will  report 
in  each  case  whether  the  applicant  is  married  or  single,  what  character  will 
be  given  him  on  discharge,  and  whether  or  not  he  can  pass  the  required 
examination. 

MEDICAL  INSPECTION. 

841.  The  physical  examination  of  recruits  will  be  conducted  in  accord- 
ance with  the  authorized  manual  for  the  examination  of  recruits.    The  enlist- 
ment paper  of  each  recruit  must  show  what  indelible  or  permanent  marks 
were  found  on  his  person. 

842.  The  recruiting  officer  will  be  present  at  the  physical  examination 
of  the  recruit  by  the  medical  officer.     When  there  is  no  medical  officer,  the 
recruiting  officer  will  make  the  required  examination.    An  applicant  enlisted 
at  a  post  where  there  is  no  medical  officer  will  be  re-examined  within  two 
weeks  after  enlistment,  and  before  any  clothing  is  issued  to  him,  by  a  med- 
ical officer,  or,  in  the  absence  of  such  officer,  by  the  civilian  physician  employed 
by  the  Medical  Department. 

843.  As  soon  as  a  recruit  joins  any  rendezvous,  regiment,  or  post,  he  will 
be  examined  by  the  medical  officer,  to  ascertain  whether  vaccination  is 
required.    In  all  cases  where  there  is  not  unmistakable  evidence  of  success- 
ful vaccination  within  a  reasonable  period,  the  operation  will  be  performed 
immediately. 

844.  A  critical  inspection  by  the  senior  medical  officer  present  will  be 
made  of  every  recruit  received  at  a  rendezvous  within  two  days  after  his 


RECRUITING   SERVICE.  117 

arrival,  if  he  has  not  already  undergone  examination  by  a  surgeon.  Should 
the  recruit  be  found  unfit  for  service  or  to  have  been  illegally  enlisted,  a 
board  of  officers  will  be  called  by  the  post  commander  to  examine  into  the 
case,  and  if  the  board  recommends  the  discharge  of  the  recruit  for  physical 
disability  it  will  fully  report  its  reasons,  based  upon  a  thorough  investiga- 
tion of  the  case,  and  will  show  in  its  report  whether  the  enlistment  involved 
fraud,  whether  the  disability  existed  prior  to  enlistment,  when,  where,  and 
by  whom  the  enlistment  was  made,  and  whether,  in  its  opinion,  the  disquali- 
fication might  have  been  discovered  by  the  recruiting  officer  (with  whom  the 
board  will  communicate,  and  who  will  be  given  opportunity  to  be  heard 
in  the  case)  had  due  care  been  exercised.  This  report,  together  with  the 
surgeon's  certificate  of  disability  and  the  original  form  for  examining  a 
recruit,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  post  commander  direct  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army. 

845.  Every  detachment  of  recruits  ordered  from  a  recruit  rendezvous  to 
any  regiment  or  post  will,  immediately  preceding  its  departure,  be  crit- 
ically inspected  by  the  post  commander  and  the  senior  medical  officer  pres- 
ent, and  any  sick  or  otherwise  disabled  will  be  held  at  rendezvous.     A 
recruit  deemed  unfit  for  continuance  in  the  service  will  not  be  sent  to  a  reg- 
iment, but  a  board  of  officers  will  be  convened  to  consider  the  case  and 
report  as  indicated  in  the  preceding  paragraph. 

846.  Before  recruits  are  forwarded  from  a  rendezvous  to  regiments, 
the  post  commander  will  cause  the  character  of  each  recruit  to  be  entered 
upon  the  descriptive  and  assignment  card,  also  the  date  and  result  of  last 
vaccination.    Officers  in  charge  of  detachments,  if  called  upon,  will  exhibit 
the  entries  relative  to  vaccination  to  authorized  inspectors  of  State  boards 
of  health. 

84  71.  Upon  arrival  at  a  post  each  recruit  who  has  not  undergone  exami- 
nation by  a  surgeon  will  be  examined,  and  defects  will  be  recorded  by  the 
medical  officer,  with  his  opinion  as  to  whether  they  existed  prior  to  enlist- 
ment. A  certificate  of  disability  will  be  submitted  if  the  recruit  is  abso- 
lutely disqualified  for  the  service.  If  the  certificate  be  submitted,  the 
post  commander  will  carefully  scan  the  answers  made  by  the  recruit  on  the 
"Form  for  the  physical  examination  of  a  recruit,"  and  if  his  answers 
show  that  fraud  was  practiced  to  secure  his  enlistment,  the  post  commander 
will  make  full  report  of  the  facts  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army, 
and  forward  therewith  the  certificate  and  the  examination  form. 

848.  A  register  of  the  medical  examination  of  recruits  will  be  kept  at 
each  recruiting  station  and  rendezvous.  A  report  of  the  recruits  examined 
during  the  preceding  month  will  be  forwarded,  not  later  than  the  6th 
day  of  every  month,  to  the  Surgeon- General,  who  will  furnish  blanks  for 
the  purpose,  as  well  as  blank  registers  of  medical  examination.  When 
a  register  is  filled  it  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Surgeon-General.  Cases 
of  "recruits  on  probation"  who  have  failed  for  any  cause  to  complete 
their  enlistment  will  be  indicated  by  an  appropriate  entry  in  the  column  of 
remarks,  both  on  the  monthly  reports  to  the  Surgeon-General  and  in  the 
register.  Care  must  be  taken  to  embody  in  these  reports  all  needed  infor- 
mation, including  a  record  of  the  height,  weight,  chest  measures,  the  com- 
plexion, and  the  color  of  the  hair  and  eyes  of  every  accepted  applicant. 


118  RECRUITING   SERVICE. 

RECRUITS  SENT  TO   REGIMENTS. 

§49.  Recruits  will  be  assigned  to  regiments  by  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  from  either  general 
recruiting  stations  or  rendezvous.  Recruits  designated  for  assignment  will 
be  borne  on  the  rolls  and  returns  of  the  stations  or  rendezvous  until  the 
date  of  departure  therefrom,  when  the  assignment  will  take  effect;  prior  to 
that  date  they  will  not  be  taken  up  on  the  rolls  of  companies  or  regiments. 

850.  When  recruits  are  sent  to  a  regiment,  a  descriptive  and  assignment 
card  for  each  will  be  given  to  the  officer  assigned  to  its  command,  or  if  no 
officer  be  so  assigned  the  cards  will  be  sent  by  mail. 

851.  When  recruits  are  sent  to  regiments  from  rendezvous  or  other  posts, 
the  descriptive  and  assignment  cards  will  be  made  by  the  post  commander ; 
when  they  go  direct  from  a  recruiting  station  not  at  a  post,  they  will  be 
made  by  the  recruiting  officer. 

852.  An  officer  intrusted  with  the  command  of  recruits  ordered  to  regi- 
ments will,  on  arriving  at  destination,  forward  the  following  papers  : 

1.  To  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  a  report  of  date  of  arrival  at 
the  post,  the  strength  and  condition  of  the  party  when  turned  over  to  the 
commanding  officer,  and  all  circumstances  worthy  of  remark  which  occurred 
on  the  journey. 

2.  To  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  or  post,  the  descriptive  and 
assignment  cards  furnished  him  at  the  rendezvous  or  station,  properly  com- 
pleted by  noting  in  the  column  for  remarks  time  and  place  of  death,  deser- 
tion, or  other  casualty  that  may  have  occurred. 

853.  The  descriptive  and  assignment  card  of  every  recruit  sent  to  a 
regiment,  with  remarks  showing  final  disposition  of  the  recruit,  and  num- 
ber of  regiment  and  letter  of  company  to  which  he  has  been  assigned,  will 
be  signed  and  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  by  the  officer 
who  makes  the  assignment. 

DEPARTMENT   AND   REGIMENTAL   RECRUITING. 

854*  Every  post  is  a  general  recruiting  station  for  the  whole  Army,  and 
recruiting  thereat  will  be  conducted  by  an  officer  of  the  garrison  detailed  by 
the  commanding  officer.  The  commander  of  each  detachment  of  troops 
absent  from  its  permanent  station  will,  if  he  deem  it  advisable,  designate 
an  officer  for  this  duty. 

855*  The  recruiting  officer  at  any  post  may  make  enlistments  to  fill 
vacancies  in  the  troops  of  the  line  serving  thereat,  and.  when  authorized  by 
the  department  commander,  for  those  serving  at  other  posts  in  the  same* 
territorial  department.  He  may  make  enlistments  for  any  organization  in 
the  service  when  authorized  by  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  An 
applicant  will  be  subjected  to  the  required  examination  before  application 
is  made  for  special  authority  for  his  enlistment. 

856.  Regimental  recruiting  may  be  carried  on  away  from  posts  by  one 
or  more  officers  detailed  from  a  regiment  by  its  commander,  with  the 
approval  of  the  department  commander  under  authority  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment, and  in  accordance  with  instructions  from  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army.  A  regimental  recruiting  officer,  with  the  authority  of  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army,  may  make  enlistments  for  any  organization  in  the 
service. 


INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT.  119 

ARTICLE  LXXII. 

INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

857.  The   sphere   of   inquiry  of  the   Inspector-General's   Department 
includes  every  branch  of  military  affairs  except  when  specially  limited  in 
these  regulations  or  in  orders.     Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors- 
general  will  exercise  a  comprehensive  and  general  observation  within  their 
respective  districts  over  all  that  pertains  to  the  efficiency  of  the  Army,  tho 
condition  and  state  of  supplies  of  all  kinds,  of  arms  and  equipments,  of  the 
expenditure  of  public  property  and  moneys,  and  the  condition  of  accounts 
of  all  disbursing  officers  of  every  branch  of  the  service,  of  the  conduct,  disci- 
pline and  efficiency  of  officers  and  troops,  and  report  with  strict  impartiality 
in  regard  to  all  irregularities  that  may  be  discovered.     From  time  to  time 
they  will  make  such  suggestions  as  may  appear  to  them  practicable  for  the 
cure  of  any  defect  that  may  come  under  their  observation. 

858.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  are  under  the  orders 
of  the  Secretary  of  War  and  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  only, 
and  all  orders,  not  confidential,  will  be  issued  from  the  Adjutant-General's 
Office  and  transmitted  to  them  through  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army. 
They  will  make  the  general  inspections  within  the  limits  of  their  respective 
districts,  and  will  each  be  allowed  the  necessary  clerks  and  one  messenger, 
who  will  be  assigned  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

859*  An  officer  on  duty  in  the  Inspector-General's  Department,  upon 
arriving  at  his  station,  will  report  by  letter  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the 
Army,  and  thereafter  will  report  the  execution  of  all  orders  received  through 
him,  together  with  date  of  departure  from  and  return  to  his  station.  Prior 
to  starting  on  a  tour  of  inspection  he  will  furnish  the  Inspector-General  an 
itinerary  of  his  route  and  approximate  dates  of  arrival  and  departure  from 
each  station  to  be  visited. 

860.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  give  a  depart- 
ment commander,  within  the  limits  of  whose  command  he  is  ordered  to 
make  inspections,  timely  notice  of  his  orders  and  of  the  date  when  he  desires 
to  execute  them.     He  will  also  make  known  to  commanding  and  other  offi- 
cers whose  troops  and  affairs  he  is  directed  to  inspect  his  orders  or  instruc- 
tions, and  these  officers  will  see  that  every  facility  and  assistance,  including 
clerical  aid,  if  requested,  is  afforded. 

861.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  not  give  orders 
unless  specially  authorized  to  do  so,  and  then  only  in  the  name  of  the  superior 
giving  such  authority.    He  will  report  with  strict  impartiality  all  irregu- 
larities.   He  should  refrain  from  informal  conversation  or  comment  upon 
subjects  under  investigation. 

862.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  exercise  the 
greatest  care  that  he  does  no  injustice  to  organizations  or  individuals. 
When  investigating  accusations  prejudicial  to  the  character  of  an  officer,  he 
will  make  known  to  the  officer  their  nature,  and  give  him  an  opportunity 
to  make  his  own  statement  in  writing,  which  will  be  appended  to  the  report. 


120  INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

Copies  or  extracts  from  an  inspection  report,  reflecting  upon  or  commending 
the  character  or  efficiency  of  an  officer,  may  be  furnished  him  by  the  com- 
mander through  whom  the  report  is  submitted. 

863.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  detailed  to  investi- 
gate attempts  to  defraud  the  Government,  or  misconduct  on  the  part  of 
any  officer  or  agent  of  the  United  States,  has  authority  to  administer  oaths 
to  witnesses. 

SPECIAL  DUTIES. 

864.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will,  from  time  to 
time,  designate  the  articles  which  in  their  opinion  should  be  procured  and 
kept  for  sale  by  the  Subsistence  Department  to  officers  and  enlisted  men. 
These  recommendations  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  his 
action. 

§65.  All  matters  pertaining  to  the  supervision  of  the  accounts  of  the 
receipts  and  expenditures  of  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer 
Soldiers,  under  acts  of  Congress,  are  assigned  to  the  Inspector-General 
of  the  Army  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

STATED  INSPECTIONS. 

866.  In  addition  to  the  inspection  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  required  bylaw, 
the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army  will,  in  person,  make  an  annual  inspec- 
tion of  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldiers,  its  records,  dis- 
bursements, management,  discipline,  and  condition,  and  report  in  writing 
the  results  of  such  inspection  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

867.  Officers  of  the  Inspector-General's  Department  will  inspect  once  in 
each  year  all  military  commands,  garrisoned  posts  and  camps,  and  once  in 
two  years  such  ungarrisoned  posts  and  national  cemeteries  as  can  be  visited 
without  departing  materially  from  the  routes  of  other  prescribed  inspections. 

868.  All  depots,  armories,  arsenals,  and  public  works  of  every  kind  under 
charge  of  officers  of  the  Army,  except  works  of  engineering  conducted 
under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  and  supervision  of  the  Chief  of 
Engineers,  will  be  inspected  annually  by  officers  of  the  Inspector-General's 
Department.    These  inspections  will  include  military  and  business  admin- 
istration and  methods,  but  will  not  extend  to  the  scientific  or  technical 
character  of  work  for  which  the  officer  in  charge  is  responsible,  through  the 
head  of  his  department,  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

869.  Inspections  of  the  Military  Academy  will  be  made  only  under  spe- 
cific instructions  given  in  each  case  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  inspections 
of  the  service  schools,  in  so  far  as  they  are  distinct  from  posts,  under  similar 
instructions  given  by  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Commanding  General 
of  the  Army. 

870.  The  military  department  of  civil  institutions  of  learning  at  which 
officers  of  the  Army  are  detailed  will  be  inspected  annually,  near  the  close 
of  the  college  year,  under  specific  instructions.     The  inspecting  officer,  upon 
his  arrival  at  the  institution,  will  apply  to  the  president  or  the  administrative 
officer  thereof  for  such  aid  or  facilities  as  he  may  require.     His  report  will 
be  sent  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  then  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army  for  note  and  return,  and  a  copy  furnished  the  president  of  the 
institution  by  the  War  Department. 


INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT.  121 

8  "71.  The  inspection  of  disbursements  and  money  accounts  of  disbursing 
officers  required  by  act  of  April  20,  1874,  will  be  made  by  officers  of  the 
Inspector-General's  Department  or  others  detailed  for  that  purpose,  and,  as 
far  as  practicable,  at  irregular  intervals,  but  no  officer  so  detailed  shall  be 
in  any  way  connected  with  the  corps  or  staff  department  making  the  dis- 
bursement. The  frequency  of  these  inspections  will  be  regulated  by  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

872.  Reports  of  prescribed  inspections  of  troops,  stations,  and  accounts 
of  disbursing  officers  under  the  authority  of  department  commanders  will 
be  forwarded  through  department  headquarters  to  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army  and  transmitted  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army.    In  case 
irregularities,  deficiencies,  or  misconduct  are  reported,  a  department  com- 
mander in  forwarding  a  report  will  state  what  remedies  he  has  applied  or 
will  apply  to  correct  them,  adding  any  recommendations  that  he  may  desire 
to  make.    All  other  reports  of  inspections  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  except  when  otherwise  specially  directed, 
and  all  inspection  reports  not  confidential  will  be  filed  in  his  office.    The 
Inspector-General  will  forward  to  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army 
extracts  that  relate  to  discipline  and  efficiency,  and  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus 
extracts  that  relate  to  fiscal  affairs. 

METHODS   OF   INSPECTION. 

873.  Inspections  of  troops  will  be  conducted  as  prescribed  in  the  author- 
ized drill  regulations.     When  the  command  consists  of  more  than  one  com- 
pany the  inspection  will,  if  practicable,  be  preceded  by  a  review. 

874.  Inspectors-general   and   acting    inspectors-general  will   concisely 
report  the  strength,  efficiency,  and  armament  of  each  garrison  and  post,  the 
date  of  last  inspection,  and  all  irregularities  and  defects,  with  such  sugges- 
tions or  recommendations  as  they  deem  pertinent.     They  will  also  report 
what  remedies  have  been  applied  to  correct  irregularities  reported  at  former 
inspections.     The  subjects  usually  covered  by  such  reports  should  be  as 
follows : 

1.  Names  of  officers  present,  those  absent  on  detached  duty  or  otherwise, 
and  those  permanently  incapacitated  for  any  duty  from  any  cause ;  whether 
the  number  of  enlisted  men  in  ranks  at  inspection  corresponds  to  returns, 
how  absentees  are  accounted  for,  and  how  many  appear  under  arms  at 
inspection ;  the  number  of  men  in  the  band,  and  if  any  are  not  musicians. 

2.  Whether  the  post  is  adequately  armed  and  supplied,  and  maps  of  the 
post  and  of  the  country  in  its  vicinity  kept. 

3.  Whether  the  commanding  officer  observes  the  system  of  instruction  and 
treatment  of  subordinates  enjoined  by  the  regulations,  and  properly  executes 
the  laws  relating  to  neutrality,  quarantine,  and  the  regulations  concerning 
international  courtesy,  so  far  as  applicable  to  his  post ;  whether  justice  is 
promptly  and  legally  administered ;  the  zeal  of  the  commanding  officer  and 
his  ability  to  perform  his  duties. 

4.  Whether  officers  are  efficient,  reporting  any  intemperance  or  immorality, 
and  mentioning  any  officer  or  soldier  who  has  distinguished  himself,  or  shown 
special  efficiency  in  any  department  of  study  or  duty. 

5.  The  manner  in  which  chaplains  perform  their  duties. 

6.  The  efficiency  of  administrative  and  staff  officers,  the  correctness  of 


122  INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

their  accounts ;  whether  payments  and  issues  are  made  in  accordance  with 
law  and  regulations,  and  whether  surplus  supplies  are  taken  up  on  returns 
and  deficiencies  accounted  for. 

7.  Efficiency,  discipline  and  appearance  of  the  troops;  state  of  arms,  equip- 
ments and  accoutrements  of  all  kinds;  sufficiency,  uniformity  and  fit  of 
clothing;  instruction,  theoretical  and  practical,  of  noncommissioned  officers 
and  privates  in  military  exercises  and  duties;  nature  and  amount  of  drills, 
recitations  in  tactics  and  drill  regulations,  target  practice,  practice  marches, 
practice  in  outpost  duty,  field  service,  minor  tactics,  and  gymnastic  exercises; 
efficiency  in  signaling;  regularity  of  payment  of  the  troops,  their  health  and 
whether  the  sick  are  properly  cared  for. 

8.  Police  and  sanitation  of  the  post ;  cleanliness,  state  of  repair,  and  sani- 
tary condition  of  all  buildings. 

9.  Whether  there  are  suitable  rooms  for  use,  respectively,  as  a  library, 
reading  room,  chapel,  and  school ;  sufficient  quantities  of  newspapers  and 
periodicals,  schoolbooks,  stationery  and  school  material  for  the  use  of 
enlisted  men ;  whether  the  newspapers,  periodicals,  and  schoolbooks  are 
solely  used  by  enlisted  men  ;  whether  the  library  rooms  are  used  at  all  by 
officers,  and,  if  so,  whether  it  interferes  with  their  use  by  enlisted  men ;  the 
attendance  and  progress  of  pupils  and  the  system  of  instruction. 

10.  System  of  messing,  sufficiency,  variety  and  preparation  of  food. 

11.  Whether  labor  of  the  supply  departments  is  performed  by  troops  or 
civilians ;  if  by  the  latter,  their  number,  cost  attending  and  reasons  for  their 
employment  and  kind  of  labor  performed  by  them. 

12.  Means  of  transportation  and  its  condition ;  training,  grooming,  shoe- 
ing, suitability,  veterinary  treatment  and  condition  of  public  animals,  and 
number  unserviceable. 

13.  Condition  of  all  public  property,  and  whether  used  for  private  pur- 
poses ;  whether  buildings  and  property  are  properly  secured  against  fire, 
theft  and  damage. 

14.  Whether  sales  of  subsistence  stores  are  made  to  enlisted  men  accord- 
ing to  regulations ;  whether  there  are  damaged  stores,  and  if  so,  in  what 
quantities  and  how  damage  was  caused. 

15.  Water  supply,  facilities  for  laundry  work,  bathing  and  swimming, 
system  and  condition  of  sewerage  and  drainage,  and  means  of  extinguishing 
fire. 

16.  Management  and  success  of  post  exchange,  and  whether  properly 
supplied  and  conducted  according  to  regulations ;  extent,  necessity  for,  and 
kind  of  gardens,  success  attending,  and  number  of  men  employed  therein. 

17.  Management  and  application  of  the  regimental,  bakery,  company,  and 
mess  funds,  and  whether  the  provisions  of  Articles  XXXIV  and  XXXV  are 
complied  with. 

18.  Whether  regimental,  post,  and  company  books,  papers  and  files,  and 
those  of  the  post  staff  departments,  including  chaplain's  register,  are  prop- 
erly kept,  and  the  prescribed  rolls  and  returns  are  properly  prepared  and 
promptly  forwarded. 

19.  Condition  of  post  cemetery  and  its  records. 

20.  Efficiency  of  hospital  corps  and  company  bearers  in  ambulance  and 
litter-bearers'  drill,  and  methods  of  rendering  first  aid  to  the  wounded. 

875.  On  completion  of  an  inspection  of  a  post  or  other  command  of  troops 
onder  department  supervision,  the  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector- 
general  will  furnish  its  commanding  officer  a  written  statement  of  all 


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irregularities  and  deficiencies  observed,  which  will  be  kept  on  file  for  the 
information  of  commanding  officers  and  inspectors.  The  commanding  offi- 
cer will,  as  soon  as  practicable,  submit  to  the  department  commander  a  copy 
of  this  statement,  with  a  report  showing  what  remedies  he  has  applied  or 
will  apply  to  correct  each  of  the  irregularities  or  defects  found,  and  will 
recommend  the  proper  action  with  regard  to  those  that  he  has  not  power  or 
authority  to  remedy.  At  stations  not  under  the  supervision  of  department 
commanders,  inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will  furnish 
like  statements,  and  commanding  officers  will  forward  copies  with  reports 
to  the  authority  that  ordered  the  inspection. 

DISBURSEMENTS  AND  ACCOUNTS. 

876.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will  inquire  as  to 
the  necessity,  economy  and  propriety  of  all  disbursements,  their  strict  con- 
formity to  the  law  appropriating  the  money,  and  whether  the  disbursing 
officers  comply  with  the  law  in  keeping  their  accounts  and  making  their 
deposits.    A  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditures  and  of  the  distribution 
of  funds,  with  a  list  of  outstanding  checks,  on  forms  furnished  by  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  will  be  submitted  by  the  disbursing  officer 
to  the  inspector,  who  should  immediately  transmit  the  list  of  outstanding 
checks  to  the  several  depositories.    Upon  return  from  a  depository,  balances 
will  be  verified  and  noted  on  the  inspection  report,  which  will  then  be 
forwarded  to  the  Inspector-General.     The  list  of  outstanding  checks  will 
be  retained  by  the  inspector,  and  a  copy,  with  indorsements  thereon,  sent  to 
the  Inspector-General. 

877.  When  an  officer  ceases  to  act  as  a  disbursing  officer  he  will  submit 
to  the  officer  to  whom  the  inspection  of  his  accounts  has  been  assigned 
a  statement  of  his  money  accounts  from  date  of  last  inspection  to  and 
including  the  closing  of  his  p,ccounts,  with  a  list  of  outstanding  checks. 
If  an  inspection  be  impracticable,  the  statement  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army. 

PROPERTY  FOR  CONDEMNATION. 

878.  Inspections  having  in  view  the  condemnation  of  property  will  be 
made  by  inspectors-general,  acting  inspectors-general,  or  officers  specially 
designated  by  the  commander  of  a  department,  the  commander  of  an  army 
in  the  field,  or  higher  authority.    Officers  designated  for  the  foregoing  pur- 
pose shall  not  be  in  any  way  connected  with  the  staff  department,  corps, 
post,  or  particular  organization  to  which  the  property  to  be  inspected  per- 
tains, except  in  case  of  unserviceable  public  animals  or  of  small  quantities 
of  rapidly  deteriorating  subsistence  stores,  unfit  for  sale  or  issue  to  troops 
but  not  worthless,  if  delay  would  entail  loss  to  the  Government.. 

879.  Officers  will  prepare  and  sign  in  triplicate,  on  blank  forms  furnished 
by  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  inventories  of  public  property  requir- 
ing inspection,  and  present  them,  with  the  property,  to  the  inspector-general 
or  acting  inspector-general  at  the  time  of  his  annual  visit.    In  the  case  of 
rapidly  deteriorating  subsistence  stores  or  of  unserviceable  public  animals, 
such  inventories  will  be  prepared  when  necessary,  and  unless  the  time  of  the 
annual  visit  of  an  inspector  be  near  at  hand,  one  copy  will  be  forwarded  to 


124  INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

the  commander  of  the  department  or  army  in  the  field.  Public  animals  will 
be  inventoried  singly,  with  a  brief  description  of  color,  sex,  age,  and  dis- 
tinguishing marks. 

880.  As  far  as  practicable,  inventories  of  unserviceable  property  will 
state  the  cost  of  the  articles,  and  in  case  of  damaged  or  inferior  stores  the 
depot  whence  obtained,  the  marks  upon  them,  with  marks  on  original  pack- 
ages, and  names  of  contractors  and  inspectors. 

881.  For  inspection  the  property  will  be  arranged  in  the  order  of  enu- 
meration in  the  inventory,  every  article  will  be  examined  by  the  inspector, 
and  the  officer  responsible  will  accompany  him  and  be  prepared  to  give  all 
necessary  information  in  regard  to  it. 

882.  Inspectors  will  examine  all  property  properly  presented  for  condem- 
nation.   When  all  property  presented  has  been  destroyed  in  the  presence 
of  the  inspector,  one  inventory  will  be  forwarded  by  the  inspecting  officer 
through  department  headquarters  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army  and 
the  others  will  be  delivered  to  the  accountable  officer.    In  cases  in  which  the 
inspector  recommends  the  sale  of  any  property  or  its  transfer  to  depots,  he 
will  forward  all  the  inventories  to  department  headquarters,  and  if /he 
inspector's  action  is  approved  by  the  department  commander,  except  as 
provided  in  paragraphs  1525  and  1526,  two  will  be  returned  to  the  account- 
able officer  and  the  other  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
to  be  transmitted  to  the  Inspector-Genera1  of  the  Army,  and,  in  similar 
cases,  when  the  accountable  officer  is  not  serving  under  the  department 
commander  and  all  the  property  has  been  destroyed  in  the  presence  of  the 
inspector,  one  copy  of  the  inventory  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Inspector-Gen- 
eral of  the  Army  and  two  to  the  accountable  officer,  or  if  sale  or  transfer 
of  the  property  is  recommended,  the  inspecting  officer  will  forward  all  the 
inventories  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  who  will  forward  them 
to  the  Secretary  of  War,  through  the  chief  of  bureau  concerned ;  one  copy 
will  be  returned  to  the  Inspector-General  and  two  to  the  accountable  officer. 

883.  Inspectors  will  exercise  great  care  in  examining  property  submitted 
to  them  for  condemnation,  and  in  making  recommendations  regarding  its 
disposition.    Articles  "to  be  continued  in  service"  are  such  as  are  still 
serviceable.    Those  "to  be  dropped"  from  the  returns  are  such  as  can  not 
be  sold  at  the  post  and  are  not  worth  cost  of  transportation  to  an  arsenal  or 
depot  for  repair.    If  worthless,  they  must  be  so  far  destroyed  as  to  prevent 
any  possibility  of  future  presentation.    Such  articles  as  can  not  be  destroyed 
will,  when  practicable,  be  marked  "I.  C."  (inspected — condemned),  or  will 
be  broken  up  and  the  serviceable  parts  retained.     Condemned  animals  will 
be  branded  "I.  C."  on  the  neck  under  the  mane.    Should  the  inspector's 
recommendation  be  disapproved  in  regard  to  articles  marked  "I.  C.,"  the 
marks  will  be  canceled  and  a  certificate  of  the  fact  given  to  the  responsible 
officer.    Suitable  brands  and  stencils  will  be  kept  for  use  of  inspectors  at 
posts  and  depots.    Articles  "to  be  sold  at  post "  are  such  as  are  of  no  further 
public  use,  or  not  worth  cost  of  transportation  to  a  depot.    Those  "to  be 
turned  into  depot"  are  such  as  can  not  be  repaired  at  the  post,  and  are 
worth  cost  of  transportation. 

884.  Public  property  in  use  will  not  be  reported  as  unserviceable,  nor 
condemned  by  an  inspector  merely  because  worn  or  shabby  in  appearance, 
when  really  strong  and  serviceable. 


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885.  Great  care  will  be  taken  to  prevent  property  once  condemned  and 
ordered  dropped  from  the  returns  from  being  again  presented  for  inspection. 
When  public  property  is  presented  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation  the 
officer  responsible  will  certify  on  the  inventory  that  the  property  has  not 
been  previously  condemned. 

886.  Inspectors  will,  when  practicable,  cause  the  destruction  in  their 
presence  of  all  property  found  to  be  worthless  and  which  is  without  money 
value  at  or  near  the  place  of  inspection,  and  will  state  in  their  reports  that 
*'  the  articles  recommended  to  be  destroyed  have  no  money  value  at  or  near 
the  post."    The  action  of  an  inspector  on  property  of  this  character  will  be 
final,  and  his  report  will  be  a  valid  voucher  for  the  responsible  officer. 
When  property  thus  condemned  is  not  destroyed  in  the  presence  of  the 
inspector  the  responsible  officer  will  certify  to  the  fact  of  subsequent 
destruction  in  his  presence. 

887.  An  inspection  report  on  damaged  clothing  will  set  forth  the  amount 
of  damage  to  each  article  ;  also  a  list  of  such  articles  as  are  fit  for  issue  to 
prisoners,  or,  at  reduced  prices,  to  enlisted  men  willing  to  receive  them. 

888.  Department  commanders,  the  commander  of  an  army  in  the  field, 
or  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  may  give  orders,  on  the  reports 
of  authorized  inspectors,  to  sell,  destroy,  or  make  such  other  disposition  of 
condemned  property  as  the  case  may  require,  except  the  sale  of  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  and  the  destruction  of  saddles  issued  by  the  Ordnance 
Department,  for  which  the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War  must  be  given. 
If  the  property  be  of  considerable  value,  and  there  be  good  reason  to  sup- 
pose that  it  can  be  more  advantageously  applied  or  disposed  of  elsewhere 
than  within  the  command,  the  matter  will  be  referred  to  the  War  Depart- 
ment through  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

889.  Orders  for  the  final  disposition  of  condemned  property  will  be 
indorsed  by  the  proper  authority  on  the  inspection  reports,  each  copy 
being  made  complete  in  itself.    One  will  be  forwarded,  through  military 
channels,  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  and  the  others  to  the 
accountable  officer,  who  will  forward  one,  or  suitable  extracts  therefrom > 
with  his  accounts,  and  file  the  other  with  his  retained  papers. 

ARTICLE  LXXIII. 

JUDGE- ADVOCATE-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

890.  The  Judge- Advocate-General's  Department  is  the  bureau  of  military 
justice.    The  Judge- Advocate-General  is  the  custodian  of  the  records  of  all 
general  courts-martial,  courts  of  inquiry,  and  military  commissions,  and  of 
all  papers  relating  to  the  title  of  lands  under  the  control  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment, except  the  Washington  Aqueduct  and  the  public  buildings  and 
grounds  in  the  District  of  Columbia.    The  officers  of  this  department  ren- 
der opinions  upon  legal  questions  when  called  upon  by  proper  authority. 

891.  The  judge-advocate  of  each  department,  or  the  officer  acting  as 
such,  will,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  August  31  of  each  year,  render  to 
the  Judge- Advocate-General  a  report  for  the  year  terminating  on  that  date, 
giving  the  number  and  character  of  cases  tried  by  courts-martial  in  the 
department  during  the  period.    This  report  will  separately  classify  the  trials 


126  ARREST   AND    CONFINEMENT. 

of  officers  and  enlisted  men,  and  show  whether  by  general,  garrison,  or 
summary  courts,  the  number  of  acquittals  in  each  class  and  the  number  of 
different  men  tried  by  inferior  courts,  and  contain  his  recommendations 
and  remarks  touching  the  administration  of  military  justice. 

892.  The  original  proceedings  of  all  general  courts-martial,  courts  of 
inquiry,  and  military  commissions,  with  the  decisions  and  orders  of  the 
reviewing  authorities  made  thereon,  and  the  proceedings  of  all  general 
courts-martial,  courts  of  inquiry,  and  military  commissions  which  require 
the  confirmation  of  the  President,  but  which  have  not  been  appointed  by 
him,  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Judge- Advocate-General.     One  copy  of 
the  order  promulgating  the  action  of  the  court,  and  a  copy  of  every  subse- 
quent order  affecting  the  case,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Judge- Advocate- 
General,  with  the  record  of  each  case.    When  more  than  one  case  is 
embraced  in  a  single  order,  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  will  be  forwarded 
to  enable  one  to  be  filed  with  each  record.     The  proceedings  of  all  courts 
and  military  commissions  appointed  by  the  President  will  be  sent  direct  to 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

893.  Judge-advocates  and  acting  judge-advocates  will  forward  to  the 
Judge- Advocate-General,  on  June  30  each  year,  with  the  reports  prescribed 
in  paragraph  197,  lists  of  the  law  books  for  which  they  are  responsible. 

894.  Applications  of  officers,  enlisted  men,  and  military  prisoners"  for 
copies  of  proceedings  of  general  courts-martial,  to  be  furnished  them  under 
the  114th  Article  of  War,  will,  when  received  by  post  or  other  commanders, 
be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Judge- Advocate-General. 

895.  Communications  relating  to  proceedings  of  military  courts  on  file 
in  the  Judge-Advocate-General's  Department  will  be  addressed  and  for- 
warded direct  by  department  commanders  to  the  Judge-Advocate-General. 
In  routine  matters,  the  Judge- Advocate-General  and  judge-advocates  may 
correspond  with  each  other  direct. 

896.  The  reports  which  the  Judge- Advocate-General  -nay  render  upon 
cases  received  by  him,  and  which  require  the  action  of  the  President,  will 
be  addressed  to  the  Secretary  of  War  and  will  be  forwarded,  through  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  for  such  remarks  and  recommendations 
as  he  may  see  fit  to  make. 

ARTICLE  LXXIV. 

ARREST  AND  CONFINEMENT. 

897.  Commanding  officers  only  have  power  to  place  officers  in  arrest, 
except  as  provided  in  the  24th  Article  of  War.     An  arrest  may  be  ordered 
by  the  commanding  officer,  in  person  or  through  his  staff  officer,  orally  or 
in  writing. 

898.  An  officer  arrested  will  repair  at  once  to  his  tent  or  quarters,  and 
there  remain  until  more  extended  limits  have  been  granted  by  the  command- 
ing officer,  on  written  application.    Close  confinement  will  not  be  enforced 
except  in  cases  of  a  serious  nature. 

899.  Officers  will  not  be  placed  in  arrest  for  light  offenses.     For  these 
the  censure  of  the  commanding  officer  will  generally  answer  the  purpose  of 
discipline.    Whenever  a  commanding  officer  places  an  officer  in  arrest  and 


ARREST   AND    CONFINEMENT.  127 

releases  him  without  preferring  charges,  he  will  make  a  written  report  of 
his  action  to  the  department  commander,  stating  the  cause.  The  depart- 
ment commander,  if  he  thinks  the  occasion  requires,  will  call  on  the  officer 
arrested  for  any  explanation  he  may  desire  to  make,  and  take  such  other 
action  as  he  may  think  necessary,  forwarding  the  papers  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  for  file  with  the  officer's  record,  or  for  further  action. 

900.  A  medical  officer,  charged  with  the  commission  of  an  offense,  need 
not  be  placed  in  arrest  until  the  court-martial  for  his  trial  convenes  if  the 
service  would  be  inconvenienced  thereby,  unless  the  charge  is  of  a  flagrant 
character. 

901.  An  officer  in  arrest  will  not  wear  a  sword  nor  visit  officially  his  com- 
manding or  other  superior  officer,  unless  directed  to  do  so.     His  applications 
and  requests  of  every  nature  will  be  made  in  writing. 

902.  On  the  march,  field  officers  and  noncommissioned  staff  officers  in 
arrest  will  follow  in  the  rear  of  their  respective  regiments,  and  company 
officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  in  arrest,  in  rear  of  their  respective 
companies,  unless  otherwise  specially  directed. 

903.  Enlisted  men  serving  sentences  of  confinement,  not  involving  dis- 
honorable discharge,  will  be  designated  "garrison  prisoners;"  those  sen- 
tenced to  dishonorable  discharge,  "general  prisoners." 

904.  Noncommissioned  officers  will  not  be  confined  at  the  guardhouse  in 
company  with  privates,  except  in  aggravated  cases  or  where  escape  is  feared, 
but  will  be  placed  in  arrest  in  their  barracks  or  quarters, 

9Of5.  Except  as  provided  in  the  24th  Article  of  War  or  when  restraint  is 
necessary,  no  soldier  will  be  confined  without  the  order  of  an  officer,  who 
shall  previously  inquire  into  his  offense. 

9O6.  The  arrest  of  a  noncommissioned  6fficer  or  the  confinement  of  a 
soldier  will,  as  soon  as  practicable,  be  reported  to  his  company  or  detach- 
ment commander  by  the  officer  authorizing  the  arrest. 

9O71.  Prisoners  awaiting  trial  by,  or  undergoing  sentence  of,  general 
court-martial,  and  those  confined  for  serious  offenses  will,  if  practicable, 
be  kept  apart  from  those  confined  by  sentence  of  an  inferior  court,  or  for 
minor  offenses.  Enlisted  men  awaiting  trial  or  awaiting  result  of  trial  will 
not  be  sent  to  work  with  garrison  or  general  prisoners  if  it  can  be  avoided, 
and  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  commanding  officer,  be  required  to  attend 
drills,  or  sent  to  work  under  charge  of  a  sentinel  during  the  usual  working 
hours.  General  prisoners  will  not  be  confined  with  other  prisoners  except 
in  cases  of  necessity. 

9O§.  All  persons  under  guard  without  written  charges  will  be  released 
by  the  old  officer  of  the  day  at  guard  mounting,  unless  specific  orders  to  the 
contrary  have  been  given  in  each  case  by  the  commanding  officer. 

9O9.  Prisoners  will  not  be  placed  in  irons  except  under  sentence  of  court- 
martial,  or  in  the  extraordinary  case  of  a  prisoner  who,  in  the  judgment  of 
the  commanding  officer,  is  a  desperate  or  dangerous  character,  and  in  each 
such  case  report  of  action  and  the  circumstances  will  be  immediately  made 
to  the  department  commander.  A  prisoner  may  be  shackled  or  handcuffed 
while  being  transported  from  one  post  to  another,  or  from  a  post  to  a  peni- 
tentiary when,  in  the  judgment  of  the  officer  in  charge,  the  escape  of  the 
prisoner  can  not  otherwise  be  prevented. 


128  ARREST   AND    CONFINEMENT. 

910.  The  Secretary  of  War  will  designate  certain  posts  as  places  where 
general  prisoners  sentenced  to  confinement  for  six  months  or  more  shall 
serve  their  sentences.    Special  rules  and  regulations  will  be  promulgated 
by  the  War  Department  to  govern  the  enforcement  of  discipline,  the  methods 
of  guarding,  and  the  treatment  of  these  prisoners,  also  the  measure  of  labor 
to  be  imposed  and  the  character  of  clothing  and  diet  to  be  furnished  them. 

911.  Prisoners  will  be  forwarded  from  places  where  tried  to  posts  at 
which  they  are  sentenced  to  serve  confinement  only  on  orders  of  department 
commanders  or  higher  authority.      The  strength  of  guards  to  accompany 
them  will  be  limited  to  the  necessities  of  safe  delivery.     The  commanding 
officer  of  a  post  from  which  a  prisoner  is  transferred  will  send  under  seal  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  where  the  sentence  of  confinement  is  to 
be  executed  the  following  papers  in  his  case,  viz :  Discharge  papers,  if  dis- 
charged, descriptive  list,  orders  promulgating  and  modifying  sentences, 
statement  of  conduct  while  under  sentence  to  date  of  transfer,  and  a  list  of 
clothing  in  possession  of  the  prisoner  when  forwarded. 

912.  All  serviceable  clothing  which  belongs  to  a  prisoner,  and  his  blan- 
kets, will  accompany  him  to  the  post  designated  for  his  confinement,  and  will 
bj  fully  itemized  on  the  clothing  list  mentioned  in  the  preceding  paragraph. 
The  guard  in  charge  of  the  prisoner  during  transfer  will  be  furnished  with 
a  duplicate  of  this  list  and  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  delivery  of  all 
articles  itemized  therein,  with  the  prisoner.    At  least  one  serviceable  woolen 
blanket  will  be  sent  with  every  such  prisoner  so  transferred. 

913.  The  personal  effects  of  military  prisoners  who  have  escaped  from 
confinement,  except  such  as  possess  some  special  value  as  keepsakes,  may  be 
disposed  of  by  sale  as  in  the  case  of  effects  of  deceased  soldiers,  and  the 
proceeds  thereof,  together  with  any  money  left  by  the  prisoner  in  the  hands 
of  the  company  commander,  be  turned  over  to  a  paymaster,  who  should 
account  for  the  same  in  the  manner  provided  for  paymasters'  collections. 
The  officer  will  take  the  paymaster's  receipt  for  the  amount  paid  him  and 
forward  the  same  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

914.  A  general  prisoner,  when  released  from  confinement  at  a  post,  will 
be  carefully  examined  and  a  record  of  all  marks,  scars  and  physical  peculi- 
arities made  by  a  medical  officer  on  the  outline  figure  card  used  in  the 
examination  of  recruits,  which  the  medical  officer  will  forward  direct  to 
the  Surgeon-General. 

915.  Prisoners  will  be  allowed  in  abatement  of  their  terms  of  confine- 
ment five  days  for  each  period  of  twenty-five  days  during  the  whole  of  which 
their  conduct  has  been  good ;  but  abatements  thus  earned  may  be  forfeited, 
either  in  whole  or  in  part,  by  subsequent  misconduct.     Such  forfeitures  are 
determined  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  where  a  prisoner  is  con- 
fined. 

916.  The  power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  punishment  imposed  by  a  court- 
martial,  vested  in  the  authority  which  confirms  the  proceedings,  extends  only 
to  unexecuted  portions  of  a  sentence,  and  continues  only  while  the  prisoner 
remains  under  the  jurisdiction  of  that  authority ;  the  fact  that  a  soldier  has 
been  dishonorably  discharged  through  his  sentence  does  not  affect  this 
power.    An  application  for  clemency  in  case  of  a  general  prisoner  sentenced 
to  confinement  in  a  penitentiary  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  the  action  of  the  President.    . 


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ARTICLE  LXXV. 
COURTS-MARTIAL. 

9 IT1.  The  order  appointing  a  court-martial  will  name  its  members  in 
order  of  rank,  and  they  will  sit  according  to  rank  as  announced.  A  deci- 
sion of  the  appointing  authority  as  to  the  number  that  can  be  assembled 
without  injury  to  the  service  is  conclusive. 

918.  The  place  of  holding  a  court  is  designated  by  the  authority  appoint- 
ing it.    Courts  will  be  assembled  at  posts  or  stations  where  trial  or  exami- 
nation will  be  attended  with  the  least  expense.    A  member  stationed  at  the 
place  where  it  sits  is  liable  to  duty  with  his  command  during  adjournment 
from  day  to  day.    Courts  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  hold  their  sessions  so  as 
to  interfere  least  with  ordinary  routine  duties,  and  when  necessary  for  the 
sake  of  immediate  example  it  will  be  ordered  to  sit  without  regard  to  hours. 

9 1 9.  A  president  of  the  court  will  not  be  announced.    The  officer  highest 
in  rank  present  will  act  as  president. 

9 2O.  A  court-martial  has  no  power  to  punish  its  members,  but  for  dis- 
orderly conduct  a  member  is  liable  as  for  other  offenses  against  military 
discipline.    Improper  words  used  by  him  should  be  taken  in  writing,  and 
any  disorderly  conduct  reported  to  the  appointing  authority. 

921.  When  a  court  sits  in  closed  session  the  judge-advocate  will  with- 
draw, and  when  legal  advice  or  assistance  is  required,  it  will  be  obtained  in 
open  court. 

922.  The  judge-advocate  will  summon  the  necessary  witnesses  for  the 
trial,  but  will  not  summon  witnesses  at  the  expense  of  the  Government 
without  the  order  of  the  court  unless  satisfied  that  their  testimony  is  mate- 
rial and  necessary. 

923.  Judge-advocates  of  military  courts,  in  issuing  process  under  section 
1202,  Revised  Statutes,  to  compel  the  attendance,  as  witnesses,  of  persons  not 
in  the  military  service,  will  formally  direct  the  same  to  an  officer  designated 
by  the  department  commander  to  execute  it.    The  nearest  military  com- 
mander will  furnish  the  necessary  military  force  for  the  execution  of  the 
process,  if  force  be  required.    A  subpoena  may  be  served  by  any  person. 

924.  Judge-advocates  of  courts-martial  will,  whenever  it  is  possible,  send 
subpoenas  through  military  channels. 

925.  An  officer  or  enlisted  man  who  receives  a  summons  to  attend  as  a 
witness  before  any  military  court,  board,  civil  court,  or  other  tribunal  com- 
petent to  issue  subpoenas,  which  is  sitting  beyond  the  limits  of  the  depart- 
ment where  he  is  serving,  will,  before  starting  to  obey  the  summons,  forward 
it  through  the  proper  channel  to  his  department  commander,  that  necessary 
orders,  or  authority  to  obey  a  civil  process,  may  be   given.    In    urgent 
cases,  or  when  the  public  interest  would  be  liable  to  suffer  by  delay,  a  post 
commander  may  authorize  immediate  departure,  reporting  his  action  and 
reasons  therefor  to  the  department  commander. 

926.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  where  a  general  court-martial  is 
convened  will,  at  the  request  of  any  prisoner  who  is  to  be  arraigned,  detail 
as  counsel  for  his  defense  a  suitable  officer,  one  not  directly  responsible  for 
the  discipline  of  an  organization  serving  thereat,  nor  acting  as  a  summary 
court.    If  there  be  no  such  officer  available  the  fact  will  be  reported  to  the 

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130  COURTS-MARTIAL. 

appointing  authority  for  action.  An  officer  so  detailed  should  perform  such 
duties  as  usually  devolve  upon  counsel  for  defendant  before  civil  courts 
in  criminal  cases.  As  such  counsel  he  should  guard  the  interests  of  the 
prisoner  by  all  honorable  and  legitimate  means  known  to  the  law. 

927.  Charges  against  an  enlisted  man  forwarded  to  the  authority  com- 
petent to  appoint  a  general  court  for  his  trial  will  be  accompanied  by  a 
statement  in  the  prescribed  form  setting  forth  the  dates  of  his  present  and 
former  enlistments,  the  character  upon  each  of  the  discharges  given  him, 
and  the  date  of  his  confinement  for  the  offenses  alleged  in  the  charges.  This 
statement  is  intended  simply  for  the  information  of  the  convening  authority, 
and  will  not  be  introduced  in  evidence  nor  made  a  part  of  the  record  of  the 
trial,  but  will  be  returned  to  the  convening  authority  with  the  record. 

92§.  Commanding  officers  will,  before  forwarding  charges,  personally 
investigate  them,  and,  by  indorsement  on  the  charges,  will  certify  that  they 
have  made  such  investigation,  and  whether,  in  their  opinion,  the  charges 
can  be  sustained. 

929.  In  every  case  where  evidence  of  previous  convictions  is  admissible, 
and  the  accused  is  convicted  of  the  offense,  the  court,  after  determining 
its  findings  and  before  awarding  sentence,  will  be  opened  for  the  purpose 
of  ascertaining  whether  there  be  such  evidence ;  and  if  so,  of  hearing  it. 
These  convictions  must  be  proved  by  extracts  from,  the  records  of  previous 
trials,  or  by  duly  authenticated  orders  promulgating  the  same.     The  proper 
evidence  of  previous  convictions  by  summary  court  is  the  copy  of  the  sum- 
mary court  record  furnished  to  company  and  other  commanders,  as  required 
by  paragraph  932,  or  one  furnished  for  the  purpose,  and  certified  to  be  a  true 
copy  by  the  post  commander  or  adjutant.    When  the  proof  produced  is  the 
copy  furnished  to  the  company  or  other  commander,  it  will  be  returned 
to  him  and  a  copy  of  it  attached  to  the  record  of  the  general,  regimental, 
or  garrison  court  trying  the  case.     Charges  forwarded  to  the  authority 
ordering  a  general  court,  or  submitted  to  a  summary,  garrison,  or  regimental 
court,  must  be  accompanied  by  the  proper  evidence  of  previous  convictions, 
when  such  evidence  is  admissible. 

930.  Commanding  officers  are  not  required  to  bring  every  dereliction  of 
duty  before  a  court  for  trial,  but  will  endeavor  to  prevent  their  recurrence 
by  admonitions,  withholding  of  privileges,  and  taking  such  steps  as  may  be 
necessary  to  enforce  their  orders. 

931.  Noncommissioned  officers  above  the  rank  of  corporal  will  not,  if 
they  object  thereto,  be  brought  to  trial  before  regimental,  garrison,  or  sum- 
mary courts-martial,  without  the  authority  of  the  officer  competent  to  order 
their  trial  by  general  court-martial ;  nor  will  sergeants  of  the  post  non- 
commissioned staff  or  hospital  stewards  be  reduced,  but  they  may  be  dis- 
honorably discharged  whenever  reduction  is  included  in  the  limit  of  pun- 
ishment. 

932.  Charges  preferred  for  offenses  cognizable  by  inferior  courts  will 
be  laid  before  the  post  commander,  who,  if  he  thinks  that  the  accused 
should  be  tried,  will  cause  him  to  be  brought  before  the  summary  court, 
where  he  will  be  arraigned  and  allowed  to  plead  according  to  prevailing 
court-martial  practice.    If  an  accused  neither  demands  a  removal  of  his  case 
to  a  regimental  or  garrison  court,  nor  (he  being  a  noncommissioned  officer 
above  the  grade  of  corporal)  objects  to  trial  by  an  inferior  court,  nor  pleads 
guilty,  and  the  summary  court  officer  is  not  the  accuser,  witnesses  will  b« 


COURTS-MARTIAL.  131 

sworn  and  evidence  received — the  accused  being  permitted  to  testify  in  his 
own  behalf  and  make  a  statement ;  but  the  evidence  and  statement  will  not 
be  recorded.  The  summary  court,  as  soon  as  trial  is  concluded,  will  record 
its  findings  and  sentence  in  the  prescribed  record  book  and  submit  it  to  the 
post  commander,  who  will  record  therein  his  approval  or  disapproval,  in 
part  or  whole,  with  date  and  signature.  Should  the  post  commander  be  the 
summary  court,  the  findings  and  sentence  will  be  recorded  in  like  manner. 
No  other  record  of  the  proceedings  will  be  kept,  and  such  trials  will  not  be 
published  in  orders.  Post  commanders  will  furnish  company  and  other 
commanders  with  copies  of  the  summary  court  record  relating  to  men  of 
their  commands,  said  copies  to  be  certified  to  be  true  copies  by  the  post 
commander  or  adjutant. 

933.  When  a  post  commander  sits  as  a  summary  court,  no  approval  of 
the  sentence  is  required  by  law,  but  he  should  sign  the  sentence  as  post 
commander  and  date  his  signature. 

934.  Charges  submitted  for  trial  by  a  summary  court  should  be  accom- 
panied by  evidence  of  previous  convictions,  to  be  furnished  when  practicable 
by  the  officer  preferring  the  charges ;  or  if  the  evidence  is  contained  in  the 
summary  court  record  book,  a  reference  to  it  will  be  sufficient.    If  this  evi- 
dence is  not  submitted  or  cited,  the  summary  court  may  take  judicial  notice 
of  any  such  evidence  which  that  book  contains. 

935.  The  summary  court  will  be  opened  at  a  stated  hour  every  morn- 
ing except  Sunday,  for  the  trial  of  such  cases  as  may  properly  be  brought 
before  it.    Trials  will  be  had  on  Sunday  only  when  the  exigencies  of  the 
service  make  it  necessary.    The  commanding  officer,  and  not  the  court, 
will  determine  when  and  what  cases  shall  be  brought  before  it.    Delay 
in  the  trial  of  a  soldier  by  summary  court  does  not  invalidate  the  proceed- 
ings, but  may  be  considered  by  the  court  in  awarding  sentence. 

936.  Summary  courts  are  subject  to  the  restrictions  named  in  the  83d 
Article  of  War.    Soldiers  against  whom  charges  may  be  preferred  for  trial 
by  summary  court  will  not  be  confined  in  the  guardhouse,  but  will  be  placed 
in  arrest  in  quarters,  before  and  during  trial  and  while  awaiting  sentence, 
except  when  in  particular  cases  restraint  may  be  necessary. 

937.  Whenever,  under  the  provisions  of  the  summary  court  act,  it  becomes 
necessary  to  convene  a  garrison  or  regimental  court,  the  order  appointing 
it  will  state  the  fact  that  brings  the  case  within  the  exceptions  of  the  law. 

938.  Whenever  by  any  of  the  Articles  of  War  punishment  is  left  to  the 
discretion  of  the  court,  it  shall  not,  in  time  of  peace,  be  in  excess  of  a  limit 
which  the  President  may  prescribe.    The  limits  so  prescribed  are  set  forth 
in  the  Manual  for  Courts-Martial,  published  by  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War. 

939.  Sentences  imposing  tours  of  guard  duty  are  forbidden. 

940.  When  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial  prescribes  imprisonment,  the 
court  will  state  therein  whether  the  prisoner  shall  be  confined  in  a  peniten- 
tiary or  at  a  post,  being  guided  in  its  determination  by  the  97th  Article  of 
War. 

941.  General  courts-martial  may  sentence  soldiers  to  confinement  in  a 
penitentiary  for  offenses  which  are  thus  punishable  by  some  statute  of  the 
United  States  or  by  a  statute  or  the  common  law  of  the  State,  Territory,  or 
District  in  which  the  offenses  are  committed.    Department  commanders  will 


1 32  COURTS-MARTIAL. 

designate  the  United  States  Penitentiary  at  Fort  Leaven  worth,  Kansas,  as 
the  place  of  execution  of  such  sentences,  in  cases  in  which  the  term  of  con- 
finement imposed  is  more  than  one  year.  If  any  State  or  Territory  within  a 
military  department  has  made  provision  by  law  for  the  confinement  of  such 
prisoners  in  its  penitentiaries,  the  department  commander,  with  the  approval 
of  the  Secretary  of  War,  may  designate  one  as  the  place  of  execution  of 
sentence. 

942.  When  the  court  has  sentenced  a  prisoner  to  confinement  at  a  post, 
no  power  is  competent  to  increase  the  punishment  by  designating  a  peniten- 
tiary as  the  place  of  confinement. 

943.  When  a  sentence  of  confinement  or  forfeiture  is  in  excess  of  the 
legal  limit,  the  part  within  the  limit  is  legal  and  may  be  executed. 

944.  When  the  date  for  the  commencement  of  a  term  of  confinement 
imposed  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial  is  not  expressly  fixed  by  the  sentence, 
the  term  of  confinement  begins  on  the  date  of  the  order  promulgating  it. 
The  sentence  is  continuous  until  the  term  expires,  except  when  the  person 
sentenced  is  absent  without  authority. 

945.  The  order  promulgating  the  proceedings  of  a  court  and  the  action 
of  the  reviewing  authority  will,  when  practicable,  be  of  the  same  date. 
When  this  is  not  practicable,  the  order  will  give  the  date  of  the  action  of  the 
reviewing  authority  as  the  date  of  the  beginning  of  the  sentence.    This  does 
not  apply  to  sentences  of  forfeiture  of  all  pay  and  allowances.    A  soldier 
awaiting  result  of  trial  will  not  be  paid  before  the  result  is  known. 

946.  The  authority  which  has  designated  the  place  of  confinement,  or 
higher  authority,  may  change  the  place  of  confinement  of  any  prisoner 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  such  authority. 

94 7.  A  sentence  to  confinement,  with  or  without  forfeiture  of  pay,  can 
not  become  operative  prior  to  the  date  of  confirmation.    If  it  be  proper  to* 
take  into  consideration  the  length  of  confinement  to  which  the  prisoner  has 
been  subjected  previous  to  such  confirmation,  it  may  be  done  by  mitigation 
of  sentence. 

948.  When  soldiers  awaiting  result  of  trial  or  undergoing  sentence  com- 
mit offenses  for  which  they  are  tried,  the  second  sentence  will  be  executed 
upon  the  expiration  of  the  first. 

949.  A  sentence  adjudging  a  dishonorable  discharge,  to  take  effect  at 
such  period  during  a  term  of  confinement  as  may  be  designated  by  the 
reviewing  authority,  is  illegal. 

950.  The  time  at  which  a  dishonorable  discharge  is  to  take  effect,  as 
fixed  by  a  sentence,  can  not  be  postponed  by  the  reviewing  officer. 

951.  When  a  sentence  imposes  forfeiture  of  pay,  or  of  a  stated  portion 
thereof,  for  a  certain  number  of  months,  it  stops  for  each  of  those  months 
the  amount  stated.     Thus:   "Ten  dollars  of  monthly  pay  for  one  year" 
would  be  a  stoppage  of  $120.     When  the  sentence  is  silent  as  to  the  date  of 
commencement  of  forfeiture  of  pay,  the  forfeiture  will  begin  at  the  date  of 
promulgation  of  the  sentence  in  orders,  and  will  not  apply  to  pay  which 
accrued  previous  to  that  date. 


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952.  An  order  remitting  a  forfeiture  of  pay  operates  only  on  the  pay  to 
become  due  subsequent  to  the  date  of  the  order. 

953.  Notwithstanding  a  sentence  contemplates  payment  of  a  stated  sum 
to  a  soldier  upon  his  release  from  confinement,  it  can  not  be  made  unless 
there  is  a  sufficient  balance  to  his  credit  after  all  authorized  stoppages  are 
deducted. 

954.  Every  court-martial  will  keep  a  complete  and  accurate  record  of  its 
proceedings,  which  will  be  authenticated  in  each  case  by  the  signatures  of 
the  president  and  judge-advocate,  the  latter  affixing  his  signature  to  each 
day's  proceedings. 

955.  The  judge-advocate  will  transmit  the  proceedings  without  delay  to 
the  officer  having  authority  to  confirm  the  sentence,  who  will  state  at  the 
end  of  the  proceedings  in  each  case  his  decision  and  orders. 

956.  The  complete  proceedings  of  a  garrison  or  regimental  court  will  be 
transmitted  without  delay  by  the  post  or  regimental  commander  to  depart- 
ment headquarters. 

957.  When  the  record  of  a  court  exhibits  error  in  preparation,  or  seem- 
ingly erroneous  conclusions,  the  reviewing  authority  may  reconvene  the 
court  for  a  reconsideration  of  its  action,  pointing  out  defects.     Should 
the  court  concur  in  the  views  submitted,  it  will  proceed  by  amendment  to 
correct  its  errors,  and  may  modify  or  completely  change  its  findings.     A 
reopening  of  the  case,  by  calling  or  recalling-  witnesses,  is  illegal. 

958.  The  employment  of  a  stenographic  reporter,  under  section  1203, 
Revised  Statutes,  is  authorized  for  general  courts  only,  and  in  cases  where 
the  convening  authority  considers  it  necessary.     The  convening  authority 
may  also,  when  necessary,  authorize  the  detail  of  an  enlisted  man  to  assist 
the  judge-advocate  of  a  general  court  in  preparing  the  record. 

959.  When  a  reporter  is  employed  under  section  1203,  Revised  Statutes, 
he  will  be  paid  not  to  exceed  $10  a  day  during  the  whole  period  of  absence 
from  his  residence,  traveling  or  on  duty,  which  shall  be  in  full  for  taking 
and  transcribing  all  notes,  making  such  number  of  copies  to  be  made  at  one 
writing  as  the  judge-advocate  may  require,  and,  unless  otherwise  specially 
ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  full  for  all  services  rendered  and  expenses 
incurred  by  the  reporter.    In  special  cases,  when  authorized  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  stenographic  reporters  may  be  employed  at  rates  not  exceeding 
25  cents  per  folio  (one  hundred  words)  for  taking  and  transcribing  the  notes 
in  shorthand,  or  10  cents  per  folio  for  other  notes,  exhibits,  and  appendices. 
Reporters  will  be  paid  by  the  Pay  Department  on  the  certificate  of  the 
judge-advocate. 

960.  No  person  in  the  military  or  civil  service  of  the  Q-overnment  can 
lawfully  receive  extra  compensation  for  clerical  duties  performed  for  a 
military  court. 

961 .  Interpreters  to  courts-martial  are  paid  by  the  Pay  Department  upon 
the  certificate  of  the  judge-advocate  that  they  were  employed  by  order  of 
the   court.     They  will  be   allowed  the  pay  and  allowances  of  civilian 
witnesses. 


134  CIVILIAN   WITNESSES — CIVIL   COUNSEL. 

ARTICLE    LXXVI. 

CIVILIAN  WITNESSES. 

962.  Civilians  in  the  employ  of  the  Government  when  traveling  upon 
summons  as  witnesses  before  military  courts  are  entitled  to  transportation 
in  kind  from  their  place  of  residence  to  the  place  where  the  court  is  in  ses- 
sion and  return.     If  no  transportation  be  furnished  they  are  entitled  to 
reimbursement  of  the  cost  of  travel  actually  performed  by  the  shortest 
usually  traveled  route,  including  transfers  to  and  from  railway  stations,  at 
rates  not  exceeding  50  cents  for  each  transfer,  and  the  cost  of  a  double  berth 
in  a  sleeping  car  or  steamer  when  an  extra  charge  is  made  therefor.    They 
are  also  entitled  to  reimbursement  of  the  actual  cost  of  meals  and  rooms  at 
a  rate  not  exceeding  $3  per  day  for  each  day  actually  and  unavoidably  con- 
sumed in  travel  or  in  attendance  upon  the  court  under  the  order  or  sum- 
mons.    No  allowance  will  be  made  to  them  when  attendance  upon  court 
does  not  require  them  to  leave  their  stations. 

963.  A  civilian  not  in  Government  employ  duly  summoned  to  appear  as 
a  witness  before  a  military  court  will  receive  $1.50  for  each  day  actually 
and  unavoidably  consumed  in  travel  or  in  attendance  upon  the  court  under 
the  summons,  and  5  cents  a  mile  for  going  from  his  place  of  residence  to 
the  place  of  trial  or  hearing  and  5  cents  a  mile  for  returning.     Civilian 
witnesses  will  be  paid  by  the  Pay  Department. 

964.  The  charges  for  return  journeys  of  witnesses  will  be  made  upon 
the  basis  of  the  actual  charges  allowed  for  travel  to  the  court,  and  the  entire 
account  thus  completed  will  be  paid  upon  discharge  from  attendance,  with- 
out waiting  for  completion  of  return  travel. 

965.  The  items  of  expenditure  authorized  in  paragraphs  962  and  963  will 
be  set  forth  in  detail  and  made  a  part  of  each  voucher  for  reimbursement. 
No  other  items  will  be  allowed.    The  correctness  of  the  items  will  be  attested 
by  the  affidavit  of  the  witness,  to  be  made  when  practicable  before  the  judge- 
advocate,  and  the  voucher  will  be  accompanied  by  the  original  summons  or 
a  duly  certified  copy  thereof.     The  certificate  of  the  judge-advocate  will  be 
evidence  of  the  fact  and  period  of  attendance,  and  will  be  made  upon  the 
voucher. 

966.  Compensation  to  civilians  in  or  out  of  Government  employ  for 
attendance  upon  civil  courts  is  payable  by  the  civil  authorities. 

ARTICLE   LXXVII. 

EMPLOYMENT  OF  CIVIL  COUNSEL.    HABEAS  CORPUS. 

967.  The  employment  of  counsel  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States  is 
under  the  direction  of  the  Department  of  Justice. 

96 8.  When  a  necessity  arises  for  an  attorney  or  counselor  to  defend  or 
advise  officers  and  others  connected  with  the  military  service  in  cases  con- 
nected with  their  public  duties,  request,  with  report  of  the  facts,  will  be 
made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  through  the  regular  military 
channels,  but  in  cases  which  will  not  admit  of  delay  the  request  may  be 
sent  direct.     The  Adjutant-General  will  promptly  submit  all  such  requests 
to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  reference  to  the  Department  of  Justice.    Officers 


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and  others  in  the  military  service  employing  an  attorney  or  counselor  with- 
out being  specially  authorized  to  do  so  will  be  required  to  pay  the  expenses 
attendant  upon  such  employment. 

969.  Officers  will  make  respectful  returns  in  writing  to  all  writs  of 
habeas  corpus  served  on  them.     When  the  writ  is  issued  by  a  State  authority;, 
and  the  person  held  by  the  Army  officer  is  a  civilian  who  has  been  apprehended 
under  a  warrant  of  attachment  to  be  taken  before  a  court-martial  to  testify 
as  a  witness,  the  officer  will  not  produce  the  body,  but  will,  by  his  return, 
set  forth  fully  the  authority  by  which  he  holds  the  person,  and  allege  that 
the  State  authority  is  without  jurisdiction  to  issue  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus, 
and  ask  to  have  the  same  dismissed.     He  will  also  exhibit  to  the  court  or 
officer  issuing  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus  the  warrant  of  attachment  and  the 
subpoena  (and  the  proof  of  the  service  of  the  subpoena)  on  which  the  war- 
rant of  attachment  was  based,  and  also  a  certified  copy  of  the  order  con- 
vening the  court-martial  before  which  he  had  been  commanded  to  take  the 
person. 

970.  Should  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  issued  by  a  State  court  or  judge  be 
served  upon  an  Army  officer  commanding  him  to  produce  an  enlisted  man 
or  show  cause  for  his  detention,  the  officer  will  decline  to  produce  in  court 
the  body  of  the  person  named  in  the  writ,  but  will  make  respectful  return 
in  writing  to  the  effect  that  the  man  is  a  duly  enlisted  soldier  .of  the  United 
States,  and  that  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  has  decided  that  a 
magistrate  or  court  of  a  State  has  no  jurisdiction  in  such  a  case. 

971.  A  writ  of  habeas  corpus  issued  by  a  United  States  court  or  judge 
will  be   promptly  complied  with.      The  person    alleged   to   be  illegally 
restrained  of  his  liberty  will  be  taken  before  the  court  from  which  the  writ 
has  issued,  and  a  return  made  setting  forth  the  reasons  for  his  restraint. 
The  officer  uoon  whom  such  a  writ  is  served  will  at  once  report  the  fact  of 
such  service  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  by  telegraph. 

ARTICLE   LXXVIII. 

QUARTERMASTER'S  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE. — Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  prepared 
and  published  under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers 
by  the  Quartermaster-General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general 
in  their  nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL  DUTIES. 

97ti.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  pro- 
viding means  of  transportation  of  every  character,  either  under  contract  or 
in  kind,  which  may  be  needed  in  the  movement  of  troops  and  material  of 
war.  It  furnishes  all  public  animals  employed  in  the  service  of  the  Army, 
the  forage  consumed  by  them,  wagons  and  all  articles  necessary  for  their 
use,  except  the  equipment  of  cavalry  and  artillery.  It  furnishes  clothing, 
camp  and  garrison  equipage,  barracks,  storehouses  and  other  buildings ; 
constructs  and  repairs  roads,  railways,  bridges  ;  builds  and  charters  ships, 
boats,  docks  and  wharves  needed  for  military  purposes,  and  attends  to  all 
matters  connected  with  military  operations  which  are  not  expressly  assigned 
to  some  other  bureau  of  the  War  Department. 


136  BARRACKS  AND  QUARTERS. 

973.  Subsistence,  ordnance,  signal,  medical  and  hospital  stores  are  pro- 
cured and  issued  by  other  bureaus  of  the  War  Department,  but  the  Quar- 
termaster's Department  transports  them  to  the  place  of  issue  and  provides 
storehouses  for  their  preservation  until  consumed. 

974.  General  depots  for  the  collection,  manufacture  and  preservation  of 
quartermaster's  stores  until  required  for  distribution  are  under  the  imme- 
diate control  of  the  Quartermaster-General. 

975.  Officers  serving  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department  will  make 
monthly  estimates  for  funds,  unless  otherwise  authorized,  and  only  for  such 
amounts  as  are  required  for  payment  of  accounts  within  the  periods  esti- 
mated for.     Estimates  will  show  in  detail  the  amounts  required  to  cover  all 
authorized  expenditures,  and  the  purposes  for  which  needed.     Quarter- 
masters will  submit  their  estimates  to  their  immediate  commanding  officers; 
who,  after  action  thereon,  will  forward  them  to  the  adjutant-general  of  the 
department;  he  will  refer  them  to  the  chief  quartermaster  who,  after  con- 
sideration and  revision,  will  consolidate  and  submit  them  to  the  department 
commander  for  approval ;  thereafter  the  chief  quartermaster  will  forward 
them  to  the  Quartermaster-General.     Quartermasters  at  general  depots  and 
independent  posts  will  forward  estimates  of  funds  to  the  Quartermaster- 
General  direct. 

BARRACKS  AND  QUARTERS. 

976.  When  buildings  are  about  to  be  occupied,  allotted,  or  vacated,  an 
inspection  of  them  will  be  made  by  the  quartermaster,  who  will  make  and 
file  a  statement  of  their  condition,  reporting  to  the  commanding  officer  any 
damage  apparently  due  to  carelessness  or  neglect.    Damages  will  be  promptly 
repaired  if  possible. 

977.  Neglect  by  any  officer  or  soldier  to  take  proper  care  of  rooms  or  fur- 
niture used  by  him  is  a  military  offense.     In  case  of  damage,  such  officer  or 
soldier  may  be  allowed  to  pay  cost  of  necessary  repairs  if  the  commanding 
officer  deem  such  payment  sufficient.     Commanding  officers  will  report, 
through  prescribed  channels,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  their 
proceedings  in  all  cases  under  this  regulation. 

97 8.  An  annual  inspection  of  the  public  buildings  at  every  post  will  be 
made  on  the  1st  day  of  March  by  the  commanding  officer  and  quarter- 
master.   Whenever  March  1  falls  on  Sunday,  the  inspection  will  be  made 
on  the  following  day.     Immediately  after  the  inspection  the  quartermaster 
will  submit  a  report,  upon  the  form  prescribed  for  that  purpose,  giving  a 
description  and  showing  the  condition  and  capacity  of  each  building,  the 
character  and  extent  of  any  additions,  alterations  and  repairs  made  upon 
it  during  the  preceding  year  and  cost  of  same,  also  repairs  needed,  with 
estimates  therefor.    Estimates  for  heating  or  plumbing  will  be  made  sepa- 
rately.   Separate  plans,  specifications  and  estimates  in  detail  for  additions 
and  alterations  will  be  submitted  with  the  report.    If  new  buildings  are 
required,  the  necessity  will  be  fully  stated,  and,  if  authorized  by  the  War 
Department,  plans  and  specifications  will  be  prepared  in  the  Quartermaster- 
General's  Office.     The  commanding  officer  will  carefully  examine  the  report 
and  estimates,  and  forward  them,  with  an  expression  of  his  views,  for  the 
Quartermaster-General. 

979.  When  private  buildings  occupied  as  barracks  or  quarters,  or  lands 
occupied  as  encampments,  are  vacated,  the  commanding  officer  and  quarter- 


BARRACKS  AND  QUARTERS.  137 

master  will  make  an  inspection  of  them,  and  the  latter  will  report,  through 
the  prescribed  channel  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  their  condition  and 
any  injury  which  has  resulted  to  them  by  reason  of  such  occupancy 

9§O.  All  public  buildings  at  a  post  will  be  numbered  by  the  quartermas- 
ter, and  thereafter  each  new  building  will  be  given  its  proper  numerical 
designation.  The  number  originally  given  a  building  will  be  retained,  and 
entered  by  the  quartermaster  as  a  permanent  record.  Against  each  build- 
ing he  will  charge  all  expenditures  made  thereon,  noting  sums  authorized, 
authority  therefor  and  amounts  actually  expended,  carefully  itemized, 
showing  separately  the  sums  paid  for  material  and  labor.  All  expenditures 
made  for  the  erection  of  new  buildings,  and  for  additions,  alterations,  or 
repairs  will  be  so  entered  as  to  accurately  exhibit  the  cost  of  each  building 
to  date. 

981.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  in  all  permanent  bar- 
racks a  box  locker  for  each  enlisted  man  for  his  uniform  and  extra  clothing. 
Each  man  will  provide  his  own  lock. 

9 §2.  Barracks  will  be  supplied  with  chairs,  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  one 
for  each  noncommissioned  officer  and  one  for  every  two  of  the  other  enlisted 
men  quartered  therein. 

983.  China  and  glassware  belonging  to  mess  outfits,  bunks,  mattresses, 
pillows,  benches,  chairs,  tables  and  other  articles  of  furniture  provided  for 
soldiers'  barracks  will  not  be  removed  therefrom  without  the  order  of  the 
post  commander,  nor  will  they  be  removed  from  a  post  or  station  except  by 
order  of  the  War  Department.     Box  lockers,  mattress  covers,  pillowcases, 
bed  sheets  and  barrack  bags  should  be  transported  in  all  changes  of  sta- 
tion, but  will  not  be  taken  into  the  field. 

Allowance  and  Assignment  of  Quarters. 

984.  At  each  post  and  station  where  there  are  public  quarters  in  build- 
ings belonging  to  the  United  States,  the  quartermaster,  under  direction  of 
the  commanding  officer,  will  allot  to  each  officer  the  quarters  to  which  his 
rank  entitles  him. 

985.  At  all  posts  where,  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  commander, 
the  barracks  and  quarters  are  sufficient  for  the  purpose,  the  following  reg- 
ulations will  govern  their  assignment  and  occupation : 

1.  Permanent  quarters  will  be  assigned  to  the  field  and  staff  officers  of  the 
garrison. 

2.  Quarters  for  the  captain  and  lieutenants  of  each  company  will  be  des- 
ignated as  appertaining  to  each  set  of  barracks,  having  reference  to  con- 
venience of  location. 

3.  On  arrival  of  troops,  each  company  will  be  assigned  by  the  command- 
ing officer  to  appropriate  vacant  barracks  and  quarters,  having  due  regard 
to  relative  rank  of  captains  and  their  choice  of  quarters  whenever  two  or 
more  arrive  at  the  same  time.    Quarters  so  regularly  assigned  will  not  be 
subject  to  choice,  but  any  not  occupied  may  be  chosen  for  temporary  occu- 
pancy by  an  officer,  in  accordance  with  existing  regulations,  subject  how- 
ever to  removal  whenever  an  officer  entitled  to  them  arrives.     The  original 
assignment  of  quarters  at  any  post  or  station  will  be  made  by  a  board  of 
officers  consisting  of  the  commanding  officer,  the  two  senior  line  officers 
present,  the  senior  surgeon  and  the  quartermaster.     Upon  the  department 


138  BARRACKS  AND  QUARTERS. 

commander's  approval  of  the  board's  action,  its  recommendations  will  be 
carried  into  effect  as  soon  as  practicable,  the  department  commander 
causing  the  assignments  to  take  effect  as  changes  occur  in  the  stations  of 
officers  and  troops,  without  removing  any  officer  from  quarters  occupied  by 
him  under  other  existing  regulations. 

986.  At  posts  or  stations  where  the  provisions  of  paragraph  985  can  not 
be  applied,  officers  may  make  selection  of  quarters  in  accordance  with  their 
rank,  but  the  commanding  officer  may  direct  that  they  confine  their  selec- 
tion to  buildings  located  near  their  troops.  An  officer  may  select  quarters 
occupied  by  a  junior,  but  should  not  displace  a  junior  if  there  be  quarters 
suitable  to  the  rank  of  the  senior  available,  with  equal  conveniences  and 
accommodations.  When  an  officer  has  made  his  choice  he  must  abide  by  it, 
and  shall  not  again  displace  a  junior  unless  he  himself  is  displaced  by  a 
senior.  The  particular  rooms  which  constitute  a  set  of  quarters  will  be 
designated  by  the  quartermaster,  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding 
officer;  attics  are  not  counted  as  rooms.  Officers  will  not  choose  rooms 
"belonging  to  different  sets. 

981.  An  officer  reporting  for  duty  at  a  post  will,  immediately  upon  his 
arrival,  make  written  application  to  the  commanding  officer  for  quarters. 
If  in  command  of  troops  he  will  apply  for  quarters  for  himself,  for  his  sub- 
ordinate officers,  and  the  enlisted  men  of  his  command.  The  application 
will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order  directing  him  to  report  at  the 
station,  and  will  be  referred  to  the  quartermaster  for  proper  action  under 
such  instructions  as  the  commanding  officer  may  indorse  thereon. 

988.  An  officer  will  not  occupy  more  than  his  proper  allowance  of  quar- 
ters, except  by  permission  of  the  commanding  officer  when  there  is  an  excess 
of  quarters  at  the  station.     The  allowance  will  be  reduced  pro  rata  by  the 
commanding  officer  when  the  number  of  officers  and  troops  present  makes 
it  necessary.     If  the  public  buildings  are  inadequate,  the  commanding  officer 
will  apply,  through  the  department  commander,  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  authority  to  hire  necessary  quarters. 

989.  Officers  on  duty  without  troops  at  stations  where  there  are  public 
quarters  will  be  furnished  them  in  kind.     If  insufficient,  application  for 
authority  to  hire  quarters  will  be  made  as  directed  in  paragraph  988. 

990.  At  a  military  post  where  the  headquarters  of  a  department  are 
or  may  be  established,  the  department  commander  may  set  aside  quarters 
for  the  staff,  but  will  not  disturb  assignments  made  under  paragraph  985 
if  it  can  be  avoided.    Quarters  thus  reserved  will  not  be  open  to  selection, 
but  will  be  subject  to  assignment  independent  of  choice. 

991.  An  appropriate  set  of  quarters,  equal  to  those  of  a  captain,  will  beset 
apart  permanently  for  the  chaplain.     He  will  not  be  displaced,  except  by  a 
reduction  when  the  quarters  are  insufficient  for  the  garrison,  and  he  will 
not  then  be  entirely  displaced,  nor  allowed  to  choose  others. 

992.  An  officer's  right  to  quarters  is  solely  one  of  occupancy;  when  he 
and  his  family  cease  to  occupy  them,  except  in  case  of  temporary  absence, 
they  are  open  to  selection  by,  and  reassignment  to,  some  other  officer  on 
duty  at  the  post. 

993.  When  assigned  to  duty  without  troops  or  awaiting  orders  for  the 
convenience  of  the  Government,  officers  will  be  entitled  to  quarters,  but  in 
no  case  will  they  be  furnished  quarters  at  two  stations  at  the  same  time. 


QUARTERS — FUEL    AND    STOVES.  139 

994.  A  contract  surgeon  is  entitled  to  the  quarters  stipulated  in  his  con- 
tract, or  commutation  therefor. 

995.  The  allowance  of  quarters  to  which  an  officer  is  entitled  when  on 
duty  may  be  continued  in  kind,  at  his  proper  station,  during  the  period  for 
which  the  law  permits  him  to  be  absent  without  reduction  of  pay  and  allow- 
ances.   An  officer  under  suspension  has  the  same  right  to  quarters  as  when 
on  duty  status,  if  present  at  the  post. 

996.  At  a  post  a  room  may  be  set  aside  as  a  mess  room  when  a  majority 
of  its  officers  unite  in  a  mess,  but  never  when  the  officers  to  be  accommo- 
dated are  less  than  three  in  number. 

997.  An  officer  on  sick  leave  is  entitled  to  public  quarters  at  his  station 
during  the  period  of  sick  leave,  not  exceeding  six  months,  provided  he  or 
his  family  occupy  them.      He  may  hold  hired  quarters  only  while  he  is 
personally  an  occupant. 

Fuel  and  Stoves. 

998.  Officers  may  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department  the 
fuel  actually  needed  for  their  own  use.     For  the  quantity  allowed  them  in 
the  table  contained  in  paragraph  1006,  they  will  pay  at  the  rate  of  $3  per 
cord  for  standard  oak  wood,  or  the  equivalent  thereof  in  other  kinds  of  fuel 
as  determined  by  the  Quartermaster-General.     For  any  additional  quantity 
they  shall  pay  the  contract  price,  or  $3  per  cord  if  the  contract  price  is  less 
than  $3.    Officers  on  the  retired  list,  officers  on  sick  leave  or  under  sentence 
of  suspension  from  duty  on  reduced  pay  when  absent  from  their  proper 
stations,  are  not  entitled  to  this  privilege. 

999.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  may  sell  fuel  in  accordance  with 
the  preceding  paragraph  to  contract  surgeons  and  to  the  families  of  officers 
who  are  temporarily  absent. 

1000.  Officers  who  desire  to  purchase  fuel  of  the  Quartermaster's  De- 
partment will  make  requisition  therefor.    Payment  will  be  made  at  the  time 
of  sale,  and  receipt  given. 

1001.  Fuel  will  be  sold  only  on  the  officer's  certificate  that  it  is  for  his 
personal  or  family  use,  and  he  will  not  sell  or  exchange  it.     The  command- 
ing officer  will  compare  the  requisitions  and  certificates  with  the  quarter- 
master's abstract  of  sales  of  fuel,  and  if  correct,  so  certify  on  the  abstract. 

I  OO*2.  Merchantable  oak  wood  is  the  standard ;  the  cord  is  128  cubic  feet. 
The  scale  of  equivalents  to  govern  in  the  issue  and  sale  of  fuel  is  published 
from  time  to  time  in  general  orders. 

1OO3.  An  officer  may  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
one-sixth  of  his  allowance  of  fuel  in  kindling  wood,  which  will  be  sold  on 
the  basis  of  its  equivalent  in  oak  wood. 

I OO 1.  Fuel  issued  to  troops  is  public  property.  Any  portion  not  con- 
sumed by  them  will  be  returned  to  the  quartermaster  and  taken  up  on  his 
return.  Fuel  so  issued,  however,  and  not  consumed  in  quarters,  may  be 
used  in  baking  the  soldiers'  bread ;  and  at  any  post  where  coal  is  used  ex- 
clusively, the  quartermaster  may,  upon  the  request  of  the  post  commander, 
provide,  as  part  of  the  fuel  allowance,  an  equivalent  of  wood  in  lieu  of  coal 
sufficient  for  the  post  bakery. 

1OO5.  Fuel  will  be  issued  only  in  the  month  when  due.  The  cheapest 
fuel  at  the  place  of  issue  will,  all  things  considered,  be  furnished. 


140 


QUARTERS FUEL   AND    STOVES. 


1OO6.  The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  rooms,  the  quantity  of 
fuel,  and  the  allowance  of  cooking  and  heating  stoves  to  be  supplied  for  the 
use  of  officers  and  men  in  quarters  and  barracks  : 


Booms. 

Cords 
of  wood 
per 
month. 

Increased 
allowance 
from  Sep- 
tember to 
April,  both 
inclusive. 

For 
quarters. 

For 
office. 

As  quarters. 

As  kitchen. 

As  office. 

«' 
be 

3 

1 
I 

£ 

From  Sept.  1  to  Apr.  30. 

Between  36th  and  43d  deg. 
N.  latitude,  one-fourth. 

i 
§ 

A 

<D 

il 

ts 

1 

Heating  stoves. 

02 

i 
1 

I 

1 

A  lieutenant-general  or  major-general  
A  brigadier-general  or  colonel      

5 

3 
2 

1 

1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

"3" 

l 
l 
l 
i 

5 

1 

2 

3 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

1 

1 
1 

2 

i 
3 
2 

1 

i; 

* 

i 

l 

i 
i 

i 

1* 
1* 

1 

r 

1 

t 

i 

i 

i 
& 

* 
1 

5 
4 
8 

1 

1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

A  lieutenant-colonel  or  major 

A  captain  or  chaplain  

A  lieutenant 

The  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  .  .  . 

3 
2 
1 

2 

1 

1 
1 

The  commanding  officer  of  a  territorial 
department 

The  aids  to  the  commanding  officer  of  a 
territorial  department 

1 

An  assistant  or  deputy  quartermaster- 
general,  an  assistant  commissary-gen- 
eral of  subsistence,  an  assistant  surgeon- 
general,  the  assistant  and  deputy  pay- 
master-general, and  the  chief  quarter- 
master and  chief  commissary  at  the 
headquarters  of  a  territorial  depart- 
ment, each  .  .  . 

8 

The  commanding  officer  of  a  regiment 
or  post,  a  paymaster,  quartermaster, 
assistant  quartermaster,  commissary, 
and  military  storekeeper,  each 

1 

An  assistant  adjutant-general,  an  in- 
spector-general, an  acting  inspector- 
general,  an  engineer  officer*,  an  ord- 
nance officer*,  a  signal  officer,  a  judge- 
advocate  or  an  acting  judge-advocate, 
and  the  senior  medical  officer,  when  sta- 
tioned on  duty  at  any  place  not  in  the 
field*,  each 

1 

An  acting  assistant  quartermaster,  an 
acting  commissary  of  subsistence,  an 
adjutant,  when  approved  by  the  Quar- 
termaster-General each 

1 

A  sergeant-major,  quartermaster-ser- 
geant, sergeant  of  the  post  noncom- 
missioned staff,  hospital  steward,  vet- 
erinary surgeon,  signal  sergeantt,  and 
chief  musician,  each  .  . 

1 

i 
A 

1 

Superintendent  national  cemetery 

1 

Each  noncommissioned  officer,  musician, 
private,  and  hospital  matron 

Each  necessary  fire  for  the  sick  in  hospital, 
each  dispensary  and  hospital  mess  room, 
at  a  military  post  or  station,  to  be  regu- 
lated by  the  surgeon  and  commanding 
officer,  not  exceeding  

1 

For  general  hospitals,  when  necessary, 
not  exceeding,  for  each  bed 

Each  guard  fife,  to  be  regulated  by  the 
commanding  officer,  not  exceeding 

1 

1 

1 

Each  necessary  fire  for  military  courts  or 
boards  at  a  rate  not  exceeding 

Storehouse  of  a  commissary  and  quarter- 
master, when  necessary,  not  exceeding 
for  each... 

*  Except  at  Military  Academy. 


t  Except  when  serving  in  a  detachment. 


QUARTERS FUEL   AND    STOVES. 


141 


Increased 

Cords 

allowance 

Rooms. 

of  wood 
per 

from  Sep- 
tember to 

For 
quarters. 

For 
office. 

month. 

April,  both 

inclusive. 

CO 

8 

is 

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1 

31 

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2 

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3 

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£ 

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1* 

o 

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1 

a 

1 

Each  employee  of  the  Quartermaster's, 

Subsistence,  or  Medical  Department  to 

whom  subsistence  in  kind  is  issued  by 

the  Government 

i 

1 

JL 

For  library,  reading  room,  schoolroom, 
chapel,  and  gymnasium,  1  heating  stove 
for  each,  and  when  the  garrison  exceeds 

55 

150  enlisted  men,  2  heating  stoves,  and 

such  quantity  of  fuel  for  the  same  as 
may  be  certified  to  as  necessary  by  the 

officers  in  charge  and  approved  by  the 

commanding  officer 

Fora  company:  2  large  stoves  in  dormi- 

tory, 1  large  stove  in  each  mess  room 
and  day  room,  1  small  stove  for  each  of 
the  two  rooms  for  noncommissioned  of- 

ficers, 1  small  stove  for  the  library,  and 
1  cooking  stove  or  range  sufficient  to 

cook  its  food  

Each  hospital  kitchen 

j 

For  each  authorized  room  as  quarters  for 
civilian  employees                .-  

1 

For  each  six  civilian  employees  to  whom 

fuel  is  allowed       -    .     .  -    

1 

For  mess  of  civilian  employees 

•^ 

For  telegraph  office 

1 

For  each  blacksmith,  carpenter,  and  sad- 

dler shop 

1 

1007.  In  addition  to  the  number  prescribed  in  the  table,  the  headquar- 
ters of  a  department  will  be  allowed  such  number  of  office  rooms  (not  more 
than  eight)  as  may  be  necessary  for  clerks  on  duty  thereat  (the  Quarter- 
master's and  Subsistence  Departments  excepted),  which  will  be  assigned  by 
the  chief  quartermaster  under  the  direction  of  the  department  commander. 
A  heating  stove  for  each  room  not  otherwise  heated  will  also  be  allowed. 
Office  rooms  will  not  be  hired  without  the  written  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  and  no  lease  of  such  rooms  will  take  effect  until  approved  by  him. 

1008.  The  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's  and  Subsistence  Departments 
may,  when  necessary,  be  allowed  additional  office  rooms,  with  a  heating 
stove  for  each,  not  to  exceed  three  in  the  former  and  two  in  the  latter  named 
department.     The  number  of  additional  rooms  so  allowed  will  be  regulated 
by  the  Quartermaster-General. 

1009.  Stoves  will  not  be  issued  to  officers  who  receive  commutation  of 
quarters. 

1010.  A  sergeant-major,  quartermaster-sergeant,  sergeant  of  the  post 
noncommissioned  staff,  hospital  steward,  veterinary  surgeon,  signal  sergeant, 
and  chief  musician  may  each  be  allowed  one  cooking  stove  in  lieu  of  one 
heating  stove. 


142  ILLUMINATING   SUPPLIES. 

101 1.  If  at  a  military  post,  situated  between  the  thirty-sixth  and  forty- 
third  degrees  of  latitude,  the  mean  temperature  for  twenty  days  of  any 
calendar  month  is  not  above  20°  F.,  an  increase  of  fuel  of  one-third  instead 
of  one-fourth,  as  shown  in  the  table,  will  be  allowed.    If  the  temperature  is 
not  above  10°  F.,  an  increase  of  one-half  will  be  allowed,  whatever  the  lati- 
tude of  the  place.     The  certificate  of  the  post  surgeon  as  to  the  mean  tem- 
perature, and  the  order  of  the  post  commander  for  the  issue,  will  be  filed 
with  the  abstract  of  issues. 

ILLUMINATING  SUPPLIES. 

1012.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  lamps,  lanterns, 
mineral  oil,  wicks,  and  lamp  chimneys  for  the  various  military  posts  and 
stations. 

101 3.  Lamps  having  one  or  two  burners,  with  circular  wicks  of  about 
l£  inches  inside  diameter,  will  be  issued  as  follows:   To  troops  in  barracks, 
at  the  rate  of  one  burner  for  every  ten  men  and  every  fraction  thereof,  when 
the  fraction  is  five  or  more,  of  the  maximum  strength  allowed  the  organiza- 
tion, and  such  number  of  lamps  or  lanterns  for  lighting  interior  passage- 
ways as  may  be  necessary,  not  to  exceed  three  in  each  barrack.    Companies 
messing  separately  will  be  allowed  three  additional  burners.    To  each  non- 
commissioned staff  officer  and  to  each  first  sergeant,  a  lamp  with  a  single 
burner.    For  hospitals,  such  number  of  burners,  not  to  exceed  one  for  each 
ward  or  room,  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  by  the  post  surgeon  and  post 
commander.    The  lamps  with  wicks  of  less  than  one  inch  diameter,  if  on 
hand,  will  not  be  superseded  except  as  they  become  unserviceable  and  are 
beyond  repair.    Two  of  these  burners  will  be  allowed  in  lieu  of  one  of  larger 
size,  and  parts  for  their  repair  will  be  furnished  when  called  for. 

lOt 4.  For  the  guardhouse  and  the  authorized  offices,  a  lamp  with  a 
single  burner  for  each  room ;  for  post  reading  and  evening  school  rooms 
post  libraries,  and  chapels,  such  number  of  burners,  not  exceeding  four  for 
each  room,  as  may  be  certified  by  the  post  commander  to  be  necessary. 

14)15.  For  outside  illumination,  including  passageways  exterior  to 
barracks  which  for  the  proper  performance  of  garrison  duties  should  be 
lighted,  such  number  of  oil  lanterns  or  street  lamps  as  the  department  com- 
mander shall,  in  writing,  authorize  for  the  purpose,  will  be  supplied  on 
properly  approved  requisitions.  A  copy  of  the  authority  from  the  depart- 
ment commander  will  be  filed  by  the  issuing  officer  with  the  voucher  for 
the  issue.  Oil,  wicks  and  chimneys  will  be  issued  on  requisitions  in  dupli- 
cate designating  the  number  and  location  of  lamps  for  which  required. 

1016.  Either  oil  or  candle  lanterns  may  be  used  in  stables,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  commanding  officer.     The  number  of  lanterns  in  each  stable 
will  be  such  as  the  commanding  officer,  with  the  approval  of  the  depart- 
ment commander,  shall  require.     If  candle  lanterns  are  used,  the  candles 
will  be  issued  by  the  Subsistence  Department  in  such  quantity  as  the  com- 
manding officer  shall  order  as  necessary.     If  oil  lanterns  are  used,  the  issue 
of  oil,  wicks,  and  chimneys  therefor  will  be  made  in  the  manner  prescribed 
in  the  preceding  paragraphs. 

1017.  Mineral  oil  having  a  flash  point  not  lower  than  135  °  F.  will  be  sup- 
plied for  lamps  and  oil  lanterns,  and  be  issued  in  quantities  as  follows : 
For  all  lamps  used  for  interior  illumination  at  the  rate,  per  burner,  of  four 
ounces  avoirdupois  for  each  hour  of  authorized  illumination  for  lamps 
using  wicks  of  about  1£  inches  diameter,  and  two  ounces  per  hour  for  lamps 


ILLUMINATING   SUPPLIES STATIONERY. 


143 


with  smaller  wicks.    For  all  oil  lanterns,  such  quantities  as  the  commanding 
officer  shall  order  and  certify  as  necessary. 

101 8.  The  hours  during  which  lamps  and  oil  lanterns  may  be  kept  lighted 
at  each  post  will  be  such  as  the  commanding  officer,  with  the  approval  of 
the  department  commander,  may  announce. 

1019.  A  gallon  of  mineral  oil  of  Army  standard  weighs  one  hundred  and 
four  ounces.    In  making  estimates  and  requisitions,  calculation  will  be 
made  at  the  rate  of  one  gallon  of  oil  for  twenty-six  hours'  use  of  each  large 
burner,  and  fifty-two  hours'  use  of  each  small  burner,  described  in  paragraph 
1013. 

1020.  Officers  of  the  Army  may  buy  from  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment, at  contract  prices,  such  moderate  quantity  of  mineral  oil,  lamps, 
wicks  and  chimneys  as  they  may  need  in  the  rooms  occupied  by  themselves 
and  families.    This  privilege  is  limited  to  the  lamps,  oils,  wicks  and  chim- 
neys of  like  patterns,  kinds  and  qualities  as  those  provided  for  troops. 

1021.  Only  one  requisition  for  each  month  will  be  made  by  company  or 
detachment  commanders  for  fuel,  forage,  straw,  mineral  oil,  wicking,  chim- 
neys, and  other  illuminating  supplies  that  may  be  similarly  expended. 
These  requisitions,  as  approved  by  the  post  commander,  will  be  consolidated, 
and  the  consolidated  requisition,  in  duplicate,  furnished  the  quartermaster, 
who  will  make  issues  thereon. 

1022.  Mineral  oil  issued  to  troops  is  public  property  for  their  use,  and 
will  be  treated  as  provided  in  paragraph  1004  for  fuel. 

STATIONERY. 

1023.  Issues  of  stationery  are  made  quarterly,  in  quantities  as  follows: 


, 

£ 

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1 

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1 

Commander  of  an  army,  division,  or  depart- 
ment (what  may  be  necessary  for  himself 
and  staff  for  their  public  duty). 
Commander  of  a  brigade  or  district,  for 
himself  and  staff 

12 

24 

50 

4 

2 

2 

a 

8 

g 

200 

Officer  commanding  a  regiment  or  post  of 
not  less  than  five  companies,  for  himself 
and  staff  

10 

24 

40 

3 

2 

1 

6 

2 

150 

Officer  command  ing  a  post  of  more  than  two 
and  less  than  five  companiee 

8 

20 

30 

3 

1 

1 

i 

5 

1 

120 

Commanding  officer  of  a  post  of  two  com- 

panies 

7 

i 

15 

25 

2 

1 

1 

i 

4 

1 

100 

Commanding  officer  of  a  post  of  one  com- 
pany or  less,  and  commanding  officer  of  a 

company 

6 

10 

20 

2 

1 

1 

3 

1 

80 

A  lieutenant  colonel  or  major,  not  in  com- 

mand of  a  regiment  or  post 

a 

5 

12 

1 

1 

i 

2 

1 

40 

Officers  of  the  Inspector-General's,  Pay,  and 
Quartermaster's  Departments  (the  pre- 
scribed blank  books  and  printed  forms, 
and  the  stationery  required  for  their  pub- 

lic duty). 

All  officers,  including  chaplains,  not  enu- 
merated above,  when  on  duty  and  not 

supplied  by  their  respective  departments  . 

2 

* 

5 

6 

1 

i 



1 

1 

i 

30 

144  STATIONERY PUBLIC    ANIMALS. 

1024.  To  each  office  desk  or  table  is  allowed  one  inkstand,  one  paper 
folder,  one  ruler,  one  steel  eraser,  one  piece  of  India  rubber  and  four  lead 
pencils.    A  company  commander  is  entitled  to  this  allowance.    Officers 
when  relieved  will  transfer  office  stationery  to  their  successors. 

1025.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  issue  yearly  to 
retired  officers,  upon  proper  requisition,  six  quires  of  writing  paper ,  one  hun- 
dred official  envelopes,  fifty  letter  envelopes,  one  piece  of  office  tape  and 
one-half  quire  of  envelope  paper. 

1026.  The  yearly  allowance  of  stationery  to  a  sergeant  of  the  post  non- 
commissioned staff  on  duty  at  a  post  not  garrisoned  by  troops  is  two  quires  of 
writing  paper,  letter  size,  four  sheets  of  blotting  paper,  one  hundred  envel- 
opes, official  size,  one  dozen  steel  pens,  two  penholders,  one  pint  bottle  of 
black  ink,  one  small  bottle  of  mucilage  with  brush,  one  inkstand,  and  one 
piece  of  office  tape. 

1027.  Necessary  stationery  for  courts  and  boards  will  be  furnished  on 
requisition  of  the  judge-advocate  or  recorder,  approved  by  the  presiding 
officer. 

PURCHASE  OF  PUBLIC  ANIMALS. 

1028.  Purchase  of  horses  for  the  cavalry  and  artillery,  for   Indian 
scouts,  and  for  such  infantry  as  may  be  mounted,  will  be  made  by  con- 
tract, after  competition  duly  invited  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
and  an  inspection  by  such  department — all  under  the  direction  and  authority 
of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1029.  The  cavalry  horse  must  be  sound  and  well  bred ;  gentle  under  the 
saddle ;  free  from  vicious  habits ;  with  free  and  prompt  action  at  the  walk, 
trot,  and  gallop ;  without  blemish  or  defect ;  of  a  kind  disposition ;  with  easy 
mouth  and  gait,  and  otherwise  to  conform  to  the  following  description  : 

A  gel  ding  of  uniform  and  hardy  color ;  in  good  condition ;  from  fifteen  and 
one-fourth  to  sixteen  hands  high  ;  weight  not  less  than  950  nor  more  than 
1,150  pounds;  from  four  to  eight  years  old  ;  head  and  ears  small ;  forehead 
broad ;  eyes  large  and  prominent ;  vision  perfect  in  every  respect ;  shoulders 
long  and  sloping  well  back ;  chest  full,  broad  and  deep  ;  fore  legs  straight 
and  standing  well  under ;  barrel  large  and  increasing  from  girth  toward 
flank ;  withers  elevated ;  back  short  and  straight ;  loins  and  haunches  broad 
and  muscular ;  hocks  well  bent  and  under  the  horse ;  pasterns  slanting  and 
feet  small  and  sound. 

Each  horse»will  be  subjected  to  a  rigid  inspection,  and  any  animal  that 
does  not  meet  the  above  requirements  in  every  respect  must  be  rejected. 

A  horse  under  five  years  old  should  not  be  accepted  unless  a  specially  fine, 
well  developed  animal. 

1030.  The  artillery  horse  is  required  for  quick  draft  purposes,  and 
should  move  the  carriage,  ordinarily,  by  weight  thrown  into  the  collar 
rather  than  by  muscular  exertion. 

The  animal  must  be  sound,  without  blemish  or  defect,  well  bred,  of  a 
kind  disposition,  and  free  from  vicious  habits ;  a  square  trotter ;  well  broken 
to  harness,  and  gentle  under  the  saddle ;  with  easy  mouth  and  gait,  and 
with  free,  prompt  action  at  the  walk,  trot,  and  gallop ;  and  otherwise  to 
conform  to  the  following  description : 

A  gelding  of  uniform  and  hardy  color ;  in  good  condition ;  from  fifteen 
and  one-fourth  to  sixteen  hands  high ;  weight  of  the  lead  horse  not  less  than 
1,050  pounds,  and  that  of  the  wheel  horse  not  more  than  1,200  pounds ;  from 


PUBLIC    ANIMALS.  145 

five  to  eight  years  old;  head  and  ears  small;  forehead  broad;  eyes  large 
and  prominent;  vision  perfect  in  every  respect;  chest  full,  broad,  and  deep; 
fore  legs  straight  and  standing  well  under;  shoulders  sufficiently  broad  to 
support  the  collar,  but  not  too  heavy;  barrel  large  and  increasing  from 
girth  toward  flank;  withers  elevated;  back  short  and  straight;  with  broad, 
deep  loins,  short  coupled  with  solid  hind  quarters;  hocks  well  bent  and 
under  the  horse;  pasterns  slanting  and  feet  sound  and  in  good  order. 
Long-legged,  loose- jointed,  long-bodied,  and  narrow-chested  horses,  as  well 
as  those  which  are  restive,  vicious,  or  too  free  in  harness,  or  which  do  not, 
upon  rigid  inspection,  meet  the  above  requirements  in  every  respect,  will 
be  rejected. 

1031.  Mules  purchased  for  the  Army  by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment should  conform  to  the  following  conditions:  They  should  be  strong, 
stout,  compact,  sound,  and  kind;  they  should  be  free  from  defects  in  every 
particular,  four  to  nine  years  old,  850  to  1,200  pounds  in  weight,  fourteen 
to  sixteen  hands  high  and  suitable  in  all  respects  for  the  transportation 
service  of  the  Army.     If  for  draft  purposes,  they  will  be  well  broken  to 
harness;  pack  mules  need  not  be  broken,  and  may  be  not  less  than  thirteen 
and  a  half  hands  high,  if  otherwise  suitable. 

1032.  On  the  day  when  received,  horses  for  the  cavalry  and  light  artil- 
lery will  be  branded  "  U.  S."  on  the  hoof  of  the  left  fore  foot,  other  animals 
on  the  left  shoulder.     Cavalry  and  light  artillery  horses  will  also  be  branded 
under  the  mane  with  the  number  of  regiment  and  letter  of  troop  or  battery. 

1033.  A  complete  descriptive  list  of  each  animal  will  be  made  at  the 
time  of  purchase,  and  will  accompany  him  wherever  he  may  be  transferred. 

1034.  A  descriptive  book  of  public  animals  will  be  kept  with  every 
troop  of  cavalry  and  battery  of  light  artillery,  and  with  the  records  of  every 
officer  responsible  for  public  animals.     It  will  contain  a  description  of  every 
animal  received  and  transferred,  showing  the  kind,  name,  age,  size,  color, 
marks,  brands,  or  other  peculiarities  of  each;  how  and  when  acquired  and 
if  disposed  of  in  what  manner;  the  name  of  its  rider  or  driver,  and  the 
particular  use  to  which  applied. 

1035.  When  public   animals  are  issued  or  transferred,  the  person  in 
charge  will  be  provided  with  full  and  accurate  descriptive  lists,  which  he 
will  deliver  to  the  receiving  officer,  by  whom  they  will  be  entered  in  his 
descriptive  book  of  public  animals. 

1036.  Public  animals  will  be  assigned  to  their  riders  or  drivers,  who 
will  not  exchange  or  surrender  them  to  the  use  of  any  other  person  without 
the  permission  of  the  company  commander,  quartermaster,  or  other  officer 
responsible. 

1037.  Horses  and  mules  inspected  and  condemned  as  unfit  for  service 
will  be  advertised  for  sale  and  disposed  of  within  ten  days  from  date  of 
advertisement. 

VETERINARY   MEDICINES. 

1038.  Veterinary  medicines,  instruments  and  supplies  for  the  treatment 
of  public  animals  and  authorized  private  horses  of  mounted  officers  are 
furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department.     Estimates  will  be  prepared 
on  the  regular  form  for  estimates  for  quartermaster's  stores  and  in  con- 
formity with  the  standard  supply  table  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster- 
General. 

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146  FORAGE   AND    STRAW. 

1O39.  The  quartermaster  will  have  charge  of  veterinary  medicines  and 
dressings,  and,  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer,  will  issue 
and  expend  such  articles  and  in  such  quantities  as  may  be  necessary.  A 
special  requisition  for  articles  not  in  the  table,  with  an  explanation  of  the 
nature  of  the  emergency  or  case  rendering  it  necessary,  will  be  forwarded, 
through  the  regular  channel,  for  the  action  of  the  Quartermaster-General. 

1O1O.  Veterinary  instruments  and  books  will  remain  in  the  custody  of 
the  quartermaster,  and  will  be  loaned  as  needed  in  the  public  service. 

FORAGE  AND  STRAW. 

1O41.  The  forage  ration  for  a  horse  is  fourteen  pounds  of  hay  and  twelve 
pounds  of  oats,  corn,  or  barley ;  for  a  mule,  fourteen  pounds  of  hay  and  nine 
pounds  of  oats,  corn,  or  barley.  Department  commanders  will  reduce  the 
forage  ration  when  necessary. 

1 0 12.  Where  grazing  is  practicable,  or  when  little  labor  is  required, 
commanding  officers  will  order  a  judicious  reduction  of  the  forage  ration. 

1 0 13.  Forage  will  be  issued  only  during  the  month  when  due. 

1O44.  Forage  is  furnished  only  to  officers  for  the  horses  owned  and  actu- 
ally kept  by  them  in  the  performance  of  their  official  duties  when  serving 
with  troops  in  the  field  or  at  military  posts  and  stations ,  and  for  the  following 
number:  To  a  lieutenant-general,  four;  to  a  major-general  or  a  brigadier- 
general,  three ;  to  a  colonel,  lieutenant-colonel,  major,  captain,  or  lieutenant, 
mounted,  and  regimental  adjutant  and  quartermaster,  each  two. 

1O-15.  Mounted  officers  will  not  use  public  horses  and  at  the  same  time 
draw  forage  for  those  they  own ;  nor  will  they  use  public  animals  except  as 
authorized  by  regulations.  Should  circumstances  render  it  necessary,  an 
officer  may  be  temporarily  furnished  public  horses,  but  during  such  period 
he  will  not  be  permitted  to  draw  forage  for  a  private  horse. 

1 0 16.  An  officer  not  mounted  may  purchase  forage  for  two  horses  kept 
for  his  own  use,  for  which  he  will  be  charged  cost,  including  transportation. 
The  sale  of  forage  to  mounted  officers  is  forbidden. 

1047.  An  officer  shall  not  sell,  nor  allow  to  be  sold,  the  forage  issued  for 
his  own  horses  or  the  public  animals  under  his  charge ;  nor  shall  he  use  or 
dispose  of,  or  permit  to  be  used  or  disposed  of,  such  forage,  or  any  portion 
thereof  except  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  issued.    Forage  issued  for 
a  particular  period  and  unconsumed  during  the  period  will  be  taken  up  and 
properly  accounted  for.    The  commanding  officer  will  compare  the  requisi- 
tions with  the  quartermaster's  abstracts  of  issues  and  sales  of  forage,  and 
if  correct,  so  certify  on  the  abstract. 

1048.  When  mattresses  are  not  supplied,  each  enlisted  man  in  barracks 
and  each  prisoner  in  the  guardhouse  will  be  allowed  a  bed  sack  and  thirty 
pounds  of  straw  per  month  for  bedding,  and  men  in  field  hospitals,  such 
quantity  as  the  chief  medical  officer  shall  certify  as  necessary.    So  far  as 
practicable,  iron  bunks  will  be  furnished  to  all  prisoners  in  post  guardhouses 
and  prison  rooms. 

1049.  One  hundred  pounds  of  straw  per  month  is  allowed  for  bedding 
to  each  horse  or  mule  in  public  service.    At  posts  where  straw  is  not 
furnished  hay  will  be  issued  and  used  for  bedding. 


CARE  OF  PUBLIC  PROPERTY.  147 

CARE  OF  AND  ACCOUNTABILITY  FOR  PROPERTY. 

1050.  Unless  otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  there 
will  be  at  each  military  post  or  station  but  one  accountable  officer  in  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  and  he  will  account  for  all  quartermaster's 
supplies  there  in  use  or  in  store. 

1051.  When  troops  are  assembled  for  field  service  there  will  be  but  one 
accountable  officer  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  each  regiment, 
separate  battalion  or  squadron,  and  he  will  account  for  all  quartermaster's 
supplies  in  the  possession  of  the  command  of  which  he  is  quartermaster. 

1052.  At  places  requiring  the  services  of  more  than  one  quartermaster, 
each  one  charged  with  the  care  and  disposition  of  quartermaster's  supplies 
will  account  for  the  same. 

1053.  Officers  commanding  companies  or  detachments  will  be  furnished 
by  the  quartermaster,  on  approved  requisition,  with  the  necessary  authorized 
quartermaster's  supplies ;  and  for  all  such,  except  those  that  may  be  properly 
dropped  as  expended,  said  commanding  officers  will  give  memorandum 
receipts  to  the  accountable  officer,  who  will  continue  to  bear  said  supplies  on 
his  return  until  they  have  been  transferred  or  expended  and  duly  accounted 
for  as  required  by  regulations. 

1054.  Officers  commanding  companies  or  detachments  temporarily  absent 
from  posts  will  continue  responsible  to  quartermasters  from  whom  supplies 
have  been  procured  on  memorandum  receipts.     Should  the  services  of  a 
quartermaster  become  necessary,  one  will  be  appointed  for  the  command. 

1055.  When  troops  change  station,  only  such  quartermaster's  supplies 
as  are  authorized,  or  as  may  be  directed  to  be  transferred  will  be  removed 
from  the  station.   Company  and  detachment  commanders,  prior  to  departure 
from  a  station,  will  have  a  settlement  with  the  quartermaster  for  supplies 
held  on  memorandum  receipt.    For  such  supplies  as  must  accompany  troops, 
company  and  detachment  commanders  will  give  certificates  to  the  quarter- 
master.  Memorandum  receipts  that  have  been  thus  satisfied  will  be  returned 
to  the  respective  company  and  detachment  commanders.     The  quartermas- 
ter will  forward  the  certificates,  accompanied  by  the  requisite  papers  for 
transferring  the  accountability,  to  the  quartermaster  at  the  destination  of 
the  troops.     The  commanders  of  incoming  organizations  upon  arrival  will 
report  the  supplies  in  their  custody  and  give  memorandum  receipts  therefor 
to  the  quartermaster,  who  will  then  return  to  the  respective  commanders 
their  certificates. 

1056.  Certificates  given  for  supplies  accompanying  troops  and  memoran- 
dum receipts  given  by  officers  for  supplies  issued  or  loaned  for  their  indi- 
vidual use,  or  for  use  of  the  organizations  under  their  command,  will  be 
made  in  the  prescribed  form,  and  should  any  officer,  when  called  upon  by 
proper  authority  to  produce  any  of  the  supplies  enumerated  therein,  fail  to 
do  so,  or  to  furnish  proper  evidence  that  deficient  or  damaged  supplies  have 
been  accounted  for  as  required  by  regulations,  the  name  of  the  officer  delin- 
quent will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War  by  the  Quartermaster- 
General,  and  said  officer's  pay  to  the  extent  of  the  deficiency  or  damage  will 
be  stopped,  in  conformity  with  paragraphs  701  and  702.    The  accountable 
officer  may  drop  from  his  return  the  articles  deficient,  forwarding  the 
memorandum  receipt  or  certificate  as  a  voucher  therefor. 


148  CARE  OF  PUBLIC  PROPERTY. 

1057.  A  forage  master  or  wagon  master  shall  not  be  concerned,  directly 
or  indirectly,  in  any  means  of  transport  employed  by  the  United  States,  or 
in  the  purchase  or  sale  of  any  property  procured  for  or  belonging  to  the 
United  States,  except  as  agent  for  the  Government. 

1058.  Deliveries  under  contract  will  be  made  monthly  when  practica- 
ble.   Officers  responsible  for  stores  will  take  the  necessary  precautions  to 
prevent  loss  or  damage. 

1059.  Grain,  hay,  straw  and   coal  when  received  will   be   carefully 
weighed.    Wood  will  be  carefully  piled  and  measured. 

1OOO.  Short  forage  should  be  contracted  for  by  the  hundred  pounds,  but 
when  a  contract  for  grain  is  made  by  the  bushel  the  number  of  pounds  per 
bushel  will  be  specified  in  the  contract. 

1061.  Every  officer  accountable  for  fuel,  forage  and  straw,  at  the  end 
of  each  quarter  and  also  when  transferring  to  a  successor,  will  verify  by 
actual  weight  or  measurement  the  quantities  on  hand.     In  case  of  transfer, 
the  verification  will  be  made  in  the  presence  of  the  receiving  officer. 

1062.  The  quantities  of  fuel,  forage  and  straw  on  hand  will  be  certi- 
fied to  by  the  officer  accountable,  and  his  certificate  to  that  effect  will  be 
attached  to  his  property  return. 

1063.  The  commanding  officer  of  the  post  will  see  that  the  verification 
required  by  paragraph  1061  is  made,  and  at  the  end  of  each  quarter  he  will 
send  to  department  headquarters,  or  if  serving  at  an  arsenal  or  an  independ- 
ent post  or  depot,  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  a  certificate  stating  that 
the  verification  has  been  made,  and  that,  in  his  opinion,  the  quantities  actu- 
ally on  hand,  as  determined  by  such  verification  and  certified  to  by  the 
accountable  officer,  are  correctly  reported.     This  certificate  will  be  made  in 
duplicate  and  one  will  be  filed  with  the  post  records.   In  case  excess  be  found, 
it  will  be  taken  up  on  the  return  for  the  quarter.    In  case  of  deficiency,  a 
board  of  survey  will  be  called  to  make  a  full  investigation  and  will  report 
the  facts,  with  its  conclusions  as  to  the  cause  of  deficiency  and  responsibility 
therefor. 

1  (M>1.  Every  officer  accountable  for  quartermaster's  supplies  will  keep 
himself  accurately  informed  by  personal  examination  of  the  quantities  and 
condition  of  the  property  on  hand,  and  will  be  held  strictly  responsible  that 
they  are  correctly  reported  on  his  returns.  The  commanding  officer  will  see 
that  a  complete,  detailed,  and  accurate  inventory  of  such  property,  except 
that  held  on  memorandum  receipts,  is  taken  by  the  accountable  officer  in 
person  at  least  once  each  year,  and  as  much  oftener  as  he  may  deem  neces- 
sary for  the  interests  of  the  Government.  At  each  transfer  of  such  property 
both  the  invoicing  and  receipting  officer  will  attend  in  person,  and  each  will 
satisfy  himself,  by  personal  count  and  examination,  that  all  property  invoiced 
is  on  hand  and  in  condition  as  stated  in  the  invoices.  When  loss,  damage, 
or  deficiency  is  discovered  upon  taking  any  of  these  inventories,  a  board  of 
survey  will  be  called  at  once  to  investigate  and  ascertain  the  cause  thereof, 
which  it  will  report  with  its  conclusions  as  to  the  responsibility  for  the  same. 

HORSES   OF  MOUNTED   OFFICERS. 

1O65.  In  the  field,  at  posts,  or  in  active  service,  sales  of  horses  held  in 
the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  issue,  sale  or  keeping  may  be  made  to 
mounted  officers,  with  the  approval  of  the  Commanding  General  of  the 


HORSES    OF    OFFICERS-  149 

Army,  or  on  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Horses  belonging  to 
troops  of  cavalry  and  to  batteries  of  artillery  will  not  be  sold  nor  turned  in 
to  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  unless  previously  inspected  and  con- 
demned as  unserviceable,  The  price  to  be  paid  for  a  horse  purchased  by  an 
officer  will  be  its  cost  to  the  Government.  Purchase  and  payment  will  be 
completed  within  thirty  days  from  the  date  of  receipt  of  authority  for  the 
sale  and  the  purchase  money  at  once  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  current 
appropriation.  Horses  thus  sold  will  not  be  exchanged  or  returned. 

1O66.  The  use  of  public  horses  by  officers  receiving  mounted  pay  will  be 
regulated  by  department  commanders  in  conformity  with  the  necessities  of 
the  public  service.  Unless  specially  excepted  by  the  Commanding  General 
of  the  Army,  all  mounted  officers  will  be  required  to  keep  the  private  horses 
necessary  for  the  efficient  performance  of  their  duties. 

1O6?  While  serving  with  a  light  or  mounted  battery  a  captain  or  lieu- 
tenant of  artillery  will  be  allowed  to  use  a  battery  horse. 

1068.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  and  issue  horse  and 
mule  shoes,  nails,  smith's  tools  and  materials  required  for  the  service  except 
the  smith's  tools  of  the  battery  wagons  and  forges  of  light  batteries.     The 
horses  of  a  troop  of  cavalry  or  light  battery  will  be  shod  by  its  artificer. 

1069.  The  Quartermaster's    Department    will    transport   for    officers 
changing  station  the  number  of  horses  for  which  they  are  legally  entitled  to 
forage,  and  an  attendant  to  accompany  the  horses  when  necessary,  subject 
to  the  following  restrictions : 

1.  That  the  expense  paid  by  the  United  States  shall  not  exceed  $50  for 
each  horse  transported.    The  cost  of  such  shipment  will  be  ascertained  in 
advance,  and  if  found  to  exceed  $50  for  each  horse,  including  transportation 
of  attendant,  if  any,  the  excess  must  be  prepaid  by  the  owner,  who  must 
also  pay  all  the  expenses  of  the  attendant  other  than  his  transportation. 

2.  That  the  horses  are  owned  by  the  officer  and  were  used  by  him  in  the 
public  service  at  the  station  from  which  he  is  ordered  to  move. 

3.  The  horses  of  retired  officers  or  officers  ordered  to  their  homes  to  await 
retirement,  or  officers  ordered  on  recruiting  service  or  college  detail,  or  to 
attend  schools  of  instruction  as  student  officers,  or  to  effect  a  voluntary 
transfer,  will  riot  be  transported  at  public  expense. 

TRANSPORTATION. 

General  Provisions. 

1070.  For  wagon  and  pack  transportation   mules  will  generally  be 
employed,  and  horses  may  be  used  for  saddle  purposes  by  wagon  masters, 
messengers,  expressmen,  and  employees  or  enlisted  men  pursuing  kindred 
occupations  which  require  them  to  be  mounted.     For  draft  purposes,  except 
at  depots  or  posts  in  or  near  large  cities  where  little  transportation  is  needed, 
horses  will  not  be  used  unless  specially  authorized  by  the  War  Department. 

1OT1.  The  allotment  of  draft  and  pack  animals  to  each  military  depart- 
ment will  be  made  by  the  Quartermaster-General  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

1O72.  The  transportation  of  supplies  from  place  of  purchase  or  from 
supply  depots  to  military  posts,  or  from  one  post  to  another,  will  be  pro- 
vided under  contract  made  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  except 
when  the  means  of  transportation  authorized  in  paragraph  1071  is  available. 


150  TRANSPORTATION. 

1073.  In  providing  transportation  for  persons  and  property,  the  shortest 
practicable  route  will,  as  a  rule,  be  adopted,  although  a  longer  one  may  be 
used  to  secure  lower  rates  when  time  will  permit.    When  competing  routes 
furnish  equal  facilities,  advantages  and  rates,  each  will  be  given  a  share  of 
employment. 

1074.  The  allowance  of  spring  wagons,  exclusive  of  the  prescribed  ambu- 
lance for  the  sick,  is  fixed  at  one  to  each  post,  except  when  otherwise 
authorized  by  the  War  Department.    All  four-wheeled  passenger  wagons 
(except  ambulances)  having  springs  under  the. body  shall  be  considered 
spring  wagons. 

1075.  Spring  wagons  will  be  used  only  by  direction  of  commanding 
officers  and  for  the  purpose  for  which  they  are  supplied,  viz,  for  the  trans- 
portation of  officers  and  enlisted  men  traveling  on  duty  when  other  means 
are  not  available. 

1076.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  the  necessary  ambu- 
lances for  transporting  the  sick  and  wounded  upon  the  requisition  of  the 
proper  medical  officer. 

1077.  All  means  of  public  transportation  at  a  post  will  be  accounted  for 
by  the  quartermaster,  and  will  be  under  his  charge  except  as  provided  in 
paragraph  1415.     Post  commanders  will  cause  cavalry  troops  and  light 
batteries  to  be  provided  daily  with  the  proper  facilities  for  policing  stables 
and  hauling  forage. 

1078.  Commanding  officers  will  give  timely  notice  to  the  proper  officers 
of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  of  all  contemplated  movements  of  troops 
and  supplies,  that  proper  and  sufficient  transportation  may  be  in  readiness. 

1079.  The  duty  of  furnishing  transportation  at  any  post,  station,  or 
depot  will  be  intrusted  to  one  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 
on  whom  requisitions  will  be  made  therefor. 

Transportation  of  Persons. 

1080.  When  troops  are  moved,  suitable  transportation  will  be  provided; 
proper  orders  and  exact  return  of  the  command  will  be  furnished  to  the 
quartermaster  who  is  to  provide  the  same. 

1081.  On  transports,  cabin  passage  will  be  furnished  officers  and  reason- 
able and  proper  accommodations  for  troops.     When  practicable  a  separate 
apartment  will  be  provided  for  the  sick. 

1082.  A  person  requiring  transportation  will  exhibit  an  order  from  com- 
petent authority,  and  the  quartermaster  who  furnishes  it  will  make  and  file 
a  certified  copy  of  the  same.    The  quartermaster  will  indorse  on  the  origi- 
nal order,  over  his  signature,  the  fact  that  transportation  has  been  provided, 
its  kind,  the  places  from  and  to  which  it  has  been  furnished,  and  the  num- 
ber of  pounds  of  extra  baggage  transported,  if  any.     The  original  order  will 
be  retained  by  the  person  who  receives  the  transportation,  and  in  case  of  a 
soldier  entitled  to  commutation  of  rations  while  traveling,  will  be  disposed 
of  as  directed  in  paragraph  1275.    When  a  quartermaster  furnishes  trans- 
portation, under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  110,  to  a  soldier  on  furlough, 
he  will  report  the  actual  or  probable  cost  thereof  to  the  company  com- 
mander and  will  enter  on  the  furlough  a  statement  that  the  transportation 
has  been  furnished.     The  officer  paying  the  account  will  notify  the  company 
commander  of  the  actual  amount  paid  and  the  date  of  payment. 


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1OS3.  When  transportation  is  furnished  for  the  entire  journey,  the  route, 
if  not  designated  in  the  order,  will  be  determined  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  in  accordance  with  existing  rules. 

IOS  i.  A  quartermaster  who  provides  the  transportation  for  troops  will 
notify,  by  mail  or  telegraph,  the  quartermasters  at  places  where  changes  of 
route  are  to  be  made  or  means  of  transportation  are  to  be  changed  of  the 
day  on  which  the  troops  will  start,  their  route,  destination,  the  number  of 
officers,  enlisted  men  and  animals,  and  the  quantity  of  public  property  and 
baggage  for  which  transportation  will  be  required. 

Transportation  Requests. 

1O§5.  A  request  for  transportation  issued  by  a  quartermaster  should  set 
forth  date  and  place  of  issue,  time  for  which  it  will  be  valid,  name  of  com- 
pany required  to  furnish  transportation,  name  of  the  person  or  of  the  one 
in  charge  of  the  party  to  be  transported,  with  number  thereof,  pounds  of 
extra  baggage  if  any,  organization  to  which  the  person  belongs  if  an  officer 
or  enlisted  man,  the  places  of  original  departure  and  ultimate  destination, 
with  the  initial  letters  of  each  road  or  line  to  be  used  on  the  journey. 

1 0 86.  The  officer  furnishing  the  request  will  indorse  thereon  the  authority 
for  its  issue,  the  number,  date,  and  place  of  issue  of  the  order  for  transpor- 
tation, and  the  nature  of  the  journey  or  purpose  for  which  it  is  to  be  per- 
formed, as  follows:  "Changing  station;  "  "  Deserters"  (giving  name,  rank, 
company  and  regiment);  "Returning  from  furlough,  proper  officer  noti- 
fied;"  "On  detached  service"  (the  nature  of  the  service  to  be  stated); 
"Discharged  soldiers  en  route  home  (or  en  route  to  paymaster),  indorsed 
on  final  statement;"    "Insane  soldier  with  escort  to  insane  asylum;" 
"  Guard  and  prisoners ;  "  "  En  route  to  or  returning  from  civil  court  under 
orders  without  summons;"    "Clerk   (or  agent)   of   the  Quartermaster's 
Department;"  and  cause  for  travel,  etc.;  and  if  the  request  is  issued  by 
virtue  of  any  contract  that  fact  will  be  stated  and  the  contract  designated. 

1087.  The  space  on  the  request  reserved  for  "  Remarks"  is  intended  for 
any  extraordinary  notice,  as,  for  example,  when  special  rates  shall  govern, 
or  when  limited  or  unlimited  tickets  shall  issue  in  cases  where  two  or  more 
classes  of  tickets  are  on  sale,  differing  in  cost  or  in  time  during  which  they 
can  be  used.    Where  through  rates  exist,  notation  should  be  made  upon  each 
of  a  series  of  separate  requests  involving  continuous  travel  over  two  or  more 
roads  to  the  effect  that  settlement  will  be  made  on  the  basis  of  the  division, 
among  the  roads  interested,  of  the  through  limited  rate  for  the  entire  jour- 
ney.   All  officers  charged  with  the  duty  of  providing  transportation  will 
inform  themselves  upon  these  points,  and  will  avail  themselves  of  all  oppor- 
tunities of  securing  acceptable  transportation  at  the  lowest  prevailing  prices. 
The  accommodations  afforded  by  tourist  sleeping  cars,  colonist  or  emigrant 
sleepers  (a  seat  by  day  and  a  berth  by  night  for  each  soldier),  will  be  fur- 
nished whenever  practicable,  provided  the  cost  of  such  accommodations,  in 
addition  to  the  travel  fare  imposed,  does  not  exceed  the  cost  of  through 
limited  first-class  tickets  between  the  points  involved.     As  a  rule,  such 
accommodations  should  be  procured  at  the  cost  of  second-class  fare  with  the 
price  of  seat  or  berth,  or  both,  added  ;  and  in  forwarding  detachments  even 
lower  rates  may  be  secured.     Disbursing  quartermasters  will  report  to  the 
Quartermaster-General  all  cases  of  neglect  or  error  on  the  part  of  officers 
issuing  transportation  requests  which  result  in  a  waste  of  public  money. 


152  TRANSPORTATION. 

1O§8.  Requests  should  be  properly  receipted  by  the  party  named  therein, 
and  tickets  procured  before  commencing  the  journey,  as  conductors  are  not 
authorized  to  accept  transportation  requests.  If  more  than  one  person  is  to 
be  transported,  the  officer  or  person  in  charge  of  the  party,  in  filling  the 
receipt,  will  state  the  number  of  the  persons  and  pounds  of  extra  baggage 
carried,  and  the  class  and  description  of  transportation  furnished.  In  no 
case  will  a  receipt  be  given  for  transportation  of  more  persons  or  extra  bag- 
gage than  the  request  calls  for. 

1089.  The  blank  receipt  at  the  bottom  of  the  request  will  be  filled  in  ink, 
and  if  the  person  receipting  can  not  write  his  name  he  will  make  his  mark, 
which  'will  be  witnessed.    Names  and  places  will  be  written  in  full.     If  the 
transportation  is  furnished  by  other  than  passenger  train  or  other  than  pas- 
senger cars  the  fact  will  be  stated  in  the  receipt. 

1090.  Officers  will  take  advantage  of  any  existing  through  rates,  either 
for  the  whole  or  part  of  the  journey.    When  transportation  is  required  over 
several  roads  by  which  arrangements  have  been  made  for  through  trans- 
portation upon  single  tickets,  a  single  request,  addressed  to  the  initial  road, 
will  be  issued  (except  as  provided  in  paragraph  1093) ,  upon  which  tickets 
should  be  procured  by  the  officer  issuing  it  or  by  the  party  to  be  trans- 
ported. 

1091.  If  transportation  is  required  over  a  line  of  roads,  one  or  more  of 
which  are  land  grant  and  subject  to  deduction  of  rates,  and  a  single  request 
is  issued  therefor,  the  name  of  the  road,  the  fact  that  it  is  land  grant  and 
subject  to  deduction,  also  the  per  centum  of  deduction,  will  be  stated  in  the 
request,  and  in  settlement  for  the  service  the  deduction  on  account  of  land 
grant  will  be  made. 

1092.  If  arrangements  have  been  made  for  transportation  for  a  part  of 
the  distance  at  less  than  the  regular  through  rate,  the  rate  for  that  part  will 
be  stated  in  the  request. 

1093.  When  transportation  is  required  over  a  land  grant  road,  a  separate 
request  may  be  issued  therefor  if  the  road  desires  it,  provided  the  railroad 
company  agrees  that  such  action  will  not  commit  the  United  States  to  the 
payment  of  local  rates  for  through  transportation.     Separate  requests  must 
be  issued  in  all  cases  where  transportation  is  required  over  a  bond  aided 
road. 

1O9 1.  Duplicate  requests  for  transportation  will  not  be  issued,  nor  will 
a  request  be  issued  after  the  transportation  service  has  been  performed. 

1095.  No  portion  of  .a  request  above  the  signature  of  the  issuing  officer 
will  be  changed  in  any  particular.     If  explanations  are  required,  they  will 
be  made  on  the  back  of  the  request. 

1096.  All  unused  tickets  or  parts  of  tickets  procured  on  a  transporta- 
tion request  will  be  returned  to  the  officer  who  issued  it,  and  by  him  for- 
warded to  the  officer  who  pays  the  account  for  the  service.     The  value  of 
such  ticket  or  parts  of  tickets  will  be  deducted  from  any  money  due  or  to 
become  due  the  company  for  transportation  over  whose  line  they  were  ob- 
tained.   On  the  collection  of  the  value  of  such  unused  tickets  they  will  be 
returned  to  the  company  by  which  they  were  issued. 

1097.  When  transportation  to  any  given  point  and  return  is  required, 
the  request  for  return  transportation  should  be  obtained  at  the  destination, 
provided  it  can  be  there  procured,  except  in  cases  where  round  trip  tickets 


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can  be  obtained  at  reduced  rates  and  made  available  for  the  journey  ;  other- 
wise the  quartermaster  will  issue  two  sets  of  requests,  one  to  the  place  of 
destination,  the  other  for  return  transportation. 

1098.  All  facts  necessary  to  enable  the  paying  officer  to  decide  as  to  the 
regularity  or  propriety  of  the  proceedings  will  be  stated  upon  the  request. 
Should  it  appear  to  the  paying  officer  that  transportation  has  been  improp- 
erly furnished  by  the  issuing  officer,  he  will  make  payment  to  the  carrier 
for  the  service  actually  rendered,  and  will  send  to  the  Quartermaster-Gen- 
eral a  statement  of  all  the  facts,  with  a  certified  copy  of  the  request. 

1099.  Officers  drawing  mileage  are  authorized  to  carry  with  them,  at 
public  expense,  such  quantity  of  baggage  as  they  may  require,  not  exceed- 
ing 150  pounds.     This  will  include  the  portion  carried  free  by  the  trans- 
portation lines. 

1 1O(K  Officers  traveling  under  orders  with  transportation  furnished 
them  in  kind  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  and  who  desire  to  retain 
in  their  possession  a  quantity  of  baggage  greater  than  that  passed  free  for 
passengers  by  the  carrier,  will  be  furnished  with  transportation  requests, 
on  which  will  be  stated  that  portion  of  the  150  pounds  of  baggage  allowed 
in  excess  of  the  quantity  which,  by  the  tariff  of  the  respective  carriers,  is 
transported  free.  The  officer  receiving  the  request  will  certify,  in  the 
receipt  appended  thereto,  whether  transportation  for  such  excess  of  bag- 
gage has  been  furnished,  and  settlement  will  be  made  by  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department  with  the  respective  carriers  accordingly. 

1101.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  may  provide  transportation  of 
baggage  for  enlisted  men  traveling  under  orders  without  troops,  not  to 
exceed  the  following  weights: 

Pounds. 

Noncommissioned  officers 100 

Privates  of  the  Hospital  Corps 100 

Other  privates 50 

This  allowance  will  accompany  each  man  on  the  conveyance  by  which  he 
is  transported,  and  will  include  the  number  of  pounds  of  baggage  carried 
free  on  the  passage  ticket. 

1 1O2.  Quartermasters,  in  issuing  requests  for  transportation  of  officers 
and  others  traveling  under  orders,  will  not  include  therein  public  property 
of  any  description,  nor  personal  baggage  in  excess  of  that  portion  of  the 
allowance  of  150  pounds  not  carried  free,  and  for  which  transportation  at 
public  expense  is  authorized. 

1103.  Books  of  blank  transportation -requests  will  be  provided  by  the 
Quartermaster-General.    They  will  be  furnished  to  quartermasters,  who  will 
receipt  and  account  for  them.     Requests  issued  will  be  reported  on  the 
prescribed  form.     The  numbers  of  all  requests  received,  issued,  canceled, 
etc.,  will  be  specified  in  the  proper  abstracts,  and  all  canceled  requests  will 
accompany  voucher  to  Abstract  I. 

1 10 1.  An  officer  relieved  from  duty  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
or  transferred  to  another  station  will  turn  over  to  his  successor  all  blank 
requests  in  his  possession,  unless  otherwise  directed,  taking  a  receipt  there- 
for, which  will  show  the  blank  requests  turned  over  and  their  numbers. 

1 1O5.  Blank  requests  will  not  be  renioyed  from  the  military  department 
to  which  they  have  been  furnished,  nor  will  they  be  transferred  to  officers 


154  TRANSPORTATION. 

who  are  not  authorized  to  receive  them.  If  lost  or  stolen,  a  report,  giving 
numbers  and  series  of  those  missing  and  circumstances  attending  loss,"  will 
be  made  at  once  to  the  chief  quartermaster  of  the  department  and  the  Quar- 
termaster-General, and  the  former  will  notify  the  transportation  lines  in  his 
department  and  vicinity  not  to  honor  them. 

1 1O6.  The  stub  of  the  request,  containing  its  substance,  and  showing 
by  what  authority  and  for  what  purpose  issued,  will  be  preserved  as  part  of 
the  permanent  record  of  the  post  or  office  from  which  the  issue  was  made. 

Ferries,  Turnpikes  and  Bridges. 

HOT.  Whenever  it  shall  be  necessary  for  troops,  teams,  or  employees  in 
the  military  service  to  pass  on  public  duty  over  a  legally  constituted  toll 
bridge,  ferry,  or  turnpike,  the  officer  or  person  in  charge  of  the  party  will 
apply  to  the  nearest  quartermaster  for  a  request  for  such  passage.  If  he 
can  not  obtain  it,  he  will  give  to  the  keeper  of  the  bridge,  ferry,  or  turnpike 
a  certificate  stating  the  number  of  persons  and  whether  mounted  or  on  foot, 
number  of  loose  animals,  teams  and  animals  to  each  team,  for  which  toll  or 
ferriage  is  due,  and  showing  that  the  travel  is  on  public  duty.  Accounts 
for  such  service,  accompanied  by  the  request,  or  certificates  duly  receipted, 
will  be  presented  to  the  nearest  disbursing  quartermaster  for  settlement, 
who,  before  payment,  will  satisfy  himself  that  the  rates  charged  do  not  exceed 
those  authorized,  or  paid  by  private  individuals,  and  that  the  indebtedness 
was  necessarily  incurred  for  the  public  service.  Payment  may  be  made  at 
the  authorized  or  usual  rates,  unless  more  favorable  terms  can  be  obtained, 

Street-Car  and  Ferry  Tickets. 

I  ION.  Written  requests  for  street  car  and  ferry  tickets  will  be  prepared 
by  quartermasters  and  for  warded  to  the  Quartermaster-General  for  authority 
to  purchase.  These  requests  will  state  the  number,  character,  and  cost  of 
the  tickets  required,  and  the  officers  submitting  them  will  certify  that  the 
tickets  are  for  use  in  messenger  service  in  the  public  business.  The  tickets 
when  purchased  will  be  taken  up  on  the  return  and  expended  solely  in  the 
performance  of  messenger  service  on  public  duty.  In  cases  where  street 
car  or  ferry  companies  have  no  tickets  for  sale,  reimbursement  for  fare 
paid  may  be  made  on  a  service  voucher. 

Sleeping  Car. 

11O9.  The  following  persons  are  entitled,  at  public  expense,  to  a  double 
berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  or  to  the  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on 
steamers  where  extra  charge  is  made  for  the  same :  Officers  of  the  Army  trav- 
eling on  duty  with  troops ;  civilian  clerks  and  agents  in  the  military  service 
when  traveling  under  orders  on  public  business ;  sergeant-majors,  ordnance, 
commissary,  and  quartermaster  sergeants  (post  or  regimental),  hospital 
stewards,  chief  musicians,  principal  musicians,  chief  trumpeters,  saddler- 
sergeants,  and  sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps,  when  traveling  under  orders 
on  public  business  without  troops ;  also  invalid  soldiers  when  so  traveling 
on  the  certificate  of  a  medical  officer  showing  the  necessity  therefor.  Offi- 
cers of  the  Army  traveling  with  troops  on  day  journeys  are  entitled  to  seats 
in  day  parlor  cars,  provided  such  privilege  is  not  covered  by  sleeping  car 
accommodations  already  held  by  them. 


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1110.  Quartermasters  providing  parlor  and  sleeping  car  accommoda- 
tions will  issue  requests  therefor,  and  state  therein  the  number  of  berths  or 
seats  required. 

1111.  When  a  journey  is  to  be  performed  covering  the  route  of  more 
than  one  sleeping  or  parlor  car,  separate  requests  will  be  issued  for  accom- 
modations in  each  car  in.  which  the  person  is  to  travel. 

1112.  The  holder  of  a  request  which  calls  for  sleeping  or  parlor  car 
accommodations  will  receipt  for  the  number  of  berths  or  seats  furnished, 
naming  the  points  between  which  they  were  furnished. 

1113.  Persons  holding  requests  for  sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommoda- 
tions will,  whenever  practicable,  present  them  to  the  proper  agent,  and 
obtain  tickets  for  the  number  of  berths  or  seats  required,  before  commenc- 
ing the  journey.     When  not  practicable  to  do  so,  berths  or  seats  will  be 
secured  from  the  conductor  of  the  car. 

1114.  Special  sleeping  or  parlor  cars  will  not  be  chartered  when  the 
expense  exceeds  the  cost  of  the  berths  or  seats  authorized  to  be  furnished. 

1115.  When  it  is  impracticable  for  agents  or  conductors  to  furnish  berths 
or  seats  in  sleeping  or  parlor  cars,  the  holder  of  the  request  will,  on  the 
termination  of  his  journey,  return  it  to  the  issuing  officer  with  a  statement 
of  the  reasons  why  it  has  not  been  used,  and  that  officer  will  account  for  it 
on  his  return, 

1116.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  pay  accounts  for  sleeping 
and  parlor  car  accommodations  when  made  out  in  the  name  of  the  company 
furnishing  them,  and  based  upon  requests  issued  by  quartermasters.     In  set- 
tlement it  will  not  allow  for  a  greater  number  of  berths  or  seats  than  is  called 
for  in  the  request,  although  more  may  have  been  receipted  for ;  and  when  a 
less  number  has  been  receipted  for  than  the  request  mentions,  it  will  pay  in 
accordance  with  the  receipt.    When  the  receipt  covers  a  greater  number  of 
berths  or  seats  than  is  called  for  in  the  request,  the  disbursing  officer  will 
report  the  fact  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  but  payment  for  the  author- 
ized number  will  not  be  delayed. 

1117*  An  officer  traveling  with  troops  who  incurs  expense  for  authorized 
sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommodations,  when  it  is  impracticable  to  obtain  a 
request  therefor,  will  be  reimbursed  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 
upon  application  supported  by  a  receipt  for  the  amount  paid  by  him  and  a 
copy  of  the  orders  under  which  the  journey  was  performed. 

Transportation  of  Baggage. 

111S.  In  changing  station  an  officer's  authorized  allowance  of  baggage 
will  be  turned  over  to  a  quartermaster  for  transportation  as  freight  by  ordi- 
nary freight  lines,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  department  commander 
or  higher  authority .  No  reimbursement  will  be  made  to  an  officer  who,  under 
such  circumstances,  sends  packages  by  express  or  ships  and  pays  for  the 
transportation  of  his  baggage. 


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TRANSPORTATION. 


1119,  The  baggage  to  be  transported  at  public  expense,  including  mess 
chests  and  personal  baggage,  upon  change  of  station,  will  not  exceed  the 
following  weights . 


Rank. 

In  the 
field. 

Changing 
station. 

Major-general.. 

Pounds. 
1,000 

Pounds. 
3  500 

Brigadier-general 

700 

2  800 

Field,  officer      

500 

2,400 

Captain 

200 

2  000 

First  lieutenant 

150 

1  700 

150 

1  500 

Acting  assistant  surgeon 

150 

1.200 

Veterinary  surgeon  

150 

500 

Post  and  regimental  noncommissioned  staff  officer,  hospital  stew- 
ard, chief  musician,  and  sergeant  of  the  Signal  Corps,  each 

500 

These  allowances  are  in  excess  of  the  weights  transported  free  of  charge 
under  the  regular  fares  by  public  carriers.  They  may  be  reduced  pro  rata 
by  the  commanding  officer,  if  necessary,  and  may,  in  special  cases,  be 
increased  by  the  War  Department  on  transports  by  water.  Shipments  of 
officers'  allowance  of  baggage  will  in  all  cases  be  made  at  carrier's  risk, 
including  those  over  roads  where  tariffs  provide  for  extra  charge  therefor. 

10 2O.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  transport  the  authorized 
change  of  station  allowance  of  baggage  and  professional  books  and  papers 
for  officers  or  enlisted  men  upon  retirement,  or  who  die  in  the  service,  from 
their  last  duty  stations  to  such  places  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States 
as  may  be  the  homes  of  their  families,  or  as  may  be  designated  by  their  legal 
representatives  or  executors. 

1121.  Transportation  of  change  of  station  allowance  of  baggage  is  author- 
ized for  such  contract  surgeons  as  may  be  employed,  when  they  join  for  duty 
under  the  first  order,  and  also  on  return  to  their  homes  on  the  termination 
of  their  contracts,  if  provided  for  in  the  contracts.     Graduates  of  the  Mili- 
tary Academy  and  officers  promoted  from  the  ranks  will  be  furnished  with 
transportation  for  field  allowance  of  baggage  on  their  first  assignment  to 
duty  as  commissioned  officers.    With  these  exceptions,  transportation  of  bag- 
gage at  public  expense  is  not  authorized  for  officers  joining  for  duty  on  first 
appointment  to  military  service,  nor  upon  reinstatement  or  reappointment, 
nor  to  effect  transfers  from  one  company  or  regiment  to  another  at  the 
request  of  parties  transferred.     Officers  ordered  on  temporary  duty  and 
officers  going  abroad  as  military  attaches  are  not  entitled  to  such  transpor- 
tation.   An  officer  detailed  as  attache,  however,  is  entitled  to  have  his  full 
allowance  transported  from  the  post  he  leaves  to  his  home,  or  to  the  nearest 
convenient  place  of  storage,  and  upon  resuming  duty  in  this  country  from 
such  place  of  storage  to  his  post  of  duty.     While  on  journeys  as  an  attache, 
the  cost  of  transporting  his  personal  baggage  can  not  be  paid  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department. 

1122.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  furnish  transportation  for 
the  prescribed  regimental  and  company  desks,  for  the  books,  papers,  and 
instruments  of  staff  officers  necessary  to  the  performance  of  their  duties, 
and  for  the  medical  chests  of  medical  officers ;  also  for  the  professional  books 
of  officers  changing  station,  officers  ordered  home  for  retirement,  gradu- 
ates of  the  Military  Academy,  and  officers  joining  on  first  appointment, 


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TRANSPORTATION. 

which  they  certify  belong  to  them  and  pertain  to  their  official  duties; 
also  the  professional  books  of  hospital  stewards  changing  station,  not  exceed- 
ing two  hundred  pounds  in  weight.  Invoices  of  packages  turned  over  to 
the  shipping  officer  will  be  accompanied  by  the  certificate  of  the  officer  as 
to  character  of  books,  and  a  certified  copy  will  be  attached  to  the  bill  of 
lading  issued  at  the  initial  point  of  shipment.  The  certificate  as  to  the 
character  of  the  books  of  a  hospital  steward  will  be  given  by  the  medical 
officer  under  whom  he  last  served. 

Transportation  of  Supplies. 

1123.  Quartermasters  will,  prior  to  shipment,  securely  pack,  seal,  and 
weigh  all  quartermaster's  supplies,  if  practicable. 

1124.  Quartermasters  and  agents  shipping  public  property  or  baggage 
will  mark  every  package  with  the  name  and  station  of  the  officer  to  whom  con- 
signed, and  will  number  them  consecutively.     Packages  of  quartermaster's 
supplies  should,  so  far  as  practicable,  bear  consecutive  numbers,  to  be  pre- 
ceded or  followed  by  the  numbers  given  to  the  packages  of  other  classes  of 
property  shipped  at  the  same  time;  but  no  two  packages  of  the  same  ship- 
ment will  bear  the  same  number,  except  in  case  of  reshipment  of  packages 
already  numbered.     When  supplies  are  shipped  in  large  quantities,  and  in 
packages  of  like  dimensions  and  weight,  numbering  may  be  omitted.     In 
cases  of  reshipment,  stores  will  be  re-marked  if  necessary  by  the  officer 
required  to  reship  them. 

1 125.  Officers  turning  over  property  to  a  quartermaster  for  transporta- 
tion will  plainly  mark  each  package  with  the  name  and  address  of  con- 
signee, a  list  of  its  contents,  its  weight,  and  "  U.  S." 

1126.  An  officer  who  turns  over  supplies  to  another  for  transportation 
in  the  best  condition  in  which  it  is  possible  to  put  them  is  relieved  from  any 
further  responsibility  therefor  by  the  receipt  of  the  officer  to  whom  they  are 
intrusted  for  transportation.     Should  the  officer  to  whom  the  stores  are  con- 
signed discover  damage  or  deficiency,  he  will  apply  for  a  board  of  survey, 
before  which  all  concerned  will  be  heard  in  person  or  by  letter.     The  board 
will  ascertain  and  determine  the  amount  and  condition  of  the  stores  actually 
delivered  to  the  receiving  officer,  who  will  receipt  to  the  officer  intrusted 
with  their  transportation  for  the  amount  and  quantity  so  determined.    The 
latter  officer  will  be  held  responsible  for  all  damages  or  deficiency,  unless 
relieved  therefrom  by  the  report  of  the  board  of  survey,  duly  approved  by 
the  reviewing  authority. 

1127.  When  a  quartermaster  receives  supplies,  transported  by  a  com- 
mon carrier  under  agreement  with  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  which 
do  not  correspond  to  the  invoice  because  of  damage  or  deficiency  not  attrib- 
utable to  ordinary  loss  or  wastage,  the  facts  will  be  fully  investigated  by 
a  board  of  survey  (unless  the  carrier  voluntarily  assumes  liability  for  the 
loss)  and  the  money  value  of  the  damage  or  deficiency  will  be  charged  to 
the  party  responsible  therefor,  whether  the  shipping  officer  or  carrier.     The 
authority  which  calls  the  board  will,  as  soon  as  possible,  transmit  copies  of 
its  proceedings  to  the  forwarding  and  receiving  officers  and  to  the  officer 
authorized  to  pay  the  account.     In  case  the  responsibility  is  fixed  upon  the 
carrier,  the  receiving  officer  will  note  on  the  bill  of  lading  the  deductions 
which  should  be  made  for  such  loss  or  damage  by  the  quartermaster  who 
pays  the  account.    The  latter  will  make  the  deduction  and  refund  the 


158  TRANSPORTATION. 

amount  stopped  to  the  proper  department,  in  the  following  manner,  for 
example :  If  from  an  account  of  $100  for  transportation  services  tnere  is  a 
deduction  of  $25  for  ordnance  stores  lost,  the  quartermaster  will  take  credit 
under  the  head  "Transportation  of  the  Army  "  for  $75  paid  to  the  carrier, 
and  also  for  $25  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United 
States  on  account  of  the  Ordnance  Department ;  but  if  the  deduction  is  on 
account  of  forage  lost  by  the  carrier,  he  will  take  credit  on  his  account 
current,  under  transportation,  for  $25  as  carried  to  "Regular  Supplies," 
under  which  head  he  will  charge  himself  with  that  amount. 

1128.  Transportation  by  express,  when  in  excess  of  cost  by  ordinary 
freight,  must  be  limited  to  emergencies,  and  vouchers  in  payment  must  show 
the  emergency  and  authority  for  such  transportation.     Upon  application 
approved  by  the  department  commander,  a  quartermaster  may  transport 
public  funds  by  express.     In  such  cases  he  will  receipt  only  for  so  many 
sealed  packages  said  to  contain  so  much  public  money.    When  an  absent 
disbursing  officer  sends  his  check  to  the  order  of  the  quartermaster,  request- 
ing him  to  express  the  amount  named  therein,  the  latter  will  receipt  for  the 
actual  amount  to  be  transported.    In  case  of  loss  of  funds  by  unavoidable 
accident,  the  shipping  officer  will  not  be  held  responsible,  and  the  officer 
accountable  for  the  funds  must  seek  relief  through  application  to  the  Court 
of  Claims  or  to  Congress. 

Transportation  for  other  Departments. 

1129.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  ship  all  freight  that  maybe 
delivered  to  it,  securely  packed  and  properly  marked,  by  any  of  the  Execu- 
tive Departments  or  bureaus  of  the  Government.     Separate  bills  of  lading 
will  be  used  and  the  following  notation  made  thereon :  ' '  Payable  by  the 
Treasury  Department,"  "  the  Navy  Department,"  "  the  Interior  Department," 
"  the  National  Museum,"  "  the  United  States  Fish  Commission,"  etc.     When 
practicable,  the  bureau  to  which  the  freight  pertains  will  be  stated,  for 
example:    "Payable   by  the    Navy  Department,   Bureau  of   Ordnance." 
Accounts  in  duplicate,  supported  by  these  bills  of  lading,  will  be  prepared 
by  any  quartermaster  to  whom  they  may  be  presented,  and  will  be  forwarded 
to  the  Quartermaster-General.    In  making  up  the  accounts  the  same  plan 
as  to  deduction  on  account  of  land  grant  or  bond  aided  railroads  will  be 
pursued  as  in  accounts  for  transportation  of  other  Government  property. 

I  I  'tO.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  ship  (under  the 
regulations  governing  the  transportation  of  military  property,  and  on  the 
same  forms  of  bills  of  lading)  articles  donated  to  the  Medical  Museum  at 
Washington,  the  library  and  museum  of  the  Military  Service  Institution  at 
Governors  Island,  N.  Y.,  or  the  United  States  Military  Academy  at  West 
Point,  N.  Y.  Packages  will  be  marked  with  the  name  of  the  institution, 
and  sent  in  care  of  depot  quartermaster  at  Washington  or  New  York,  or 
quartermaster  at  West  Point. 

1131.  Arms,  ordnance  stores,  and  quartermaster's  supplies,  issued  to  the 
several  States  and  Territories  under  the  laws  for  arming  and  equipping  the 
militia,  will  be  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  trans- 
portation and  delivery  at  the  railroad  depot  or  steamboat  dock  nearest  to 
the  point  within  the  State  or  Territory  designated  by  the  governor  thereof. 
Separate  bills  of  lading  will  be  used  in  shipping  this  property. 


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159 


A  quartermaster  is  authorized  to  transport  books  and  musical 
instruments  purchased  for,  or  donated  to,  post  chapels  or  to  post  or  company 
libraries. 

Bills  of  Lading. 

1 133.  Public  property  will  be  transported  on  bills  of  lading,  which  will 
be  numbered  consecutively  in  the  order  of  shipment,  beginning  with  the 
first  shipment  of  each  fiscal  year.    They  will  consist  of  two  parts,  the  origi- 
nal and  duplicate,  each  to  be  certified  by  the  shipping  officer  and  receipted 
by  the  carrier. 

1134.  Bills  of  lading  will  be  prepared  in  the  name  of  the  carrier,  and 
will  show  the  points  between  which  transportation  is  required,  also  places 
of  original  departure  and  ultimate  destination  of  the  freight. 

1135.  Bills  of  lading  will  show  the  number,  marks,  contents,  and  weight 
or  measurement  of  each  package  or  class  of  packages  to  be  transported,  as 
follows : 


Marks. 

No 

No.  of 
packages. 

Contents.* 

Weight, 
Ibs. 

Mai  Geo.  Bliss, 

1  to  20 

20  boxes  .- 

Canned  corned  beef 

1,200 

C.  S.,  U  S.  A., 

21  to  30 

10    do 

Dried  salmon 

1  500 

Washington,  D.  C. 

31  to  35 

5    do     .. 

Evaporated  peaches.  

300 

U.  S.  property. 

36  to  40 

5    do 

Canned  tomatoes.   . 

300 

Mai     Inhn  Rpll 

41  to  45 

5    do 

Blacksmith's  tools 

960 

Depot  Q  M 

46  to  50 

5    do     . 

Carpenter's  tools  

384 

51 

1    do     .. 

Mason  'stools                      

236 

52 

1  keg 

Chains 

372 

53  to  55 

3  coils... 

Rope  

648 

56  to  60 

5  bales 

Coats 

550 

61  &  62 

2    do     .. 

Sheets  .  .  . 

120 

Capt.  John  Smith, 

63  to  65 

3  boxes 

Hats 

200 

Q.  M.,U.  S.  A., 

66  to  70 

5    do     .. 

Shoes  

500 

Georgetown,  D.  C. 

71  to  75 

5  kegs 

Horseshoes 

600 

U.  S.  property. 

76  &  77 

2   do    . 

Horseshoe  nails  

75 

78  to  80 

3  do 

Cut  nails  

360 

81  &  82 

2  bundles 

Bar  iron 

200 

Lt.  Jas.  Smith  1st 

00    ft.    OA 

Baggage 

o/yi 

Inf.,  Ft.  Monroe,  Va., 

85  to  88 

Furniture.  ... 

000 

Changing  station. 
Private  property. 

89  to  91 

3  chests.. 

Prof,  books,  papers,  instru- 
ments, etc.  (as  the  case  may 
be). 

100 

Co.  1,  1st  Infantry 

92  &  93 

2  boxes 

Books 

754 

Co.  property. 

94 

1    do     . 

Field  desk 

100 

Ft.  Myer,  Va. 

95  &  96 

2    do     . 

Band  instruments 

326 

Com'd'g.  Officer, 
Rock  Island  Arsenal, 
from 
Capt.  John  A.  Robin- 
son, 7th  Inf. 

97 

1    do    .. 

Bayonet  scabbards  and  belts  . 
Total  

160 
11,645 

*The  contents  should  be  shown  in  sufficient  detail  to  enable  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  to  recover  in  case  of  loss,  as  well  as  to  know  in  all  cases  what  was  actually 
transported. 

1136.  In  the  transportation  of  baggage  with  officers  or  troops,  the  bill 
of  lading  should  show  plainly  whether  the  whole  weight  specified  in  the 
bill  is  to  be  paid  for  by  the  United  States,  or  whether  a  deduction  is  to  be 
made  for  the  number  of  pounds  allowed  each  passenger  by  the  carrier.  In 
the  latter  case,  if  the  actual  number  of  pounds  to  be  deducted  is  not  known, 
the  number  of  persons  receiving  transportation  will  be  stated. 


160  TRANSPORTATION. 

1137.  Personal  baggage  of  officers  will  not  be  shipped  on  Government 
bill  of  lading,  except  such  quantity  as  is  transported  at  Government  expense 
in  change  of  station,  unless  transportation  by  wagon  or  other  conveyance 
owned  by  the  United  States  is  furnished. 

1 1 3  8 .  In  transporting  by  rail ,  the  number  of  animals ,  number  and  weight 
of  packages,  number  of  feet  of  lumber  or  pieces  of  timber  and  dimensions 
will  be  expressed  in  the  bill  of  lading  in  figures  as  well  as  number  of  car 
loads;  and  when  transportation  is  to  be  paid  for  by  weight,  the  number  of 
pounds  will  be  stated.  In  shipments  by  water  at  cubic  measurement,  the 
same  rules  as  to  number,  weight,  and  measurement  will  be  observed.  The 
officer  receiving  the  property,  in  certifying  to  its  correctness,  will  write  out 
the  weight  in  words  and  figures. 

1139*  Erasures,  interlineations,  t>r  alterations  in  bills  of  lading  must  be 
explained  thereon  by  the  issuing  or  other  competent  officer  over  his  signature. 

I  I  IO.  In  no  case  will  a  second  original  or  duplicate  bill  of  lading,  or  a 
copy  of  a  bill  of  lading  be  issued  to  the  carrier  for  any  shipment,  nor  will  a 
bill  of  lading  be  issued  after  the  transportation  service  has  been  performed. 

1141.  The  rate  of  transportation  charges  and  the  initial  letters  of  each 
road  by  which  the  supplies  are  to  be  transmitted  will  be  inserted  in  the  bill 
of  lading. 

1142.  The  original  bill  of  lading  will  be  given  to  the  carrier  at  the  time 
the  shipment  is  made,  and  upon  the  delivery  of  the  property  in  good  order 
and  condition  will  be  receipted  by  the  consignee  and  returned  to  the  carrier 
with  such  further  indorsement  as  may  be  necessary  to  insure  settlement. 
The  duplicate  will  be  promptly  transmitted  by  the  shipping  officer  to  the 
consignee,  and  upon  delivery  of  the  property  will  be  receipted  in  like  man- 
ner as  the  original  and  forwarded  to  the  paying  officer.     If  the  shipping 
officer  is  not  the  paying  officer,  he  will  be  notified  by  letter  of  the  receipt  of 
the  supplies  and  their  condition  when  received. 

1143.  Bills  of  lading  will  be  made  payable  by  the  chief  quartermaster  of 
the  department  in  which  the  supplies  are  to  be  delivered,  unless  some  other 
officer  has  been  designated  to  pay  them. 

1114.  Bills  of  lading  issued  for  supplies  to  be  forwarded  by  conveyance 
owned  or  leased  by  the  Government  will  show  that  no  payment  is  to  be 
made  for  the  service. 

1145.  Transportation  should  be  provided  to  ultimate  destination  and  on 
through  bills  of  lading  when  practicable.    When  not  practicable,  or  when 
through  or  special  rates  can  not  be  secured,  transportation  will  be  furnished 
to  the  most  convenient  point  for  forwarding  to  ultimate  destination  or  to 
the  farthest  point  to  which  through  or  special  rates  can  be  obtained. 

1 146.  In  transportation  of  public  stores  over  a  line  of  roads,  one  of  which 
is  land  grant  and  subject  to  deduction  of  rates,  or  is  not  entitled  to  payment 
for  transporting  such  stores,  separate  bills  of  lading,  stating  that  it  is  land 
grant,  may  be  issued  to  it  if  requested. 

1147.  Bills  of  lading  will  not  be  issued  so  as  to  include  service  beyond 
the  termination  of  any  road  owned,  leased,  controlled,  or  operated  by  a  bond 
aided  railroad  company.     When  such  service  is  required,  separate  bills  of 
lading  will  be  issued,  but  none  to  include  service  over  more  than  one  bond 
aided  road  with  its  leased  lines  and  branches;  the  issue  of  separate  bills  for 
through  transportation  is  for  the  convenience  of  railroads  only,  in  settling 


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their  accounts,  and  will  not  commit  the  United  States  to  the  payment  of 
local  rates  for  any  portion  of  the  through  transportation.  Such  bills  will 
indicate  the  point  of  original  departure  and  ultimate  destination  of  the 
freight  transported. 

1148.  In  the  absence  of  the  consignee  or  on  his  failure  to  receipt,  the 
officer  receipting  will  certify  that  he  is  duly  authorized  to  do  so,  and  why 
the  consignee  does  not  receipt.  Clerks  and  agents  are  not  authorized  to 
receipt  bills  of  lading  unless  the  stores  are  consigned  to  them  or  to  their  care. 

1 1 19.  In  case  of  loss  or  damage  to  property  while  in  possession  of  the 
carrier,  the  bills  of  lading  will  not  be  receipted  until  such  loss  or  damage  is 
decided  upon  and  the  responsibility  therefor  fixed,  except  that  when  the 
loss  or  damage  has  been  ascertained  and  the  responsibility  fixed  without  the 
action  of  a  board,  the  bill  may  be  receipted  and  an  indorsement  made  thereon 
stating  the  kind  of  property  lost  or  damaged,  its  weight  or  measurement, 
its  full  value  including  cost  of  transportation,  and  the  name  of  the  company 
or  party  responsible  therefor.  When  a  receipted  bill  of  lading  is  demanded 
by  the  carrier,  it  may  be  receipted  by  the  receiving  officer  after  noting 
thereon  the  loss  or  damage  which  is  apparent,  and  adding  that  final  settle- 
ment will  await  the  action  of  a  board  of  survey.  All  the  indorsements 
of  the  receiving  officer  on  the  original  bill  of  lading  will  be  put  upon  the 
duplicate. 

1150.  Payment  will  be  made  on  the  original  bill  of  lading  properly 
receipted  and  accomplished,  but  not  until  the  duplicate  has  been  received 
by  the  paying  officer,  except  as  provided  in  the  following  paragraph. 

1 151.  In  case  of  loss  or  destruction  of  one  part  of  the  bill  of  lading,  the 
paying  officer,  after  satisfying  himself  of  the  fact,  will  report  it  to  the  Quar- 
termaster-General with  recommendation  as  to  payment. 

1152.  In  case  both  parts  of  the  bill  of  lading  have  been  lost  or  destroyed, 
the  shipping  officer,  upon  the  application  of  either  the  carrier,  the  consignee, 
or  the  paying  officer,  will  issue  a  certificate  in  duplicate,  in  the  prescribed 
form.     This  certificate  may  be  given  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  records 
of  the  post  or  depot,  although  he  may  not  have  made  the  shipment.     Entry 
should  be  made  in  the  shipping  book  of  the  loss  of  both  parts  of  the  bill 
of  lading,   and  of  the  fact  that  the  certificate  has  been   issued.      The 
certificate  will  be  forwarded  to  the  consignee,  who  will  indorse  thereon  his 
certificate  as  to  the  receipt  of  the  property  and  its  condition.     If  a  board  of 
survey  has  acted  on  the  shipment,  he  will  attach  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  to 
the  certificate. 

1153.  A  shipping  officer  will  give  his  certificate  only  when  necessary  to 
enable  the  carrier  to  receive  payment,  and  not  until  he  has  satisfied  himself, 
by  correspondence  with  the  officer  to  whom  the  stores  were  shipped  and  the 
officer  designated  to  make  payment,  that  neither  part  is  in  their  possession. 
He  will  also  require  the  affidavit  of  the  carrier,  stating  that  neither  part  of 
the  bill  of  lading  is  in  his  possession  nor  can  be  traced  by  him,  and  if  subse- 
quently found  that  he  will  make  no  demand  thereon,  but  will  at  once  surren- 
der it  to  the  United  States.    Upon  this  evidence,  and  with  the  authority  of 
the  Quartermaster-General,  payment  may  be  made  for  the  service.    In  case 
either  or  both  parts  of  the  bill  of  lading  should  subsequently  be  recovered 
by  the  shipping  officer,  he  will  note  the  fact  in  the  shipping  book  and  forward 
the  same  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 

16686—01 11 


1 62  TRANSPORTATION. 

1154.  Officers  will  satisfy  themselves  of  the  loss  of  the  original  bill  of 
lading  before  they  surrender  the  duplicate  to  the  carrier.     If  lost  while  in 
the  possession  of  an  officer,  his  certificate  will  be  sufficient. 

1155.  In  case  of  the  loss  of  a  bill  of  lading  while  stores  are  in  transit, 
railroad  companies  are  requested  to  forward  them  to  destination,  taking 
such  receipts  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  show  delivery  to  connecting 
lines.     They  will  present  these  receipts  instead  of  the  bill  of  lading  to  the 
disbursing  quartermaster,  who,  after  having  satisfied  himself  of  their  cor- 
rectness, will  make  payment  as  directed  in  paragraph  1158. 

1156.  Payment  in  case  of  loss  of  either  or  both  parts  of  a  bill  of  lading 
will  be  promptly  reported  to  the  Quartermaster-General  by  the  disbursing 
officer,  who  will  give  description  of  bill  of  lading,  or  certificate,  and  voucher 
on  which  payment  is  made. 

1157.  To  insure  prompt  delivery  of  stores  in  the  absence  of  both  parts 
of  the  bill  of  lading,  the  consignee  may  give  to  the  carrier  a  receipt  for  the 
stores  actually  delivered,  which  will  state  that  it  is  given  because  the  bill  of 
lading  has  not  come  to  hand.     The  receipt  will  be  recovered  and  destroyed 
by  the  officer  who  issued  it,  on  the  recovery  of  the  bills  of  lading,  or  when 
the  certificate  provided  for  in  paragraph  1152  shall  have  been  given. 

115§.  Payment  for  transportation  will  be  made  to  the  last  carrier, 
unless  otherwise  provided  in  the  bill  of  lading,  and  only  for  the  quantity  of 
stores  delivered  at  destination,  except  that  in  case  of  loss  of  weight  from 
natural  shrinkage  en  route,  the  weight  shipped,  as  shown  in  bill  of  lading, 
will  be  paid  for,  provided  the  packages  are  delivered  intact.  The  payee  will 
be  held  responsible  for  all  loss  or  damage  to  stores  while  in  transit  (unless 
relieved  by  a  board  of  survey),  and  such  loss  or  damage  will  be  deducted  in 
making  settlement  for  the  service. 

1159.  Officers  in  settling  accounts  for  transportation,  or  forwarding 
them  to  the  Quartermaster-General  for  settlement,  will  obtain  from  the 
companies  or  lines  employed  authentic  and  official  lists  of  tariffs  in  force 
at  date  of  service,  and  will  attach  to  the  first  account  so  settled  or  for- 
warded two  copies  thereof  (one  for  the  use  of  that  office  and  one  for  the 
Treasury),  and  thereafter,  as  each  account  is  settled  or  forwarded,  will 
refer  to  said  lists  as  long  as  they  are  in  force.    When  current  rates  are  charged, 
a  certificate  of  the  proper  agent  of  the  line  or  company  performing  the  serv- 
ice should  be  appended  to  the  account,  setting  forth  that  such  rates  were 
the  current  and  lowest  rates  charged  the  public  at  the  time  the  service  was 
rendered.     When  charges  such  as  drayage,  wharfage,  tolls,  etc.,  are  made 
as  part  of  an  account,  they  will  be  fully  and  separately  set  forth  in  the 
voucher. 

1160.  When  public  tariffs  do  not  include  the  specific  articles  shipped, 
the  rates  and  classification  of  articles  analogous  thereto  will  govern.    If 
articles  analogous  can  not  be  found  in  the  tariff  lists,  the  companies  will  be 
requested  to  classify  the  articles  transported. 

Land  Grant  and  Bond  Aided  Railroads. 

1161.  General  orders  will  be  issued  containing  full  information  as  to 
land  grant  and  bond  aided  railroads,  and  directing  the  mode  of  stating  and 
rendering  accounts  of  such  roads  for  military  transportation. 

1162.  Quartermasters  will  be  designated  to  receive  and  prepare  the 
accounts  of  these  railroad  companies. 


CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE.  163 

CLOTHING  AND   EQUIPAGE. 

1163.  A  table  showing  the  price  of  clothing  and  equipage  for  the  Army, 
the  allowance  of  clothing  in  kind  to  each  soldier  for  each  year  of  his  enlist- 
ment, and  his  clothing  money  allowance  for  each  year  and  day  thereof,  also 
the  allowance  of  equipage  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  will  be  published  in 
orders. 

1161.  Estimates  of  clothing  and  equipage  will  be  made  quarterly  as 
follows  :  On  January  1  for  a  supply  to  last  until  June  30;  on  April  1,  until 
September  30  ;  on  July  1,  until  December  31;  on  October  1,  until  March  31. 
Each  company  or  detachment  commander  will  prepare  these  estimates  on 
the  prescribed  form  and  forward  one  copy  to  the  post  commander  at  the 
beginning  of  the  period  for  which  the  estimate  is  made.  They  will  be 
based  on  the  authorized  strength  of  the  command  and  will  show  the  quan- 
tities and  sizes  of  the  articles  required  and  of  those  on  hand. 

1 165.  The  post  commander,  after  careful  revision  of  these  estimates,  will 
cause  the  quartermaster  to  consolidate  them  and  add  such  articles  as  may 
be  needed  for  post  purposes  for  the  same  period.     Company  or  detachment 
estimates  will  be  retained  in  the  office  of  the  quartermaster  for  the  infor- 
mation and  guidance  of  those  concerned. 

1166.  The  quartermaster  will  forward,  through  the  regular  channel, 
two  copies  of  the  consolidated  post  estimates  to  the  chief  quartermaster  of 
the  department,  accompanied  by  a  statement  showing  the  articles  of  clothing 
(specifying  sizes),  equipage  and  materials  on  hand  at  the  post  in  excess  of 
the  requirements  of  the  service  for  the  period  covered  by  the  estimate. 
Chief  quartermasters  will  report  to  the  Quartermaster-General  any  unnec- 
essary accumulation  of  clothing  or  equipage  at  a  post. 

1167.  After  revision  and  approval  of  the  post  estimates  at  department 
headquarters,  the  chief  quartermaster  will  forward  the  same  so  as  to  reach 
the  Quartermaster-General's  Office  not  later  than  February  1,  May  I.August 
1,  and  November  1,  respectively. 

1168.  If  at  the  time  estimates  are  prepared  it  be  known  that  any  of  the 
troops  are  to  change  station,  their  estimates  will  not  be  included  in  the  post 
estimates,  but  will  be  forwarded  separately.     The  new  station  to  which  the 
supplies  should  be  sent  will  be  stated. 

1169.  Should  the  quantity  of  clothing  and  equipage  supplied  upon  the 
periodical  estimates  prove  inadequate,  a  special  estimate  in  duplicate  giving 
reasons  therefor  should  be  made  and  forwarded  through  proper  channels  to 
the  Quartermaster-General. 

1170.  Officers  of  the  recruiting  service  will,  prior  to  the  beginning  of 
each  quarter,  forward  estimates  for  a  three  months'  supply  of  clothing  and 
equipage  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  who,  after  revision,  will 
transmit  them  to  the  Quartermaster-General.    These  estimates  should  be 
made  in  duplicate  and  be  accompanied  by  a  list  of  such  articles  as  may  be 
on  hand  and  not  required  for  use  during  the  period  estimated  for. 

1171.  Clothing  and  equipage  required  by  the  Engineer  Battalion  and 
ordnance  detachments  will  be  estimated  for  at  the  dates  and  for  the  periods 
indicated  in  paragraph  1164.    The  estimates  will  be  made  in  duplicate  and 
forwarded  to  the  chiefs  of  the  respective  corps,  who,  after  revision,  will 
transmit  them  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 


164 


CLOTHING   AND    EQUIPAGE. 


1 1 72.  After  the  clothing  and  equipage  are  received  at  a  post,  the  quarter- 
master will  make  issues  in  such  quantities  and  at  such  times  as  the  company 
or  detachment  commanders  may  require  and  as  may  be  approved  "by  the 
post  commander.     No  issues  of  garments  of  larger  sizes  than  are  actually 
needed  will  be  made  for  the  purpose  of  altering  them  into  smaller  sizes. 

1173.  All  officers  making  estimates  or  requisitions  for  clothing   and 
equipage  will  conform  to  regulations  and  orders  fixing  allowances.     The 

^following  tables  show  the  proportion  of  sizes  to  each  hundred  of  the  articles: 


Articles. 

Sizes  and  proportions  of  each 

Total. 

100 
100 
100 
100 

6} 

6|          7 

7* 

71 

7| 

Helmets            

6 
6 
6 
6 

21        31 

21  !      31 
21        31 
21  !      31 

26 
26 
26 
26 

12 
12 
12 
12 

4 
4 
4 
4 

Campaign  hats                             

Forage  caps 

Articles. 

Sizes  and  proportions  of  each. 

Total- 

1 

o 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

Boots 

3 
3 
6 
6 
6 
15 

11 
11 
4 
4 
4 
5 

31 
31 

33 
33 

16 

16 

4 
4 

2 
2 

:::: 

100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 

Shoes.  

Uniform  dress  coats 

10 
10 
10 
10 
15 
8 
8 
5 
10 
10 
15 
25 

25 
25 
25 
20 
45 
36 
36 
5 
20 
20 
25 
45 

30 
30 
30 
30 
30 
38 
38 
15 
30 
30 
35 
30 

25 
25 
25 
20 
10 
15 
15 
15 
20 
20 
20 

Overcoats  

Blouses 

Canvas  fatigue  coats 

Stable  frocks  

Undershirts,  knit 

3 
3 
10 
15 
16 
5 

Overshirts,  dark-blue  flannel... 
Trousers,  kersey  

5 
5 
5 

10 

5 

10 

10 

5 

5 

Trousers,  summer 

Trousers,  canvas,  fatigue  

Drawers,  canton  flannel  . 

Canvas  mittens  

Fur  gauntlets  

30 

50 

20 

The  sizes  furnished  require  very  little,  if  any,  alteration,  and  estimates 
should  be  made  as  near  the  exact  requirements  of  the  men  as  possible. 

1174.  Should  any  of  the  sizes  of  clothing  specified  in  the  foregoing  par- 
agraph prove  inadequate,  measurements  stated  upon  prescribed  blanks  will 
be  forwarded  with  the  estimate  for  the  garments.     A  certificate  that  the 
enlisted  man  for  whom  such  clothing  is  intended  can  not  be  fitted  with  the 
sizes  of  clothing  furnished  should  accompany  each  requisition.     Additional 
cost  of  manufacture,  as  given  in  annual  price  list,  will  be  charged  in  each 
case. 

1175.  Unmade  uniform  coats,  blouses  and  trousers  will  be  supplied  for 
issue  in  special  cases  to  enlisted  men  at  cost  of  materials.     They  will  be 
obtained  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department  in  the  same  manner  as 
other  articles  of  clothing,  and  it  is  made  the  duty  of  commanding  officers 
to  see  that  this  clothing,  when  made,  conforms  strictly  to  standard  patterns. 
The  materials  for  each  coat,  blouse,  or  pair  of  trousers,  with  the  buttons, 
thread,  needles,  and  all  necessary  trimmings,  will  be  rolled  in  a  bundle, 
which  will  be  securely  fastened  and  marked  with  the  size  of  the  garment. 

1176.  When  unmade  articles  of  clothing  received  by  officers  at  mili- 
tary posts  are  found  to  be  incomplete  but  otherwise  in  good  condition,  they 
will  not  be  submitted  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation,  but  will  be  turned 
over  to  the  nearest  manufacturing  depot  to  be  completed  ;  or  a  requisition 
for  the  missing  parts  may  be  made. 


CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE.  165 

1177.  The  clothing  estimated  for  by  each  company  or  detachment  com- 
mander should,  as  a  rule,  be  held  subject  to  its  wants,  but  in  case  of  need  it 
may  be  otherwise  issued,  and  the  quartermaster  will  then  call  for  a  sufficient 
quantity  to  replace  it  if  necessary. 

1178.  When  clothing  is  required,  a  schedule  enumerating  the  articles 
needed  by  each  man  and  the  money  value  of  each  article  will  be  prepared 
by  the  company  or  detachment  commander  on  the  prescribed  form.     This 
schedule  approved  by  the  commanding  officer  will  be  sent  to  the  quarter- 
master, and  when  the  clothing  is  ready  for  issue  the  commander  of  the 
organization  will  be  notified.     Issue  will  be  made  by  the  quartermaster  in 
the  presence  of  a  disinterested  commissioned  officer,  who  will  witness  the 
signatures  of  the  soldiers  upon  the  schedule,  and  this  will  be  returned  to  the 
commander  of  the  organization,  with  the  certificate  of  the  quartermaster 
that  the  articles  specified  have  all  been  issued.     The  number  of  each  article 
and  the  total  value  of  all  the  articles  issued  to  each  organization  will  be 
entered  by  the  quartermaster  upon  duplicate  abstracts  of  issues.     The  aggre- 
gate money  value  of  all  the  articles  issued  must  agree  exactly  with  the 
aggregate  value  of  issues  to  individuals,  and  the  witnessing  officer  will  make 
this  verification  of  the  accuracy  of  the  schedule  before  certifying  to  the 
correctness  of  the  entries  upon  the  abstract. 

The  commander  of  the  organization  and  the  witnessing  officer  will  both 
certify  on  each  copy  of  the  abstract  that  the  issues  were  made  as  stated  in 
schedule  and  abstract,  and  that  the  money  value  of  the  issue  to  each  man 
has  been  entered  in  the  clothing  book.  These  entries  in  the  clothing  book, 
with  date  of  issue  and  name  of  quartermaster,  will  be  attested  by  the  wit- 
nessing officer.  The  abstract  certified  as  required  above,  signed  by  the 
quartermaster  and  approved  by  the  commanding  officer,  will  be  the  voucher 
for  dropping  clothing  from  the  return. 

1179.  At  ungarrisoned  or  isolated  stations  where  it  is  impracticable  to 
have  the  issue  witnessed  as  required  by  paragraph  1178,  the  unwitnessed 
receipts  of  men  for  clothing  issued  to  them  will  be  vouchers  to  the  returns 
of  the  issuing  officer  accompanied  by  his  certificate  that  he  has  charged  on 
their  clothing  accounts  the  money  value  of  the  articles  issued  or  has  notified 
the  proper  officer  to  make  such  charge. 

1  ISO.  Each  soldier's  clothing  account  will  be  kept  by  the  company  com- 
mander in  the  company  clothing  book.  The  account  will  show  the  money 
value  of  the  clothing  received  by  the  soldier  at  each  issue,  and  his  receipt 
therefor  will  be  taken  in  the  book. 

1181.  Company  and  detachment  commanders  will  settle  the  clothing 
account  of  every  enlisted  man  of  their  respective  commands  six  months 
after  the  date  of  his  enlistment,  and  thereafter  on  June  30  and  December  31 
of  each  year.     The  entire  amount  found  due  the  United  States  for  the  periods 
embracing  the  dates  of  settlement  will  be  charged  to  the  soldier  upon  the 
muster  and  pay  rolls.     The  money  allowance  of  clothing  for  the  first  year 
will  be  allotted  by  half  years. 

1 1 82.  The  balance  due  the  soldier  at  either  of  these  dates  will  be  credited 
to  him  upon  the  company  clothing  book.    It  will  not  be  placed  upon  the 
muster  and  pay  rolls,  but  the  final  balance  due  at  date  of  discharge  will  be 
entered  upon  the  final  statements.    In  case  of  transfer,  the  balance  due  the 
soldier  or  the  United  States  will   be  entered  on  the  descriptive  list.     All 
balances  of  this  character  will  be  stated  in  words  and  figures. 


166  CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE. 

11  §3.  The  clothing  account  of  a  soldier  who  deserts  should  be  settled  in 
full  to  the  date  of  desertion.  The  balance  due  him  or  the  United  States  will 
be  entered  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  rolls  after  date  of  desertion.  The 
amount  due  the  United  States  or  the  soldier  at  date  of  desertion  should  be 
ascertained  by  crediting  the  soldier  with  clothing  allowance  from  date  of 
last  clothing  settlement  to  the  date  of  desertion  (excluding  the  day  of  deser- 
tion) and  debiting  him  with  the  money  value  of  all  clothing  drawn  by  him; 
the  difference  between  the  two  amounts  will  be  the  amount  due  the  United 
States  or  the  soldier. 

1184.  A  deserter  is  entitled  to  clothing  allowance  from  the  date  he  sur- 
renders or  is  apprehended,  and  the  amount  due  him  will  be  computed  from 
the  tables  then  and  subsequently  in  force.     A  new  clothing  account  will  be 
opened  without  reference  to  his  account  at  date  of  desertion. 

1185.  Clothing  allowance  accruing  to  a  soldier  after  return  to  the  serv- 
ice from  desertion  will  not  be  used  to  reduce  the  amount  of  the  soldier's 
indebtedness  at  date  of  desertion ;  the  full  amount  of  the  soldier's  indebted- 
ness must  be  charged  on  the  roll,  to  be  deducted  by  the  paymaster  when  he 
settles  the  soldier's  account. 

1 186.  Whenever  the  necessity  for  the  issue  is  certified  by  the  department 
commander,  arctic  overshoes,  according  to  pattern  in  the  office  of  the  Quar- 
termaster-General, will  be  supplied  to  troops.     They  will  be  charged  to  the 
enlisted  men,  but  do  not  form  part  of  the  annual  money  allowance  for 
clothing. 

1187.  Leggins  for  all  troops,  of  brown  cotton  duck,  according  to  pat- 
terns in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General,  to  be  worn  on  inarches  and 
campaigns,  will  be  charged  to  the  enlisted  men,  but  do  not  form  part  of 
the  annual  money  allowance  for  clothing. 

1188.  Articles  of  band  uniforms,  including  music  pouches,  that  do  not 
form  part  of  the  annual  clothing  allowance  may  be  issued,  but  not  charged 
except  in  case  of  loss  or  damage.     The  articles  thus  issued  without  charge 
remain  the  property  of  the  United  States. 

1189.  Canvas  mittens  and  blanket-lined  canvas  caps  conforming  to  pat- 
terns in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General  will  be  supplied  to  troops 
serving  in  extremely  cold  regions  and  to  troops  stationed  at  West  Point,  upon 
the  approval  of  the  department  commander  or  the  head  of  the  staff  depart- 
ment or  corps,  as  the  case  may  be,  at  the  rate  of  one  pair  of  mittens  and  one 
cap  per  man  per  annum.     The  voucher  will  show  that  this  issue  is  gratui- 
tous and  made  within  the  above  allowance.     Issues  in  excess  of  such  allow- 
ance will  be  charged  to  the  men  at  regulation  prices.     In  case  of  loss  or 
destruction  of  any  of  said  articles  of  gratuitous  issue  without  fault  or  neglect 
on  the  part  of  the  soldier  to  whom  they  have  been  intrusted,  and  so  certified 
to  by  the  immediate  commanding  officer,  then  the  article  or  articles  so  lost 
or  destroyed  may  be  replaced  without  charge  to  the  soldier. 

1190.  Fur  gauntlets  and  caps  and  woolen  mittens,  for  all  enlisted  men, 
according  to  pattern  in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General,  will  be 
issued  at  cost  price,  at  the  rate  of  one  pair  of  gauntlets,  one  cap  and  two 
pairs  of  mittens  per  annum,  when  the  necessity  for  such  issue  is  certified  by 
post  commanders.     These  articles  do  not  form  part  of  the  annual  money 
allowance  for  clothing. 


CLOTHING    AND    EQUIPAGE.  167 

1191*  There  will  be  issued  to  troops  stationed  in  extremely  cold  regions, 
when  the  necessity  for  such  issue  is  certified  by  the  department  commander, 
overcoats  made  of  fur  or  other  suitable  warm  material,  but  only  to  men  per- 
forming guard  duty  or  field  service,  when  exposure  to  weather  would  jeop- 
ardize life  or  limbs  by  freezing.  The  coats  should  be  borne  on  the  returns 
as  equipagb  and  charged  to  enlisted  men  only  in  case  of  loss  or  damage 
other  than  from  ordinary  wear  and  tear.  If  made  of  fur,  they  will,  on  the 
approach  of  warm  weather,  be  turned  over  to  the  quartermaster,  who  will 
observe  the  following  directions  for  their  preservation : 

1.  Expose  them  to  the  sun  and  then  beat  them  with  a  light  twig  or  rattan, 
making  sure  that  all  moth  eggs,  should  any  have  been   deposited,  are 
destroyed.     The  exposure  should  be  thorough  and  the  beating  vigorous,  but 
not  severe  enough  to  injure  the  fur  or  pelt. 

2.  Repair  coats  needing  it  (using  for  the  purpose,  as  far  as  practicable, 
such  articles  of  a  corresponding  character  as  can  not  be  again  rendered  serv- 
iceable) and  then  pack  in  boxes  well  lined  with  petroleum  and  wrapping 
paper  (the  latter  being  next  the  goods) ,  exercising  care  that  no  holes  or  other 
openings  are  left  in  the  wrappers  for  moths  to  enter.    Securely  nail  the 
boxes  and  paste  paper  over  all  joints.    Sufficient  petroleum  paper  may 
usually  be  obtained  from  broken  packages  of  clothing  opened  for  issue,  and 
should  it  be  dry  from  age  or  use  it  can  be  freshened  by  rubbing  into  the 
surface  coal  oil,  being  careful  not  to  use  enough  to  penetrate  the  wrapping 
paper. 

1192.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  pay  from  the 
appropriation  for  clothing  and  equipage  a  sum  not  exceeding  $1.50  for  the 
laundry  work  of  each  recruit  at  rendezvous  and  stations  who  has  no  funds 
of  his  own.    The  expenditure  will  be  charged  on  the  clothing  account  of 
the  recruit  and  so  noted  on  his  descriptive  and  assignment  card. 

1193.  Commanding  officers  may  order  necessary  issues  of  clothing  to 
military  prisoners  who  have  no  clothing  allowance,  from  deserters'  or  other 
damaged  clothing  when  there  is  such  in  store  or  from  clothing  specially 
provided  for  the  purpose.      The  receipt  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the 
prisoners  will  be  the  quartermasters's  voucher  for  such  issue. 

1194.  Gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  may  be  made,  under  the  provisions 
of  section  1298,  Revised  Statutes,  to  replace  articles  destroyed  to  prevent 
the  spread  of  contagious  diseases. 

1195.  Should  it  become  necessary  to  issue  new  clothing  for  use  in  the 
burial  of  a  deceased  soldier,  as  in  the  case  of  a  man  who  dies  away  from  his 
proper  command  and  under  circumstances  rendering  such  issues  impera- 
tively necessary,  the  expense  of  the  issue  will  be  borne  by  the  United  States, 
and  the  clothing  will  be  dropped  from  the  returns  of  the  issuing  officer  on 
the  orders  of  the  commanding  officer,  which  must  recite  the  necessity  for 
the  issue. 

1196.  Officers  may  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department  such 
articles  of  uniform  clothing,  clothing  materials  and  equipage  as  they  need, 
provided  the  property  is  available.     They  will  certify  that  the  articles  are 
for  their  personal  use. 

1197.  Officers'  servants  will  not  be  permitted  to  wear  clothing  intended 
for  troops,  except  underclothing  and  shoes,  which  may  be  purchased  in  lim- 
ited quantities,  if  available,  upon  the  officer's  certificate  that  they  can  not 
be  otherwise  obtained. 


168  CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE. 

1198.  Quartermasters  are  authorized  to  drop  from  their  returns  tent 
pins  and  ax,  pickax  and  hatchet  helves,  upon  officers'  certificates  that  the 
articles  have  been  worn  out  in  service. 

1199.  Estimates  for  tableware  and  kitchen  utensils  will  be  made  quar- 
terly on  the  dates  and  to  cover  periods  named  in  paragraph  1 1 64.     They  will 
be  limited  to  such  articles  as  with  those  on  hand  at  the  time  an  estimate  is 
submitted  shall  not  exceed  in  kind  and  quantity  the  mess  outfit  as  announced 
in  the  general  orders  prescribed  in  paragraph  285.     Special  estimates  may 
be  made  when  necessary  to  meet  emergencies,  and  in  such  cases  the  cir- 
cumstances constituting  the  emergencies  will  be  stated. 

1200.  Commanding  officers  of  posts  and  of  all  organizations  supplied 
with  tableware  and  kitchen  utensils  will  exercise  a  rigid  supervision  and 
economy  in  the  care  and  preservation  of  all  such  articles,  and  any  damaged, 
broken,  destroyed  or  lost  through  the  carelessness  of  enlisted  men  will  be 
charged  against  their  pay,  as  explained  in  paragraph  685,  and  a  "statement 
of  charges  "  on  the  prescribed  form  will  be  filed  as  a  voucher  with  the  return 
from  which  the  articles  are  dropped.     Loss  through  breakage  of  china  and 
glassware,  not  due  to  carelessness,  may  be  replaced  at  public  expense  on 
proper  requisition,  provided  it  does  not  exceed  20  per  cent,  per  annum,  or  5 
per  cent,  per  quarter,  of  the  total  value  of  china  and  glassware  to  which  the 
iness  is  entitled  (value  to  be  determined  by  the  prices  given  in  the  annual 
price  list) ,  and  the  articles  so  replaced  will  be  destroyed  and  dropped  from 
returns  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  paragraph  1198.     Any  excess  of  break- 
age will  be  replaced  only  under  extraordinary  circumstances,  or  when  values 
have  been  charged  as  above  provided,  and  requisitions  calling  for  such 
excess  must  show  clearly  the  circumstances  or  the  fact  that  charge  has 
been  made.    Estimates  calling  for  articles  other  than  china  and  glassware 
must  show  the  necessity  for  them,  and  if  to  replace  articles  lost  or  stolen, 
must  be  accompanied  by  the  proceedings  of  a  board  of  survey,  unless  values 
have  been  charged  as  hereinbefore  directed. 

1201.  There  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  all 
duly  authorized  bands  of  the  Army  the  following-named  musical  instru- 
ments, viz :   Db  piccolo,  terz  and  concert  flutes,  Eb  and  Bb  cornets,  Eb 
trumpets,  Eb  and  Bb  clarionets,  Eb  altos,  Bb  trombones  (valve  or  slide), 
Bb  baritones,  Eb  and  Bb  bassos,  bass  and  snare  drums,  cymbals,  triangles, 
music  stands  and  extra  parts  for  the  repair  of  the  instruments.     Mounted 
bands  may  be  supplied  with  a  pair  of  kettledrums  in  lieu  of  the  bass  and 
tenor  drums,  cymbals  and  triangles;  and  also  with  altos,  trombones,  and 
bassos  of  helicon  shape.    This  property  will  be  accounted  for  by  the  quarter- 
master of  the  regiment.    When  any  instrument  has  become  unserviceable  it 
will  be  submitted  to  a  board  of  survey.     A  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
board  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster- General,  with  a  view  to  having 
the  instrument  repaired,  if  practicable,  or  otherwise  disposed  of. 

1202.  There  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to 
each  light  battery  two  small  brass  Bb  bugles.     To  every  other  company 
two  G  trumpets  with  F  slides,  and,  if  desired,  detachable  F  crooks.    Foot 
troops  may  use  the  drums  and  fifes  in  lieu  thereof,  if  desired  by  regimental 
commanders.     Whistles  will  be  furnished  for  such  sergeants,  corporals,  or 
musicians  as  are  required  to  use  them.     The  foregoing  articles  will  conform 
to  patterns  in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General,  and  be  accounted 
for  as  equipage. 


CLOTHING  AND  EQUIPAGE — TELEGRAPHING.     169 

12O3.  A  monthly  allowance  of  three  brooms  and  two  scrubbing  brushes 
will  be  issued  to  each  company,  and  an  annual  allowance  of  six  scrubbing 
brushes  to  each  post  bakery  is  authorized.  They  will  habitually  be  drawn 
quarterly,  but  may  be  drawn  when  needed.  If  less  than  the  maximum  allow- 
ance is  drawn  in  one  quarter,  credit  can  not  be  given  in  another.  The 
allowance  for  each  noncommissioned  staff  officer  will  be  three  brooms  and 
two  scrubbing  brushes  per  annum. 

12O1.  Post  commanders  may,  when  necessary,  order  the  issue  of  six 
brooms  per  annum  to  each  public  office  and  building  furnished  by  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  as  follows :  Post  commander's  and  quarter- 
master's offices,  quartermaster's  warehouse,  post  bakery,  school,  chapel, 
and  library.  The  necessity  for,  and  the  fact  of  issue,  must  in  all  cases  be 
certified  by  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  office  or  building,  and  verified  by 
the  post  commander. 

1205.  The  use  of  serviceable  tents  or  other  canvas  for  any  other  purpose 
than  that  for  which  such  articles  are  furnished  is  prohibited,  except  in  case: 
of  emergency  when  necessary  to  protect  public  property.     When  troops  are 
not  engaged  in  active  service,  all  tentage  (except  shelter  tents),  all  tent 
stoves  and  stovepipe  will  habitually  be  kept  in  storage  by  the  quartermaster. 

TELEGRAPHING. 

1206.  The  telegraph  will  be  used  only  in  cases  of  urgent  and  imperative 
necessity,  in  which  the  delay  consequent  upon  transmission  by  mail  would 
be  prejudicial  to  the  public  interests. 

1*207.  The  prescribed  telegraphic  code  will  be  accounted  for  on  the  post 
return  and  transferred  upon  change  of  post  commanders.  The  post  com- 
mander is  required  to  retain  the  code  in  his  custody,  and  is  responsible  for 
the  key  and  its  proper  use.  Department  commanders  from  time  to  time, 
and  particularly  when  post  commanders  are  changed,  will  make  use  of  the 
code. 

12O§.  Accounts  for  telegrams  on  military  business,  prepared  on  the  pre- 
scribed form  in  the  name  of  the  telegraph  company  gendering  the  service, 
and  accompanied  by  the  original  telegrams,  will  be  paid  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department,  with  the  following  exceptions  : 

1.  Accounts  for  telegrams  which  pass  over  any  of  the  lines  constructed 
and  operated  along  the  bond  aided  Pacific  railroads. 

2.  Accounts  for  reimbursement  of  amounts  paid  by  officers  for  tele- 
graphic service,  which  will  be  prepared  upon  prescribed  form. 

3.  Accounts  for  telegrams  on  public  business  of  a  confidential  nature 
when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  officer  receiving  or  sending  them,  it  is  improper 
that  copies  should  accompany  the  accounts,  or  where  copies  can  not  be  pro- 
cured.   When  it  is  questionable  whether  the  telegrams  are  on  official  busi- 
ness or  that  the  telegraph  should  have  been  used,  such  accounts  will  be 
accompanied  by  full  explanations  from  the  officer  who  sends  or  receives  the 
telegrams. 

The  accounts  excepted  in  this  paragraph  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quar- 
termaster-General for  settlement. 

In  settling  accounts  for  telegrams  which  pass  over  the  lines  of  more  than 
one  company  (bond  aided  excepted),  payment  may  be  made  on  the  original 
telegram,  to  the  initial  company,  for  the  entire  service. 


1 70      TELEGRAPHING TELEPHONING RECORDS. 

1209.  Telegrams  making  application  for  leave  of  absence  or  extension 
of  leave,  or  of  inquiry  whether  leave  has  been  granted,  and  the  replies  made 
thereto  by  telegraph,  will  not  be  sent  or  paid  for  as  public  dispatches. 

1210.  In  framing  telegrams  all  words  not  important  to  the  sense  will  be 
omitted.     The  last  name  of  the  officer  addressed,  or  his  title,  and  the  last 
name  of  the  sender  are  generally  sufficient. 

1211.  In  counting  the  words  of  telegraphic  messages  the  following  rules 
will  be  observed :  Names  of  cities  and  places,  when  used  to  designate  such 
cities  or  places,  and  words  properly  connected  by  a  hyphen,  will  be  counted 
as  one  word.    Numerals  will  be  expressed  in  words,  and  will  not  be  counted 
as  hyphened  words.    Names  of  places  and  persons  when  given  to  things  will 
be  counted  according  to  the  number  of  distinct  words  in  each.     Names  such 
as  Van  Vliet  or  St.  Nicholas  will  be  counted  as  one  word.    All  words  con- 
tained in  an  official  telegram  will  be  counted,  including  name  and  title  of 
party  addressed  and  of  the  sender,  but  excluding  the  name  of  the  place  from 
which  sent,  date,  and  the  words  ' '  official  business,"  which  should  appear  on 
each  telegram. 

1212.  No  settlement  will  be  made  with  the  telegraph  office  to  which  a 
telegram  is  sent  unless  satisfactory  proof  be  furnished  that  the  office  from 
which  it  was  sent  has  neither  made  nor  will  make  any  charge  for  the  service. 

1213.  In  each  territorial  department  a  quartermaster  will  be  assigned 
by  the  department  commander  to  the  duty  of  adjusting  and  settling  tele- 
graph accounts,  under  the  instructions  of  the  Quartermaster-General. 

1214.  Blank  forms  for  official  telegrams  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quar- 
termaster-General for  the  use  of  all  persons  in  the  military  service.     When 
such  forms  are  not  used  the  sender  will  prepay  the  message,  and  will  be  reim- 
bursed as  provided  in  paragraph  1208. 

1215.  Nothing  is  required  of  officers  sending  telegrams  beyond  the 
delivery  of  the  message  to  the  company.    The  proper  quartermaster  will 
receive  from  telegraph  companies  their  accounts,  with  proofs  of  service 
(which  should  be  original  telegrams  whenever  practicable),  and  will  pre- 
pare and  certify  vouchers  for  the  same  and  pay  them,  or  forward  them  for 
settlement  as  is  required  in  paragraph  1208.     Information  desired  by  tele- 
graph companies  in  regard  to  military  business  will  be  obtained  from  the 
Quartermaster's  Department. 

1216.  When  telegrams  are  sent  "collect,"  by  private  individuals,  the 
nature  of  the  telegrams  should  govern  the  action  of  the  disbursing  quarter- 
master.   If  strictly  on  Government  business,  payment  will  be  made  by  the 
United  States. 

TELEPHONING. 

1217.  Where  telephoning  is  practicable,  accounts  for  the  same  maybe 
paid  from  the  appropriation  for  the  payment  of  telegraphic  service. 

RECORDS. 

12 IS.  The  following  books  will  be  kept  in  the  office  of  every  quarter- 
master : 

1.  A  cash  book,  in  which  will  be  entered,  according  to  appropriations,  all 
accounts  received  and  disbursed,  the  date  thereof,  from  whom  received  or 
to  whom  paid,  and  on  what  account. 


RECORDS RETURNS  AND  REPORTS.         171 

2.  A  book  of  letters  received,  including  a  record  of  indorsements. 

3.  A  press-copy  book,  in  which  all  correspondence  pertaining  to  the  office, 
including  estimates  of  funds  and  requisitions  for  quartermaster's  supplies, 
will  be  copied  and  indexed. 

4.  A  record  book  of  barracks  and  quarters,  kept  as  directed  in  para- 
graph 980. 

5.  A  descriptive  book  of  public  animals,  kept  as  directed  in  paragraph 
1034. 

6.  A  record  of  interments  (in  case  of  station  at  a  post),  kept  as  indicated 
in  paragraph  498. 

7.  A  press-copy  book  of  stores  and  property  shipped,  in  which  all  bills  of 
lading  issued  will  be  copied. 

8.  A  book  of  stores  and  property  received,  kept  as  provided  in  the  direc- 
tions therewith. 

1219.  The  required  books  will  be  supplied  by  the  Quartermaster-General. 
They  will  not  be  removed  from  the  office  except  on  its  discontinuance,  when 
they  will  be  disposed  of  as  directed  in  paragraph  800.     Commanding  officers 
and  inspectors  will  see  that  they  are  neatly  kept  and  contain  complete  and 
correct  records  of  all  matters  which  should  be  recorded  therein.     Com 
manding  officers  will  also  see  that  they  are  properly  transferred. 

10 2O.  All  letters  received,  and  copies  of  all  orders  for  the  expenditure  of 
money  or  property,  will  remain  on  file  as  part  of  the  records  of  the  office. 
When  it  is  necessary  to  withdraw  a  letter  for  file  with  the  officer's  accounts, 
a  duly  certified  copy  will  be  made  to  replace  it  in  the  office  file.    Letters 
pertaining  exclusively  to  the  settlement  of  an  officer's  accounts  belong  to 
him  and  not  to  the  office  files. 

RETURNS  AND  REPORTS. 

12*21.  All  property  purchased  with  funds  appropriated  by  Congress  for 
carrying  on  the  operations  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  and  all  prop- 
erty supplied  for  the  use  of  the  Army  through  that  Department,  will  be 
denominated  "quartermaster's  supplies,"  and  returns  for  the  same  will  be 
rendered  to  the  Quartermaster-General  quarterly  and  when  the  accountable 
officer  is  relieved  from  duty. 

1222.  All  quartermaster's  supplies  accounted  for  by  an  officer  will  be 
entered  upon  one  return. 

1223.  The  following  returns  and  reports  will  be  made  and  disposed  of 
by  quartermasters  as  indicated  by  the  notes  on  the  forms  furnished  by  the 
Quartermaster-General : 

1.  Report  of  persons  and  articles  employed  and  hired,  to  be  rendered 
monthly,  direct  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  within  ten  days  after  the 
expiration  of  the  month.     This  report  will  contain  a  complete  record  of  all 
services  rendered  the  Quartermaster's  Department  during  the  month  to 
which  it  pertains. 

2.  Monthly  report  of  all  bills  of  lading  and  transportation  requests  issued, 
except  those  issued  for  transportation  by  conveyances  owned  or  chartered 
by  the  United  States. 

3.  Transfer  list  of  persons  and  articles  employed  and  hired. 

4.  Report  of  enlisted  men  employed  on  extra  duty,  rendered  monthly, 
within  ten  days  after  the  expiration  of  the  month.    A  copy  of  the  order 
placing  an  enlisted  man  on  extra  duty,  or  relieving  him  therefrom,  will 


172  SUBSISTENCE    DEPARTMENT. 

accompany  the  report  for  the  month  during  which  he  was  so  detailed  or 
relieved.  The  report  will  also  show  in  the  column  of  remarks  the  partic- 
ular duty  upon  which  each  man  was  employed,  and  whether  services  were 
rendered  on  other  than  working  days. 

5.  Statement  of  outstanding  debts,  rendered  monthly,  in  time  to  reach  the 
chief  quartermaster  of  the  department  on  the  last  day  of  the  month  to  which 
it  pertains. 

1224.  Quarterly  returns  of  quartermaster's  supplies  will  be  made  in 
duplicate — one  copy,  with  abstracts  (except  of  articles  purchased)   and 
vouchers,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General  within  twenty 
days  after  the  expiration  of  the  quarter  to  which  it  pertains;  the  other 
retained  by  the  officer.     The  abstract  of  articles  purchased  will  be  rendered 
monthly  and  forwarded  with  money  accounts. 

1225.  When  one  quartermaster  relieves  another,  the  latter  will  not  enter 
the  receipt  for  quartermaster's  supplies  upon  the  abstract,  but  directly 
on  the  return  as  ''Transferred  to  successor."      The  receiving  officer  will 
enter  the  invoice  upon  the  returns  as  "On  hand  at  the  post;  received  from 
predecessor." 

ARTICLE   LXXIX. 

SUBSISTENCE  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Subsistence  Department,  prepared  and 
published  under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by 
the  Commissary-General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their 
nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL   DUTIES. 

1226.  The  Subsistence  Department,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  provides  for  the  distribution  and  expenditure  of  funds  appropriated 
for  subsisting  enlisted  men  and  for  purchasing  articles  kept  for  sale  to  officers 
and  enlisted  men.    The  Commissary-General  furnishes   lists  of   articles 
authorized  to  be  kept  for  sale,  and  gives  instructions  for  procuring,  dis- 
tributing, issuing,  selling  and  accounting  for  all  subsistence  supplies. 

COMMISSARIES. 

1227.  Purchasing  commissaries  make  purchases  of  supplies  in  accord- 
ance with  Article  LV,  and  distribute  them  as  directed.     Upon  direct  calls 
of  chief  commissaries  they  transfer  to  commissaries  of  posts  and  stations 
such  funds  from  the  appropriation  "Subsistence  of  the  Army"  and  such 
authorized  subsistence  supplies  as  chief  commissaries,  under  instructions 
from  department  commanders,  deem  necessary. 

1228.  A  chief  commissary  will  make  calls  upon  purchasing  commis- 
saries designated  by  the  Commissary-General  for  funds  and  supplies  for 
posts   and  stations   supervised  by  him,  and  under  instructions  from  the 
Commissary-General  will  furnish  funds  and  supplies  to  posts  within  his 
department  which  are  exempted  from  the  supervision  of  the  department 
commander.    He  will  keep  a  commissary  book  for  each  post  and  station, 
and  decide  whether  the  quantities  of  articles  called  for  on  requisitions  should 
be  allowed,  increased,  or  diminished. 

1229.  Commissaries  will  make  timely  estimates  and  requisitions,  approved 
by  their  commanding  officers,  for  funds  and  supplies  for  the  troops  with 


SUBSISTENCE    SUPPLIES    IN   BULK.  173 

which  they  serve,  and  for  ward  them,  through  military  channels,  to  the  chief 
commissaries.  If  any  of  the  supplies  can  be  obtained  advantageously  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  places  where  needed,  the  fact  will  be  noted  in  detail  on  the 
requisitions  by  the  commissaries. 

SUBSISTENCE   SUPPLIES   IN   BULK. 

1230.  Subsistence  supplies  comprise — 

1.  Subsistence  stores,  consisting  of  articles  composing  the  ration  and  those 
furnished  for  sale  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  also  lantern  candles  for  stable 
use,  forage  for  beef  cattle,  and  coarse  salt  for  public  animals  and  rebrining. 

2.  Subsistence  property,  consisting  of  the  necessary  means  for  handling, 
preserving,  issuing,  selling  and  accounting  for  these  stores. 

1231.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  will  require  an  inventory  of 
subsistence  stores  on  hand  to  be  made  by  the  commissary  in  person  during 
the  last  week  of  each  month.     If  it  is  not  practicable  for  the  commissary 
to  take  the  inventory  within  the  time  mentioned,  he  will  apply  to  the  com- 
manding officer  for  the  detail  of  an  officer  to  take  it,  who  will  certify,  on 
the  statement  of  gains  and  wastage,  the  fact  of   detail  and  the  date  on 
which  he  took  the  inventory ;  the  commissary  will  certify  to  amounts  of 
gains  and  wastage.     When  such  inventory  indicates  that  stores  are  on  hand 
in  excess  of  the  balances  shown  by  the  return,  the  excess  will  be  taken  up 
under  the  heading  "gains."    Deficiencies  (as  restricted  by  paragraph  1243) 
will  be  entered  under  the  heading  "wastage."    Statements  of  gains  and 
wastage  will  be  examined  and  approved  by  the  commanding  officer. 

1232.  Stores  longest  on  hand,  if  in  fit  condition,  will  be  first  issued,  sold, 
or  shipped. 

1233.  An  officer  having  on  hand  equivalent  parts  of  the  ration  (such  as 
pork,  bacon  and  salt  beef;  or  flour,  hard  bread  and  corn  meal;  or  beans, 
pease,  rice  and  hominy)  will  keep  informed  as  to  the  number  of  rations  of 
each  available,  and  daterinine  in  what  relative  proportion  each  should  be 
issued,  and  will  request  his  commanding  officer  to  direct  such  issues  as  are 
for  the  interests  of  the  service. 

1234.  When  articles  of  food  in  good  condition  furnished  for  sale  have 
accumulated  at  a  post,  and  will  become  damaged  if  kept  on  hand  solely  for 
sale,  the  excess  may  be  issued  to  troops  in  lieu  of  parts  of  the  ration  of  equal 
money  value.     In  case  of  articles  which  are  equivalents  of  some  of  the  com- 
ponents of  the  ration,  issues  may  be  made  at  the  rates  prescribed  for  the 
components.    No  stores  thus  issued  are  to  be  bought  by  the  commissary  as 
savings. 

1235.  When  canned  beef  or.canned  baked  beans  accumulate  at  a  post  in 
excess  of  anticipated  demands  for  travel  rations  or  for  sale,  they  may,  to 
prevent  loss  by  deterioration,  be  issued,  upon  the  order  of  the  commanding 
officer,  at  the  rates  prescribed  for  those  articles  when  issued  as  parts  of  the 
travel  ration. 

1236.  Subsistence  supplies  in  good  condition,  but  not  required  for  use, 
will  be  disposed  of  under  the  direction  of  the  Commissary  General.     In 
urgent  cases,  such  as  sudden  abandonment  of  a  post,  liability  to  rapid 
deterioration,  etc.,  they  may  be  sold,  or  otherwise  properly  disposed  of,  on 
the  recommendation  of  an  inspecting  officer  approved  by  a  commanding 
general. 


174  TRANSFERS — GAINS   AND   WASTAGE. 

1237.  Empty  barrels  and  boxes,  hides,  tallow  and  other  like  property 
not  required  for  public  use,  the  disposal  of  which  is  not  otherwise  provided 
for,  will  be  carefully  preserved  and  sold  as  may  be  convenient. 

1238.  Subsistence  supplies  will  not  be  transferred  gratuitously  to  another 
staff  department,  nor  obtained,  issued,  sold,  or  otherwise  disposed  of,  except 
as  authorized  by  regulations. 

TRANSFERS  IN   BULK. 

1239.  When  subsistence  supplies  are  to  be  transported,  the  invoicing 
commissary  will  make  timely  requisition  in  writing  upon  the  proper  quar- 
termaster, stating  as  nearly  as  possible  the  kind  and  amount  of  supplies  to 
be  transported,  when  they  will  be  ready  for  delivery,  when  they  should 
reach  their  destination,  and  any  other  information  relating  thereto  which 
the  quartermaster  should  possess.     The  commissary  will  give  the  quarter- 
master invoices  in  duplicate  of  the  packages  and  their  contents  as  marked, 
and  obtain  from  him  receipts  in  duplicate.     The  commissary  will  forward 
similar  invoices  in  duplicate  to  the  consignee,  and  obtain  receipts  in  dupli- 
cate from  him. 

1240.  If  the  receiving  commissary  finds  any  discrepancy  between  the 
invoices  and  the  quantities,  descriptions,  or  condition  of  the  supplies  received, 
not  attributable  to  ordinary  wastage  in  transportation,  he  will  at  once 
apply  to  the  commanding  officer  for  a  board  of  survey  to  ascertain  the  quan- 
tity and  nature  of  the  discrepancy  and  fix  the  responsibility  therefor.     The 
receiving  commissary  will  transmit  to  the  invoicing  officer  receipts  in  dupli- 
cate for  the  supplies  actually  received,  stating  on  the  receipts  the  discrep- 
ancy ascertained  and  how,  and  will  file  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the 
board  with  his  return.     The  invoicing  officer  will  file  with  his  return  the 
receipts  accompanied  by  the  quartermaster's  receipts. 

1241.  When  subsistence  supplies  are  transferred  by  one  commissary  to 
another  at  the  same  station,  the  invoicing  and  receiving  commissaries  will 
exchange  duplicate  invoices  and  receipts  therefor.     Should  any  of  the  sup- 
plies not  be  in  good  condition,  a  board  of  survey  will  be  applied  for  at  once  to 
examine  and  report  upon  them.     The  condition  as  determined  by  the  board 
will  be  noted  upon  the  invoices  and  receipts,  and  a  copy  of  the  proceedings 
will  accompany  each  officer's  returns. 

GAINS,   WASTAGE   AND   DEFICIENCIES. 

1242.  Wastage  will  be  reported  not  on  the  presumption  that  it  exists 
or  will  exist,  but  on  the  fact  that  it  actually  exists  as  determined  by  the 
monthly  inventory.     It  is  not  allowed  on  fresh  beef  furnished  directly  by  a 
contractor.     Gains  are  taken  up  as  required  by  paragraph  1231. 

1243.  Actual,  unavoidable  wastage,  occurring  during  transportation  or 
resulting  from  evaporation,  leakage,  etc.,  or  in  making  issues  and  sales,  may 
be  accounted  for  as  wastage  when  the  amount  does  not  exceed  three  per 
cent,  in  case  of  salt  meats,  salt  fish,  flour,  hard  bread,  corn  meal,  sugar,  soap, 
salt,  molasses,  syrup,  dried  fruit,  or  pickles;  or  one  per  cent,  in  case  of  beans 
pease,  rice,  hominy,  coffee,  tea,  candles,  or  pepper. 


STOREHOUSES — THE    RATION.  175 

1244.  Salt  and  vinegar  used  in  rebrining  or  pickling,  and  waste  of  stores 
in  overhauling  and  repacking,  will  be  accounted  for  by  the  certificate  of  the 
commissary  approved  by  the  commanding  officer. 

1345.  Deficiencies  exceeding  the  percentages  specified  in  paragraph  1243, 
or  in  articles  for  which  a  limit  of  wastage  is  not  therein  indicated,  or  aris- 
ing from  losses  by  straying  or  death  of  beeves,  or  errors  in  their  estimated 
net  weight,  or  from  losses  by  theft,  fire,  or  vermin,  or  from  deficient  or 
unsuitable  means  of  storage,  etc.,  will  be  accounted  for:  (1)  by  boards  of 
survey;  (2)  by  affidavits;  .(3)  by  certificates  of  disinterested  commissioned 
officers.  Boards  of  survey  should  generally  report  upon  such  deficiencies, 
affidavits  or  certificates  being  used  only  in  cases  where  the  amount  involved 
is  very  small,  or  when  it  is  impracticable  to  assemble  a  board. 

1246.  The  facts  and  quantities  involved  will  be  fully  set  forth  in  all 
affidavits  or  certificates  accounting  for  losses  or  extraordinary  wastage,  and 
in  certificates  of  stores  or  property  expended  in  preserving  supplies.     When 
loss  or  improper  issue  of  supplies  is  not  satisfactorily  explained,  their  cost 
will  be  taken  up  on  the  account  current  of  the  accountable  officer. 

STOREHOUSES. 

1247.  Storehouses,  sheds,  paulins,  or  other  means  of  covering  and  pro- 
tecting subsistence  supplies  will  ordinarily  be  provided  by  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department. 

1248.  Commissaries  will  make  daily  inspections  of  their  storehouses;  see 
that  they  are  kept  dry  and  well  ventilated ,  that  the  stores  are  properly  cared 
for,  that  barrels  and  buckets  of  water  and  other  means  of  extinguishing 
fires  are  ready  for  use,  and  that  all  proper  precautions  are  taken  to  guard 
against  loss. 

1249.  Coal  oil,  gunpowder,  quicklime,  or  other  articles  of  like  dangerous 
nature  will  not  be  kept  in  or  near  subsistence  storehouses. 

FRESH  MEATS. 

1250.  Fresh  meats  from  the  block  will  usually  be  provided  for  troops  by 
contract.    Beef  cattle  will  be  purchased  only  when  necessary  for  supplying 
beef  to  troops  in  campaign  or  on  the  march. 

THE  RATION. 

1251.  A  ration  is  the  allowance  for  subsistence  of  one  person  for  one 
day,  and  consists  of  the  meat,  the  bread,  the  vegetable,  the  coffee  and  sugar, 
the  seasoning,  and  the  soap  and  candle  components. 

1252.  Enlisted  men  and  hospital  matrons  are  each  entitled  to  one  ration 
per  day.     When  the  circumstances  of  their  service  make  it  necessary,  civil- 
ians employed  with  the  Army  may  each  be  allowed  one  ration  per  day . 


176 


THE    RATION. 


The  kinds  and  quantities  of  articles  composing  the  ration  for 
troops  where  cooking  is  practicable,  and  the  quantities  computed  for  100 
rations,  are  as  follows : 


Articles. 

Quantities  per 
ration. 

Quantities  per  100  rations. 

MEAT  COMPONENTS. 

Fresh  beef  ..                         

Ounces. 
20 

20 
12 
12 

Gills. 

Pounds. 
125 

125 
75 

Ounces. 

Gallons. 

or  fresh  mutton,  when  the  cost  does 
not  exceed  that  of  beef  

or  pork 

or  bacon 

or  salt  beef  

•» 

137 

87 
112 
112 

112 
112 
100 
125 

4 

15 
15 
10 
10 
100 

100 

100 

10 
8 
2 
15 

oo  oo  oo  oo  oo  oo 

or,  when  meat  can  not  be  furnished, 
dried  fish  

14 
18 
18 

18 
18 
16 
20 

it 
2* 

or  pickled  fish  

or  iresh  fish 

BREAD   COMPONENTS. 

Flour   ... 

or  soft  bread  

or  hard  bread  

or  corn  meal  

Baking  powder   for  troops  in  the  field, 
when  necessary  to  enable  them  to  bake 
their  own  bread  

VEGETABLE  COMPONENTS. 

Beans  

or  pease  

! 

16 
16 

16 

i 

or  rice 

or  hominy  

Potatoes  

or  potatoes,  12$  ounces,  and  onions,  3$ 
ounces  

or  potatoes,  114  ounces,  and  canned  to- 
matoes, 4$  ounces;   or  4$   ounces  of 
other  fresh  vegetables  not  canned, 
when  they  can  be  obtained  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  the  post  or  transported  in  a 
wholesome  condition  from  a  distance. 

COFFEE  AND  SUGAR  COMPONENTS. 

Coffee,  green  

or  roasted  coffee  

or  tea,  green  or  black  

Sugar  

or  molasses  

if 

2 
2 

1 

or  cane  syrup  

H 

& 

SEASONING  COMPONENTS. 

Vinegar  

Salt.  "  

g 

M 
A 

4 

Pepper,  black  

.... 

4 

SOAP  AND  CANDLE  COMPONENTS. 

Soap  

4 

1 

Candles  (when  illuminating  oil  is  not  fur- 
nished by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment)   

8 

In  adjusting  charges  to  be  made  against  enlisted  men  or  others  on  account 
of  increased  expense  to  the  Government  for  their  subsistence,  the  value  of  the 
ordinary  ration  will  be  estimated  at  18  cents  ;  that  of  the  travel  ration  at  40 
cents. 

1254.  When  troops  at  a  post  raise  their  own  vegetables,  or  when  they 
are  not  supplied  with  fresh  vegetables  in  kind  by  the  commissary,  commu- 
tation will  be  allowed  at  the  prices  of  potatoes  and  onions  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  post  or  in  the  market  from  which  the  post  is  supplied,  in  the  proportion 
of  80  per  cent,  of  potatoes  and  20  per  cent,  of  onions,  the  commutation  prices 
being  determined  monthly  by  the  Subsistence  Department. 


TRAVEL    RATION — ISSUES    OF   RATIONS.  177 

At  posts  and  stations  where  illuminating  oil  is  furnished  by  the 
quartermaster,  candles  are  not  issued  as  part  of  the  ration  except  to  indi- 
viduals whom  it  is  not  practicable  to  supply  with  oil. 

TRAVEL  RATION. 

1256.  When  troops  travel  otherwise  than  by  inarching,  or  when  for  short 
periods  they  are  separated  from  cooking  facilities  and  do  not  carry  cooked 
rations,  the  following  articles  will  be  issued  in  lieu  of  all  components  of  the 
ordinary  ration.  They  constitute  the  travel  ration : 


Articles. 

Per  100 
rations. 

Soft  bread              

pounds 

or  hard  bread  

...do.-. 

100 

Beef,  canned 

do 

75 

Baked  beans  1  pound  cans 

number 

33 

or  baked  beans,  3-pound  cans  

do 

15 

Coffee,  roasted 

pounds 

8 

Sugar  

do. 

15 

After  troops  have  been  subsisted  upon  the  travel  ration  for  four  consecu- 
tive days,  they  may  be  allowed  canned  tomatoes  in  addition  to  the  travel 
ration  at  the  rate  of  one  pound  of  tomatoes  per  man  per  day.  When  they 
arrive  at  their  destination  or  rejoin  their  station,  subsistence  upon  the  ordi- 
nary ration  will  be  resumed  immediately,  and  any  unconsumed  articles  in 
good  condition  which  they  may  have  on  hand  will  not  be  sold  as  savings,  but 
will  be  turned  over  to  the  commissary. 

LIQUID  COFFEE.. 

1257.  When  enlisted  men  supplied  with  cooked  or  travel  rations  travel 
unaccompanied  by  an  officer,  funds  for  the  purchase  of  liquid  coffee  in  lieu 
of  the  coffee  and  sugar  portion  of  the  travel  ration,  at  the  rate  of  21  cents 
per  day  for  the  anticipated  number  of  days'  travel,  may,  on  the  order  of  the 
commanding  officer  who  directs  the  journey,  be  paid  to  each  man,  and  his 
receipt  therefor  taken  on  a  receipt  roll,  which  must  be  accompanied  by  a 
copy  of  the  order.    When  enlisted  men  supplied  with  cooked  or  travel 
rations  travel  under  command  of  an  officer,  funds  at  the  same  rate,  for  the 
same  purpose,  will  be  transferred  to  him,  to  be  disbursed  and  accounted  for. 
At  the  end  of  the  journey  the  unexpended  balance,  if  any,  will  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  nearest  commissary. 

ISSUES   OF  RATIONS. 

1258.  Issues  of  rations  to  troops  will  be  made  on  ration  returns  signed 
by  the  immediate  commanders  of  the  organizations,  and  the  issues  ordered 
by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  station.     Ration  returns  will  be 
made,  ordinarily,  for  a  few  days  at  a  time,  for  the  individuals  of  the  organ- 
izations actually  present,  and  for  only  such  quantities  as  the  organizations 
can  receive  and  properly  care  for,  and  will  be  presented  at  the  place  where 
and  time  when  rations  are  due.    Rations  will  not  be  issued  for  a  past  period, 
if  troops  have  been  sufficiently  subsisted ;  nor  will  back  rations  be  purchased 
as  savings. 

16686—01 12 


178  ISSUES   OF    RATIONS. 


The  ration  as  issued  to  troops  will  be  issued  to  the  detachment 
of  the  hospital  corps  and  to  the  hospital  matrons  serving  at  a  hospital,  but 
the  meat  component  to  which  the  sick  therein  are  entitled  may,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  medical  officer  in  charge,  be  called  for  and  issued  wholly  in 
fresh  beef  or  partly  in  fresh  beef  and  partly  in  salt  meats. 

1260.  Issues  of  rations  to  civilians  employed  with  the  Army  will  be 
made  on  ration  returns  signed  by  the  officers  in  charge  of  the  employees, 
when  ordered  by  the  commanding  officer. 

1261.  Issues  of  rations  will  be  made  in  the  full  net  weight  or  measure  of 
the  articles  called  for.    Articles  required  for  consumption  will  be  removed 
from   the  storehouse.    Those  remaining  will   be  settled  for  as  savings, 
under  paragraphs  1269,  1270  and  1271.    No  articles  once  removed  from  the 
storehouse  will  be  purchased  as  savings,  except  on  the  order  of  the  com- 
manding officer. 

1262.  When  one,  two,  or  three  enlisted  men  travel  under  orders,  the 
travel  order  of  each  man  will  have  indorsed  on  it  the  certificate  of  his  com- 
manding officer  as  to  the  time  to  which  he  was  last  rationed,  etc.,  in  the 
form  prescribed  by  paragraph  1275,  and  if  commutation  of  rations  is  allowed, 
it  will  be  paid  in  the  manner  directed  by  that  paragraph.    Travel  orders 
retained  by  soldiers  will  be  turned  over  to  the  commissary  from  whom 
rations  are  next  to  be  drawn,  who  will  file  them  with   his  abstract  of 
issues,  or  his  receipt  roll  of  commutation  paid,  as  the  case  may  require. 
When  any  considerable  detachment  of  enlisted  men  leaves  a  post  or  com- 
mand, the  detachment  commander  will  be  furnished  by  the  commissary  with 
a  ration  certificate  giving  the  number  of  men  and  the  organizations  to  which 
they  belong,  and  setting  forth  the  date  to  which,  and  by  whom,  rations  were 
last  issued  for  them,  which  ration  certificate  will  be  presented  to  the  com- 
missary from  whom  rations  are  next  drawn,  who  will  file  it  with  his  abstract 
of  issues.    Employees  entitled  to  rations  are,  when  detached,  furnished  with 
ration  certificates. 

1263.  When  a  person  entitled  to  rations  leaves  an  organization  or  is 
ordered  to  travel  with  travel  rations,  the  rations  issued  to  him  for  any  period 
beyond  the  date  of  his  leaving  and  not  taken  with  him  will  be  deducted  on 
the  next  ration  return  of  the  organization.    The  name  of  the  person,  with  a 
statement  of  the  facts,  will  be  entered  on  the  ration  return.    The  ration 
return  of  an  organization  will  include  all  persons  belonging  to  it  who  are  to 
draw  their  rations  separately  ;  the  names  of  such  persons  will  be  written  on 
the  ration  return. 

1264.  At  a  post  where  a  general  mess  is  established,  the  issues  ordered 
by  the  post  commander  to  be  made  to  the  command  for  a  ration  period  will 
be  entered  on  the  outer  fold  of  a  ration  return,  and  the  separate  ration 
returns  of  the  organizations  composing  the  command  for  the  period  will  be 
inclosed  in  this  ration  return  as  a  wrapper.    The  entry  of  such  an  issue  on 
the  abstract  of  issues  will  show  the  several  organizations  for  which  the  issue 
was  ordered,  giving  the  strength  of  each,  as  well  as  the  detailed  information 
as  to  additions  and  deductions  contained  in  the  separate  ration  returns. 


ISSUES. 


179 


OTHER  ISSUES  OF  SUBSISTENCE  STORES. 

1265.  The  following  issues  are  made  when  necessary  for  the  public 
service : 


Articles. 


Allowance. 


Quantity  in 
bulk. 


Equiva- 
lent in 
rations. 


L  Candles,  when  oil  for  illuminating  purposes  is  not  furnished  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department: 

To  headquarters  of  a  department,  per  month 30  pounds  ..        2,000 

To  headquarters  in  the  held— 

Of  each  separate  army,  when  composed  of  more  than 

one  corps,  per  month 40  pounds  ..        2,667 

Of  an  army  corps,  per  month 30  pounds  ..        2,000 

Of  a  division,  per  month 20  pounds  ..         1,333 

Of  a  brigade  or  regiment,  per  month 10  pounds 

Of  a  battalion  serving  separately  from  regimental  head- 
quarters, per  month 10  pounds 

To  offices  and  storerooms— 

Of  the  chief  quartermaster  or  chief  commissary  of  a 
department,  or  depot  of  supply,  from  April  1  to  Sep- 
tember 30,  per  month 10  pounds 

Of  the  quartermaster  or  commissary  of  a  post,  from 

April  1  to  September  30,  per  month 5  pounds  .. 

From  October  1  to  March  31,  not  exceeding  double  the 

above  quantities. 
To  guards— 

To  the  principal  guard  of  each  camp,  per  month 12  pounds 

2.  Lantern  candles: 

To  stables- 
Such  number  of  pounds  as  the  commanding  officer  may 
order  as  necessary. 

3.  Salt: 

For  public  animals— 

For  each  animal,  per  week 2  ounces 3 

Or,  when  in  the  opinion  of  the  commanding  officer  so 
much  is  necessary,  not  exceeding,  per  month 12  ounces. . .  19 

4.  Vinegar: 

For  every  100  public  horses  or  mules,  for  sanitary  pur- 
poses- 
Such  amount  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as 
necessary, not  exceeding,  per  week 2gallons  ...  200 

5.  Flour: 

For  paste  used  in  target  practice- 
Such  quantity  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as 
necessary,  not  to  exceed  50  pounds  for  each  troop, 
battery,  or  company  during  the  tar  get -practice  season. 

6.  Matches: 

For  lighting  fires  and  lamps  for  which  fuel  and  illuminating 
supplies  are  issued— 

Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order 
as  necessary. 


The  issues  are  made  on  ration  returns  signed  by  the  officer  in  charge  and 
issues  ordered  by  the  commanding  officer,  the  latter  determining  what  quan- 
tities within  the  limits  above  prescribed  shall  be  issued.  Candles,  salt,  vin- 
egar and  flour  for  the  above  purposes  are  entered  on  the  ration  returns  and 
on  the  abstract  of  issues  in  terms  of  rations,  lantern  candles  in  pounds, 
and  matches  in  boxes.  The  returns  and  abstract  show  for  what  places  the 
candles  are  intended,  and  the  number  of  animals  and  period  for  which  salt 
and  vinegar  are  drawn,  giving  the  troop,  battery,  etc.,  to  which  they  belong. 

1266.  Small  quantities  of  food  (articles  of  the  ration)  may,  on  the  order 
of  the  commanding  officer,  be  issued  to  Indians  visiting  a  military  post. 
The  order  will  state  the  number  of  Indians  and  their  tribe,  number  of  days 
for  which  the  issues  are  made,  quantities,  and  necessity  for  the  issues. 
Indians  will  not  be  continuously  subsisted  in  this  manner  except  by 
authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  A  copy  of  the  order  directing  the  issue 
will  accompany  the  abstract  of  issues. 


180  SAVINGS — COMMUTATION. 

1267.  Subsistence  will  not  be  issued  to  destitute  persons  except  when  the 
commanding  officer  assumes  the  responsibility  of  ordering  the  issue  to 
relieve  starvation  or  extreme  suffering.    In  such  cases  the  circumstances 
will  be  fully  stated  in  the  order. 

1268.  The  commanding  officer  will  certify  to  the  accuracy  of  the  abstract 
of  issues  upon  comparison  with  the  ration  returns,  which  will  be  retained 
by  him.     The  abstract  of  issues  so  certified  and  accompanied  by  copies  of 
orders  or  authorities  contemplated  by  paragraph  695  is  the  commissary's 
voucher  for  the  issues. 

SAVINGS. 

1269.  Articles  of  the  ration  (excluding  fresh  vegetables,  bread  and  bak- 
ing powder)  due  a  bakery,  a  company,  or  any  organization,  not  needed  for 
consumption,  will  be  retained  by  the  commissary  if  required  for  reissue, 
and  will  be  purchased  as  savings  at  the  invoice  prices.     Savings  and  sales  of 
fresh  beef  (except  of  that  issued  for  the  sick  in  hospital,  the  detachment  of 
the  hospital  corps  and  the  hospital  matron  serving  therein)  are  prohibited  ; 
baking  powder  issued  but  not  used  will  be  returned  to  the  commissary. 
The  commissary  will  purchase  the  savings  of  hospitals  (including  fresh  beef) 
at  cost  prices  when  the  surgeon  in  charge  so  desires,  but  will  not  purchase 
savings  of  companies,  bakeries,  or  any  organization  when  public  loss  would 
result.    When  not  required  for  reissue,  savings  may  be  sold  to  any  person. 

1270.  Savings  purchased  by  the  commissary  will  be  entered  on  a  receipt 
roll,  in  duplicate,  in  the  name  of  the  organization  to  which  they  belong,  and 
the  money  value  receipted  for  by  the  officer  in  charge  thereof.    Payments 
for  hospital  savings  will  be  made  to  the  surgeon  of  the  post  or  station. 

12*71.  If  savings  are  not  paid  for  by  the  commissary  in  the  month  in 
which  accumulated,  the  proper  organization  will  be  furnished  with  an 
extract,  in  duplicate,  of  the  receipt  roll,  showing  stores  received  from  it  and 
the  amount  due,  which,  duly  certified  by  the  commissary  and  approved  by 
the  commanding  officer,  will  be  presented  for  payment  to  any  commissary 
having  funds  for  the  purpose. 

COMMUTATION. 

1272.  Commutation  of  rations  may  be  allowed  at  the  following  rates, 
under  the  conditions  mentioned,  viz: 


Conditions. 


Rate  per 
day  each. 


1.  To  a  soldier  at  the  conclusion  of  his  furlough,  provided  that  on  or  before 
the  last  day  thereof  he  has  reported  at  his  proper  station  or  has  been  dis- 


charged 


$0.25 
.40 

.75 

4  To  a  soldier  traveling  under  orders  from  a  place  or  station  at  which  his 


2.  To  sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned   staff  (and  soldiers  acting  as 

such)  on  duty  at  forts  and  stations  where  there  are  no  other  troops 

3.  To  a  soldier  on  detached  duty,  stationed  in  a  city  or  town  where  subsistence 


is  not  furnished  by  the  Government 


rations  have  been  regularly  commuted 

5.  To  enlisted  men  traveling  under  orders  (when  the  journey  can  not  be  per- 
formed in  twenty -four  hours  and  it  is  impracticable  to  carry  rations  of 
any  kind),  as  follows: 

To  an  enlisted  man  traveling  alone 

To  two  enlisted  men  traveling  as  a  detachment  or  traveling  as  a  guard  to 

an  insane  patient  or  military  prisoner,  each 

To  an  insane  patient  or  military  prisoner  traveling  under  guard  of  one  or 
two  enlisted  men,  to  be  paid,  on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer,  in 
advance  to,  and  to  be  receipted  for  by,  the  person  to  whose  charge  the 
patient  or  military  prisoner  is  committed  by  the  order 


1.50 
1.50 


1.50 


COMMUTATION   OF    RATIONS.  181 

1273.  Commutation  of  rations  will  not  be  allowed  to  enlisted  men  serv- 
ing where  subsistence  is  furnished  by  the  Government;  or  traveling  under 
orders  when  they  can  carry  and  cook  their  rations,  or  can  carry  cooked  or 
travel  rations;  or  traveling  under  orders  by  steamboat  or  steamship  where 
the  passage  rates  include  meals;  or  failing  to  report  at  their  proper  stations 
on  or  before  the  last  day  of  furlough  unless  discharged;  or  recruiting  parties 
at  their  stations;  nor  to  civil  employees. 

1274.  An  order  directing  the  travel  of  an  enlisted  man  will  state  that 
the  journey  is  necessary  for  the  public  service.    If  it  be  impracticable  for 
him  to  carry  rations  of  any  kind,  the  order  will  so  state  and  will  direct 
commutation  of  rations  to  be  paid;  if  required  to  be  paid  in  advance,  the 
number  of  days  will  be  stated. 

1275.  Commutation  of  rations  allowed  to  an  enlisted  man  while  travel- 
ing, when  not  directed  to  be  paid  in  advance,  will  be  paid  to  him  at  the  end 
of  his  journey,  upon  presentation  of  the  order  for  the  journey  with  the 
certificate  of  his  commanding  officer  thereon  in  the  following  form:  "  Last 

rationed  to  include ,  18 — ;  will  leave  station  at , ,  18 — ;  the 

rations  overdrawn  will  be  deducted  from  the  ration  return  of  company , 

Regiment  of  -  ,  for  the  period  from ,  18 — ,  to ,  18 — ," 

and  a  certificate  signed  by  a  commissioned  officer  in  the  following  form: 
"Joined  station  at  —    — ,  —     — ,  18—."    The  period  allowed  by  the  paying 
officer  will  be  the  time  required  over  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route.    If 
ordered  paid  in  advance,  it  will  be  paid  upon  presentation  of  a  certified  copy 
of  the  order  directing  the  payment,  having  thereon  the  certificate  in  the 
above  form  of  his  commanding  officer.     In  this  case  the  paying  officer  will 
indorse  the  date,  mode,  and  amount  of  payment,  over  his  signature,  on  the 
order  which  is  retained  by  the  soldier,  and  certify  on  the  copy  that  he  has 
made  such  indorsement.     The  soldier  will  deliver  his  retained  order  to  the 
commissary  at  the  station  where  rations  are  next  drawn,  who  files  it  with 
his  abstract  of  issues.    The  order,  or  copy  thereof,  on  which  commutation 
has  been  paid  will  be  filed  as  a  sub-voucher  to  the  receipt  roll,  and  the  paying 
officer  will  indorse  on  the  order,  or  copy  thereof,  the  date,  mode  and  amount 
of  payment. 

1276.  The  furlough  of  an  enlisted  man  will  show,  by  memorandum  of 
his  company  commander,  to  what  day  he  was  last  rationed  and  the  number 
of  rations,  if  any,  drawn  for  him  previous  to  his  going  on  furlough,  for  the 
time  covered  by  the  furlough,  and  the  certificate  of  his  company  commander 
on  the  back  of  the  furlough  will  show  the  date  on  which  he  rejoined  his 
proper  station  or  was  discharged  and  that  the  rations  overdrawn  for  him  were 
duly  deducted  from  a  ration  return  of  his  company.    If  entitled  to  com- 
mutation he  will  be  paid  by  any  commissary  upon  the  presentation  of  the 
furlough  containing  the  above  memorandum  and  certificate.     The  paying 
officer  will  file  the  furlough  as  a  sub- voucher  to  his  receipt  roll,  and  indorse 
on  the  furlough  the  date,  mode,  and  amount  of  payment. 

1277.  When  an  officer  orders  commutation  of  rations  to  be  paid,  or  ra- 
tions to  be  issued,  to  a  soldier  on  furlough  to  enable  him  to  reach  his  proper 
station,  the  paying  or  issuing  officer  will  report  the  full  amount  paid,  or  the 
money  value  of  the  issue,  to  the  soldier's  company  commander.     Should  the 
soldier  reach  his  station  on  or  before  the  last  day  of  his  furlough,  the  com- 
pany commander  will  charge  the  full  amount  of  the  payment  or  issue  against 
his  pay  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  roll.    Should  he  reach  his  post  after  the 


182  SALES. 

expiration  of  his  furlough,  and  the  delay  be  not  excused,  the  full  amount  will 
be  similarly  charged.  Should  the  overstaying  of  his  furlough  be  excused, 
the  full  amount,  diminished  by  the  value  of  the  ration,  at  18  cents  per  day, 
for  the  numbei  of  days  during  which  he  was  absent  after  the  furlough  had 
expired,  will  be  charged. 

1278.  When  a  furlough  is  lost,  a  certified  copy  prepared  by  his  company 
commander,  with  the  soldier's  affidavit  stating  when,  where,  and  the  circum- 
stances under  which  the  loss  occurred,  that  he  reported  at  his  station  on  or 
before  the  last  day  of  his  furlough  or  was  discharged,  and  that  no  rations 
have  been  furnished  nor  commutation  paid  him  for  any  portion  of  the  time 
during  which  he  was  on  furlough,  may  be  presented  within  six  months 
after  the  loss,  through  his  company  and  post  commanders,  to  the  chief 
commissary  for  payment  or  other  disposition. 

1279.  Enlisted  men  having  claims  for  commutation  of  rations  and  who 
are  at  a  distance  from  a  paying  commissary  will  be  paid  upon  forwarding 
to  the  paying  commissary  their  travel  orders  or  furloughs,  properly  made 
out,  accompanied  by  receipts,  in  duplicate.    Enlisted  men  on  detached  duty 
entitled  to  commutation  of  rations  may  be  similarly  paid  upon  the  cer- 
tificate of  the  officer  under  whom  they  serve,  setting  forth  the  period  for 
which  commutation  is  due,  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  authority  for  its 
allowance,  or  by  a  reference  to  such  authority  if  previously  furnished. 

SALES. 

1 2 NO.  Subsistence  stores  (except  forage  for  beef  cattle)  will  be  sold  for 
cash  to  an  officer  of  the  Army,  or  to  a  contract  or  veterinary  surgeon,  at 
cost  price,  on  his  certificate  that  they  are  for  his  personal  or  family  use,  or 
for  the  use  of  an  officers'  mess  of  which  he  is  the  caterer.  They  will  also 
be  sold  during  the  absence  of  an  officer  to  a  member  of  his  family  author- 
ized by  him  to  purchase  in  his  name,  upon  a  written  request  by  him  to  the 
commissary. 

1281.  Sales  to  officers  paid  for  within  the  calendar  month  in  which  made 
will  be  regarded  as  cash  sales ;  if  not  paid  for  within  that  month,  they  will 
be  reported  as  credit  sales  and  so  accounted  for,  and  the  amounts  due  col- 
lected through  the  Pay  Department. 

1282.  Sales  of  reasonable  quantities  of  stores  will  be  made  to  an  enlisted 
man,  for  cash,  upon  his  declaration,  in  writing,  that  they  are  intended  for 
his  own  use.     A  company,  detachment,  hospital,  post  bakery,  or  post 
exchange  may  purchase  for  cash  under  similar  conditions,  and  upon  the 
certificate  of  the  officer  in  charge. 

1283.  Exceptional  articles  of  subsistence  stores  called  for  by  officers  and 
enlisted  men,  to  be  paid  for  by  them  regardless  of  condition  upon  arrival  at 
posts,  may,  under  such  instructions  as  to  purchase  and  accountability  as 
may  from  time  to  time  be  given  by  the  Commissary-General,  be  purchased 
and  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  transportation  to 
the  posts  where  desired. 

1284.  To  a  civilian  employed  with  the  Army  at  a  remote  place,  where 
food  can  not  otherwise  be  procured,  stores  will  be  sold  for  cash,  in  limited 
quantities,  for  his  own  use,  at  invoice  or  contract  prices  with  10  per  cent, 
added. 


SALES.  183 

1285.  Sales  may  be  made  on  credit  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  who  have 
not  been  regularly  paid,  or  who  are  in  the  field.    Officers  will  certify  that 
the  stores  are  for  their  own  use,  and  receipt  for  them.     Enlisted  men  will 
obtain  permits  from  their  company  commanders,  approved  by  the  command- 
ing officer,  for  purchases  on  credit.     Permits  will  not  be  given  to  a  soldier 
in  excess  of  the  unencumbered  pay  due  him,  nor  in  any  month  in  excess  of 
his  monthly  pay.    A  recruit  may  be  furnished  on  credit  with  such  of  the 
following  articles  as  may  be  needed  by  him,  viz :  A  hand  basin,  a  piece  of 
soap,  a  tooth  brush,  two  towels,  a  comb,  a  hair  brush,  a  shoe  brush  and  a 
box  of  shoe-blacking. 

1286.  Articles  purchased  by  the  Subsistence  Department  by  net  weight 
will  be  sold  at  net  weight  at  the  time  of  sale.     Where  the  weight  of  a  wrap- 
per or  cover  at  the  time  of  purchase  was  included  in  the  weight  of  an  article, 
it  will  be  included  in  the  weight  when  the  article  is  sold.    Articles  in  cartons, 
packets,  or  sealed  cans  will  be  sold  as  purchased. 

128 7.  Post  commanders  will  regulate  sales  and  delivery  of  supplies. 
Selling  (except  by  the  exchange)  or  bartering  of  supplies  purchased  from 
the  commissary  is  forbidden. 

1288.  The  commissary  who  sells  to  an  officer  on  credit  will  furnish  him 
with  a  certified  bill  in  detail,  which  will  be  noted  by  the  officer  on  his  next 
pay  account,  as  follows :  "  Deduct dollars  and cents  due  the  Sub- 
sistence Department  for  stores  purchased  on  credit  from  Lieut.  —    — ,  Com- 
missary, Fort  —   — ,  in  the  month  of ,  18 — ."    If  there  are  several 

bills,  they  will  be  entered  separately. 

1289.  The  commissary  who  sells  to  enlisted  men  on  credit  will  make  a 
statement  of  dues,  in  triplicate,  for  each  company  or  organization  to  which 
the  men  belong ;  one  copy  will  be  furnished  to  the  company  or  other  com- 
mander, who  will  charge  the  dues  on  the  next  pay  roll,  and  on  subsequent 
rolls,  until  collected.    If  a  recruit  leaves  his  station  or  rendezvous  before 
the  money  value  of  the  toilet  articles  furnished  him  on  credit  has  been  col- 
lected, the  amount  due  will  be  noted  on  the  descriptive  and  assignment  card, 
in  order  that  the  paymaster  may  withhold  it  at  the  first  payment  after  the 
recruit  has  joined  his  company. 

1290.  Amounts  due  from  credit  sales  will  be  collected  by  paymasters, 
taken  up  by  them  and  promptly  transferred  to  a  disbursing  commissary,  the 
paymaster  giving  duplicate  invoices  and  taking  receipts  on  each  pay  account 
or  pay  roll. 

1291.  Sales  will  be  consolidated  monthly  on  an  abstract  in  duplicate. 
The  commanding  officer  will  satisfy  himself  that  the  purchases  have  been 
properly  authorized  and  duly  made,  and  will  so  certify  on  the  abstract.     The 
copy  of  the  abstract  accompanying  the  commissary's  account  current  will 
serve  as  a  voucher  to  the  account  current,  as  well  as  to  the  officer's  return. 

1292.  On  the  first  day  of  each  calendar  month  a  list  will  be  prepared  at 
each  post  showing  the  prices  at  which  stores  will  be  sold  during  the  month. 
The  price  for  each  article  will  be  the  invoice  price  of  the  last  lot  of  that 
article  received  prior  to  the  day  on  which  the  price  list  is  prepared. 

BLANK  FORMS. 

1293.  Blank  forms  will  be  furnished  to  commissaries  on  periodical 
requisitions  sent  direct  to  the  Commissary-General.      Officers  at  posts  will 
obtain  them  from  the  commissaries. 


184    ACCOUNTS  AND  RETURNS — PAY  DEPARTMENT. 

ACCOUNTS   AND  RETURNS. 

1294.  The  following  accounts  and  returns,  prepared  in  accordance  with 
the  directions  printed  on  the  blanks,  are  required  : 

1.  Account  current,  prepared  and  forwarded  by  each  officer  accountable 
for  subsistence  funds,  within  ten  days  after  the  close  of  each  month,  accom- 
panied by  vouchers. 

2.  Return  of  subsistence  stores,  by  each  officer  accountable,  forwarded  at 
the  same  time  as  the  account  current,  accompanied  by  vouchers,  etc. 

3.  Return  of  subsistence  property,  rendered  quarterly,  within  ten  days 
after  the  close  of  the  months  of  March,  June,  September,  and  December,  by 
each  officer  accountable,  accompanied  by  abstracts,  vouchers,  etc. 


ARTICLE   LXXX. 

PAY  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Pay  Department,  prepared  and 
published  under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by 
the  Paymaster-General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their 
nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

1295.  The  Pay  Department,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
has  charge  of  the  supply  and  distribution  of  and  accounting  for  funds  for 
the  payment  of  the  Army,  and  such  other  financial  duties  as  are  specially 
assigned  to  it. 

1296.  The  chief  paymaster  of  a  department,  under  the  direction  of  its 
commander,  will  have  control  of  all  paymasters  stationed  therein,  and  be 
responsible  for  the  payment  of  the  troops  of  the  command. 

1297.  Military  commanders  in  directing  payments  will  not  require  the 
paymaster  to  be  absent  from  his  station  on  the  last  day  of  the  month,  except 
for  special  reasons,  which  will  be  reported  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army. 

PAYMENTS  TO  OFFICERS. 

1298.  Officers  will  be  paid  monthly,  on  duplicate  accounts,  certified  by 
themselves,  according  to  prescribed  forms. 

1299.  When  an  officer  is  absent  from  his  station,  a  paymaster  will,  before 
paying  him,  require  proof  of  authority  for  such  absence. 

1300.  An  officer  will  not  hypothecate  nor  transfer  a  pay  account  not 
actually  due.    When  due  it  may  be  transferred  by  indorsement,  naming  the 
party  to  whom  transferred,  and  may  be  paid  by  the  proper  paymaster  if  sat- 
isfied of  the  genuineness  of  the  officer's  signature  and  if  no  stoppage  or  other 
disability  as  to  pay  prevents.    The  date  of  transfer,  certified  by  the  officer 
whose  account  it  is,  will  appear  in  the  indorsement.    When  an  officer  trans- 
fers a  pay  account,  he  will,  at  the  time  of  transfer,  communicate  the  fact  to 
the  chief  paymaster  of  the  department,   through  the  paymaster  who  is 
expected  to  pay  it.    If  the  officer  be  on  leave,  or  if  his  accounts  be  payable 
in  Washington,  the  notification  of  transfer  will  be  made  to  the  Paymaster- 
general. 


PAYMENTS    TO    OFFICERS.  185 

1301.  The  following  officers,  in  addition  to  those  whose  pay  is  fixed  by 
law ,  are  entitled  to  pay  as  mounted  officers :  Officers  of  the  staff  corps  below 
the  rank  of  major,  officers  serving  with  troops  of  cavalry,  officers  of  a  light 
battery  duly  organized  and  equipped,  authorized  aids  duly  appointed,  offi- 
cers serving  with  companies  of  mounted  infantry,  and  officers  on  duty  which 
in  the  opinion  of  the  department  commander  requires  them  to  be  mounted 
and  so  certified  by  the  latter  on  their  pay  vouchers.    Acting  judge-advocates 
of  military  departments,  duly  detailed,  are  entitled,  while  so  serving,  to  the 
rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  captains  of  cavalry. 

0 3 O2.  Department  commanders  will  announce,  in  orders,  the  authority 
obtained  from  the  Secretary  of  War  for  mounting  companies  of  infantry, 
giving  the  date  from  which  such  mounted  service  commences,  and  termina- 
tion of  the  same. 

1303.  Muster  rolls  and  returns  of  light  batteries  and  companies  of 
mounted  infantry  will  show  the  number,  date  and  source  of  order  author- 
izing mounted  service.     The  pay  accounts  of  officers  charging  mounted  pay 
will  contain  the  same  information.     A  copy  of  the  order  will  be  attached  to 
the  first  muster  rolls  prepared  after  the  battery  or  company  has  been  equipped 
or  mounted  ;  a  copy  of  the  order  discontinuing  such  service  will  appear  on 
the  first  muster  rolls  prepared  after  its  discontinuance. 

1304.  An  acting  commissary  will  be  paid  the  additional  pay  allowed  by 
law,  on  the  certificate  of  the  Commissary-General  that  he  has  performed 
the  duty  contemplated  therein  during  the  time  charged.     To  entitle  him  to 
this  pay  he  must  be  detailed  under  proper  orders  from  some  established  post 
or  body  of  troops,  and  must  issue  full  rations  to  troops  from  stores  for  which 
he  is  responsible. 

1 3O5.  N  o  officer  shall  receive  pay  for  two  staff  appointments  for  the  same 
time.     This  prohibition  does  not  prevent  a  quartermaster  of  a  regiment  who, 
in  addition  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  may  be  acting  commissary,  from 
receiving  the  extra  compensation  allowed  by  law  for  performing  the  duties 
of  the  latter. 

1306.  A  person  appointed  to  the  Army,  or  receiving  an  appointment  to 
a  new  office  therein,  is  entitled  to  pay  from  date  of  acceptance  only.     In  all 
cases  of  promotion  an  officer  is  entitled  to  pay  from  date  of  vacancy. 

1307.  An  officer  leaving  the  service  will,  before  receiving  final  payment, 
produce  certificates  as  to  his  indebtedness  to  the  United  States,  and  will 
make  oath  upon  the  final  voucher  to  the  correctness  of  the  several  items 
contained  therein,  stating  the  place  of  his  residence,  and  that  he  is  not 
indebted  to  the  United  States  on  any  account  whatever,  except  as  shown  by 
said  certificates. 

1308.  An  officer  who  tenders  his  resignation  while  on  duty  will  receive 
pay  to  include  the  date  on  which  he  receives  notice  of  acceptance,  if  he  con- 
tinue on  duty  until  that  time ;  or  if  sooner  relieved  from  duty,  to  include 
the  date  of  relief.     An  officer  whose  resignation  takes  effect  while  on  leave 
will  be  paid  to  include  date  of  acceptance. 

1309.  An  officer  placed  upon  the  retired  list  will  receive  active  pay  to 
include  the  date  of  retirement.     If  on  duty,  he  will  receive  such  pay  to 
include  the  date  Of  relief  from  duty. 


186  PAYMENTS   TO    OFFICERS. 

1310.  An  officer  dismissed  by  sentence  of  court-martial  will  be  paid  to 
the  date  of  termination  of  service,  as  specified  in  the  order  promulgating 
the  sentence. 

1311.  In  computing  longevity  pay,  service  performed  as  cadets  at  the 
Military  or  Naval  Academy,  or  as  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  or  Navy,  will 
be  counted. 

1312.  In  payments  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  the  days  of  commence- 
ment and  expiration  of  service  will  be  included.     When  service  begins  on 
the  31st  day  of  a  month,  pay  will  not  be  allowed  for  that  day. 

1313.  An  officer  of  the  Army  appointed  to  a  grade  in  the  volunteers  or 
militia  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  superior  to  that  held  by  him  in 
the  Army  will  be  entitled  to  the  pay  and  emoluments  of  the  grade  to  which 
appointed,  after  muster  therein. 

PAY  DURING  ABSENCE. 

1314.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  in  arrest  and  confinement  by  the  civil 
authorities  will  receive  no  pay  for  the  time  of  such  absence;  if  released  with- 
out trial,  or  after  trial  and  acquittal,  their  right  to  pay  for  the  time  of  such 
absence  is  restored. 

1315.  To  entitle  him  to  full  pay  during  absence  on  account  of  sickness 
or  wounds,  an  officer  must  exhibit  to  the  paymaster  an  order  from  compe- 
tent authority  granting  or  extending  his  sick  leave.     During  the  time  neces- 
sarily consumed  in  making  the  journey  to  his  post,  an  officer  joining  from 
sick  leave  is  entitled  to  full  pay  as  if  on  duty. 

1316.  The  pay  accounts  of  an  officer  on  leave  during  his  absence  will 
exhibit  the  date  of  commencement  of  leave,  authority  therefor,  and,  in  case 
the  account  is  for  the  month  in  which  the  absence  terminates,  date  of  return 
to  duty.    In  all  cases  the  day  of  departure,  or  relief  from  duty,  will  be 
counted  as  a  day  of  duty  and  the  day  of  return  as  one  of  leave. 

131*7.  In  determining  the  period  for  which  an  officer  is  entitled  to  full 
pay  on  leave,  time  within  four  successive  leave  years,  terminating  with  the 
one  in  which  absence  is  taken,  will  be  considered.  If  the  absence  does  not 
cover  the  entire  period  for  which  full  pay  is  allowed,  the  balance  thereof 
will  be  placed  to  the  officer's  credit  as  belonging  to  the  last  year  or  years  of 
the  four  considered,  and  may  be  made  available  for  future  leave. 

1 318.  The  leave  year  is  reckoned  from  June  20  to  the  following  June  19, 
both  inclusive.     In  computing  leave  of  absence  expressed  in  days  during 
any  leave  year,  every  day  of  such  absence  will  be  counted  ;   leave  expressed 
in  months  will  be  counted  in  months. 

1319.  When  an  officer  on  leave  claims  full  pay  for  any  part  of  his 
absence,  the  paymaster  will  ascertain  the  time  for  which  he  is  entitled  to 
the  same  from  the  monthly  list  of  absentees  issued  from  the  Adjutant- 
General's  Office  ;  or,  if  that  does  not  afford  the  information,  from  the  offi- 
cer's statement  on  his  account  of  his  absence  on  leave  during  each  leave 
year. 

13  2O.  An  officer  ordered  to  temporary  duty  while  on  leave  will  be 
regarded  as  on  duty  from  the  day  on  which  he  receives  the  order.  When  the 
duty  is  to  be  performed  at  a  future  date,  he  will  be  on  duty  from  the  date 
on  which  he  starts  to  obey  the  order.  The  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  in 


TRAVEL   ALLOWANCES.  187 

the  first  case,  and  the  date  of  departure  in  the  second,  will  be  promptly 
reported  to  the  Adjutant- General  of  the  Army.  When  relieved  from  such 
duty,  or  on  the  completion  thereof,  he  reverts  to  the  status  of  leave  and  will 
be  credited  with  the  time  on  duty  under  such  order. 

TRAVEL  ALLOWANCES. 

132 1?  When  an  officer  travels  without  troops  under  orders,  he  is 
entitled  to  the  following  allowances: 

1.  To  mileage  at  the  rate  of  4  cents  per  mile  for  the  distance  between  the 
points  named  in  the  order,  such  distance  to  be  computed  over  the  shortest 
usually  traveled  route. 

2.  To  reimbursement  of  the  cost  of  transportation  actually  paid  by  him 
over  the  route  above  specified,  exclusive  of  sleeping  and  parlor  car  fares 
and  charges  for  baggage  and  transfers.    Officers  will  not  be  reimbursed  for 
cost  of  transportation  over  free  or  bond  aided  roads,  but  transportation  in 
kind  over  such  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

1322.  Travel  allowances  will  be  paid  by  the  chief  paymaster  of  the 
department  in  which  the  journey  is  completed. 

1323.  To  entitle  an  officer  to  travel  allowances  the  travel  must  be  spe- 
cifically ordered  previous  to  its  commencement,  or  covered  by  certificate 
that  the  urgency  of  the  duty  was  such  as  to  prevent  his  obtaining  previous 
orders,  and  accompanied  by  evidence  of  approval  by  proper  authority. 
Such  order  will  state  the  special  duty  enjoined,  recite  that  the  travel  therein 
directed  is  necessary  for  the  public  service,  and  direct  the  officer  to  return 
to  his  station  upon  completion  of  assigned  duty,  if  such  return  is  contem- 
plated.   An  order  for  travel,  part  of  which  is  to  be  made  with  troops, 
should  direct  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  furnish  transportation 
for  so  much  of  the  journey  as  is  to  be  performed  with  troops. 

1324.  Orders  will  not  prescribe  lines  of  travel,  except  when  necessary, 
and  then  the  reasons  will  be  set  forth  in  the  order. 

1325.  The  original  order,  or  certified  copy,  including  indorsements,  will 
accompany  each  voucher  for  travel  allowances. 

1326.  Mileage  will  be  computed  in  accordance  with  the  lists  of  distances 
compiled  by  the  Paymaster-General,  whatever  the  route  traveled.    Excep- 
tion to  this  rule  will  be  made  only  when  the  terms  of  the  order,  or  the 
impracticability  of  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route,  compel  the  officer  to 
take  another,  or  when  the  journey  is  performed  by  a  route  shorter  than 
that  usually  traveled.     In  such  cases  travel  allowances  will  be  computed 
over  the  actually  traveled  route. 

1327.  When  an  officer  on  leave  of  absence  is  ordered  to  rejoin  his  sta- 
tion, he  will  not  be  entitled  to  travel  allowances  unless  the  public  service 
requires  the  performance  of  duty  en  route,  in  which  case  the  order  will 
specify  the  duty,  the  necessity  therefor,  and  the  points  at  which  the  duty 
will  begin  and  end. 

132$.  When  an  officer  is  ordered,  while  on  leave  of  absence,  to  accom- 
pany a  detachment  of  recruits  to  the  vicinity  in  which  his  regiment  is  serv- 
ing, and  on  the  completion  of  this  duty  to  join  his  company,  he  returns  to  a 
status  of  leave  as  soon  as  relieved  from  duty  with  the  recruits,  and  will 
proceed  to  join  his  company  without  expense  to  the  Government,  unless  the 
distance  he  may  have  to  travel  without  troops  should  be  in  excess  of  what 
it  would  have  been  had  he  not  received  the  order. 


188  TRAVEL   ALLOWANCES. 

1329.  An  officer  on  leave  of  absence  ordered  to  temporary  duty  involv- 
ing travel  without  troops  will  receive  travel  allowances  from  place  of  receipt 
of  order  to  place  of  performance  of  duty  and  return. 

1330.  When  the  station  of  an  officer,  serving  either  with  or  without 
troops,  is  changed  while  he  is  on  leave  of  absence,  he  will,  on  joining  his 
new  station,  be  entitled  to  travel  allowances  from  the  place  of  receipt  of  the 
order  to  the  new  station,  provided  the  journey  is  made  without  troops  and 
the  distance  is  not  greater  than  that  from  the  old  to  the  new  station ;  but  if 
the  distance  be  greater  he  will  be  entitled  to  travel  allowances  for  a  distance 
equal  to  that  from  the  old  to  the  new  station  only.    Should  it  be  necessary 
for  such  officer  to  return  to  his  old  station  before  proceeding  to  the  new, 
authority  for  such  return  may  be  given  by  the  officer  who  issued  the  order 
for  the  change  of  station.    In  such  case  the  order  for  change  of  station  will 
carry  mileage  only  from  the  old  to  the  new  station. 

1331.  An  officer  under  orders  to  change  station,  who  takes  advantage  of 
a  leave  of  absence  before  he  joins  his  new  station,  is  not  deprived  of  the 
travel  allowances  to  which  he  would  be  entitled  had  he  not  availed  himself 
of  the  leave.    The  leave  of  absence  merely  suspends  the  execution  of  the 
order  for  change  of  station,  and  at  the  expiration  of  the  leave  the  officer 
comes  under  the  operation  of  the  order,  and  in  obeying  it  is  entitled  to  full 
pay  for  the  time  necessary  to  perform  the  journey  from  his  old  to  his  new 
station. 

1332.  An  officer  relieved  from  duty  at  a  station  and  granted  leave  of 
absence  before  assignment  to  another,  who  receives  an  order  of  assignment 
before  expiration  of  leave,  is  entitled  to  travel  allowances  from  the  place 
where  he  receives  the  order  to  his  new  station. 

1333.  An  officer  traveling  on  duty  in  connection  with  public  works  (not 
arsenals,  military  surveys,  or  explorations)  will  receive  travel  allowances 
from  the  appropriation  for  the  work,  but  if  there  be  no  appropriation  he 
will  receive  travel  allowances  from  the  Pay  Department. 

1334.  In  the  following  cases  no  expense  of  travel  is  allowed  :  In  joining 
for  duty  upon  first  appointment  to  the  military  service,  or  under  the  first 
order  after  a  reinstatement  or  reappointment,  or  under  an  order  to  effect  a 
transfer  from  one  company  or  regiment  to  another,  made  at  the  request  of 
the  officers  transferred.     Assistant  surgeons,  graduates  of  the  Military 
Academy,  and  officers  appointed  from  the  ranks,  joining  under  first  order 
after  appointment  or  commission,  are  excepted  from  these  provisions. 

1335.  Allowances  for  travel  of  officers  summoned  before  committees  of 
Congress  are  not  proper  charges  upon  the  appropriations  for  the  support 
of  the  Army. 

COMMUTATION   OF  QUARTERS. 

1336.  An  officer  on  duty  without  troops  at  a  station  where  there  are  no 
public  quarters,  or  where  the  public  quarters  are  inadequate,  is  entitled  to 
commutation  therefor  at  established  rates. 

1337.  An  officer  on  duty  at  a  station  where  he  is  properly  in  receipt  of 
commutation  of  quarters  is  entitled  to  the  allowance  during  ordinary  leave 
on  full  pay,  but  not  during  sick  leave.    If  he  is  relieved  from  duty  at  the 
station  and  then  granted  a  leave  his  commutation  ceases. 


COMMUTATION    OF    QUARTERS — STOPPAGES.  189 

133S.  An  officer  does  not  lose  his  right  to  quarters  or  commutation  at 
his  permanent  station  by  a  temporary  absence  on  duty.  While  he  continues 
to  hold  that  right  and  exercises  it  by  constructive  occupation  or  use  of  any 
kind,  he  can  not  legally  demand  quarters  nor  commutation  at  any  other 
station.  Exceptions  to  this  rule  can  be  made  only  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1339.  When  the  command  to  which  an  officer  belongs  changes  station 
during  his  temporary  absence  on  duty  he  loses  his  right  to  quarters  from 
the  time  his  command  leaves  its  old  station  and  does  not  acquire  a  right  at 
the  new  station  imtil  he  has  reported  for  duty  thereat.     He  is  entitled  in  the 
meantime  to  quarters  or  commutation  therefor  at  the  station  where  he  is 
temporarily  serving. 

1340.  An  officer  relieved  from  duty  at  one  station,  where  he  was  entitled 
to  commutation  of  quarters,  and  assigned  to  another,  is  not  entitled  to  such 
allowance  from  the  date  of  relief  to  the- date  on  which  he  reports  in  person 
at  the  new  station. 

1341.  Officers  who,  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government,  are  directed 
to  await  orders  for  a  limited  period  at  a  point  where  there  are  no  public 
quarters,  are  entitled  to  commutation  ;  but  an  officer  ordered  to  his  home  to 
await  orders  is  not  entitled  to  this  allowance.    An  officer  ordered  to  report 
by  letter  to  a  superior  does  not  become  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters 
until  he  receives  a  specific  order  of  assignment  and  reports  in  person  at  the 
station  to  which  assigned. 

1342.  The  first  voucher  for   commutation  of  quarters  at  any  station 
must  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order  assigning  the  officer  to  duty 
thereat.    In  subsequent  vouchers  the  paymaster  will  refer  by  number,  etc., 
to  the  voucher  with  which  the  order  is  filed,  and  the  final  voucher  must  be 
accompanied  by  the  authority  for,  and  must  show  the  date  of  relief  from, 
such  duty. 

STOPPAGES. 

1343.  When  an  officer  has  been  overpaid,  or  is  indebted  to  the  United 
States  for  money  or  property,  or  has  failed  properly  to  account  for  the  same, 
the  chief  of  the  bureau  concerned  will  promptly  notify  him  of  the  amount 
of  his  indebtedness,  or  his  failure  to  account.    If  after  such  notice  he  does 
not  refund,  or  make  satisfactory  explanation,  or  take  proper  action  within  a 
reasonable  time,  the  matter  will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1344.  On  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  stoppages  may  be  made 
against  the  pay  of  officers  for  overpayments,  illegal  disbursement,  or  loss 
through  fraud  or  neglect  of  the  public  funds,  and  for  deficiencies  in,  loss  of, 
or  damage  to,  military  supplies,  unless  proof  be  furnished  that  the  deficiency, 
loss  or  damage  was  not  occasioned  by  any  fault  on  their  part. 

1345.  The  notice  of  stoppage  of  officers'  pay  will  be  prepared  in  the  form 
of  a  monthly  circular  to  paymasters,  advising  them  of  stoppages  outstand- 
ing at  its  date.    This  circular  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for 
his  approval  prior  to  its  publication.    When  an  officer's  name  is  borne 
thereon,  no  payment  of  salary  will  be  made  to  him  which  is  not  in  accord- 
ance with  the  stoppage  entry  made  against  his  name. 

1346.  Overpayments  to  an  officer  will  be  deducted  on  the  first  payment 
after  a  notice  of  stoppage  against  him  is  received,  even  if  the  pay  accounts 
have  been  assigned. 


190  PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN. 


PAYMENT   OF   CADETS. 

1347.  Payment  on  muster  and  pay  rolls  and  final  accounts  will  be  made 
to  the  cadets  at  the  Military  Academy  by  a  paymaster,  who  will  turn  over 
the  net  amount  of  the  rolls  and  accounts  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Academy. 

PAYMENT   OF   ENLISTED   MEN. 

1348.  Troops  will  be  paid  every  month  unless  circumstances  prevent, 
in  which  case  the  paymaster  charged  with  the  payment  will  immediately 
report  the  facts  through  his  chief  paymaster  to  the  Paymaster-General. 

1349.  Payments  will  be  made  as  soon  after  the  close  of  each  month  as 
practicable : 

1.  By  paymasters  in  person  ;  or 

2.  By  check  or  currency  shipped  by  express. 

The  troops  at  posts  where  paymasters  are  stationed  and  others  in  their 
immediate  vicinity,  to  be  designated  in  instructions  issued  from  the  Adju- 
tant-General's Office,  will  be  paid  by  paymasters  in  person. 

For  posts  at  which  payments  are  not  required  to  be  made  in  person,  the 
paymaster  will  transmit  the  pay  due  in  one  or  more  of  the  following  ways  : 

1.  By  individual  check,  payable  to  the  order  of  each  man  for  the  exact 
amount  due. 

2.  By  inclosing  in  a  separate  sealed  envelope  the  exact  amount  in  cur- 
rency due  each  soldier,  with  his  name  and  the  amount  inclosed  marked 
thereon. 

1350.  Duplicate  muster  and  pay  rolls  will  be  duly  signed  by  the  men, 
and  forwarded  by  the  commanding  officer  by  mail  to  the  paymaster  who 
has  been  designated  by  the  department  commander  to  pay  the  command. 

1351.  When  forwarding  the  rolls  the  post  commander  will  furnish  the 
paymaster  with  the  name,  rank,  etc. ,  of  the  officer  designated  to  see  that 
the  men  of  the  command  are  paid,  and  at  the  same  time  will  state  what 
part  of  the  pay  can  conveniently  be  received  by  the  men  in  individual 
checks  and  cashed  at  or  near  the  post  without  discount,  designating  the 
location  of  depository  on  which  it  is  desired  that  the  checks  should  be  drawn. 
The  remainder  of  the  pay  will  be  sent  in  envelopes. 

1352.  The  paymaster  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  draw  the  checks  on  the 
depository  designated,  the  checks  and  money  for  each  organization  will  be 
inclosed  in  separate  packages  properly  marked,  and  the  whole  will  be  con- 
solidated into  one  package  and  forwarded  by  express  to  the  post  commander. 
One  of  each  of  the  company  or  detachment  rolls  extended  to  show  the 
amounts  to  be  paid  will  be  returned  to  the  commanding  officer  and  by  him 
sent  to  the  proper  company  commanders. 

1353.  At  places  beyond  express  delivery,  the  post  commander,  when 
notified  by  the  paymaster  that  funds  are  to  be  expected,  will  send  an  officer 
with  a  suitable  escort  to  receipt  for  the  express  package  and  convey  the 
funds  to  the  post.     The  name  of  the  officer  authorized  to  receipt  for  the  pack- 
age will  previously  have  been  reported  to  the  paymaster. 

1354.  When  the  package  is  received  at  the  post,  it  will  be  delivered  to 
the  officer  who  has  been  designated  by  the  commanding  officer  to  distribute 
the  pay.    As  soon  as  possible  the  individual  checks  or  the  currency  will  be 
handed  to  the  men  by  the  officer  designated,  and  when  the  payment  is  in 


PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN.  191 

currency  from  envelopes,  a  second  officer,  who  may  be  the  company  com. 
mander,  will  be  required  to  verify  the  amounts  in  the  envelopes,  so  that,  in 
case  of  error,  certificates  may  be  prepared  at  once  by  both  officers.  Should 
there  be  a  deficiency  it  will  be  so  certified  on  the  roll  by  the  paying  and  the 
verifying  officers,  and  should  there  be  an  excess  the  surplus  will  be  returned 
to  the  paymaster.  In  each  case  a  statement  of  the  facts,  with  appropriate 
certificates,  will  be  sent  to  the  paymaster  by  the  post  commander. 

1355.  Should  any  error  or  informality  be  discovered  in  a  check,  it  will 
be  returned  to  the  paymaster  for  correction;  and  the  roll  may  be  held,  or 
returned  with  a  note  as  to  the  nonpayment,  at  the  discretion  of  the  post 
commander. 

1356.  Should  the  bank  or  person  who  cashes  the  individual  check  so 
desire,  the  company  commander  will  certify  to  the    correctness  of   the 
indorsements  made  by  his  men  upon  their  respective  checks. 

1357.  Each  company  commander  will  witness  the  payment  of  the  com- 
pany and  so  certify  on  the  roll,  which  he  will  then  transmit  to  the  pay- 
master.   When  the  paymaster  has  received  this  witnessed  roll  he  will  send 
the  duplicate  to  be  witnessed  and  returned.     Should  it  be  impracticable, 
owing  to  his  absence  or  incapacity,  to  secure  the  signature  of  the  witness- 
ing officer  to  the  second  roll,  any  commissioned  officer  may  make  upon  it 
an  official  copy  of  the  witnessing  officer's  certificate  and  signature  as  evi- 
denced by  the  retained  roll. 

135§.  Should  a  soldier  die  or  desert  in  the  interval  between  signing  the 
roll  and  the  actual  payment,  the  check  or  the  cash  received  for  him  will  be 
treated  as  the  effects  of  a  deceased  soldier  or  of  a  deserter.  Should  he  be 
temporarily  absent  or  in  confinement,  it  will  be  retained  by  the  company 
commander  until  return  or  release  of  the  soldier. 

1359.  Should  a  soldier  decline  to  receive  his  pay,  or  if,  for  any  other 
reason  than  those  mentioned  it  should  be  impracticable  to  deliver  it  to  him, 
the  money  or  check  will  be  returned  by  express  or  registered  mail  to  the 
paymaster,  the  man's  signature  on  the  roll  canceled,  and  a  note  of  explana- 
tion verified  by  the  signature  of  the  witnessing  officer  made  upon  the  roll. 

1360.  Deposits  may  be  made  in  the  usual  manner,  the  amount  to  be 
deposited  being  reported  to  the  paymaster  by  letter  forwarded  with  the  rolls, 
the  soldier's  deposit  book  being  also  forwarded  therewith.    Should  a  man 
desire  to  deposit  a  sum  greater  than  his  pay,  his  company  commander  will 
see  that  a  proper  check,  postal  order,  or  express  order  accompanies  his 
deposit  book ;  if  neither  check  nor  order  can  be  obtained,  the  company  com- 
mander will  send  the  money  by  registered  mail  at  public  expense,  verifying 
the  amount  and  reporting  it  in  a  separate  communication  to  the  paymaster. 
Deposit  books  will  be  returned  by  the  paymaster  to  the  company  commander 
properly  filled  in  for  attestation. 

1361.  Troops  in  the  field  will  be  paid  by  currency  in  envelopes,  unless  the 
department  commander  directs  personal  payment  by  the  paymaster. 

1362.  In  time  of  war,  troops  in  active  campaign  will  be  paid  by  paymas- 
ters in  person ;  troops  in  garrison  may  be  paid  by  the  paymaster  or  by  checks 
or  currency  in  envelopes ;  troops  in  campaign  by  either  of  these  methods,  as 
the  army  or  department  commander  may  direct. 

1363.  Payments  to  enlisted  men  will  be  made  on  muster  and  pay  rolls, 
with  the  following  exceptions :  Enlisted  men  retired,  and  men  of  the  post 


192  PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN. 

noncommissioned  staff,  or  acting  as  such,  and  sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps 
on  duty  where  there  are  no  other  troops.  These  will  be  paid  on  their 
descriptive  lists  by  the  chief  paymaster  of  the  department,  or  a  paymaster 
designated  by  him  ;  if  not  under  the  orders  of  the  department  commander, 
they  will  be  paid  by  a  paymaster  designated  by  the  Paymaster-General.  Pay- 
ments to  discharged  soldiers  will  be  made  by  any  paymaster  under  the 
provisions  of  paragraphs  1382  to  1388. 

1364.  An  officer  in  command  of  a  company  or  detachment  or  in  charge 
of  a  hospital  will  attend  at  the  pay  table,  witness  the  payment  of  his  men, 
and  certify  at  the  foot  of  the  muster  and  pay  roll  that  he  witnessed  the  pay- 
ment.   All  enlisted  men  present  will  receipt  the  pay  roll  for  the  amount  due 
them  thereon.     When  a  soldier  can  not  write,  he  will  receipt  by  his  mark, 
which  will  be  witnessed  by  a  commissioned  officer. 

RE-ENLISTMENT  AND   CONTINUOUS  SERVICE   PAY. 

1365.  Re-enlistment  pay,  under  section  1282,  Revised  Statutes,  and  act  of 
August  1, 1894,  will  be  allowed  to  all  enlisted  men  at  the  rate  of  pay  provided 
for  the  fifth  year  of  continuous  service.    One  dollar  per  month  of  this  pay, 
however,  will  be  retained  until  the  soldier's  discharge  from  such  re-enlist- 
ment, subject  to  forfeiture  unless  he  serves  honestly  and  faithfully  to  that 
date.    This  re-enlistment  pay  having  been  once  earned  by  five  years'  contin- 
uous service,  will  be  paid  to  the  soldier  during  all  subsequent  service,  what- 
ever period  of  time  may  intervene  between  enlistment  and  prior  discharge, 
subject  to  the  same  conditions  in  regard  to  retention  and  forfeiture. 

1366.  Continuous  service  pay  at  the  rate  of  $2.00  per  month  will  be 
paid  to  all  enlisted  men  who  have  served  continuously  for  a  longer  period 
than  five  years,  and  for  each  successive  period  of  five  years,  so  long  as  they 
shall  remain  continuously  in  the  Army,  an  additional  monthly  allowance  of 
$1.00.    A  re-enlistment  after  a  period  exceeding  three  months  from  date 
of  discharge  does  not  entitle  the  soldier  to  continuous  service  pay.    One  or 
more  terms  of  service  rendered  prior  to  August  4,  1854,  will  be  counted  as 
five  years'  continuous  service. 

1367.  The  re-enlistment  pay  of  an  enlisted  man  not  entitled  to  continu- 
ous service  allowances,  will  be  indicated  on  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  as 
"  entitled  to  re-enlisted  pay."     If  entitled  to  both  re-enlistment  and  contin- 
uous service  pay,  then  as  "  $2.00  per  month  for  five  years'  continuous 
service;"  "$3.00  per  month  for  ten  years' continuous  service;"  "$4.00  per 
month  for  fifteen  years'  continuous  service,"  etc. 

FORFEITURES  AND  DEDUCTIONS. 

1368.  The  paymaster  will  deduct  from  the  pay  of  all  soldiers,  12$ 
cents  per  month  for  the  support  of  the  Soldiers'  Home,  the  same  to  be 
deducted  bimonthly  on  the  February,  April,  etc.,  rolls.    At  the  time  of 
payment  he  will  also  deduct  the  authorized  stoppages  entered  on  the  muster 
rolls,  descriptive  lists,  or  final  statements. 

1369.  Retained  pay  will  be  forfeited  for  the-  following  causes  : 

1.  Desertion. 

2.  When  the  soldier  is  in  confinement  under  a  general  court-martial 
sentence  expressly  imposing  imprisonment  until  or  beyond  the  expiration  of 
his  term ;  when  discharged  under  sentence  of  general  court-martial ;  when 
discharged  by  order  from  the  War  Department  specifying  forfeiture,  or 
because  of  imprisonment  by  the  civil  authority. 


PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN.  193 

3.  When  the  soldier  is  discharged  for  minority  concealed  at  enlistment, 
or  for  other  cause  involving  fraud  in  enlistment,  or  for  disability  jcaused  by 
his  misconduct. 

4.  Upon  the  approved  finding  of  a  board  of  officers  called  under  para- 
graph 148,  that  the  soldier  has  not  served  honestly  and  faithfully  to  the  date 
of  discharge. 

The  cause  of  forfeiture  will  be  stated  on  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  and  on 
the  final  statements  of  the  soldier. 

CERTIFICATE   OF  MERIT. 

1370.  A  certificate  of  merit  granted  to  an  enlisted  man  for  distinguished 
service  entitles  him,  from  the  date  of  such  service,  to  additional  pay  at  the 
rate  of  $2.00  per  month  while  in  the  Army,  although  such  service  may  not 
be  continuous. 

DEPOSITS. 

1371.  Any  enlisted  man,  not  retired,  may  deposit  his  savings  with  any 
paymaster  in  sums  not  less  than  $5.00,  the  same  to  remain  so  deposited  until 
final  payment  on  discharge.     The  paymaster  will  furnish  the  depositor  with 
a  book,  in  which  each  deposit,  with  name  of  depositor,  date,  place,  and 
amount,  in  words  and  figures,  will  be  entered  in  the  form  of  a  certificate, 
signed  by  the  paymaster  and  company  commander.     The  company  com- 
mander will  keep  in  the  company  record  book  an  account  of  every  deposit 
made  by  the  soldier;  and  after  each  regular  payment  he,  and  all  officers 
having  charge  of  detachments  of  enlisted  men  at  date  of  deposit,  will  trans- 
mit, direct  to  the  Paymaster- General,  a  list  of  names  of  depositors,  showing 
in  each  case  the  date,  place,  and  amount  of  deposit,  and  name  of  pay- 
master receiving  the  same.    These  lists,  before  transmittal,  will  be  examined 
and  compared  with  the  record  of  deposits  on  the  company  or  detachment 
book  and  the  deposit  book  of  the  soldier.    Should  a  soldier  who  has  made  a 
deposit  be  transferred  or  desert,  the  fact  will  be  promptly  reported  direct 
to  the  Paymaster-General  by  the  officer  in  command  of  the  company  or 
detachment  to  which  he  belonged.    In  case  of  transfer,  his  descriptive  list 
will  be  made  to  exhibit  the  date  and  amount  of  each  deposit. 

1372.  On  the  discharge  of  a  soldier,  the  date  and  amount,  in  words  and 
figures,  of  each  of  his  deposits  will  be  entered  upon  his  final  statements, 
and  his  deposit  book  will  be  taken  up  by  the  paymaster  who  pays  him,  and 
filed  with  the  voucher  of  payment.    In  case  deposits  are  forfeited  by  deser- 
tion, the  amounts  of  the  same  will  be  entered  on  the  final  statements  under 
the  head  "Remarks,"  and  the  facts  and  authority  for  such  forfeiture  given. 

1373.  Before  delivering  final  statements  upon  which  deposits  are  cred- 
ited, the  officer  signing  them  will  ascertain  whether  the  soldier  has  the 
deposit  book  ;  and,  if  so,  instruct  him  to  present  it  to  the  paymaster.     Should 
he  claim  to  have  lost  it,  the  officer  will  cause  his  affidavit  to  that  effect  to 
be  taken  and  attached  to  the  statements.    The  affidavit  will  clearly  state 
the  circumstances  attending  loss  of  the  book,  and  show  that  the  soldier  has 
not  sold  or  assigned  it.    Upon  this  evidence  the  paymaster  may  pay,  and 
the  responsibility  for  the  correctness  of  amounts  credited  on  the  statements 
Will  rest  with  the  officer  certifying  them. 

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194  PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN. 

1374.  Paymasters  will  not  pay  deposits  except  on  final  statements. 
When  they  are  not  paid,  the  soldier  should  forward  his  deposit  book  or  the 
evidence  referred  to  in  the  preceding  paragraph  to  the  Paymaster-General. 
Enlisted  men  should  be  informed  of  the  importance  of  preserving  deposit 
books  as  the  only  certain  means  of  insuring  prompt  repayment. 

1375.  A  soldier  must  draw  his  deposit  when  he  is  discharged.     He  can 
then  renew  it  after  re-enlistment,  and  will  be  entitled  to  interest  from 
date  of  such  renewal.     Failure  to  present  the  final  statements  for  payment 
leaves  the  money  without  interest  until  drawn  and  again  deposited. 

1376.  For  any  sum  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  deposited  for  the  period 
of  six  months  or  longer,  the-soldier,  when  discharged,  will  be  paid  interest 
at  the  rate  of  4  per  cent,  per  annum  to  date  of  discharge. 

1377.  On  the  death  of  a  soldier,  each  deposit,  with  amount,  date,  place, 
and  paymaster  with  whom  deposited,  will  be  noted  in  the  inventory  of  his 
effects,  and  on  the  accompanying  final  statements  with  which  his  deposit 
book  will  be  filed. 

1378.  Both  deposits  and  interest  will  be  forfeited  by  desertion,  but  are 
exempt  from  forfeiture  by  sentence  of  court-martial  and  from  liability 
for  the  soldier's  debts. 

1379.  The  retained  pay  of  enlisted  men  will  be  treated  as  deposits,*  to 
the  extent  that  it  draws  interest  from  the  end  of  the  year  of  the  enlistment 
in  which  retained.     It  is  subject  to  forfeiture  for  any  of  the  causes  set  forth 
in  paragraph  1369,  and  is  carried  to  the  credit  of  the  soldier  on  his  final 
statements,  subject  to  deduction  for  debts  due  the  United  States  at  the  date 
of  discharge. 

PAY   OF  DESERTERS. 

(See  Art.  XIX.) 

13  SO.  An  enlisted  man  charged  with  desertion  will  not  receive  pay  until 
his  offense  has  been  investigated  by  a  court-martial  or  he  has  been  restored 
to  duty  without  trial. 

1381.  Every  deserter  forfeits  all  pay  and  allowances  due  at  the  date  of 
desertion.  Stoppages  and  forfeitures  then  due  will  be  deducted  from  his 
arrears  of  pay,  and,  if  not  so  satisfied,  from  pay  due  after  apprehension. 
The  company  commander  will  note  upon  the  first  muster  roll  after  appre- 
hension all  data  necessary  to  a  complete  settlement  of  the  soldier's  account 
from  the  date  of  last  payment,  and  will  carry  the  account  to  subsequent 
rolls  until  the  settlement  is  made.  No  settlement  of  the  pay  account  of 
any  enlisted  man  will  be  made  on  the  rolls  until  sufficient  pay  shall  have 
accrued  to  satisfy  all  dues  to  the  United  States  and  pay  a  balance  to  the 
soldier.  The  required  data  will  include  date  of  last  payment,  desertion, 
and  apprehension,  credits  at  date  of  desertion  on  account  of  clothing, 
unsatisfied  forfeitures  under  prior  sentences,  and  dues  to  the  United  States 
at  date  of  desertion  on  account  of  clothing,  subsistence,  ordnance,  etc.  If. 
while  absent  in  desertion,  he  illegally  enlisted  in  another  organization,  the 
date  of  last  payment  in  such  enlistment  and  all  stoppage  due  the  United 
States  at  date  of  surrender  or  apprehension  will  be  stated. 


PAY    OF    ENLISTED    MEN.  195 

PAYMENT   OF   DISCHARGED  SOLDIERS. 

(See  Art.  XXI.) 

1382.  Discharged  soldiers  will  be  paid  on  final  statements  prepared  in 
duplicate  and  furnished  to  them  by  their  company  or  detachment  com- 
manders.    Payment  will  be  made  only  on  presentation  of  both  copies. 
Except  when  notified  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  150,  paymasters  will  not 
pay  discharged  soldiers  unless  otherwise  satisfied  of  the  genuineness  of  the 
discharge  papers  and  the  identity  of  the  claimants. 

1383.  Upon  payment  of  the  final  statements  of  a  discharged  soldier,  the 
paymaster  will  write  on  the  discharge  "Paid  in  full,'' with  his  signature, 
noting  amounts  paid,  except  when  the  final  statements  have  been  transferred 
and  are  not  accompanied  by  the  discharge.     The  day  of  enlistment  and  the 
day  of  discharge  will  both  be  included  in  reckoning  pay. 

1384.  Paymasters,  or  other  officers  to  whom  a  discharged  soldier  reports 
the  loss  or  non-receipt  by  him  of  final  statements  to  which  he  is  entitled,  will 
report  the  fact  to  the  Paymaster-General,  with  any  evidence  the  soldier 
furnishes  them  in  the  matter.    The  Paymaster-General  will  transmit  the 
evidence  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

1385.  Traveling  allowances  to  discharged  soldiers  are  computed  by  taking 
the  distance  in  miles  by  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route  from  place  of 
discharge  to  that  of  enlistment,  and  allowing  one  day's  pay,  and  subsistence 
at  the  rate  of  30  cents,  for  every  20'  miles  of  travel.    If  in  the  computation 
there  remains  a  fraction  of  10  miles  or  more,  it  will  be  reckoned  as  a  full 
day ;  if  less,  it  will  not  be  considered.    If  transportation  has  been  furnished 
for  any  part  of  the  distance,  that  part  will  be  excluded  from  the  computa- 
tion of  travel  pay,  but  subsistence  for  the  full  distance  will  be  allowed. 

1386.  An  enlisted  man  discharged  for  minority  concealed  at  enlistment, 
or  for  other  cause  involving  fraud  on  his  part  in  the  enlistment,  is  not 
entitled  to  pay  and  allowances,  including  those  for  travel,  and  will  not 
receive  final  statements  unless  deposits  or  detained  pay  are  due  him,  in  which 
case  final  statements,  containing  only  a  list  of  his  deposits  or  the  amount  of 
detained  pay  will  be  furnished. 

1387.  Recruits  are  entitled  to  pay  and  allowances  when  discharged  on 
certificates  of  disability.    When  discharged  for  any  cause  involving  fraud 
on  their  part  at  enlistment,  paragraph  1386  will  govern. 

1388.  The  transfer  by  an  enlisted  man  of  a  claim  for  pay  due  on  his  final 
statements  will  be  recognized  only  when  made  after  discharge,  in  writing, 
indorsed  on  the  final  statements,  signed  by  the  soldier,  and  witnessed  by  a 
commissioned  officer  or  by  some  other  reputable  person  known  to  the  pay- 
master.   The  person  witnessing  the  transfer  must  indorse  on  the  discharge 
the  fact  of  transfer  of  the  final  statements,  and  on  the  final  statements  the 
fact  that  such  indorsement  has  been  made  on  the  discharge. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

1389.  When  a  paymaster  has  made  an  incorrect  payment  to  an  enlisted 
man.  he  will  report  the  fact  to  the  commander  of  the  company  in  which  the 
man  is  mustered,  who  will  note  the  same  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  roll, 
that  it  may  be  corrected. 


196  MEDICAL   DEPARTMENT. 

1390.  Authorized  stoppages  will  be  entered  on  the  rolls  and  paid  in  the 
following-  order : 

1.  Reimbursements  to  the  United  States  for  the  loss  or  damage  to  arms, 
equipments  or  other  public  property,  the  nature  of  which  will  be  clearly 
stated,  extra  issues  of  clothing,  transportation,  subsistence,  expense  of  appre- 
hending deserters. 

2.  Amounts  paid  post  exchange  and  laundrymen  at  recruit  rendezvous. 

3.  Reimbursements  to  individuals  (as  the  paymaster,  for  instance). 

4.  Forfeitures  for  desertion,  and  fines  by  sentence  of  court-martial. 

1391.  Officers  of  the  Pay  Department  will  not  give  receipts  except  in 
the  following  cases : 

1.  For  transfers  of  money. 

2.  For  money  of  deceased  soldiers  or  of  deserters. 

3.  For  stoppages  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  for  which  the  Pay- 
master-General may  direct  receipts  to  be  given. 

4.  For  refundments  made  by  officers  on  account  of  overpayments  made  by 
paymasters. 

In  all  other  cases,  the  party  turning  over  or  refunding  money  should  place 
it  in  some  authorized  public  depository,  or  transfer  it  to  a  disbursing  officer 
of  the  department  to  which  the  money  belongs. 

ARTICLE    LXXXI. 

MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Medical  Department,  prepared  and  pub- 
lished under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the 
Surgeon-General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature 
or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENEKAL   PROVISIONS. 

1392.  The  Medical  Department,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  investigating  the  sanitary  condition  of  the 
Army  and  making  recommendations  in  reference  thereto,  with  the  duty  of 
caring  for  the  sick  and  wounded,  making  physical  examinations  of  officers 
and  enlisted  men,  and  furnishing  all  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  except 
for  public  animals. 

1393.  The  surgeon,  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer,  will 
supervise  the  hygiene  of  the  post  or  command,  and  recommend  such  meas- 
ures as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  prevent  or  diminish  disease.     He  will 
examine,  at  least  once  a  month,  and  note  in  the  medical  history  of  the  post 
the  sanitary  condition  of  all  public  buildings,  the  drainage,  the  sewerage, 
amount  and  quality  of  the  water  supply,  the  clothing  and  habits  of  the 
men,  and  character  and  cooking  of  the  food,  and  immediately  after  such 
examination  will  report  thereon  in  writing  to  the  commanding  officer,  with 
such  recommendations  as  he  may  deem  proper.     The  commanding  officer 
will  return  the  report,  with  his  views  and  action  indorsed  thereon,  and  if 
he  deem  the  action  recommended  impracticable  or  undesirable,  will  state 
fully  his  objections.     The  indorsement  will  be  recorded  in  the  medical  his- 
tory of  the  post,  and  the  report  and  indorsement  will  be  forwarded  by  the 
surgeon,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Surgeon-General. 


APPOINTMENTS  -  HOSPITAL  CORPS.         197 

APPOINTMENTS. 

1394*  No  person  will  be  appointed  an  assistant  surgeon  unless  he  has 
been  examined  and  approved  by  a  board  consisting  of  not  less  than  three 
medical  officers  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  War  ;  and  no  person  will  be 
appointed  a  surgeon  unless  he  has  served  five  years  as  an  assistant  surgeon 
in  the  Army,  and  has  been  examined  and  approved  by  a  board  consisting  of 
not  less  than  three  surgeons,  designated  as  aforesaid, 


No  allowance  will  be  made  for  the  expenses  of  persons  undergo- 
ing examination,  but  those  who  receive  appointments  will  be  entitled  to 
travel  allowances  in  obeying  the  first  order  assigning  them  to  duty. 

THE   HOSPITAL  CORPS. 

1396.  All  hospital  services  in  garrison  and  in  the  field  will  be  per- 
formed by  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps,  who  will  be  enlisted  for,  and 
permanently  attached  to,  the  Medical  Department.  In  time  of  war,  the 
corps  will  perform  the  necessary  ambulance  service  under  such  officers  of 
the  Medical  Department  and  assistants  as  may  be  detailed  for  that  duty. 

139*7.  No  person  will  be  appointed  a  hospital  steward  until  he  has  served 
a  year  as  acting  hospital  steward  ;  nor  will  a  steward  '  be  appointed  nor  an 
acting  steward  be  detailed  until  he  has  passed  a  satisfactory  examination, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Surgeon-General.  Privates  who  have  served  one 
year  in  the  Hospital  Corps,  and  graduates  in  pharmacy  who  have  served 
six  months  and  have  shown  particular  fitness,  may  be  recommended  to  the 
Surgeon-General  for  promotion  by  the  senior  medical  officer  of  the  com- 
mand. From  those  thus  recommended  acting  stewards  will  be  detailed, 
after  passing  the  required  examination.  These  examinations  will  be  con- 
ducted by  a  board  composed  of  the  medical  officers  of  the  station  at  which. 
the  applicant  may  be  serving,  and  if  no  medical  officer  is  there  on  duty, 
the  candidate  will  be  sent  for  examination  to  the  nearest  station  provided 
with  such  an  officer.  The  report  of  the  board  will  be  forwarded  direct  to 
the  Surgeon-General. 

1398.  A  hospital  steward  may  be  re-enlisted  at  the  expiration  of  his  term 
of  service  on  the  authority  of  the  Surgeon-General,  provided  he  has  passed 
successfully  the  prescribed  examination.    If  he  desire  to  re-enlist  he  will 
report  the  fact,  in  writing,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Surgeon-Gen- 
eral, sixty  days  before  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service. 

1399.  Enlistments  and  re-enlistments  for  the  Hospital  Corps  will  be 
made,  as  a  rule,  by  medical  officers.   Recruiting  officers  stationed  where  there 
is  no  medical  examiner  may  make  such  enlistments  or  re-enlistments  upon 
the  authority  of  the  Surgeon-General.    In  such  cases  the  recruiting  officer 
in  making  the  physical  examination  will  be  guided  by  instructions  from  the 
Surgeon-General.    Applicants  may  be  accepted  who  are  subject  to  refractive 
errors  of  vision,  provided  these  errors  are  not  excessive,  niay  be  entirely  cor- 
rected by  glasses,  and  are  not  progressive  or  accompanied  by  ocular  disease. 
Every  private  thus  enlisted  from  civil  life  will  be  sent  to  the  nearest  mili- 
tary post  for  medical  examination.    Should  the  recruit  pass  this  examina- 
tion satisfactorily  he  will  be  forwarded  to  a  company  of  instruction  at  such 
post  as  maybe  designated  by  the  War  Department  ;  transportation  required 
will  be  obtained  from  a  quartermaster. 


198  HOSPITAL    CORPS. 

14OO.  Enlistment  papers  will  be  executed  in  duplicate.  In  the  cases 
of  privates  enlisted  from  civil  life  at  a  station  where  there  is  no  medical 
examiner  and  sent  to  the  nearest  post  for  medical  examination,  the  enlist- 
ment papers,  with  the  form  for  physical  examination,  will  be  sent  to  the 
surgeon  of  the  post,  by  whom  they  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Surgeon- 
General.  The  enlistment  papers  of  all  other  members  of  the  corps  will  be 
forwarded,  with  the  form  for  physical  examination,  direct  to  the  Surgeon- 
General,  who  will  render  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  a  monthly 
recruiting  return  accompanied  by  one  of  each  set  of  enlistment  papers. 

1 1O1.  A  hospital  steward,  stationed  at  a  place  where  no  post  return  is 
made,  will  make  such  personal  reports  as  the  Surgeon-General  may  direct. 

I  1O2.  Hospital  stewards,  though  liable  to  discharge,  will  not  be  reduced. 
The  detail  of  an  acting  steward  may  be  revoked  by  the  post  commander 
upon  the  recommendation  of  the  surgeon  or  by  sentence  of  a  court- 
martial. 

14O3.  Enlisted  men  who  have  served  one  year  in  the  line  may  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  Hospital  Corps  as  privates.  Musicians  are  not  eligible.  Selec- 
tion will  be  made  upon  the  application  of  the  post  surgeon,  approved  by  the 
post  commander,  stating  age  of  the  soldier,  and  if  over  40  years  his  special 
qualifications,  character,  physical  condition,  and  habits,  whether  for  existing 
or  prospective  vacancy,  and  the  date  of  expiration  of  current  enlistment. 

1  1O  1.  Married  men  will  not  be  enlisted  as  privates  in  or  transferred  to 
the  corps,  and  no  acting  steward  who  is  married  shall  be  re-enlisted  without 
special  authority. 

1405.  Members  of  the  corps  will  not  be  required  to  perform  any  military 
duties  other  than  those  pertaining  to  their  corps.     They  will  be  instructed 
in  such  drills,  both  foot  and  mounted,  as  are  necessary  for  their  efficiency. 
They  will  not  be  required  to  attend  ceremonies,  except  when  directed  by  the 
commanding  officer,  and  will  be  inspected  and  mustered  at  the  hospital. 
The  forms  of  inspection  will  be  in  accordance  with  the  prescribed  manual. 

1406.  To  meet  the  requirements  of  epidemics  or  other  emergencies  and 
to  fill  vacancies,  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  may  be  transferred  by  the 
department  commander,  the  quota  of  each  post,  as  prescribed  by  paragraphs 
1409  and  1410,  not  being  permanently  exceeded.    Such  transfers  will  be 
reported  to  the  Surgeon-General. 

14O71.  Accounts  of  pay  and  clothing  of  members  of  the  corps  will  be 
kept  by  the  surgeons  under  whose  immediate  direction  they  are  serving. 

1408.  The  surgeon  of  each  post  will,  on  the  last  day  of  every  month, 
make  a  return  of  the  Hospital  Corps  and  means  of  transportation  on  the 
prescribed  form  in  duplicate,   sending  one  copy  to  the  Surgeon-General 
direct  and  the  other  to  the  chief  surgeon  of  the  department. 

1409.  At  every  post  there  will  be  one  hospital  steward,  two  if  the  garri- 
son equals  six  companies,  and  an  additional  one  for  every  additional  six  com- 
panies.   At  everypost  of  two  companies  there  will  also  be  an  acting  steward, 
if  practicable. 

1410.  There  will  be  three  privates  of  the  Hospital  Corps  at  every  mili- 
tary post,  four  if  the  garrison  consists  of  two  companies,  and  an  additional 
private  for  each  additional  two  companies.     They  will  be  assigned  to  the 
respective  duties  connected  with  the  hospital  service  by  the  surgeon  of  the 
post. 


COMPANY  BEARERS AMBULANCES.         199 

141 1.  The  number  of  stewards  and  privates  of  the  Hospital  Corps  to  be 
stationed  at  arsenals,  engineer  stations,  and  independent  posts  will  be  deter- 
mined by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

COMPANY  BEARERS. 

1412.  There  will  be  in  each  company  four  privates  designated  for  instruc- 
tion as  litter  bearers.    They  will  be  selected  by  company  commanders,  with 
the  concurrence  of  the  surgeon.    They  should  be  of  good  character  and  suf- 
ficient intelligence  to  make  them  eligible  for  transfer  to  the  corps,  and  will 
be  known  as  "  company  bearers." 

1413.  Company  bearers,  together  with  all  available  men  of  the  Hospital 
Corps,  will  be  instructed  under  the  supervision  of  the  surgeon  of  the  post  for 
at  least  four  hours  in  each  month,  and  at  such  times  as  the  post  commander 
may  appoint,  in  the  duties  of  litter  bearers  and  the  methods  of  rendering 
first  aid  to  the  sick  and  wounded.    This  special  instruction  will  not  relieve 
them  from  the  performance  of  their  regular  military  duties.     They  should 
be  instructed  primarily,  and  by  object  lessons  as  far  as  practicable,  in  first 
aid.     During  an  engagement  or  in  an  emergency  the  company  bearers  may 
be  directed  by  their  immediate  commanding  officers  to  fall  out  and  give  first 
aid  to  the  wounded,  or  carry  them  to  the  rear  until  relieved  by  members  of 
the  Hospital  Corps,  and  when  so  relieved  they  will  immediately  join  their 
companies.    Company  bearers  on  drill  as  such  and  in  campaigns  will  wear 
a  red  brassard  around  the  left  arm. 

AMBULANCES  AND   LITTERS. 

1414.  One  regulation  ambulance  with  proper  harness  will  be  issued  to 
each  post.    To  posts  of  more  than  200  men,  the  number  to  be  issued  will  be 
one  additional  ambulance  for  each  additional  200  men  or  major  fraction 
thereof. 

1415.  The  ambulance  will  not  be  used  except  for  transportation  of  the 
sick  and  wounded,  the  recreation  of  convalescent    patients,  or  to  give 
instruction  in  the  duties  of  the  ambulance  service.    They  will  be  furnished 
and  repaired  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  will  always  be  subject  to 
the  call  of  the  surgeon,  and,  when  practicable,  will  be  housed  near  the 
hospital. 

1416.  At  each  post  one  of  the  privates  of  the  corps  will  be  designated  by 
the  surgeon  as  ambulance  driver.    In  addition  to  his  other  duties,  he  will 
care  for  the  ambulance,  its  equipment  and  harness,  and  see  that  they  are 
always  in  readiness  for  immediate  use.    In  the  field  he  will  care  for  the 
animals.    When  it  is  necessary  to  use  the  ambulance  for  any  transporta- 
tion purposes,  the  commanding  officer,  on  the  application  of  the  surgeon, 
will  see  that  the  requisite  animals  are  provided  by  the  quartermaster  and 
placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  surgeon, 

1417.  At  posts  each  company  will  be  furnished  with  one  hand  litter, 
which  will  be  kept  ready  at  all  times  for  use  by  the  company  bearers.     They 
will  be  supplied  and  repaired  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

14 IS.  Travois  and  mule  litters  may  be  issued  upon  the  recommendation 
of  the  chief  surgeon. 

1419.  Commanding  officers  will  inspect  ambulances,  litters,  and  other 
appliances  for  transporting  the  wounded  at  each  monthly  inspection,  and 
see  that  they  are  completely  equipped.  When  practicable,  the  ambulance 
fully  equipped  for  service  will  be  presented  for  inspection,  with  the  animals 
attached. 


200  FIELD    SERVICE — HOSPITALS. 

FIELD  SERVICE. 

10 2O.  In  field  service,  troops  will  be  accompanied  by  such  number  of 
men  of  the  Hospital  Corps  as  may  be  determined  by  the  post  commander, 
on  the  recommendation  of  the  surgeon. 

1421.  On  the  march  or  in  battle  each  medical  officer  will  habitually  be 
attended  by  a  mounted  private  of  the  Hospital  Corps.    Hospital  stewards, 
acting  stewards,  and  at  least  one  private  of  the  corps  in  each  separate  com- 
mand will  be  mounted  when  serving  in  the  field,  and  all  privates  of  the 
corps  will  be  mounted  when  serving  with  mounted  commands.     Horses  will 
be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  members  of  the  corps 
on  duty  in  the  field,  when  practicable.     When  no  horses  are  available  special 
application  for  authority  to  hire  must  be  made. 

1422.  Ambulances  will  be  used  for  the  transportation  of  the  sick  and 
wounded,  the  instruction  of  the  Hospital  Corps  and  company  bearers,  and, 
in  urgent  cases,  for  the  transportation  of  medical  supplies,  and  all  persons 
are  prohibited  from  using  them,  or  requiring  or  permitting  them  to  be  used, 
for  any  other  purpose.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers  of  the  ambulance 
service  to  report  to  the  commander  of  the  troops  any  violation  of  the  pro- 
visions of  this  paragraph. 

1423.  No  person,  except  the  proper  medical  officers  or  the  officers,  non- 
commissioned officers,  and  privates  of  the  ambulance  service,  or  such  per- 
sons as  may  be  specially  assigned  by  competent  military  authority  to  duty 
therewith,  will  be  permitted  to  take  or  accompany  sick  or  wounded  men  to 
the  rear,  either  on  the  march  or  upon  the  field  of  battle. 

HOSPITAL  BUILDINGS. 

1424.  A  building  will  not  be  erected  for  nor  occupied  as  a  hospital  until 
the  opinion  of  a  medical  officer  has  been  obtained  in  writing  upon  the  suit- 
ableness of  site  and  proposed  arrangement.    If  the  commanding  officer  dis- 
sent from  this  opinion  he  will  return  it  to  the  surgeon  of  the  post  with  his 
reasons  indorsed  thereon. 

1425.  Hospitals  will  be  erected  at  permanent  posts  in  accordance  with 
plans  and  specifications  furnished  by  the  Surgeon-General,  approved  by  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

1426.  When  alterations  of  or  additions  to  hospitals  are  necessary,  the 
surgeon  of  the  post,  after  obtaining  from  the  quartermaster  an  estimate  of 
cost,  will  transmit  plans  and  specifications,  with  proposed  modifications, 
through  military  channels  to  the  Secretary  of  War.    Similar  action  will 
be  taken  upon  quarters  for  hospital  stewards. 

1427.  When  hospitals  or  hospital  stewards'  quarters  are  erected  or 
repaired,  the  officer  conducting  the  work  will  consult  the  surgeon  of  the 
post,  who  will  inspect  the  work  during  its  progress,  and  when  a  building  is 
ready  for  occupancy  the  surgeon  will  report  as  to  its  merits  to  the  Surgeon- 
General  through  the  regular  channel,  and  furnish  a  copy  of  the  report  to 
the  constructing  officer. 

1428.  The  surgeon,  after  obtaining  from  the  quartermaster  necessary 
data  as  to  the  amount  of  labor,  quantity  of  material,  and  cost,  will  forward 
as  soon  as  practicable  after  March  1  of  each  year,  through  military  chan- 
nels, to  the  Secretary  of  War,  an  estimate  of  repairs,  alterations,  or  addi- 


HOSPITALS.  201 

tions  needed  on  hospital  and  hospital  stewards'  quarters  during  the  next 
fiscal  year,  with  plans  of  the  same,  stating  the  condition  of  the  buildings 
and  necessity  for  repairs.  The  surgeon  of  the  post  will  prepare  and  sign 
estimates  for  hospital  construction  and  repairs,  one  copy  of  which  is  required 
by  the  Surgeon-General.  The  number  required  at  department  headquarters 
is  fixed  by  the  department  commander.  When  work  is  completed,  the 
medical  officer  will  report  to  the  Surgeon-General  whether  it  was  performed 
according  to  the  estimate,  and  the  material  and  balance  of  allotment  remain- 
ing. Approved  plans  or  estimates  for  construction  or  repair  will  be  altered 
only  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1429.  The  Surgeon-General  will  furnish  to  the  Quartermaster-General, 
in  sufficient  time  for  his  annual  estimates,  a  statement  showing  the  hospital 
repairs  which  will  be  needed  during  the  ensuing  year,  with  estimated  cost 
of  the  same. 

1430.  No  portion  of  any  hospital  building  will  be  used  or  occupied  a<» 
quarters,  nor  will  any  mess  be  permitted  or  maintained  therein  except  such 
as  may  be  necessary  for  patients  and  enlisted  men  there  on  duty. 

SICK  CALL. 

1431.  At  sick  call  the  enlisted  men  of  each  company  who  require  medi- 
cal attention  will  be  conducted  to  the  hospital  by  a  noncommissioned  officer, 
who  will  give  to  the  attending  surgeon  the  Company  Sick  Report  Book  con- 
taining the  names  of  the  sick.    The  surgeon,  after  examination,  will  indicate 
in  the  book,  opposite  their  names,  the  men  who  are  to  be  admitted  to  hospital 
and  those  to  be  returned  to  quarters,  what  duties  the  latter  can  perform, 
with  any  other  information  in  regard  to  the  sick  which  he  may  have  to  com- 
municate to  the  company  commander. 

1432*  Medical  officers  will  furnish  company  commanders  any  informa- 
tion, except  the  diagnosis,  which  will  assist  them  in  determining,  for  entry 
on  the  muster  rolls,  whether  or  not  the  disability  of  a  soldier  who  is  or  has 
been  on  sick  report  originated  in  the  line  of  duty,  entering  this  informatior. 
in  the  Company  Sick  Report  Book.  When  required  they  will  furnish  the, 
diagnosis  to  the  commanding  officer. 

GENERAL  HOSPITALS. 

1433.  General  hospitals  will  be  under  the  exclusive  control  of  the 
Surgeon- General  and  will  be  governed  by  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary 
of  War  may  prescribe.    The  surgeon  in  charge  will  command  the  same  and 
will  not  be  subject  to  the  orders  of  local  commanders  other  than  those  of 
territorial  departments. 

1434.  Hospital  transports,  boats,  and  railway  trains,  after  being  prop- 
erly assigned  as  such,  will  be  exclusively  under  the  control  of  the  Medical 
Department,  and  will  not  be  diverted  from  their  special  purposes  by  orders 
of  local  or  department  commanders  or  officers  of  other  staff  corps. 

SERVICE  OF  HOSPITALS. 

1435.  The  senior  surgeon  is  charged  with  the  management  and  is  respon- 
sible for  the  condition  of  the  post  hospital,  which  will  be  at  all  times  sub- 
ject to  inspection  by  the  commanding  officer.     The  surgeon  of  the  post  will 
inspect  the  hospital  every  morning,  and  on  Saturday  will  also  inspect  the 
detachment  of  the  Hospital  Corps. 


202  HOSPITALS. 

1436.  The  surgeon  of  the  post  will  assign  his  assistants  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Hospital  Corps  to  duty,  and  report  them  on  the  muster  rolls  in  the 
capacity  in  which  they  are  serving.     With  the  approval  of  the  commanding 
officer  he  will  also  appoint  the  matrons. 

1437.  Hospital  matrons  will  be  allowed  as  follows :  At  general  hospitals, 
one  matron  to  twenty  patients  or  major  fraction  thereof  ;  at  hospitals  at 
posts  and  arsenals,  a  number  fixed  by  the  Surgeon-General. 

1438.  Patients  will,  if  possible,  leave  their  arms  and  accoutrements  with 
their  companies.     In  no  event  shall  ammunition  be  taken  into  the  hospital. 

1439.  When  a  soldier  in  hospital  is  detached  from  his  company,  his  com- 
pany commander  will  send  to  the  hospital  his  descriptive  list.    The  surgeon 
in  charge  will  enter  thereon  ail  payments,  stoppages,  and  the  money  value 
of  all  clothing  issued,  and  when  the  soldier  leaves  the  hospital  will  return 
the  list  to  the  company  commander.    If  the  soldier  is  discharged  from  the 
service  while  in  hospital,  the  surgeon  will  furnish  him  with  final  statements 
and  notify  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  and  the  company  commander 
of  the  date,  place,  and  cause  of  discharge.    If  the  soldier  die  in  hospital 
the  surgeon  will  take  charge  of  his  effects  and  make  the  reports  required  in 
paragraph  158. 

1440.  Sick  or  wounded  soldiers,  discharged  while  in  hospital,  will  be 
entitled  to  medical  treatment  in  hospital,  and  to  the  usual  ration  during 
disability,  or  for  the  period  considered  proper  for  them  to  remain  under 
treatment,  but  a  discharged  soldier  who  has  left  the  hospital  will  not  be 
readmitted  except  upon  the  written  order  of  the  commanding  officer. 

1441.  Tents,  clothing,  hospital  furniture,  and  other  stores  used  in  the 
treatment  of  contagious  diseases,  will  be  disinfected  or  burned  under  the 
supervision  of  a  medical  officer. 

144  2.  The  Secretary  of  War  may,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Surgeon- 
General,  order  gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  to  soldiers  who  have  had  con- 
^agious  diseases,  and  to  hospital  attendants  who  have  nursed  them,  to  replace 
articles  destroyed  by  order  of  the  proper  medical  officer  to  prevent  contagion. 

1443.  Medical  officers  in  charge  of  hospital  property  will  not  permit  it 
to  be  used  for  other  than  hospital  purposes. 

1444.  Civilian  employees  at  military  posts  may  purchase  the  medical 
supplies  prescribed  for  them  by  a  medical  officer,  at  cost  price  with  10  per 
cent,  added.    Medical  officers  who  dispense  medical  supplies  to  civilian 

uployees  will  render  direct  to  the  Surgeon-General,  on  the  first  day  of 
every  month,  detailed  accounts  in  duplicate,  giving  the  name  of  each 
employee,  the  kind  and  quantity  of  medical  supplies  furnished  him,  and 
•:y  whom  prescribed,  during  the  preceding  month,  leaving  a  space  between 
items  for  the  insertion  of  the  price,  which  will  be  fixed  at  the  Surgeon- Gen- 
eral's Office.  One  copy  will  be  returned  to  the  officer  furnishing  the  sup- 
plies, and  the  amounts  inserted  will  be  collected  by  the  officer  accountable 
for  them,  and  be  disposed  of  in  the  same  manner  as  proceeds  of  other  sales 
of  medical  property.  At  isolated  posts  where  issues  to  civilians  become 
necessary  to  save  life  or  prevent  extreme  suffering,  medical  officers  will 
make  such  issues,  and  at  the  end  of  each  month  report  the  circumstances 
to  the  Surgeon-General.  Original  prescriptions  will  be  retained  as  a  part 
of  the  hospital  records,  and  will  be  subject  to  examination  at  all  times  by 
inspectors  and  post  commanders. 


HOSPITALS MEDICAL    ATTENDANCE.  203 

1445.  A  civilian  employee  on  duty  at  a  station  where  other  than  Army 
medical  attendance  can  not  be  procured,  is  entitled,  when  necessary,  to 
admission  to  hospital. 

1446.  Civilians  not  in  public  service  will  be  admitted  to  hospital  only  in 
cases  of  extreme  necessity,  and  by  permission  of  the  commanding  officer  on 
written  application  of  the  surgeon.     Rations  will  not  be  issued  to  them  by 
the  commissary,  but  their  food  will  be  purchased  from  the  hospital  fund, 
and  the  surgeon  may  remit  all  charges  in  cases  of  destitution. 

1447.  Hospital  charges  will  be  as  follows  :  For  subsistence  of  a  retired 
enlisted  man,  25  cents  per  day  ;  for  nursing,  medicines,  and  subsistence  of  a 
civilian  employee,  50  cents  per  day  ;  for  officers  of  the  Army,  seamen  and 
river  boatmen  (admitted  only  on  permit  issued  by  a  medical  officer  of  the 
Marine-Hospital  Service  or  a  customs  officer),  and  civilians  admitted  as  pro- 
vided in  the  preceding  paragraph,  $1  per  day.     The  money  received  will  be 
accounted  for  with  the  hospital  fund. 

I  I  IN.  The  surgeon  of  the  post  will  keep,  account  for,  and  expend  the 
hospital  fund  according  to  the  instructions  of  the  Surgeon-General,  exclu- 
sively for  the  benefit  of  the  sick  in  hospital  and  the  enlisted  men  of  the 
Hospital  Corps  serving  therein. 

1449.  Medical  and  official  publications  furnished  from  the  Surgeon- 
General's  Office  to  surgeons  in  charge  of  hospitals  will  be  properly  filed  and 
preserved  in  the  hospital  library.     The  expense  of  binding  these  publica- 
tions and  those  issued  to  chief  surgeons  will  be  defrayed  by  the  Medical 
Department,  and  they  will  be  transported  to  and  from  the  medical  supply 
depots  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

MEDICAL  ATTENDANCE. 

1450.  Medical  officers  on  duty  will  attend  officers  and  enlisted  men,  and, 
when  practicable,  their  families ;  and  at  stations,  or  in  the  field,  where  other 
medical  attendance  can  not  be  procured,  civilian  employees.     Medicines 
will  be  dispensed  to  all  persons  entitled  to  medical  attendance,  and  hos- 
pital stores  to  enlisted  men  and  hospital  matrons,  also  to  officers  at  posts  or 
stations  where  they  can  not  be  procured  by  purchase. 

1451.  Medical  officers  at  their  stations  will  furnish  medical  attendance 
to  officers  and  enlisted  men  on  the  retired  list,  but  they  will  not  be  required 
to  leave  their  stations  for  that  purpose.    Medicines,  dressings,  etc.,  will  be 
supplied  to  retired  officers  and  enlisted  men  from  army  dispensaries  on 
medical  officers'  prescriptions. 

1452.  When  medical  attendance  is  required  by  an  officer  or  enlisted 
man  on  duty,  and  the  attendance  of  a  medical  officer  can  not  be  had,  the 
officer,  or  if  there  be  no  officer  present,  then  the  enlisted  man,  may  employ 
a  civilian  physician,  and  a  just  account  for  his  services  and  the  necessary 
medicines  will  be  paid  by  the  Medical  Department.     The  accounts  for  each 
fiscal  year  will  be  rendered  separately,  and,  if  for  continuous  service,  for- 
warded monthly.     Accounts  for  temporary  service  will    be   forwarded 
promptly  upon  termination  thereof. 

1453.  Accounts  for  medical  attendance  will  set  forth  the  full  name  and 
address  of  the  physician,  the  full  name,  rank,  company,  and  regiment  or 


204  MEDICAL    ATTENDANCE. 

corps  of  patient,  date  of  and  charge  for  each  visit,  charge  for  medicines, 
and  particular  disease  or  injury  treated.  The  physician  will  certify  that 
the  account  is  correct  and  just,  and  that  the  charges  do  not  exceed  the 
customary  charges  in  the  vicinity.  The  officer  will  certify,  or  the  enlisted 
man  make  oath,  to  the  correctness  of  the  account,  stating  that  he  was  on  duty 
at  the  time  and  place  specified,  and  why  it  was  impossible  to  secure  the  serv- 
ices of  an  Army  surgeon.  When  medicines  are  furnished  by  a  druggist  and 
charged  for  by  the  physician,  the  original  prescription  must  be  furnished, 
and  the  receipt  of  the  druggist  to  the  physician  will  accompany  the  account. 

1454.  Accounts  for  medicines  will  be  accompanied  by  the  original  pre- 
scriptions, and  must  be  for  medicines  properly  so  called  only.     When  such 
an  account  is  presented  for  payment  the  druggist  will  furnish  the  following 
certificate :  'k  I  certify  that  the  above  account  is  a  just  and  correct  statement 
of  medicines  furnished  by  me  at  —     — ,  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the 
United  States  Army,  on  the  prescriptions  herewith  submitted:  that  said 
medicines  were  actually  furnished  on  said  prescriptions  to  said  officers  and 
enlisted  men,  respectively,  at  the  dates  set  forth  in  said  account,  and  that 
the  prices  charged  are  not  in  excess  of  those  prevailing  at  said  place." 

1455.  The  officer  under  whose  authority  the  prescriptions  are  filled  will 
certify  the  account  as  follows  :  i4 1  certify  that  the  foregoing  account  is  cor- 
rect ;  that  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  therein  mentioned  were  actually  on 

duty  at when  the  medicine  was  furnished  for  them  as  stated  therein, 

and  that  such  medicines  could  not  then  have  been  procured  at  an  Army  dis- 
pensary in  or  near  said  place."    The  account  must  set  forth  the  full  name 
of  each  officer  and  enlisted  man,  his   rank,   the  command  to   which  he 
belongs,  and  the  number,  date,  and  price  of  each  prescription.     If  there  was 
an  Army  dispensary  in  or  near  the  place,  but  the  medicines  were  procured 
elsewhere  because  it  was  closed  when  they  were,  required,  or  if  they  could 
not  be  there  procured  for  some  other  sufficient  reason,  a  statement  of  the 
facts  supposed  to  justify  the  purchase  will  be  added  at  the  end  of  the  offi- 
cer's certificate. 

1456.  When  the  charge  for  attendance  is  against  an  officer,  he  will  pay 
the  account,  if  practicable,  and  transmit    it,  properly  receipted,  to   the 
Surgeon-General  for  reimbursement ;  if  the  officer  has  paid  it,  the  fact  must 
be  plainly  stated  in  both  his  and  the  physician's  certificates.     If  against  a 
deceased  officer  or  enlisted  man,  the  physician  will  certify  as  required  in 
paragraph  1453,  and  that  he  has  not  received  the  sum  expressed  nor  any  por- 
tion thereof.     Accounts  for  consultation,  for  medical  attendance  and  medi- 
cines for  officers  and  enlisted  men  not  on  duty,  and  for  families  and  servants 
of  officers  and  enlisted  men  will  not  be  paid.     Treatment  of  chronic  com- 
plaints by  a  specialist  will  not  be  paid  for,  unless  authority  to  employ  such 
specialist  has  been  obtained  from  the  Surgeon-General.     Accounts  for  hos- 
pital stores  and  necessary  surgical  appliances  will  be  paid  only  for  enlisted 
men.    Accounts  for  mineral  waters  or  proprietary  medicines  will  not  be 
paid. 

1457.  Accounts  for  board,  lodging,  nursing  and  medical  attendance  of 
sick  soldiers  in  private  hospitals  will  be  sent  to  the  Surgeon-General  for  set- 
tlement, the  Medical  Department  to  be  reimbursed  by  the  Subsistence 
Department  for  that  part  paid  for  board. 


MEDICAL    ATTENDANCE SUPPLIES.  205 

1458.  The  charge  of  a  civilian  physician  for  examination  of  a  re-enlisted 
soldier  or  an  accepted  recruit  will  be  included  in  his  account  for  medical 
attendance  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  $1  for  each.     In  preparing  ctccounts  for 
medical  examination  of  or  medical  attendance  and  medicines  furnished  to 
recruits  assigned  or  unassigned,  the  date  of  enlistment  will  be  stated  in  each 
case.     The  sick  at  recruiting  stations,  excepting  those  with  trivial  disabili- 
ties, or  severe  injuries  which  render  their  removal  impracticable,  will  be  sent 
by  the  recruiting  officer  for  treatment  to   the  nearest  military  hospital. 
Accounts  pertaining  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  on  duty  with  recruiting 
parties  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Surgeon-General  through  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army. 

1459.  The  following  rates  of  charges  for  ordinary  medical  attendance 
by  civilian  physicians  will  not  be  exceeded,  and  if  the  local  charge  per  visit 
is  less,  the  account  will  be  rendered  at  the  local  rates :  For  attending  sick 
call,  five  men  or  less,  $2.50 ;  for  each  man  attending  at  sick  call  in  excess  of 
five,  50  cents ;  for  additional  visit  or  sick  call  on  same  day,  when  necessary, 
$2.00.     In  making  arrangements  with  physicians  for  medical  attendance 
upon  garrisoned  posts  or  large  detachments  it  should  be  understood  that, 
while  the  rates  above  specified  are  not  to  be  exceeded  (unless  in  exceptional 
cases),  it  does  not  follow  that  this  schedule  of  rates  is  necessarily  to  govern 
in  cases  where  there  is  a  large  sick  report.     Where  the  service  is  for  several 
days  or  for  an  extended  period,  the  rate  of  payment  for  such  service  should 
not  exceed  $125  per  month.    Accounts  of  physicians  not  under  contract 
for  service  at  military  posts  will  be  forwarded  in  duplicate  to  the  chief 
surgeon.    Accounts  for  service  at  independent  posts  and  stations  will  be 
forwarded  direct  to  the  Surgeon-General. 

MEDICAL  SUPPLIES. 

1460.  Purchase  of  medical  supplies  will  be  made  in  pursuance  of  law. 
under  the  direction  of  the  Surgeon- General. 

1461.  Weights  and  measures  given  in  the  supply  table  will  be  in  accord- 
ance with  the  metric  system,  and  all  prescriptions,  invoices,  receipts,  issues, 
and  returns  of  medical  supplies  will  be  made  in  conformity  therewith. 
Articles  not  on  the  supply  table  will  be  issued  only  by  special  authority  of 
the  Surgeon-General. 

1462.  The  routine  issue  of  disinfectants  is  prohibited. 

1463.  Damaged  or  unserviceable  medicines,  medical  books,  surgical  or 
scientific  instruments  and  appliances,  pertaining  to  the  Medical  Department, 
will  not  be  presented  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation  until  authority  for 
so  doing  has  been  obtained  from  the  Surgeon-General. 

REPORTS   AND  RETURNS. 

1464.  Each  chief  surgeon  will  make  to  the  Surgeon-General  on  the 
last  day  of  every  month  a  return  of  medical  officers  and  physicians  under 
contract. 

1465  When  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  chief  surgeons  will 
visit  such  posts  within  their  departments  as  may  be  designated,  and  will 
investigate  and  report  to  the  Surgeon-General  concerning  the  sanitary  con- 
dition of  the  posts,  their  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  and  the  discipline 
and  efficiency  of  their  medical  service. 


206  ARTIFICIAL    LIMBS. 

1466.  Within  two  days  after  every  action,  the  surgeon  on  duty  with 
a  regiment  or  detachment  participating  will   forward  through  military 
channels  to  the  chief  surgeon  a  list  of  wounded  in  duplicate.     The  chief 
surgeon  will  immediately  forward  one  copy  to  the  Surgeon-General  and 
retain  the  other  to  accompany  his  report  to  the  commanding  general. 

ARTIFICIAL   LIMBS. 

1467.  Every  officer,  enlisted  man,  or  employee  of  the  military  forces  of 
the  United  States  who,  in  the  line  of  duty  or  through  disease  contracted  in 
service,  shall  have  lost  a  limb  or  the  use  of  a  limb  will  receive  once  every 
three  years  an  artificial  limb  or  appliance,  or  commutation  therefor  if  he 
shall  so  elect,  under  such  regulations  as  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Army 
shall  prescribe.     The  money  value  allowed  as  commutation  is,  for  a  leg, 
$75  ;  for  an  arm,  foot,  and  apparatus  for  resection,  $50. 

1468.  Necessary  transportation,  including  sleeping  car  accommodations, 
required  for  travel  to  place  where  artificial  limbs  may  be  fitted,  will  be  fur- 
nished by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  the  cost  to  be  refunded  from 
any  money  appropriated  for  the  purchase  of  artificial  limbs. 

1469.  An  officer  who  pays  an  account  for  transportation  of  persons  to 
enable  them  to  procure  artificial  limbs  will,  as  soon  as  payment  is  made, 
forward  the  original  account  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  with  a  letter  of 
transmittal,  in  which  he  will  state  that  the  account  is  forwarded  under  the 
provisions  of  this  paragraph  that  it  may  be  referred  to  the  Surgeon-General 
for  repayment  to  the  Quarteniaster's  Department.     The  paying  officer  will 
take  credit  for  the  amount  paid  on  his  accounts  for  the  month,  and  will 
note  thereon  the  fact  that  the  account  was  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster- 
General,  on  a  specified  date,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid. 

14  TO.  The  Quartermaster-General,  if  he  finds  the  account  correct,  will 
forward  it  to  the  Surgeon-General  with  request  that  the  amount  be  paid  to 
the  depot  quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  the  Surgeon-General  will 
cause  the  amount  to  be  paid  from  the  appropriation  for  artificial  limbs. 
The  depot  quartermaster  will  deposit  the  money  in  the  Treasury  to  the  credit 
of  the  appropriation  for  Army  transportation,  and  in  his  account  current 
will  state  from  whom  the  money  was  received,  and  that  it  was  a  ref undment 
to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  from  the  appropriation  for  artificial 
limbs,  of  a  sum  paid  by  —  — ,  quartermaster,  U.  S.  A.,  on  voucher 

No. ,  for ,  18—,  for  the  transportation  of  a  person  en  route  to  pro- 
cure an  artificial  limb.  He  will  also  immediatel3r  notify  the  Auditor  for  the 
Interior  Department  of  the  receipt  of  the  money  (stating  amount,  and  from 
whom  and  when  received,  and  for  what  purpose) ,  and  where  he  has  depos- 
ited the  same,  and  that  he  will  account  for  it  in  his  account  current  for  the 
month  of , . 

1471.  On  referring  an  account  to  the  Surgeon-General  for  ref  undment, 
the  Quartermaster-General  will  notify  the  depot  quartermaster  of  his  action, 
giving  the  name  of  the  quartermaster  who  made  the  payment,  date  and 
number  of  the  voucher  on  which  payment  was  made,  and  amount  paid.  He 
will  state  that  the  payment  was  for  the  transportation  of  a  person  en  route 
to  procure  an  artificial  limb. 


CORPS   OF    ENGINEERS.  20V 


ARTICLE  LXXXII. 

CORPS  OF  ENGINEERS. 

NOTE.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  prepared  and  pub- 
lished under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the 
Chief  of  Engineers.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature 
or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

14*72.  The  duties  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  comprise  reconnoitering  and 
surveying  for  military  purposes  ;  selection  of  sites  and  formation  of  plans 
and  estimates  for  military  defenses :  construction  and  repair  of  fortifica- 
tions and  their  accessories ;  planning  and  superintending  of  defensive  or 
offensive  works  of  troops  in  the  field  ;  examination  of  routes  of  communica- 
tions for  supplies,  and  for  military  movements  and  construction  of  military 
roads  and  bridges  ;  execution  of  river  and  harbor  improvements  assigned  to 
it,  and  such  other  duties  as  the  President  may  order.  It  collects,  arranges, 
and  preserves  all  correspondence,  reports,  memoirs,  estimates,  plans,  draw- 
ings, deeds,  and  titles  relating  to  the  Washington  Aqueduct  and  public 
buildings  and  grounds  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  models  which  con- 
cern or  relate  in  any  wise  to  the  several  duties  above  enumerated. 

1473.  The  Chief  of  Engineers  will  have  his  headquarters  at  Washington, 
D.  C.,  and  will  be  charged,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
with  the  command  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  and  the  management  of  the 
Engineer  Department  as  well  as  the  regulation  of  the  duties  of  all  officers, 
agents,  and  others  who  may  be  employed  under  his  direction. 

1474.  When  officers  or  troops  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  are  detached 
from  the  command  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  they  will  continue  to  conform 
to  the  regulations  of  the  Engineer  Department  in  regard  to  the  keeping  of 
records  and  rendering  of  reports  and  accounts. 

1475.  Engineer  officers  and  troops  on  special  service  under  the  immediate 
orders  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  will  not  be  diverted  from  such  service, 
except  in  cases  of  marked  public  exigencies,  and,  when  so  diverted,  the  officer 
of  the  corps  will  immediately  report  the  same  to  the  Chief  of  Engineers, 
transmitting  a  copy  of  the  orders  he  may  have  received.     The  officer  issuing 
the  order  will  transmit  a  copy  direct  to  the  War  Department.    Upon  the 
termination  of  the  exigency,  such  officers  or  troops  will  be  returned  to  such 
special  service,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  Chief  of  Engineers. 

1476.  Every  organization  or  detachment  of  engineer  troops  will  be  enti- 
tled to  the  same  pro  visions,  allowances,  and  benefits,  in  every  respect,  as  are 
allowed  by  law  or  regulations  to  other  troops  of  the  military  establishment. 

1477.  The  commander  of  the  engineers  serving  with  an  army  in  the  field 
will  be  attached  to  general  headquarters. 

1478.  The  senior  officer  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  serving  with  an  army 
corps,  a  division,  a  brigade,  or  smaller  body,  will  communicate  to  the  com- 
mander thereof  any  orders  he  may  receive  from  any  superior  in  his  own 
corps. 

1479.  An  engineer  directed  to  superintend  any  works  to  be  constructed 
by  troops  will  point  out  what  is  to  be  done,  and  will  maintain  such  a  super- 
vision as  will  enable  him  to  see  that  it  is  done  correctly.     It  will  be  the  duty 
of  the  officer  having  charge  of  the  detachment  to  execute  the  work  accord- 
ingly.   The  detail  of  troops  for  works  to  be  carried  on  under  the  super- 
intendence of  engineers  will  be  furnished  on  the  requisition  of  the  senior 
engineer,  addressed  to  the  officer  in  command  of  the  troops.     The  requisition 


208  CORPS    OF    ENGINEERS. 

will  specify  the  number  of  men  required,  the  time  and  place  at  which  they 
will  assemble  to  commence  work,  and  the  name  and  rank  of  the  engineer 
officer  to  whom  they  will  report.  The  requisition  may  be  for  part  of  a  day 
or  night,  for  a  whole  day  or  night,  for  a  week  or  a  longer  period,  according 
to  circumstances  ;  the  duration  of  the  service  always  being  specified. 

14  §O.  When  on  duty  with  armies  in  the  field,  engineers  engaged  in  sur- 
veys and  reconnaissances  will  report  their  operations,  also  the  execution  of 
all  other  duties,  to  their  immediate  chief  at  headquarters  of  the  army,  who 
will  report  directly  to  the  commander  thereof. 

148 1.  The  senior  engineer  serving  with  the  army  in  the  field  will,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  his  commander,  report  monthly  to  the  Chief  of  Engineers 
the  operations  of  the  engineer  force  under  his  direction  sufficiently  in  detail 
to  show  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  operations  and  the  respective  portions 
executed  by  the  several  engineer  officers  engaged  therein. 

1482.  The  senior  engineer  will  also  cause  to  be  made  exact  plans  of  all 
military  works  executed  under  his  direction,  and  in  case  of  attack  or  defense 
will  cause  exact  journals  to  be  kept,  showing,  by  drawings  and  descriptions, 
every  particular  of  each  day's  events.    These  plans  and  descriptions,  with 
maps  of  all  surveys  and  reconnaissances  and  explanatory  reports  or  memoirs, 
will  be  carefully  preserved  and  transmitted  at  suitable  opportunities  to  the 
Chief  of  Engineers. 

1483.  When  an  engineer  is  sent  to  any  military  department,  fortress, 
garrison,  or  post,  a  duplicate  of  his  orders  will  be  sent  to  the  commanding 
officer.    On  his  arrival  the  engineer  will  communicate  his  orders,  and  nec- 
essary facilities  for  executing  them  will  be  afforded  by  the  commanding 
officer.    While  so  on  duty,  without  being  especially  put  under  the  direction 
of  the  commanding  officer,  the  engineer  officer  will  be  furnished  with  copies 
of  all  orders  and  regulations  of  the  command  relative  to  etiquette  and  police, 
and  with  the  countersign  when  quartered  within  a  chain  of  sentinels.     The 
engineer  officer  will  report  to  the  commanding  officer  when  relieved  from 
duty  within  the  limits  of  the  command. 

1484.  Engineer  officers  engaged  in  the  construction  of  fortifications  or 
other  public  works  are  entitled  to  allowances  of  quarters,  mess  rooms,  and 
kitchens,  with  fuel  for  the  same,  as  are  provided  by  regulations  for  officers 
at  garrisoned  posts. 

1485.  No  alterations  will  be  made  in  any  fortification  or  in  its  casemates, 
quarters,  barracks,  magazines,  storehouses,  or  any  other  building  belonging 
to  it,  nor  will  any  building  of  any  kind  or  work  of  earth,  masonry,  or  timber 
be  erected  within  the  fortification  or  within  a  mile  of  its  exterior,  except 
under  the  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  and  by  authority  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War. 

1486.  When  the  Chief  of  Engineers  is  satisfied  that  any  fortification  is 
in  all  respects  complete  so  far  as  the  functions  of  his  department  are  con- 
cerned, he  will  give  notice  thereof  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  that  it  may  be 
turned  over  for  occupation  by  the  troops.     Until  its  completion  has  been 
announced,  no  work  will  be  occupied  by  troops  except  by  the  special  order 
of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1487.  Officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  or  those  on  engineer  duty,  trav- 
eling on  service  connected  with  fortifications  or  works  of  public  improve- 
ment, will  be  paid  their  travel  allowances  from  the  special  appropriation  for 
the  work.    When  traveling  on  any  other  duty,  the  mileage  will  be  paid  by 
that  branch  of  the  service  intrusted  with  such  payments  for  the  Army. 


ORDNANCE  DEPARTMENT.  209 

ARTICLE    LXXXIII. 

ORDNANCE  DEPARTMENT. 

• 

NOTE.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  prepared  and 
published  under  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature 
or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

1488.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  procuring,  by  purchase  or  manufacture, 
and  distributing  the  necessary  ordnance  and  ordnance  supplies  for  the  Gov- 
ernment, and  establishes  and  maintains  arsenals  and  depots  for  their  manu- 
facture and  safe-keeping.  All  officers  or  other  persons  in  the  military 
establishment,  to  whom  ordnance  and  ordnance  supplies  or  funds  are 
intrusted,  will  make  accounts  and  returns  thereof  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 
at  the  times  and  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  him. 

14*9.  Vacancies  in  the  grade  of  first  lieutenant  of  ordnance  are  filled  by 
transfer  from  the  line  of  the  Army.  To  be  eligible,  an  officer  must  be  less 
than  thirty  years  of  age,  must  have  served  at  least  two  years  as  an  officer 
in  the  line  of  the  Army,  and  must  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination 
before  a  board  of  ordnance  officers.  Applications  for  examination  will  be 
made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

1490.  Should  the  applicant  be  directed  to  appear  before  a  board,  he  will, 
after  passing  a  satisfactory  preliminary  examination  as  to  his  physical  quali- 
fications, be  examined  upon  the  following,  or  such  other  subjects  as  the 
Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe  :  Gun  construction,  present  and  past  state 
of  the  art ;  ballistics  and  ballistic  machines  ;  types  of  projectiles  and  gun 
carriages:  gunpowder,  types  andmodss  of  manufacture;  small-arms  and 
machineguns  ;  employment  of  artillery,  kinds  of  fire,  etc.;  armored  defenses  ; 
materials  for  ordnance  construction  and  processes  of  manufacture;  tor- 
pedoes for  coast  defenses  ;  general  principles  of  mechanics. 

1491.  In  the  absence  of  the  officer  commanding  an  ordnance  establish- 
ment, if  there  be  no  other  ordnance  officer  present,  the  command  devolves 
upon  the  ordnance  storekeeper. 

ISSUES  AND   SALES. 

1492.  Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  include  cannon  and  artillery  car- 
riages and  equipments ;  apparatus  and  machines  for  the  service  and  maneu- 
ver of  artillery ;  small-arms  ammunition  and  accoutrements ;  horse  equip- 
ments and  harness  for  the  artillery ;  tools,  machinery,  and  materials  for 
the  ordnance  service,  and  all  property  of  whatever  nature  supplied  to  the 
military  establishment  by  the  Ordnance  Department. 

1493.  In  time  of  peace,  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  are  issued  from  the 
arsenals  and  armories  by  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.    Should  an 
issue  be  made  not  directed  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  the  order  therefor  will 
be  promptly  transmitted  to  him  by  the  issuing  officer. 

1494.  In  time  of  war,  issues  may  be  made  to  troops  in  service,  on  the 
order  of  any  general  or  field  officer  commanding  an  army,  garrison,  or 

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210  ISSUES   AND    SALES    OF   ORDNANCE. 

detachment.  To  authorize  an  issue  to  militia,  they  must  have  been  regu- 
larly mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States,  and  the  requisition  for 
the  stores  must  be  properly  approved. 

1495.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance  will,  on  the  recommendation  of  a  depart- 
ment commander,  approved  by  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  and 
the  Secretary   of  War,  establish  ordnance  depots  at  such  points  as  may 
be  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  where  ordnance  stores  will  be  held 
for  distribution  to  the  troops  under  such  regulations  as  the  department  com- 
mander may  prescribe. 

1496.  When  practicable,  these  depots  will  be  under  the  charge  of  ord- 
nance officers,  and  only  such  limited  supply  of  ordnance  stores  as  may  be 
required  to  meet  emergencies  will  be  kept  at  or  issued  from  them.     All  other 
ordnance  stores  will  be  supplied  from  the  arsenals  as  provided  in  paragraph 
1493. 

1497.  Requisitions  for  ordnance  suppli  es  to  meet  emergencies  will  be  filled 
from  a  depot,  under  the  instructions  of  the  department  commander.     The 
officer  in  charge  will  be  responsible,  under  the  department  commander, 
that  sufficient  stores,  procured  by  timely  requisitions  upon  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance,  are  always  on  hand.     Unserviceable  and   unsuitable  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  at  such  depots  are  under  the  control  of  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance. 

1498.  Requisitions  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  not  on  hand  within 
a  department  must  be  approved  by  the  immediate  commanders.     The  per- 
sonal approval  of  the  department  commander,  or  of  the  chief  ordnance 
officer  of  his  department,  is  necessary,  but  in  the  absence  of  the  department 
commander  the  approval  may  be  made  in  his  name  by  one  of  his  staff  officers. 
After  approval,  one  copy  is  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  direct. 

1499.  Requisitions  will  be  made  in  conformity  with  the  supply  tables  pre- 
pared by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  unless  extraordinary  circumstances,  to  be 
plainly  set  forth  in  each  case,  should  require  a  larger  supply  of  one  or  more 
of  the  articles  authorized. 

1500.  Requisitions  for  ordnance  stores,  to  replace  those  condemned,  will 
be  accompanied  by  a  certified  copy  of  the  inspection  report ;  but  issues  may 
be  made  before  condemnation  on  requisition  and  the  officer's  statement  that 
the  stores  are  immediately  needed  for  the  proper  equipment  of  his  command, 
and  that  the  articles  are  to  replace  unserviceable  stores,  but  if  required  to 
replace  those  lost  or  damaged  by  the  carelessness  of  the  men,  the  officer 
will  certify  that  he  has  charged  the  cost  of  the  same  on  the  muster  and  pay 
rolls. 

1501.  The  service  arms,  ammunition,  accoutrements,  and  horse  equip- 
ments required  by  an  officer  for  his  own  use  in  the  public  service  may  be 
sold  to  him  by  the  Ordnance  Department  at  the  regulation  price,  and  the 
money  received  passed  to  the  credit  of  the  proper  appropriation.     Ordnance 
supplies  thus  sold  to  officers  will  not  be  disposed  of  to  persons  not  in  the 
military  service.     Officers  who  have  once  purchased  can  not  be  resupplied, 
except  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  then  only  after  certifying 
that  the  property  previously  purchased  was  not  disposed  of  in  a  manner 
contrary  to  this  paragraph. 

1502.  When  the  arms  or  equipments  authorized  to  be  purchased  in  the 
preceding  paragraph  can  not  be  obtained  from  an  ordnance  officer,  officers 


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may  take  from  those  for  which  they  are  accountable  such  articles  as  they 
require  for  their  personal  use,  or  may  furnish  them  to  officers  of  their  com- 
mands for  like  purpose.  In  such  cases  they  will  refund  the  cost  of  the 
articles  to  the  Ordnance  Department  by  depositing  the  money  with  an 
assistant  treasurer  or  an  authorized  depositary,  and  taking  and  transmit- 
ting the  customary  certificates. 

15O3.  Officers  serving  with  troops  may  draw  for  their  personal  use, 
from  stores  belonging  to  the  command  with  which  they  are  serving,  one 
regulation  rifle  or  carbine,  and  one  revolver,  with  the  appropriate  belts, 
carbine  slings,  and  cartridge  boxes,  and  the  usual  quantity  of  ammunition 
for  each  arm.  This  ordnance  property  may  be  used  in  action  or  target 
practice,  and  will  be  accounted  for  in  the  same  manner  as  similar  stores 
belonging  to  the  United  States  in  the  hands  of  troops. 

15O4L.  Ordnance  stores  will  not  be  loaned  to  any  person,  and  any  officer 
violating  this  rule  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  money  value  of  the 
articles. 

1505.  An  officer  who  makes  an  issue  of  ordnance  stores  to  one  not  in 
command  of  troops,  except  under  orders  from  competent  authority,  will  be 
charged  with  the  money  value  of  the  stores  so  issued. 

1506.  Department  commanders  may,  in  cases  of  emergency,  direct  the 
sale  of  arms  and  ammunition  of  calibers  not  used  in  service,  at  exposed 
frontier  settlements,  to  actual  settlers  for  their  protection,  when  they  have 
not  the  means  and  facilities  to  provide  for  themselves.     Officers  who  make 
the  sales  will  be  required  to  file  with  their  returns  the  department  com- 
mander's authority  for  the  same,  and  his  explanation  of  the  emergency 
requiring  it.     No  deduction  in  price  will  be  made  on  account  of  failure  of 
purchasers  to  take  bayonets. 

1507.  The  issue  or  sale  of  arms,  ammunition,  or  other  ordnance  stores 
to  Indians  not  in  the  military  service,  or  to  Indian  agents,  will  nob  be  made 
except  by  the  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1508.  Civilian  employees  of  the  War  Department  may  be  armed  when 
necessary  for  the  protection  of  life  or  public  property,  and  the  same  respon- 
sibility attaches  to  the  officers  accountable  for  the  arms  furnished  them  that 
attaches  to  those  accountable  for  the  arms  in  the  hands  of  enlisted  men. 

1509.  The  sale  of  ammunition  to  civilians  belonging  to  exploring  or 
surveying  expeditions  authorized  by  law,  and  to  civilian  employees  of  the 
War  Department,  may  be  made  for  hunting  purposes  when  considered  neces- 
sary for  their  subsistence,  or  for  the  interest  of  the  United  States. 

1510.  Arms  lost,  destroyed,  or  embezzled  by  civilian  employees  will  be 
charged  in  the  same  manner  as  stores  similarly  lost  by  enlisted  men.    A 
certified  statement  of  the  fact  will  be  made  in  duplicate,  and  the  money 
accounted  for  to  the  Ordnance  Department.    One  copy  of  the  statement  is 
filed  with  the  return. 

EXPENDITURE  OF   AMMUNITION. 

1511.  Ammunition  will  only  be  expended  in  action,  in  defense  of  life  or 
public  property,  in  target  practice,  in  the  preliminary  instruction  of  the 
soldier,  in  hunting,  and  for  authorized  salutes. 

1512.  The  officer's  certificate  as  to  the  necessity  for  all  expenditures  of 
ammunition  must  accompany  his  property  return,  and  when  ammunition 


212  SURPLUS    AND    DAMAGED    ORDNANCE    STORES. 

is  dropped  from  his  return  as  "  expended  in  action  by  civil  employees,"  a 
statement  giving  the  place,  date,  and  attending  circumstances,  sufficiently 
in  detail  to  insure  verification,  must  be  filed  with  the  return. 

1513.  Ammunition  expended  by  a  soldier  without  orders,  01  not  in  the 
line  of  duty,  or  which  may  be  damaged  or  lost  through  his  neglect,  will  be 
charged  to  him. 

1511.  When  ammunition  is  furnished  to  civilian  employees  it  is  not  to 
be  dropped  from  the  returns  unless  expended  in  action,  or  in  hunting  when 
necessary  to  obtain  subsistence.  Ammunition  not  so  expended  will  be 
returned  to  the  responsible  officer  and  accounted  for  by  him,  or  paid  for  at 
the  price  fixed. 

SURPLUS   AND   DAMAGED   STORES. 

1515.  Serviceable  surplus  ordnance  stores  may  be  turned  in  at  the 
nearest  arsenal,  on  the  order  of  a  department  commander,  or  if  in  the  hands 
of  a  recruiting  officer,  on  the  order  of  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

1516.  Officers  in  chargs  of  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots  will  afford 
every  facility  to  officers  authorized  to  turn  in  property.      They  will  give 
receipts  for  it  according  to  condition. 

1517.  Whenever  canteens  become '  unserviceable  because  of  worn-out 
covers  or  lost  corks,  they  will  not  be  presented  for  condemnation,  but  will 
be  repaired  by  the  troops.     Timely  requisitions  will  be  made  on  the  Ord- 
nance Department  for  extra  covers,  corks,  etc.,  with  which  to  repair  them. 

15 IS.  On  arrival  of  recruits  at  their  destination,  the  clothing  bags, 
haversacks,  meat  cans,  tin  cups,  knives,  forks,  spoons,  and  canteens  in  their 
possession  will  be  properly  packed  and  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  for  transportation  to  an  arsenal  to  be  designated  by  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance  for  repairs  and  subsequent  issue  to  recruiting  stations  and 
recruit  rendezvous.  Should  any  of  these  stores  be  needed  for  the  proper 
equipment  of  the  organization  to  which  the  recruits  are  sent,  they  may  be 
retained  and  report  thereof  made  at  once  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1519.  Ordinary  repairs  can  usually  be  made  in  the  company,  or  at  the 
post,  with  the  means  provided  for  tnat  purpose  by  the  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment. When  the  repairs  required  are  too  extensive  to  be  thus  made,  an 
inspector  should  recommend  that  the  stores  be  sent  to  an  arsenal  to  be  des- 
ignated by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.  A  certified  extract  from  the  inspection 
report,  accompanying  the  invoices,  is  the  officer's  authority  for  turning 
them  in. 

152  >.  In  the  absence  of  an  inspecting  officer,  department  commanders 
may  direct  all  arms,  accoutrements  or  equipments  needing  repairs,  which 
can  not  be  made  by  the  troops,  to  be  sent  to  an  arsenal  to  be  designated  by 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1521.  No  officer  will  turn  in  any  unserviceable  ordnance  stores  except 
as  provided  in  these  regulations. 

1522.  Lists  of  prices  to  be  charged  against  soldiers  for  the  toss  of  or 
damage  to  firearms  are  published  from  time  to  time. 

1523.  Arm  chests  not  required  for  the    storage   of   supplies  will  be 
returned  to  the  nearest  arsenal  or  ordnance  depot  when  the  cost  of  trans- 
portation is  not  greater  than  the  value  of  the  property.    Officers  to  whom 
such  chests  have  been  issued  will  be  charged  with  their  value  if  they  are 
destroyed. 


INSPECTION — PACKING RETURNS.  213 

INSPECTION   OF   ORDNANCE   SUPPLIES. 

Before  final  disposition  of  ordnance  supplies  which  from  any 
cause  are  worn  out  or  damaged,  they  will  be  submitted  to  an  inspector. 

1525.  When  sales  of  ordnance  stores  are  recommended,  all  of  the  copies 
of  the  inspection  report  will  be  forwarded  by  the  department  commander 
direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  for  the  final  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1  526.  When  the  recommendation  of  an  inspector  for  sale  of  ordnance 
supplies  is  approved,  two  copies  of  the  report  will  be  returned  to  the  officer 
accountable  for  the  stores,  through  the  headquarters  of  the  department  in 
which  he  may  be  serving,  with  detailed  instructions  how  to  make  the  sales 
and  account  for  the  proceeds,  and  one  copy  transmitted  to  the  Inspector- 
General.  One  copy  of  each  inventory  and  inspection  report  must  accom- 
pany the  return. 

PACKING   AND   TRANSPORTATION. 

1527.  Officers  who  ship  arms  of  any  description  are  held  responsible  that 
they  are  so  packed  that,  under  ordinary  handling,  they  can  not  break  loose 
from  their  fastenings  in  the  boxes,  and  that  no  loaded  arm  is  packed  for 
transportation.    When  loaded  arms,  or  arms  insecurely  packed,  are  received 
by  an  officer,  he  will  report  the  facts  direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance 

1528.  After  packing  arms  or  other  ordnance  stores  for  shipment,  the 
covers  and  bottoms  of  the  arm  chests  and  packing  boxes  will,  if  possible,  be 
sealed  with  wax  and  stamped  with  an  official  mark  by  the  officer  responsi- 
ble.    The  lid  will  be  secured  by  screws,  at  least  two  of  which  will  be  sealed. 
Each  board  on  top  and  bottom  will  have  at  least  one  sealed  screw.     The 
screw  heads  will  be  countersunk  to  a  depth  sufficient  to  protect  the  wax  seal 
from  injury.    The  design  of  the  seal  will  designate  the  arsenal  or  post  from 
which  the  shipment  is  made,  or  the  name  of  the  shipping  officer. 

1529.  The  Ordnance  Department  will  prepare  official  stamps  for  sealing 
boxes,  and  distribute  them  in  duplicate  to  each  company.     Company  com- 
manders will  account  for  them  in  their  quarterly  returns  of  ordnance  stores 
and  use  them  exclusively  for  purposes  intended. 

1530.  The  name  of  the  invoicing  officer,  the  gross  weight  of  all  boxes 
and  date  of  weighing  will  be  distinctly  marked  thereon.    Each  quartermas- 
ter who  ships  or  receives  ordnance  stores  will  satisfy  himself  that  the  seals 
on  the  packages  are  unbroken.    If  the  seals  should  be  broken  and  any  stores 
lost,  he  will  cause  the  value  of  the  lost  stores  to  be  charged  to  the  carrier. 

15:11.  For  transportation,  ordnance  stores  will  be  turned  over  to  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  with  duplicate  invoices ;  a  third  invoice,  with 
duplicate  receipts,  to  be  signed  by  the  receiving  officer,  will  be  sent  direct 
to  him  by  mail.  Materials  procured  for  current  use  at  ordnance  establish- 
ments will  be  transported  at  the  expense  of  the  Ordnance  Department. 

RETURNS  AND  REPORTS. 

1532.  Officers  accountable  for  ordnance  funds  will  render  the  returns 
and  statements  required  by  Ordnance  Regulations. 

1533.  Officers  or  ordnance  sergeants  accountable  for  ordnance  and  ord- 
nance stores  will  render  a  quarterly  return  thereof  direct  to  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance,  within  twenty  days  after  the  expiration  of  each  quarter. 


214  THE    SIGNAL    CORPS. 

1534.  Records  of  artillery  firing  will  be  kept  by  commanding  officers  of 
permanent  forts  and  batteries,  and  a  copy  forwarded  direct  to  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance  at  the  end  of  February,  April,  June,  August,  October,  and  Decem- 
ber of  each  year. 

1535.  Requisitions  for  blanks  and  blank  books  required  for  the  use  of 
the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  made  quarterly,  or  when  needed,  by  every 
regiment  and  company.     Those  suited  to  every  command  and  arm  of  the 
service  can  be  obtained  upon  application  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1536.  In  the  care  and  preservation  of  artillery  material,  magazines,  small 
arms,  etc.,  the  instructions  contained  in  the  authorized  Man  vial  of  Heavy 
Artillery  and  the  publications  of  the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  observed. 

ARTICLE  LXXXIV. 

THE  SIGNAL  CORPS. 

1537.  The  Chief  Signal  Officer  is  charged,  under  the  Secretary  of  War, 
with  the  direction  of  the  Signal  Bureau ;  with  the  control  of  the  officers, 
enlisted  men,  and  employees  attached  thereto ;  with  the  construction,  repair, 
and  operation  of  military  telegraph  lines;  with  the  supervision  of  such 
instruction  in  military  signaling  and  telegraphy  as  may  be  prescribed  in 
orders  from  the  War  Department;  with  the  procurement,  preservation,  and 
distribution  of  the  necessary  supplies  for  the  Signal  Corps.     He  has  charge 
of  all  military  signal  duties,  and  of  books,  papers,  and  devices  connected 
therewith,  including  telegraph  and  telephone  apparatus  and  the  necessary 
meteorological  instruments  for  target  rar.  -es  and  other  military  uses ;  of 
collecting  and  transmitting  information  for  v.  ie  Army,  by  telegraph  or  other- 
wise, and  all  other  duties  pertaining  to  military  signaling. 

1538.  Vacancies  in  the  grade  of  first  lieutenant  in  the  Signal  Corps  are 
filled  by  transfer  from  the  line  of  the  Army.     To  be  eligible,  an  officer  must 
be  less  than  thirty  years  of  age,  have  served  at  least  two  years  as  an  officer 
in  the  line,  and  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination  before  a  board  of 
officers  of  the  Signal  Corps.    Applications  for  examination  will  be  made 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.    Should  the  applicant  be  directed 
to  appear  before  a  board,  he  will,  after  passing  a  satisfactory  examina- 
tion as  to  his  physical  qualifications,  be  examined  upon  the  following  sub- 
jects, or  such  others  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe :  Theoretical 
and  practical  electricity,  modern  languages,  chemistry  and  optics,  mili- 
tary surveying  and  reconnaissance.     The  board  will  inquire  into  and  con- 
sider the  special  military  fitness  for  the  Signal  Corps  of  the  candidate  and 
require  from  him  an  essay  on  a  military  subject. 

1539.  The  number  of  sergeants  of  each  class  at  each  signal  station  will 
be  fixed  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer.     They  will  be  enlisted  and  may  be  mus- 
tered, at  his  discretion,  in  the  class  for  which  competent,  and  in  which  there 
is  a  vacancy.    Sergeants  are  promoted  and  reduced  in  the  classes  of  their 
grade  as  fixed  by  law  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer. 

1540.  An  officer  having  charge  of  the  descriptive  list  of  a  sergeant  of 
the  Signal  Corps  not  mustered  at  a  garrisoned  post  will  forward  monthly  to 
the  Chief  Signal  Officer  direct  a  copy  of  all  remarks  made  on  the  descriptive 
list,  also  of  the  list  when  transferred  to  any  other  officer. 


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1541.  The  senior  signal  officer  of  an  army  in  the  field  commands  the 
signal  parties  serving  therein.     Orders  affecting  them  will  be  transmitted 
through  him,  and  he  will  be  responsible  that  they  are  fully  instructed,  ade- 
quately supplied,  and  that  they  properly  perform  their  duties.    He  will  keep 
himself  informed  of  the  position  of  the  army  and  of  the  enemy,  and  under 
the  instruction  of  the  general  commanding  will  establish  his  stations.     He 
will  submit  reports  of  operations  to  the  general  commanding,  and  forward 
copies  thereof  to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  in  Washington,  to  whom  he  will 
report  monthly  his  station,  the  strength  and  condition  of  his  parties,  and  all 
other  matters  pertaining  to  their  duties  and  equipment. 

1542.  When  telegraph  lines  are,  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  placed 
under  charge  of  signal  officers,  they  will  be  held  responsible  for  their  con- 
struction, maintenance,  and  operation.     Commanding  officers  and  others 
will  see  that  the  special  duties  of  these  officers  are  not  interfered  with,  and 
upon  proper  application  will  render  any  assistance  in  their  power. 

1543.  Official  and  military  messages  will  have  precedence.     Communi- 
cations transmitted  by  telegraph  or  signals  are  always  confidential,  and  will 
not  be  revealed  except  to  those  officially  entitled  to  receive  them. 

1544.  Department  commanders  will  require  suitable  instruction  and 
practice  in  military  signaling  in  their  departments.     To  this  end  they  will 
cause  a  signal  officer  to  be  detailed  at  each  post,  who  will  give  necessary 
instruction  and  supervise  field  practice  during  at  least  two  months  of  the 
year.     Constant  instruction  will  be  maintained  until  at  least  one  officer  and 
four  enlisted  men  of  each  company  are  proficient  in  the  exchange  of  both 
day  and  night  signals  by  flag,  torch,  and  heliograph.    The  detail  will  be 
changed  from  time  to  time.     For  each  month  in  which  instruction  and  prac- 
tice are  held,  reports  thereof  will  be  rendered  to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer, 
through  department  commanders. 

1545.  As  the  Army  signal  code  differs  from  the  Navy  code,  code  cards 
and  instructions  in  detail  for  using  each  will  be  furnished  by  the  Chief  Signal 
Officer  upon  application. 

1546.  Signal  supplies  will  be  furnished  by  the  Signal  Bureau  to  posts 
and  such  organizations  as  require  them,  on  requisitions  approved  by  depart- 
ment commanders.     They  will  be  receipted  for  by  signal  officers  and  will  be 
accounted  for  to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  on  forms  furnished  for  the  purpose. 
Telescopes,  field  glasses,  heliographs,  and  telephones,  when  unserviceable, 
will  not  be  submitted  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation  without  previous 
authority  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer. 

1547.  Quartermasters  and  commissaries  will  issue  to  signal  parties  serv- 
ing in  their  vicinity  such  supplies  from  their  respective  departments  as  may 
be  necessary  for  their  proper  equipment  and  subsistence,  on  the  requisition 
of  the  officer  in  charge  of  suqh  parties. 

ARTICLE  LXXXV. 

UNIFORM. 

1548.  The  uniform  and  equipments  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  will  be 
prescribed  in  special  regulations  published  by  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War. 


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1549.  The  proper  dress  will  be  determined  by  the  commanding  officer. 
When  an  officer  or  soldier  is  permitted  to  wear  civilian  dress,  it  will  not  be 
accompanied  by  any  mark  of  the  uniform.     When  in  uniform  he  will  con- 
form strictly  to  the  requirements  for  the  day. 

1550.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  may  be  permitted  to  wear  black  rubber 
ponchos  or  blankets,  or  black  or  dark-blue  waterproof  overcoats  when  on 
duty  involving  exposure  to  rainy  or  other  inclement  weather. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

1551.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  who,  in  their  own  right  or  by  right  of 
inheritence,  are  members  of  military  societies  of  men  who  served  in  the 
armies  and  navies  of  the  United  States  in  the  War  of  the  Revolution,  the 
War  of  1812,  the  Mexican  War,  and  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  or  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Regular  Army  and  Navy  Union  of  the  United  States,  may  wear 
on  all  occasions  of  ceremony,  when  full  dress  is  required,  the  distinctive 
badges  adopted  by  such  societies — badges  to  be  worn  on  the  left  breast  of 
the  coat  suspended  by  a  ribbon  from  a  bar  of  metal  passed  through  their 
upper  ends,  and  tops  of  the  ribbons  forming  a  horizontal  line,  the  outer  end 
of  which  will  be  from  three  to  four  inches  below  the  top  of  the  shoulder 
according  to  height  of  wearer.    Medals  of  honor  and  the  several  distinctive 
marks  given  for  excellence  in  rifle  practice  may  also  be  worn  in  the  same 
manner  by  officers  and  enlisted  men  upon  all  occasions  of  ceremony.    Insig- 
nia "buttons"  will  not  be  worn. 

ARTICLE  LXXXVI. 

BLANK  FORMS. 

1552.  The  standard  blank  forms  used  in  Army  administration,  with  the 
notes  and  directions  thereon,  have  the  force  and  effect  of  Army  Regulations. 
New  forms  or  alterations  will  not  be  made  without  the  authority  of  the 
Secretary  of  War,  and  the  date  on  which  a  form  or  alteration  was  author- 
ized will  be  printed  on  the  form  itself.    All  notes  or  directions  on  these 
blanks  will,  prior  to  their  issue,  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 
These  forms  and  lists  of  them  will  be  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  the  various 
bureaus  and  offices  of  the  War  Department.    Requisitions  therefor  will 
call  for  them  by  number  and  name. 


ARTICLES  OP  WAR. 


SECTION  1342,  Revised  Statutes.  The  armies  of  the  United  States  shall  be 
governed  by  the  following  rules  and  articles.  The  word  officer,  as  used 
therein,  shall  be  understood  to  designate  commissioned  officers ;  the  word 
soldier  shall  be  understood  to  include  noncommissioned  officers,  musicians, 
artificers,  and  privates,  and  other  enlisted  men,  and  the  convictions  men- 
tioned therein  shall  be  understood  to  be  convictions  by  court-martial. 

ARTICLE  1.  Every  officer  now  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  shall, 
within  six  months  from  the  passing  of  this  act,  and  every  officer  hereafter 
appointed  shall,  before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office,  subscribe 
these  rules  and  articles. 

ART.  2.  These  rules  and  articles  shall  be  read  to  every  enlisted  man  at  the 
time  of,  or  within  six  days  after,  his  enlistment,  and  he  shall  thereupon 
take  an  oath  or  affirmation,  in  the  following  form  :  "  I,  A.  B.,  do  solemnly 
swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  bear  true  faith  and  allegiance  to  the  United 
States  of  America ;  that  I  will  serve  them  honestly  and  faithfully  against 
all  their  enemies  whomsoever ;  and  that  I  will  obey  the  orders  of  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  and  the  orders  of  the  officers  appointed  over  me, 
according  to  the  rules  and  article  of  war."  This  oath  may  be  taken  before 
any  commissioned  officer  of  the  army. 

ART.  3.  Every  officer  who  knowingly  enlists  or  musters  into  the  military 
service  any  minor  over  the  age  of  16  years  without  the  written  consent  of 
his  parents  or  guardians,  or  any  minor  under  the  age  of  16  years,  or  any 
insane  or  intoxicated  persons,  or  any  deserter  from  the  military  or  naval 
service  of  the  United  States,  or  any  person  who  has  been  convicted  of  any 
infamous  criminal  offense,  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  dismissed  from  the 
service,  or  suffer  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  4.  No  enlisted  man,  duly  sworn,  shall  be  discharged  from  the  service 
without  a  discharge  in  writing,  signed  by  a  field  officer  of  the  regiment 
to  which  he  belongs,  or  by  the  commanding  officer,  when  no  field  officer 
is  present ;  and  no  discharge  shall  be  given  to  any  enlisted  man  before  his 
term  of  service  has  expired,  except  by  order  of  the  President,  the  Secretary 
of  War,  the  commanding  officer  of  a  department,  or  by  sentence  of  a  general 
court-martial. 

ART.  5.  Any  officer  who  knowingly  musters  as  a  soldier  a  person  who  is 
not  a  soldier,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  knowingly  making  a  false  muster, 
and  punished  accordingly. 

ART.  6.  Any  officer  who  takes  money,  or  other  thing,  by  way  of  gratifica- 
tion, on  mustering  any  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  company,  or  on  signing 
muster  rolls,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  and  shall  thereby  be  dis- 
abled to  hold  any  office  or  employment  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

ART.  7.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment,  an  independent  troop,  bat- 
tery, or  company,  or  a  garrison,  shall,  in  the  beginning  of  every  month, 

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transmit  through  the  proper  channels,  to  the  Department  of  War.  an  exact 
return  of  the  same,  specifying  the  names  of  the  officers  then  absent  from 
their  posts,  with  the  reasons  for  and  the  time  of  their  absence.  And  any 
officer  who,  through  neglect  or  design,  omits  to  send  such  returns,  shall,  on 
conviction  thereof,  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  8.  Every  officer  who  knowingly  makes  a  false  return  to  the  Depart- 
ment of  War,  or  to  any  of  his  superior  officers,  authorized  to  call  for  such 
returns,  of  the  state  of  the  regiment,  troop  or  company,  or  garrison  under 
his  command ;  or  of  the  arms,  ammunition,  clothing,  or  other  stores  there- 
unto belonging,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof  before  a  court-martial,  be 
cashiered. 

ART.  9.  All  public  stores  taken  from  the  enemy  shall  be  secured  for  the 
service  of  the  United  States ;  and  for  neglect  thereof  the  commanding  officer 
shall  be  answerable. 

ART.  10  Every  officer  commanding  a  troop,  battery,  or  company,  is 
charged  with  the  arms,  accoutrements,  ammunition,  clothing,  or  other  mili- 
tary stores  belonging  to  his  command,  and  is  accountable  to  his  colonel  in 
case  of  their  being  lost,  spoiled,  or  damaged  otherwise  than  by  unavoidable 
accident,  or  on  actual  service. 

ART.  11.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment  or  an  independent  troop, 
battery,  or  company,  not  in  the  field,  may,  when  actually  quartered  with 
such  command,  grant  furloughs  to  the  enlisted  men,  in  such  numbers  and 
for  such  time  as  he  shall  deem  consistent  with  the  good  of  the  service, 
Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment,  or  an  independent  troop,  battery,  or 
company,  in  the  field,  may  grant  furloughs  not  exceeding  thirty  days  at  one 
time,  to  five  per  centum  of  the  enlisted  men,  for  good  conduct  in  the  line  of 
duty,  but  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  commander  of  the  forces  of  which 
said  enlisted  men  form  a  part.  Every  company  officer  of  a  regiment,  com- 
manding any  troop,  battery,  or  company  not  in  the  field,  or  commanding  in 
any  garrison,  fort,  post,  or  barrack,  may,  in  the  absence  of  his  field  officer, 
grant  furloughs  to  the  enlisted  men,  for  a  time  not  exceeding  twenty  days 
in  six  months,  and  not  to  more  than  two  persons  to  be  absent  at  the  same 
time. 

ART.  12.  At  every  muster  of  a  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  company,  the 
commanding  officer  thereof  shall  give  to  the  mustering  officer  certificates, 
signed  by  himself,  stating  how  long  absent  officers  have  been  absent  and 
the  reasons  of  their  absence.  And  the  commanding  officer  of  every  troop, 
battery,  or  company  shall  give  like  certificates,  stating  how  long  absent 
noncommissioned  officers  and  private  soldiers  have  been  absent  and  the 
reasons  of  their  absence.  Such  reasons  and  time  of  absence  shall  be  inserted 
in  the  muster  rolls  opposite  the  names  of  the  respective  absent  officers  and 
soldiers,  and  the  certificates,  together  with  the  muster  rolls,  shall  be  trans- 
mitted by  the  mustering  officer  to  the  Department  of  War,  as  speedily  as 
the  distance  of  the  place  and  muster  will  admit. 

ART.  13.  Every  officer  who  signs  a  false  certificate,  relating  to  the  absence 
or  pay  of  an  officer  or  soldier,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

ART.  14.  Any  officer  who  knowingly  makes  a  false  muster  of  man  or  horse, 
or  who  signs,  or  directs,  or  allows  the  signing  of  any  muster  roll,  knowing 
the  same  to  contain  a  false  muster,  shall,  upon  proof  thereof,  by  two  wit- 


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nesses,  before  a  court-martial,  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  and  shall 
thereby  be  disabled  to  hold  any  office  or  employment  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States. 

ART.  15.  Any  officer  who,  wilfully  or  through  neglect,  suffers  to  be  lost, 
spoiled,  or  damaged,  any  military  stores  belonging  to  the  United  States, 
shall  make  good  the  loss  or  damage,  and  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

ART.  16.  Any  enlisted  man  who  sells,  or  wilfully  or  through  neglect  wastes 
the  ammunition  delivered  out  to  him,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

ART.  17.  Any  soldier  who  sells  or  through  neglect  loses  or  spoils  his  horse, 
arms,  clothing,  or  accoutrements  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may 
adjudge,  subject  to  such  limitation  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  President 
by  virtue  of  the  power  vested  in  him.  [Act  approved  July  27,  1892.] 

ART.  18.  Any  officer  commanding  in  any  garrison,  fort,  or  barracks  of  the 
United  States  who,  for  his  private  advantage,  lays  any  duty  or  imposition 
upon,  or  is  interested  in,  the  sale  of  any  victuals,  liquors,  or  other  necessa- 
ries of  life,  brought  into  such  garrison,  fort,  or  barracks,  for  the  use  of  the 
soldiers,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

ART.  19.  Any  officer  who  uses  contemptuous  or  disrespectful  words  against 
the  President,  the  Vice-President,  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  or  the 
chief  magistrate  or  legislature  of  any  of  the  United  States  in  which  he  is 
quartered,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  or  otherwise  punished,  as  a 
court-martial  n?ay  direct.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall  be  punished  as 
a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  20.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  behaves  himself  with  disrespect  towards 
his  commanding  officer  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  21.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who,  on  any  pretense  whatsoever,  strikes 
his  superior  officer,  or  draws  or  lifts  up  any  weapon,  or  offers  any  violence 
against  him,  being  in  the  execution  of  his  office,  or  disobeys  any  lawful 
command  of  his  superior  officer,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punish- 
ment as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  22.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  begins,  excites,  causes,  or  joins  in  any 
mutiny,  or  sedition,  in  any  troop,  battery,  company,  party,  post,  detachment, 
or  guard,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

ART.  23.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who,  being  present  at  any  mutiny  or  sedi- 
tion, does  not  usevhis  utmost  endeavor  to  suppress  the  same,  or  having 
knowledge  of  any  intended  mutiny  or  sedition,  does  not,  without  delay,  give 
information  thereof  to  his  commanding  officer,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such 
other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  24.  All  officers,  of  what  condition  soever,  have  power  to  part  and 
quell  all  quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  whether  among  persons  belonging 
to  his  own  or  to  another  corps,  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  company,  and 
to  order  officers  into  arrest,  and  noncommissioned  officers  and  soldiers  into 
confinement,  who  take  part  in  the  same,  until  their  proper  superior  officer 
is  acquainted  therewith.  And  whosoever,  being  so  ordered,  refuses  to  obey 
such  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer,  or  draws  a  weapon  upon  him,  shall 
be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 


220        .  ARTICLES    OF    WAR. 

ART.  25.  No  officer  or  soldier  shall  use  any  reproachful  or  provoking 
speeches  or  gestures  to  another.  Any  officer  who  so  offends  shall  be  put  in 
arrest.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall  be  confined,  and  required  to  ask 
pardon  of  the  party  offended,  in  the  presence  of  his  commanding  officer. 

ART.  26.  No  officer  or  soldier  shall  send  a  challenge  to  another  officer  or 
soldier  to  fight  a  duel,  or  accept  a  challenge  so  sent.  Any  officer  who  so 
offends  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends 
shall  suffer  such  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  27.  Any  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer,  commanding  a  guard, 
who,  knowingly  and  willingly,  suffers  any  person  to  go  forth  to  fight  a  duel, 
shall  be  punished  as  a  challenger ;  and  all  seconds  or  promoters  of  duels, 
and  carriers  of  challenges  to  fight  duels,  shall  be  deemed  principals,  and 
punished  accordingly.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  any  officer  commanding  an 
army,  regiment,  troop,  battery,  company,  post,  or  detachment,  who  knows 
or  has  reason  to  believe  that  a  challenge  has  been  given  or  accepted  by  any 
officer  or  enlisted  man  under  his  command,  immediately  to  arrest  the 
offender  and  bring  him  to  trial. 

ART.  28.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  upbraids  another  officer  or  soldier  for 
refusing  a  challenge  shall  himself  be  punished  as  a  challenger ;  and  all  offi- 
cers and  soldiers  are  hereby  discharged  from  any  disgrace  or  opinion  of  dis- 
advantage which  might  arise  from  their  having  refused  to  accept  challenges, 
as  they  will  only  have  acted  in  obedience  to  the  law,  and  have  done  their 
duty  as  good  soldiers,  who  subject  themselves  to  discipline.. 

ART.  29.  Any  officer  who  thinks  himself  wronged  by  the  commanding 
officer  of  his  regiment,  and,  upon  due  application  to  such  commander,  is 
refused  redress,  may  complain  to  the  general  commanding  in  the  State  or 
Territory  where  such  regiment  is  stationed.  The  general  shall  examine  into 
said  complaint  and  take  proper  measures  for  redressing  the  wrong  com- 
plained of;  and  he  shall,  as  soon  as  possible,  transmit  to  the  Department  of 
War  a  true  statement  of  such  complaint,  with  the  proceedings  had  thereon. 

ART.  30.  Any  soldier  who  thinks  himself  wronged  by  any  officer  may  com- 
plain to  the  commanding  officer  of  his  regiment,  who  shall  summon  a  regi- 
mental court-martial  for  the  doing  of  justice  to  the  complainant.  Either 
party  may  appeal  from  such  regimental  court-martial  to  a  general  court- 
martial  ;  but  if,  upon  such  second  hearing,  the  appeal  appears  to  be  ground- 
less and  vexatious,  the  party  appealing  shall  be  punished  at  the  discretion 
of  said  general  court-martial. 

ART.  31.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  lies  out  of  his  quarters,  garrison,  or 
camp,  without  leave  from  his  superior  officer,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court- 
martial  may  direct. 

ART.  32.  Any  soldier  who  absents  himself  from  his  troop,  battery,  com- 
pany, or  detachment,  without  leave  from  his  commanding  officer,  shall  be 
punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  33.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  fails,  except  when  prevented  by  sick- 
ness or  other  necessity,  to  repair,  at  the  fixed  time,  to  the  place  of  parade, 
exercise,  or  other  rendezvous  appointed  by  his  commanding  officer,  or  goes 
from  the  same,  without  leave  from  his  commanding  officer,  before  he  is 
dismissed  or  relieved,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 


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ART.  34.  Any  soldier  who  is  found  one  mile  from  camp,  without  leave  in 
writing  from  his  commanding  officer,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

ART.  35.  Any  soldier  who  fails  to  retire  to  his  quarters  or  tent  at  the 
beating  of  retreat,  shall  bs  punished  according  to  the  nature  of  his  offense. 

ART.  36.  No  soldier  belonging  to  any  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  com- 
pany shall  hire  another  to  do  his  duty  for  him,  or  be  excused  from  duty, 
except  in  cases  of  sickness,  disability,  or  leave  of  absence.  Every  such 
soldier  found  guilty  of  hiring  his  duty,  and  the  person  so  hired  to  do 
another's  duty,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  37.  Every  noncommissioned  officer  who  connives  at  such  hiring  of 
duty  shall  be  reduced.  Every  officer  who  knows  and  allows  such  practices 
shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  38.  Any  officer  who  is  found  drunk  on  his  guard,  party,  or  other 
duty,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall 
sutler  such  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct.  No  court-martial 
shall  sentence  any  soldier  to  be  branded,  marked,  or  tattooed. 

ART.  39.  Any  sentinel  who  is  found  sleeping  upon  his  post,  or  who  leaves 
it  before  he  is  regularly  relieved,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punish- 
ment as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  40.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  quits  his  guard,  platoon,  or  division, 
without  leave  from  his  superior  officer,  except  in  a  case  of  urgent  necessity, 
shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  41.  Any  officer  who,  by  any  means  whatsoever,  occasions  false  alarms 
in  camp,  garrison,  or  quarters,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment 
as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  42.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  misbehaves  himself  before  the  enemy, 
runs  away,  or  shamefully  abandons  any  fort,  post,  or  guard,  which  he  is 
commanded  to  defend,  or  speaks  words  inducing  others  to  do  the  like,  or 
cast?  away  his  arms  or  ammunition,  or  quits  his  post  or  colors  to  plunder 
or  pillage,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

ART.  43.  If  any  commander  of  any  garrison,  fortress,  or  post  is  com- 
pelled, by  the  officers  and  soldiers  under  his  command,  to  give  up  to  the 
enemy  or  to  abandon  it,  the  officers  or  soldiers  so  offending  shall  suffer 
death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  44.  Any  person  belonging  to  the  armies  of  the  United  States  who 
makes  known  the  watchword  to  any  person  not  entitled  to  receive  it,  accord- 
ing to  the  rules  and  discipline  of  war,  or  presumes  to  give  a  parole  or  watch- 
word different  from  that  which  he  received,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other 
punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  45.  Whosoever  relieves  the  enemy  with  money,  victuals,  or  ammu- 
nition, or  knowingly  harbors  or  protects  an  enemy,  shall  suffer  death,  or 
such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  46.  Whosoever  holds  correspondence  with,  or  gives  intelligence  to, 
the  enemy,  either  directly  or  indirectly,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other 
punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  47.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who,  having  received  pay,  or  having  been 
duly  enlisted  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  deserts  the  same,  shall,  in 


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time  of  war,  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may 
direct;  and  in  time  of  peace,  any  punishment,  excepting  death,  which  a 
court  martial  may  direct. 

ART.  48.  Every  soldier  who  deserts  the  service  of  the  United  States  shall 
be  liable  to  serve  for  such  period  as  shall,  with  the  time  he  may  have  served 
previous  to  his  desertion,  amount  to  the  full  term  of  his  enlistment;  and 
such  soldier  shall  be  tried  by  a  court-martial  and  punished,  although  the 
term  of  his  enlistment  may  have  elapsed  previous  to  his  being  apprehended 
and  tried. 

ART.  49.  Any  officer  who,  having  tendered  his  resignation,  quits  his  post 
or  proper  duties,  without  leave,  and  with  intent  to  remain  permanently 
absent  theretrom,  prior  to  due  notice  of  the  acceptance  of  the  same,  shall  be 
deemed  and  punished  as  a  deserter. 

ART.  50.  No  noncommissioned  ofiVer  or  soldier  shall  enlist  himself  in  any 
other  regiment,  troop,  or  company,  without  a  regular  discharge  from  the 
regiment,  troop,  or  company  in  which  he  last  served,  on  a  penalty  of  being 
reputed  a  deserter,  and  suffering  accordingly.  And  in  case  any  officer  shall 
knowingly  receive  and  entertain  such  noncommissioned  officer  or  soldier, 
or  shall  not,  after  his  being  discovered  to  be  a  deserter,  immediately  confine 
him  and  give  notice  thereof  to  the  corps  in  which  he  last  served,  the  said 
officer  shall,  by  a  court-martial,  be  cashiered. 

ART.  51.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  advises  or  persuades  any  other  officer 
or  soldier  to  desert  the  service  of  the  United  States,  shall,  in  time  of  war, 
suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct ;  and 
in  time  of  peace,  any  punishment,  excepting  death,  which  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

ART.  52.  It  is  earnestly  recommended  to  all  officers  and  soldiers  diligently 
to  attend  divine  service.  Any  officer  who  behaves  indecently  or  irreverently 
at  any  place  of  divine  worship  shall  be  brought  before  a  general  court-martial, 
there  to  be  publicly  and  severely  reprimanded  by  the  president  thereof.  Any 
soldier  who  so  offends  shall,  for  his  first  offense,  forfeit  one-sixth  of  a  dollar ; 
for  each  further  offense  he  shall  forfeit  a  like  sum,  and  shall  be  confined 
twenty-four  hours.  The  money  so  forfeited  shall  be  deducted  from  his 
next  pay,  and  shall  be  applied,  by  the  captain  or  senior  officer  of  his  troop, 
battery,  or  company,  to  the  use  of  the  sick  soldiers  of  the  same. 

ART.  53.  Any  officer  who  uses  any  profane  oath  or  execration  shall,  for 
each  offense,  forfeit  and  pay  one  dollar.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall 
incur  the  penalties  provided  in  the  preceding  article ;  and  all  moneys  for- 
feited for  such  offenses  shall  be  applied  as  therein  provided. 

ART.  54.  Every  officer  commanding  in  quarters,  garrison,  or  on  the  march, 
shall  keep  good  order,  and,  to  the  utmost  of  his  power,  redress  all  abuses  or 
disorders  which  may  be  committed  by  any  officer  or  soldier  under  his  com- 
mand ;  and  if,  upon  complaint  made  to  him  of  officers  or  soldiers  beating  or 
otherwise  ill-treating  any  person,  disturbing  fairs  or  markets,  or  committing 
any  kind  of  riot,  to  the  disquieting  of  the  citizens  of  the  United  States,  he 
refuses  or  omits  to  see  justice  done  to  the  offender,  and  reparation  made  to 
the  party  injured,  so  far  as  part  of  the  offender's  pay  shall  go  toward  such 
reparation,  he  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  or  otherwise  punished  as 
a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  55.  All  officers  and  soldiers  are  to  behave  themselves  orderly  in 
quarters  and  on  the  march ;  and  whoever  commits  any  waste  or  spoil, 


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either  in  walks  or  trees,  parks,  warrens,  fish-ponds,  houses,  gardens,  grain 
fields,  inclosures,  or  meadows,  or  maliciously  destroys  any  property  what- 
soever belonging  to  inhabitants  of  the  United  States,  (unless  by  order  of  a 
general  officer  commanding  a  separate  army  in  the  field.)  shall,  besides  such 
penalties  as  he  may  be  liable  to  by  law,  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may 
direct. 

ART.  56.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  does  violence  to  any  person  bringing 
provisions  or  other  necessaries  to  th3  camp,  garrison,  or  quarters  of  the 
forces  ot  the  United  States  in  foreign  parts,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other 
punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  57.  Whosoever,  belonging  to  the  armies  of  the  United  States  in  for- 
eign parts,  or  at  any  place  within  the  United  States  or  their  Territories  dur- 
ing rebellion  against  the  supreme  authority  of  the  United  States,  forces  a 
safeguard,  shall  suffer  death. 

ART.  58.  In  time  of  war,  insurrection,  or  rebellion,  larceny,  robbery, 
burglary,  arson,  mayhem,  manslaughter,  murder,  assault  and  battery  with 
an  intent  to  kill,  wounding,  by  shooting  or  stabbing,  with  an  intent  to  com- 
mit murder,  rape,  or  assault  and  battery  with  an  intent  to  commit  rape, 
shall  be  punishable  by  the  sentence,  of  a  general  court-martial,  when  com- 
mitted by  persons  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States,  and  the  punish- 
ment in  any  such  case  shall  not  be  less  than  the  punishment  provided,  for 
the  like  offense,  by  the  laws  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  district  in  which 
such  offense  may  have  been  committed. 

ART.  59.  When  any  officer  or  soldier  is  accused  of  a  capital  crime,  or  of 
any  offense  against  the  person  or  property  of  any  citizen  of  any  of  the  United 
States,  which  is  punishable  by  the  laws  of  the  land,  the  commanding  officer, 
and  the  officers  of  the  regiment,  troop,  battery,  company,  or  detachment,  to 
which  the  person  so  accused  belongs,  are  required,  except  in  time  of  war, 
upon  application  duly  made  by  or  in  behalf  of  the  party  injured,  to  use 
their  utmost  endeavors  to  deliver  him  over  to  the  civil  magistrate,  and  to 
aid  the  officers  of  justice  in  apprehending  and  securing  him,  in  order  to 
bring  him  to  trial.  If,  upon  such  application,  any  officer  refuses  or  wil- 
fully neglects,  except  in  time  of  war,  to  deliver  over  such  accused  person  to 
the  civil  magistrates,  or  to  aid  the  officers  of  justice  in  apprehending  him, 
he  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

ART.  60.  Any  person  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  who 
makes  or  causes  to  be  made  any  claim  against  the  United  States,  or  any 
officer  thereof,  knowing  such  claim  to  be  false  or  fraudulent ;  or 

Who  presents  or  causes  to  be  presented  to  any  person  in  the  civil  or 
military  service  thereof,  for  approval  or  payment,  any  claim  against  the 
United  States  or  any  officer  thereof,  knowing  such  claim  to  be  false  or 
fraudulent;  or 

Who  enters  into  any  agreement  or  conspiracy  to  defraud  tne  United  States 
by  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  allowance  or  payment  of  any 
false  or  fraudulent  claim ;  or 

Who,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  approval, 
allowance,  or  payment  of  any  claim  against  the  United  States  or  against 
any  officer  thereof,  makes  or  uses,  or  procures  or  advises  the  making  or  use 
of,  any  writing,  or  other  paper,  knowing  the  same  to  contain  any  false  or 
fraudulent  statement :  or 


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Who,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  approval, 
allowance,  or  payment  of  any  claim  against  the  United  States  or  any  officer 
thereof,  makes,  or  procures  or  advises  the  making  of,  any  oath  to  any  fact 
or  to  any  writing  or  other  paper,  knowing  such  oath  to  be  false  ;  or 

Who,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  approval, 
allowance,  or  paymant  of  any  claim  against  the  United  States  or  any  officer 
thereof,  forges  or  counterfeits,  or  procures  or  advises  the  forging  or  coun- 
terfeiting of,  any  signature  upon  any  writing  or  other  paper,  or  uses,  or 
procures  or  advises  the  use  of,  any  such  signature,  knowing  the  same  to 
be  forged  or  counterfeited  ;  or 

Who,  having  charge,  possession,  custody  or  control  of  any  money  or  other 
property  of  the  United  States,  furnished  or  intended  for  the  military  service 
thereof,  knowingly  delivers,  or  causes  to  be  delivered,  to  any  person  having 
authority  to  receive  the  same,  any  amount  thereof  less  than  that  for  which 
he  receives  a  certificate  or  receipt ;  or 

Who,  being  authorized  to  make  or  deliver  any  paper  certifying  the  receipt 
of  any  property  of  the  United  States,  furnished  or  intended  for  the  military 
service  thereof,  makes,  or  delivers  to  any  person,  such  writing,  without 
having  full  knowledge  of  the  truth  of  the  statements  therein  contained,  and 
with  intent  to  defraud  the  United  States ;  or 

Who  steals,  embezzles,  knowingly  and  wilfully  misappropriates,  applies 
to  his  own  use  or  benefit,  or  wrongfully  or  knowingly  sells  or  disposes  of 
any  ordnance,  arms,  equipments,  ammunition,  clothing,  subsistence  stores, 
money,  or  other  property  of  the  United  States,  furnished  or  intended  for  the 
military  service  thereof ;  or 

Who  knowingly  purchases,  or  receives  in  pledge  for  any  obligation  or 
indebtedness,  from  any  soldier,  officer,  or  other  person  who  is  a  part  of  or 
employed  in  said  forces  or  service,  any  ordnance,  arms,  equipments,  ammu- 
nition, clothing,  subsistence  stores,  or  other  property  of  the  United  States, 
such  soldier,  officer,  or  other  person  not  having  lawful  right  to  sell  or  pledge 
the  same, 

Shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  fine  or  imprisonment,  or  by 
such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  adjudge.  And  if  any  person, 
being  guilty  of  any  of  the  offenses  aforesaid,  while  in  the  military  service 
of  the  United  States,  receives  his  discharge,  or  is  dismissed  from  the  service, 
he  shall  continue  to  ba  liable  to  be  arrested  and  held  for  trial  and  sentence 
by  a  court-martial,  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same  extent  as  if  he  had 
not  received  such  discharge  nor  been  dismissed. 

ART.  61 .  Any  officer  who  is  convicted  of  conduct  unbecoming  an  officer 
and  a  gentleman  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

*ART.  62.  All  crimes  not  capital,  and  all  disorders  and  neglects,  which 
officers  and  soldiers  may  be  guilty  of,  to  the  prejudice  of  good  order  and 
military  discipline,  though  not  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  articles  of  war, 
are  to  be  taken  cognizance  of  by  a  general,  or  a  regimental,  garrison,  or  field 
officers'  court-martial,  according  to  the  nature  and  degree  of  the  offense, 
and  punished  at  the  discretion  of  such  court. 

*SEC.  3.  That  fraudulent  enlistment,  and  the  receipt  of  any  pay  or  allowance  there 
under,  is  hereby  declared  a  military  offense  and  made  punishable  by  court-martial,  under 
the  Sixty -second  Article  of  War.— [Act  approved  July  27, 1892.] 


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ART.  63.  All  retainers  to  the  cainp,  and  all  persons  serving  with  the  armies 
of  the  United  States  in  the  field,  though  not  enlisted  soldiers,  are  to  be 
subject  to  orders,  according  to  the  rules  and  discipline  of  war. 

ART.  64.  The  officers  and  soldiers  of  any  troops,  whether  militia  or  others, 
mustered  and  in  pay  of  the  United  States,  shall,  at  all  times  and  in  all 
places,  be  governed  by  the  articles  of  war,  and  shall  be  subject  to  be  tried 
by  courts-martial. 

ART.  65.  Officers  charged  with  crime  shall  be  arrested  and  confined  in 
their  barracks,  quarters,  or  tents,  and  deprived  of  their  swords  by  the  com- 
manding officer.  And  any  officer  who  leaves  his  confinement  before  he  is 
set  at  liberty  by  his  commanding  officer  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

ART.  66.  Soldiers  charged  with  crimes  shall  be  confined  until  tried  by 
court-martial,  or  released  by  proper  authority. 

ART.  67.  No  provost  marshal,  or  officer  commanding  a  guard,  shall  refuse 
to  receive  or  keep  any  prisoner  committed  to  his  charge  by  an  officer  belong- 
ing to  the  forces  of  the  United  States;  provided  the  officer  committing  shall, 
at  the  same  time,  deliver  an  account  in  writing,  signed  by  himself,  of  the 
crime  charged  against  the  prisoner. 

ART.  68.  Every  officer  to  whose  charge  a  prisoner  is  committed  shall, 
within  twenty-four  hours  after  such  commitment,  or  as  soon  as  he  is  relieved 
from  his  guard,  report  in  writing,  to  the  commanding  officer,  the  name  of 
such  prisoner,  the  crime  charged  against  him,  and  the  name  of  the  officer 
committing  him;  and, if  he  fails  to  make  such  report,  he  shall  be  punished 
as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  69.  Any  officer  who  presumes,  without  proper  authority,  to  release 
any  prisoner  committed  to  his  charge,  or  suffers  any  prisoner  so  committed 
to  escape,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  70.  No  officer  or  soldier  put  in  arrest  shall  be  continued  in  confine- 
ment more  than  eight  days,  or  nntil  such  time  as  a  court-martial  can  be 
assembled. 

ART.  71.  When  an  officer  is  put  in  arrest  for  the  purpose  of  trial,  except 
at  remote  military  posts  or  stations,  the  officer  by  whose  order  he  is  arrested 
shall  see  that  a  copy  of  the  charges  on  which  he  is  to  be  tried  is  served  upon 
him  within  eight  days  after  his  arrest,  and  that  he  is  brought  to  trial  within 
ten  days  thereafter,  unless  the  necessities  of  the  service  prevent  such  trial; 
and  then  he  shall  be  brought  to  trial  within  thirty  days  after  the  expiration 
of  said  ten  days.  If  a  copy  of  the  charges  be  not  served,  or  the  arrested 
officer  be  not  brought  to  trial,  as  herein  required,  the  arrest  shall  cease.  But 
officers  released  from  arrest,  under  the  provisions  of  this  article,  may  be  tried, 
whenever  the  exigencies  of  the  service  shall  permit,  within  twelve  months 
after  such  release  from  arrest. 

ART.  72.  Any  general  officer  commanding  an  army,  a  Territorial  Division 
or  a  Department,  or  colonel  commanding  a  separate  Department  may  appoint 
general  courts-martial  whenever  necessary.  But  when  any  such  commander 
is  the  accuser  or  prosecutor  of  any  officer  under  his  command  the  court  shall 
be  appointed  by  the  President;  and  its  proceedings  and  sentence  shall  be  sent 
directly  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  by  whom  they  shall  be  laid  before  the  Presi- 
dent, for  his  approval  or  orders  in  the  case.  [Act  approved  July  5,  1884.] 

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ART.  73.  In  time  of  war  the  commander  of  a  division,  or  of  a  separate 
brigade  of  troops,  shall  be  competent  to  appoint  a  general  court-martial. 
But  when  such  commander  is  the  accuser  or  prosecutor  of  any  person  undei 
his  command,  the  court  shall  be  appointed  by  the  next  higher  commander. 

ART.  74.  Officers  who  may  appoint  a  court-martial  shall  be  competent  to 
appoint  a  judge-advocate  for  the  same. 

ART.  75.  General  courts-martial  may  consist  of  any  number  of  officers 
from  five  to  thirteen,  inclusive ;  but  they  shall  not  consist  of  less  than  thir- 
teen when  that  number  can  be  convened  without  manifest  injury  to  the 
service. 

ART.  76.  When  the  requisite  number  of  officers  to  form  a  general  court- 
martial  is  not  present  in  any  post  or  detachment,  the  commanding  officer 
shall,  in  cases  which  require  the  cognizance  of  such  a  court,  report  to  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  department,  who  shall,  thereupon,  order  a  court 
to  be  assembled  at  the  nearest  post  or  department  at  which  there  may  be 
such  a  requisite  number  of  officers,  and  shall  order  the  party  accused,  with 
necessary  witnesses,  to  be  transported  to  the  place  where  the  said  court  shall 
be  assembled. 

ART.  77.  Officers  of  the  Regular  Army  shall  not  be  competent  to  sit  on 
courts-martial  to  try  the  officers  or  soldiers  of  other  forces,  except  as  pro- 
vided in  Article  78. 

ART.  78.  Officers  of  the  Marine  Corps,  detached  for  service  with  the  Army 
by  order  of  the  President,  may  be  associated  with  officers  of  the  Regular 
Army  on  courts-martial  for  the  trial  of  offenders  belonging  to  the  Regular 
Army,  or  to  forces  of  the  Marine  Corps  so  detached ;  and  in  such  cases  the 
orders  of  the  senior  officer  of  either  corps,  who  may  be  present  and  duly 
authorized,  shall  be  obeyed. 

ART.  79.  Officers  shall  be  tried  only  by  general  courts-martial ;  and  no 
officer  shall,  when  it  can  be  avoided,  be  tried  by  officers  inferior  to  him  in 
rank. 

ART.  80.  In  time  of  war  a  field  officer  may  be  detailed  in  every  regiment, 
to  try  soldiers  thereof  for  offenses  not  capital ;  and  no  soldier,  serving  with 
his  regiment,  shall  be  tried  by  a  regimental  or  garrison  court-martial  when 
a  field  officer  of  his  regiment  may  be  so  detailed. 

ART.  81.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment  or  corps  shall,  subject  to 
the  provisions  of  Article  80,  be  competent  to  appoint,  for  his  own  regiment 
or  corps,  courts-martial,  consisting  of  three  officers,  to  try  offenses  not 
capital. 

ART.  82.  Every  officer  commanding  a  garrison,  fort,  or  other  place,  where 
the  troops  consist  of  different  corps,  shall,  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
Article  80,  be  competent  to  appoint,  for  such  garrison  or  other  place,  courts- 
martial,  consisting  of  three  officers,  to  try  offenses  not  capital. 

ART.  83.  Regimental  and  garrison  courts-martial,  and  field  officers  detailed 
to  try  offenders,  shall  not  have  power  to  try  capital  cases  or  commissioned 
officers,  or  to  inflict  a  fine  exceeding  one  month's  pay,  or  to  imprison  or  put 
to  hard  labor  any  noncommissioned  officer  or  soldier  for  a  longer  time 
than  one  month. 

ART.  84.  The  judge-advocate  shall  administer  to  each  member  of  the 
court,  before  they  proceed  upon  any  trial,  the  following  oath,  which  shall 


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also  be  taken  by  all  members  of  regimental  and  garrison  courts-martial : 
"You,  A  B,  do  swear  that  you  will  well  and  truly  try  and  determine, 
according  to  evidence,  the  matter  now  before  you,  between  the  United 
States  of  America  and  the  prisoner  to  be  tried,  and  that  you  will  duly 
administer  justice,  without  partiality,  favor,  or  affection,  according  to  the 
provisions  of  the  rules  and  articles  for  the  government  of  the  armies  of  the 
United  States,  and  if  any  doubts  should  arise,  not  explained  by  said  articles, 
then  according  to  your  conscience,  the  best  of  your  understanding,  and  the 
custom  of  war  in  like  cases ;  and  you  do  further  swear  that  you  will  not 
divulge  the  sentence  of  the  court  until  it  shall  be  published  by  the  proper 
authority,  except  to  the  judge-advocate  ;  neither  will  you  disclose  or  dis- 
cover the  vote  or  opinion  of  any  particular  member  of  the  court-martial, 
unless  required  to  give  evidence  thereof,  as  a  witness,  by  a  court  of  justice, 
in  a  due  course  of  law.  So  help  you  God."  [Act  approved  July  27, 1892.] 
ART.  85.  When  the  oath  has  been  administered  to  the  members  of  a  court- 
martial,  the  president  of  the  court  shall  administer  to  the  judge-advocate, 
or  person  officiating  as  such,  an  oath  in  the  following  form :  "You,  A  B,  do 
swear  that  you  will  not  disclose  or  discover  the  vote  or  opinion  of  any  par- 
ticular member  of  the  court-martial,  unless  required  to  give  evidence  thereof, 
as  a  witness,  by  a  court  of  justice,  in  due  course  of  law ;  nor  divulge  the 
sentence  of  the  court  to  any  but  the  proper  authority,  until  it  shall  be  duly 
disclosed  by  the  same.  So  help  you  God." 

ART.  86.  The  court-martial  may  punish,  at  discretion,  any  person  who  uses 
any  menacing  words,  signs,  or  gestures,  in  its  presence,  or  who  disturbs  its 
proceedings  by  any  riot  or  disorder. 

ART.  87.  All  members  of  a  court-martial  are  to  behave  with  decency  and 
calmness. 

ART.  88.  Members  of  a  court-martial  may  be  challenged  by  a  prisoner,  but 
only  for  cause  stated  to  the  court.  The  court  shall  determine  the  relevancy 
and  validity  thereof,  and  shall  not  receive  a  challenge  to  more  than  one  mem- 
ber at  a  time. 

ART.  89.  When  a  prisoner,  arraigned  before  a  general  court-martial,  from 
obstinacy  and  deliberate  design,  stands  mute,  or  answers  foreign  to  the  pur- 
pose, the  court  may  proceed  to  trial  and  judgment,  as  if  the  prisoner  had 
pleaded  not  guilty. 

ART.  90.  The  judge-advocate,  or  some  person  deputed  by  him,  or  by  the 
general  or  officer  commanding  the  Army,  detachment,  or  garrison,  shall 
prosecute  in  the  name  of  the  United  States,  but  when  the  prisoner  has  made 
his  plea,  he  shall  so  far  consider  himself  counsel  for  the  prisoner  as  to  object 
to  any  leading  question  to  any  of  the  witnesses,  and  to  any  question  to  the 
prisoner,  the  answer  to  which  might  tend  to  criminate  himself. 

*ART.  91.  The  deposition,  of  witnesses  residing  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
State,  Territory,  or  district  in  which  any  military  court  may  be  ordered  to 
sit,  if  taken  on  reasonable  notice  to  the  opposite  party  and  duly  authenti- 
cated, may  be  read  i  n  evidence  before  such  court  in  cases  not  capital. 

*  SEC.  4.  That  judge- advocates  of  departments  and  of  courts-martial,  and  the  trial  offi- 
cers of  summary  courts,  are  hereby  authorized  to  administer  oaths  for  the  purposes  of 
the  administration  of  military  justice,  and  for  other  purposes  of  military  administra- 
tion.—[Act  approved  July  27  1892.1 


228  ARTICLES   OF   WAR. 

ART.  92.  All  persons  who  give  evidence  before  a  court-martial  shall  be 
examined  on  oath,  or  affirmation,  in  the  following  form:  "  You  swear  (or 
affirm)  that  the  evidence  you  shall  give,  in  the  case  now  in  hearing,  shall 
be  the  truth,  the  whole  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  truth.  So  help  you  God." 

ART.  93.  A  court-martial  shall,  for  reasonable  cause,  grant  a  continuance 
to  either  party,  for  such  time,  and  as  often  as  may  appear  to  be  just :  Pro- 
vided, That  if  the  prisoner  be  in  close  confinement,  the  trial  shall  not  be 
delayed  for  a  period  longer  than  sixty  days. 

ART.  94.  Proceedings  of  trials  shall  be  carried  on  only  between  the  hours 
of  eight  in  the  morning  and  three  in  the  afternoon,  excepting  in  cases  which, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  officer  appointing  the  court,  require  immediate  example. 

ART.  95.  Members  of  a  court-martial,  in  giving  their  votes,  shall  begin 
with  the  youngest  in  commission. 

ART.  96.  No  person  shall  be  sentenced  to  suffer  death,  except  by  the  con- 
currence  of  two- thirds  of  the  members  of  a  general  court-martial,  and  in  the 
cases  herein  expressly  mentioned. 

ART.  97.  No  person  in  the  military  service  shall,  under  the  sentence  ot 
a  court-martial,  be  punished  by  confinement  in  a  penitentiary,  unless  the 
offense  of  which  he  may  be  convicted  would,  by  some  statute  of  the  United 
States,  or  by  some  statute  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  in  which  such 
offense  may  be  committed,  or  by  the  common  law,  as  the  same  exists  in  such 
State,  Territory,  or  District,  subject  such  convict  to  such  punishment. 

ART.  98.  No  person  in  the  military  service  shall  be  punished  by  flogging, 
or  by  branding,  marking,  or  tattooing  on  the  body. 

ART.  99.  No  officer  shall  be  discharged  or  dismissed  from  the  service,  ex- 
cept by  order  of  the  President,  or  by  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial ; 
and  in  time  of  peace  no  officer  shall  be  dismissed,  except  in  pursuance  of 
the  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or  in  mitigation  thereof. 

ART.  100.  When  an  officer  is  dismissed  from  the  service  for  cowardice  or 
fraud,  the  sentence  shall  further  direct  that  the  crime,  punishment,  name, 
and  place  of  abode  of  the  delinquent  shall  be  published  in  the  newspapers  in 
and  about  the  camp,  and  in  the  State  from  which  the  offender  came,  or 
where  he  usually  resides ;  and  after  such  publication  it  shall  be  scandalous 
for  an  officer  to  associate  with  him. 

ART.  101.  When  a  court-martial  suspends  an  officer  from  command,  it 
may  also  suspend  his  pay  and  emoluments  for  the  same  time,  according  to 
the  nature  of  his  offense. 

ART.  102.  No  person  shall  be  tried  a  second  time  for  the  same  offense. 

ART.  103.  No  person  shall  be  liable  to  be  tried  and  punished  by  a  general 
court-martial  for  any  offense  which  appears  to  have  been  committed  more 
than  two  years  before  the  issuing  of  the  order  for  such  trial,  unless,  by  rea- 
son of  having  absented  himself,  or  of  some  other  manifest  impediment,  he 
shall  not  have  been  amenable  to  justice  within  that  period. 

No  person  shall  be  tried  or  punished  by  a  court-martial  for  desertion  in 
time  of  peace  and  not  in  the  face  of  an  enemy,  committed  more  than  two 
years  before  the  arraignment  of  such  person  for  such  offense,  unless  he  shall 
meanwhile  have  absented  himself  from  the  United  States,  in  which  case  the 
time  of  his  absence  shall  be  excluded  in  computing  the  period  of  the  limita- 
tion :  Provided,  That  said  limitation  shall  not  begin  until  the  end  of  the 
term  for  which  said  person  was  mustered  into  the  service.  [Act  approved 
April  11,  1890.J 


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ART.  104.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial  shall  be  carried  into  execution 
until  the  same  shall  have  been  approved  by  the  officer  ordering  the  court, 
or  by  the  officer  commanding  for  the  time  being.  [Act  approved  July  27, 
1892.] 

ART.  105.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  inflicting  the  punishment  of 
death,  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  it  shall  have  been  confirmed  by 
the  President;  except  in  the  cases  of  persons  convicted,  in  time  of  war,  as 
spies,  mutineers,  deserters,  or  murderers,  and  in  the  cases  of  guerilla  maraud- 
ers, convicted,  in  time  of  war,  of  robbery,  burglary,  arson,  rape,  assault 
with  intent  to  commit  rape,  or  of  violation  of  the  laws  and  customs  of  war ; 
and  in  such  excepted  cases  the  sentence  of  death  may  be  carried  into  exe- 
cution upon  confirmation  by  the  commanding  general  in  the  field,  or  the 
commander  of  the  department,  as  the  case  may  be. 

ART.  106.  In  time  of  peace  no  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  directing  the 
dismissal  of  an  officer,  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  it  shall  have 
been  confirmed  by  the  President. 

ART.  107.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial  appointed  by  the  commander 
of  a  division  or  of  a  separate  brigade  of  troops,  directing  the  dismissal  of 
an  officer,  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  it  shall  have  been  confirmed 
by  the  general  commanding  the  army  in  the  field  to  which  the  division  or 
brigade  belongs. 

ART.  108.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  either  in  time  of  peace  or  in  time 
of  war,  respecting  a  general  officer,  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  it 
shall  have  been  confirmed  by  the  President. 

ART.  109.  All  sentences  of  a  court-martial  may  be  confirmed  and  carried 
into  execution  by  the  officer  ordering  the  court,  or  by  the  officer  command- 
ing for  the  time  being,  where  confirmation  by  the  President,  or  by  the  com- 
manding general  in  the  field,  or  commander  of  the  department,  is  not 
required  by  the  articles. 

ART.  110.  No  sentence  adjudged  by  a  field  officer,  detailed  to  try  soldiers 
of  his  regiment,  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  the  same  shall  have 
been  approved  by  the  brigade  commander,  or,  in  case  there  be  no  brigade 
commander,  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  camp.  [Act  approved 
July  27,  1892.] 

ART.  111.  Any  officer  who  has  authority  to  carry  into  execution  the  sen- 
tence of  death,  or  of  dismissal  of  an  officer,  may  suspend  the  same  until  the 
pleasure  of  the  President  shall  be  known;  and,  in  such  case,  he  shall  imme- 
diately transmit  to  the  President  a  copy  of  the  order  of  suspension,  together 
with  a  copy  of  the  proceedings  of  the  court. 

ART.  112.  Every  officer  who  is  authorized  to  order  a  general  court-martial 
shall  have  power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  any  punishment  adjudged  by  it, 
except  the  punishment  of  death  or  of  dismissal  of  an  officer.  Every  officer 
commanding  a  regiment  or  garrison  in  which  a  regimental  or  garrison 
court-martial  may  be  held,  shall  have  power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  any 
punishment  which  such  court  may  adjudge. 

ART.  113.  Every  judge-advocate,  or  person  acting  as  such,  at  any  general 
court-martial,  shall,  with  as  much  expedition  as  the  opportunity  of  time 
and  distance  of  place  may  admit,  forward  the  original  proceedings  and  sen- 
tence of  such  court  to  the  Judge- Advocate-General  of  the  Army,  in  whose 
office  they  shall  be  carefully  preserved. 


230  ARTICLES    OF    WAR. 

ART.  114.  Every  party  tried  by  a  general  court-martial  shall,  upon  de- 
mand thereof,  made  by  himself  or  by  any  person  in  his  behalf,  be  entitled  to 
a  copy  of  the  proceedings  and  sentence  of  such  court. 

ART.  115.  A  court  of  inquiry,  to  examine  into  the  nature  of  any  transac- 
tion of,  or  accusation  or  imputation  against,  any  officer  or  soldier,  may  be 
ordered  by  the  President  or  by  any  commanding  officer ;  but,  as  courts  of 
inquiry  may  be  perverted  to  dishonorable  purposes,  and  may  be  employed, 
in  the  hands  of  weak  and  envious  commandants,  as  engines  for  the  destruc- 
tion of  military  merit,  they  shall  never  be  ordered  by  any  commanding 
officer,  except  upon  a  demand  by  the  officer  or  soldier  whose  conduct  is  to  be 
inquired  of. 

ART.  116.  A  court  of  inquiry  shall  consist  of  one  or  more  officers,  not 
exceeding  three,  and  a  recorder,  to  reduce  the  proceedings  and  evidence 
to  writing. 

ART.  117.  The  recorder  of  a  court  of  inquiry  shall  administer  to  the 
members  the  following  oath:  "You  shall  well  and  truly  examine  and 
inquire,  according  to  the  evidence,  into  the  matter  now  before  you,  without 
partiality,  favor,  affection,  prejudice,  or  hope  of  reward :  so  help  you  G-od." 
After  which  the  president  of  the  court  shall  administer  to  the  recorder  the 
following  oath:  "You,  A  B,  do  swear  that  you  will,  according  to  your 
best  abilities,  accurately  and  impartially  record  the  proceedings  of  the  court 
and  the  evidence  to  be  given  in  the  case  in  hearing :  so  help  you  God." 

ART.  118.  A  court  of  inquiry,  and  the  recorder  thereof,  shall  have  the 
same  power  to  summon  and  examine  witnesses  as  is  given  to  courts-martial 
and  the  judge-advocates  thereof.  Such  witnesses  shall  take  the  same  oath 
which  is  taken  by  witnesses  before  courts-martial,  and  the  party  accused 
shall  be  permitted  to  examine  and  cross-examine  them,  so  as  fully  to  inves- 
tigate the  circumstances  in  question. 

ART.  119.  A  court  of  inquiry  shall  not  give  an  opinion  on  the  merits  of 
the  case  inquired  of  unless  specially  ordered  to  do  so. 

ART.  120.  The  proceedings  of  a  court  of  inquiry  must  be  authenticated 
by  the  signatures  of  the  recorder  and  the  president  thereof,  and  delivered 
to  the  commanding  officer. 

ART.  121.  The  proceedings  of  a  court  of  inquiry  may  be  admitted  as  evi- 
dence by  a  court-martial,  in  cases  not  capital,  nor  extending  to  the  dismissal 
of  an  officer:  Provided,  That  the  circumstances  are  such  that  oral  testi- 
mony cannot  be  obtained. 

ART.  122.  If,  upon  marches,  guards,  or  in  quarters,  different  corps  of  the 
Army  happen  to  join  or  do  duty  together,  the  officer  highest  in  rank  of  the 
line  of  the  Army,  Marine  Corps,  or  militia,  by  commission,  there  on  duty 
or  in  quarters,  shall  command  the  whole,  and  give  orders  for  what  is  need- 
ful to  the  service,  unless  otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  President, 
according  to  the  nature  of  the  case. 

ART.  123.  In  all  matters  relating  to  the  rank,  duties,  and  rights  of  officers, 
the  same  rules  and  regulations  shall  apply  to  officers  of  the  Regular  Army 
and  to  volunteers  commissioned  in,  or  mustered  into  said  service,  under  the 
laws  of  the  United  States,  for  a  limited  period. 

ART.  124.  Officers  of  the  militia  of  the  several  States,  when  called  into 
the  service  of  the  United  States,  shall  on  all  detachments,  courts-martial, 
and  other  duty  wherein  they  may  be  employed  in  conjunction  with  the  reg- 


ARTICLES   OF   WAR.  231 

ular  or  volunteer  forces  of  the  United  States,  take  rank  next  after  all  officers 
of  the  like  grade  in  said  regular  or  volunteer  forces,  notwithstanding  the 
commissions  of  such  militia  officers  may  be  older  than  the  commissions  of 
the  said  officers  of  the  regular  or  volunteer  forces  of  the  United  States. 

ART.  125.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  officer,  the  major  of  his  regiment,  or 
the  officer  doing  the  major's  duty,  or  the  second  officer  in  command  at  any 
post  or  garrison,  as  the  case  may  be,  shall  immediately  secure  all  his  effects 
then  in  "camp  or  quarters,  and  shall  make,  and  transmit  to  the  office  of  the 
Department  of  War,  an  inventory  thereof. 

ART.  126.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  soldier,  the  commanding  officer  ot 
his  troop,  battery,  or  company  shall  immediately  secure  all  his  effects  then 
in  camp  or  quarters,  and  shall,  in  the  presence  of  two  other  officers,  make 
an  inventory  thereof,  which  he  shall  transmit  to  the  office  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  War. 

ART.  127.  Officers  charged  with  the  care  of  the  effects  of  deceased  officers 
or  soldiers  shall  account  for  and  deliver  the  same,  or  the  proceeds  thereof, 
to  the  legal  representatives  of  such  deceased  officers  or  soldiers.  And  no 
officer  so  charged  shall  be  permitted  to  quit  the  regiment  or  post  until  he 
has  deposited  in  the  hands  of  the  commanding  officer  all  the  effects  of  such 
deceased  officers  or  soldiers  not  so  accounted  for  and  delivered. 

ART.  128.  The  foregoing  articles  shall  be  read  and  published,  once  in  every 
six  months,  to  every  garrison,  regiment,  troop,  or  company  in  the  service  of 
the  United  States,  and  shall  be  duly  observed  and  obeyed  by  all  officers  and 
soldiers  in  said  service. 

SEC.  1343,  Revised  Statutes.  All  persons  who,  in  time  of  war,  or  of  rebel- 
lion against  the  supreme  authority  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  found  lurk- 
ing or  acting  as  spies,  in  or  about  any  of  the  fortifications,  posts,  quarters, 
or  encampments  of  any  of  the  armies  of  the  United  States,  or  elsewhere, 
shall  be  triable  by  a  general  court-martial,  or  by  a  military  commission,  and 
shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  suffer  death. 


INDEX. 

[References  are  to  PARAGRAPHS  and  ARTICLES  OF  "WAR  (pp.217-231)  by  their  numbers.    An 
Article  of  War  is  indicated  by  the  letters  A.  W.,  followed  by  the  number  of  the  article.] 


Abandoning  Post: 

Punishment,  A.  TV.  42. 
Abatement : 

Term  of  confinement,  915. 
Absence  Without  Leave : 

Absenting  from  company,  A.  "W.  32. 

Convictions,  126, 127, 133. 

Forfeitures,  133. 

Less  than  one  day,  133. 

Lying  out  of  quarters,  A.  W.  31. 

One  mile  from  camp,  A.  W.  34. 

Parade,  etc.,  A.  W.  33. 

Quarters  or  tent,  A.  W.  35. 

Quitting  guard,  etc.,  A.  TVr.  40. 
Absent  from  Muster: 

Certificates,  A.  W.  12, 13. 
Abstracts  of  Proposals : 

Accepted  quantity  and  price  to  be  noted,  547. 

Disposition  of  copies,  541,  548. 

Preparation,  etc.,  539. 

Proposals  to  accompany,  as  vouchers,  540. 

Rejections,  543-547. 
Abuses: 

Correction,  etc.,  by  officer,  A.  W.  54. 
Abusive  Language  j 

Use  of,  by  superiors,  3. 
Accountability : 

Money.    See  Money  Accountability. 

Property.    See  Property  Accountability. 
Accounts,  Advertising : 

Preparation  and  presentation,  507,  508. 

Unsettled  and  outstanding,  509. 
Accounts,  Bakery  Fund : 

Audited,  299. 

Inspected,  298. 
Accounts,  Company  Fund : 

Duties  company  commander,  301. 

Inspection,  301. 
Accounts,  Medical  Attendance,  etc.: 

Attendance,  1453, 1456. 

Chronic  complaints,  1456. 

Civilian  physicians'  charges,  1459. 

Consultations,  1456. 

Families  and  servants,  1456. 

Hospital  stores,  1456. 

Medicines,  1454, 1455. 

Mineral  waters,  1456. 

Officers  and  men  not  on  duty,  1456. 

Payment,  1452. 

Private  hospitals,  1457. 


Accounts,  Medical  Attendance,  etc.— Cont'd. 

Proprietary  medicines,  1456. 

Recruiting  service,  1458. 

Reimbursements  to  officers,  1456. 

Rendition  and  forwarding,  1452. 

Surgical  appliances,  1456. 
Accounts, Mess  Fund: 

Audited,  303. 
Accounts,  National  Homes : 

Supervision  and  control,  865. 
Accounts,  Pay,  etc.: 

Clothing,  1178-1185,  1192,  1407. 

Deserters,  119. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  105. 

Officers,  1298,  1300,  1303,  1307, 1316. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff",  101. 
Accounts,  Printing : 

Preparation  and  presentation,  507,  508,  511. 
Accounts,  Regimental  Fund : 

Kept  in  regimental  fund  book,  295. 
Accounts,  Telegraph  and  Telephone : 

Preparation,  etc.,  644, 1208, 1209, 1211-1217. 
Accounts,  Transportation : 

Applicants,  artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1469-1471. 

Bond-aided  railroads,  1129,  1161,  1162. 

Department  or  bureau  supplies,  1129. 

Ferried,  turnpikes,  and  bridges,  1107, 1108. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  175. 

Land-grant  railroads,  1129, 1161, 1162. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1116. 

Payment,  etc.,  1143, 1150-1160. 

Street  car,  1108. 
Accounts  Current : 

See  Money  Accounts. 
Accoutrements : 

Barracks,  regulation,  268. 

Care  and  preservation,  270,  271. 

Leather  dressing  or  polishing  material,  277. 

Patients  iu  hospitals,  1438. 

Sales,  1501, 1502. 
Acting  Assistant  Surgeons : 

See  Contract  Surgeon. 
Acting  Hospital  Stewards : 

Examination  and  appointment,  1397. 

Field  service,  1421. 

Qualifications,  1397. 

Quota  for  posts,  etc.,  1409, 1411. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Re-enlistments,  1404. 

Revocation  of  detail,  1402. 

233 


234 


INDEX. 


Acting  Inspectors  General : 

Duties,  etc.     See  Inspectors-General. 
Acting  Judge -Advocates  of  Departments: 

Duties,  etc.     See  Judge-Adv.  of  Depts. 

Eank,  pay,  and  allowances,  1301. 
Additional  Pay,  Officers : 

Acting  commissaries  of  subsistence,  1304. 

Mounted  service,  1301. 

Officers  holding  two  staff  appointments,  1305. 

Quartermaster  of  a  regiment,  1305. 
Adjutant-General,  Army: 

Adjutants  of  regiments,  233. 

Admission  to  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  174. 

Alterations,  strength  of  commands,  795. 

Appointment  and  promotion  of  officers,  20. 

Artillery  instruction,  463. 

Barracks  and  quarters  and  furniture,  977. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  26,  28. 

Captured  property,  798. 

Casualties,  797. 

Certificates  of  disability,  154. 

Certificates  of  merit,  181. 

Chaplains'  reports,  40. 

Civil  counsel,  968. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1170. 

College  details,  86. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223, 224. 

Company  books  and  records,  264. 

Condemned  property,  882. 

Corrections  and  changes,  muster  rolls,  788. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  81-83, 85, 158- 
162;  A.  W.  125, 126. 

Department  commanders,  195. 

Deserters,  117, 120, 121.  130, 134. 

Desertion,  special  reports,  116. 

Discharge  hy  purchase,  144. 

Efficiency  reports,  807-809. 

Escaped  general  prisoners,  128. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  108. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  748, 750. 

Honor  graduates,  service  schools,  466. 

Insane  soldiers,  469-471, 473. 

Inspection  reports,  810,  870,  872. 

Leaves  of  ahsence,  46,  57, 63. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344. 

Loss  of  special  funds,  292. 

Manual»of  Heavy  Artillery,  353. 

Military  information  reports,  56. 

Models,  official  correspondence,  760. 

Monthly  list  of  absentees,  1319. 

Musicians,  249. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps  deserters,  134. 

Officers  under  arrest,  899. 

Official  correspondence,  762. 

Orders,  armies  or  departments,  782. 

Orders  to  inspectors,  858. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1515. 

Ordnance  officers,  1489. 

Patients  discharged  from  hospitals,  1439. 

Paymasters,  1297. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1349. 

Personal  reports,  805. 


Adjutant-General,  Army— Continued. 

Post  exchanges,  326. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  92, 101-103. 

Post  records,  209. 

Post  schools,  319,  320. 

Property  loaned  mail  contractor,  207. 

Records,  discontinued  commands,  800. 

Recruiting  service,  818-856, 1170, 1400. 

Regimental  instruction,  231. 

Regitrental  records,  243. 

Resignation  of  officers,  77. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  135-137, 139. 

Returns  of  captured  property,  798. 

Returns  of  casualties,  797. 

Returns  of  troops,  789-796. 

Service  reports.  806. 

Signal  Corps  officers,  1538. 

Staff  officers  and  men,  737,  738. 

Students,  service  schools,  463, 465. 

Temporary  duty  of  officers  on  leave,  1320. 

"Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  971. 
Adjutant  General's  Department : 

Bureau  of  orders  and  records,  748. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 

See  also  Adjutant-General,  Army. 
Adjutant  General's  Office: 

Business,  duties,  and  records,  748,  719. 

Registry  of  officers,  804. 
Adjutants-General  of  Departments: 

Detachment  formation,  380. 

Detail  and  duties,  196, 197. 

Estimates  for  funds,  Q.  M.  Department,  975. 

Post  schools,  320. 
Adjutants  of  Posts: 

Detachment  formation,  380. 

Detail  and  duties,  203. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Morning  reports,  388. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  784. 

Summary  court  records,  929. 
Adjutants  of  Regiments: 

Appointment,  etc. ,233. 

Assignments  to  company  or  staff  duty,  240. 

Band  instruments,  248. 

Company  order  books,  264. 

Forage,  1044. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  23C-238. 

Morning  reports,  388. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  259. 

Qualifications  and  pay,  233-235. 

Tenure  of  office,  234. 

Treasurer  of  regimental  fund,  295. 
Admirals  : 

Rank  with  generals,  12. 
Advertisements : 

Accounts,  507-509. 

Authority  to  publish,  503,  504. 

Circulars,  520,  524. 

Claims  for  unauthorized,  508. 

Insertions  and  intervals  between,  504, 506. 

Limitation  of  publication,  505. 

Lists  of  designated  papers,  50L 


INDEX. 


235 


Advertisements— Continued. 

Model,  502. 

Periods,  505. 520. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  502. 

Kates,  officially  designated  papers,  500. 

Sales  of  property,  505. 

Sunday  editions,  504. 

Supplies  and  services,  505, 520-524. 

Wording  and  matter,  502,  521. 
Advising  to  Desert: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  51. 
Agents,  Indian : 

Animals  of  Indians,  477. 
Agents,  Military : 

Issue  of  public  property,  673. 

Misconduct,  863. 

National  cemeteries,  492. 

Purchases,  etc.,  of  supplies,  589. 
Agents  of  Firms,  etc. : 

Proposals  signed  by,  530. 

Receipts  for  money,  641 . 
Aids : 

Allowance  to  general  officers,  33. 

Captains  eligible  for  appointment,  251. 

Department  commanders,  196. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Aliens : 

Enlistment  prohibited,  825. 
Allotments : 

Barracks  and  quarters,  984. 

Contingent  expenses,  197. 

Draft  and  pack  animals,  1071. 

Extra-duty  pay  funds,  164. 

Funds,  civilian  employees,  726. 
Allowances: 

Ammunition,  small-arms,  360,  361. 

Baggage,  1099-1102. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1163, 1181. 

Engineer  officers,  1484. 

Engineer  troops,  1476. 

Extra  pay  of  cooks,  etc.,  302. 

Forage  to  officers,  1044, 1045. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  36, 138, 183, 285,  304,  313,  998- 
1011, 1484. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1013-1022. 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Military  attaches,  36. 

Quarters,  984-997, 1006. 

Rations,  1252,1253. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138. 

Spring  wagons  at  posts,  1074. 

Stationery,  1023-1027. 

Straw  for  bedding,  1048, 1049. 

Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  285. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  183. 
Alterations : 

Bills  of  lading,  1139. 

Blank  forms,  1552. 

Fortifications  or  appurtenances,  1485. 

Hospitals,  1426-1429. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  788. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1427, 1428. 

Strength  of  separate  commands,  795. 

Transportation  requests,  1095. 


Ambassadors: 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408,  409, 418. 
Ambulances : 

Allowance  for  posts,  1414. 

Control  and  use.  1415. 

Drivers,  1416. 

Equipments,  harness,  etc.,  1414, 1416. 

Field  service,  1422. 

Flags  and  guidons,  214. 

Furnished  by  Q.  M.  Department,  1076, 1415. 

Inspections,  1419. 

Issues  and  repairs,  1415. 

Service  in  time  of  war,  1396. 
Ammunition : 

Artillery  instruction  and  practice,  354. 

Breech-loading,  Indian  country,  478. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  TV.  60. 

Expenditures,  1511-1514. 

Hospitals,  1438. 

Hunting  purposes,  360,  363, 1509, 1514. 

Issues,  1507, 1508, 

Lost  or  damaged,  1513. 

Sales,  1501, 1502, 1506, 1507, 1509. 

Small-arms  practice,  359-361. 

Values  of  small-arms,  and  parts,  359. 
Animals: 

Grazing  about  fortifications,  328. 

Ownership  of  Indian,  477. 

Public.    See  Public  Animals. 
Appeals : 

Commissioned  officers,  A.  W.  29. 

Department  commanders,  194. 

Enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30. 

Pecuniary  responsibilities,  289,  292. 

Roster  duties  365. 
Appointments : 

Commissioned  officers.  20-31. 

Company  non-com,  officers,  257, 258, 260, 482. 

Dates  determine  precedence,  9. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  72,  73,  76. 

Hospital  and  acting  hospital  stewards,  1397. 

Judge-advocates,  courts-martial,  A.  W.  74. 

Lance  corporals,  257. 

Non-com,  officers,  Indian  scouts,  482. 

Ordnance  corps,  1489, 1490. 

Payments  to  officers,  1306. 

Personal  staff",  general  officer,  32, 33. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff",  91, 92, 94, 95. 

Records,  etc.,  748. 

Regimental    staff    and     noncommissioned 
staff,  233-241. 

Signal  Corps,  1538. 

Surgeons  and  assistant  surgeons,  1394. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers.  42, 43. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  182. 
Appropriations : 

Contingent  expenses,  621. 

Determined,  622. 

Fiscal  year,  617-619, 623-625. 

Intrusted  to  Secretary  of  War,  736. 

No  limit,  623. 

Outstanding  liabilities,  603. 

Remittances  of  funds,  618. 


236 


INDEX. 


Appropriations—  Continued. 

Reversion  to,  of  certain  moneys,  614. 

Separate  accounts  for  different  years,  620. 
'  Transfer  from  one  to  another,  595. 

Transportation  of  tho  Army,  85. 

Use  of  moneys,  expenditures,  etc.,  515,  579. 
Arm  Chests : 

Accountability,  1523. 

Disposition  of  surplus,  1523. 

Packing  for  transportation,  1527-1529. 
Armories : 

Absence  of  commanding  officer,  1491. 

Annual  inspection,  868. 

Construction  aud  repairs,  705,  706. 

Efficiency  reports  of  commanders,  807. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 

Establishment  and  maintenance,  1488. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1493,  1494,  1496. 
Arms : 

Alterations,  taking  apart,  etc.,  276. 

Barracks,  regulation,  268, 276. 

Breech-loading,  Indian  country,  478. 

Care  and  preservation,  270,  271. 

Casting  away,  A.  W.  42. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  TV.  60. 

.Furloughed  soldiers,  112. 

Issues,  1507, 1508. 

Militia,  1131. 

Packing  for  transportation,  1527 

Patients  in  hospitals,  1438. 

Sales,  1501, 1502, 1506, 1507. 

Tompions  in  small-arms,  276. 

Transportation  of  loaded,  1527. 
Arms  of  Service : 

Precedence  on  occasions  of  ceremonies,  6. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  42. 
Army  and  Navy  Hospital,  Hot  Springs,  Ark.: 

Admission  and  treatment  of  patients,  155. 
Army  Corps : 

Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 

Commander,  790. 

Command  of  mixed,  A.  W.  122. 

Organization  in  time  of  peace,  189. 

Returns  of  strength,  790. 794-796. 

Senior  engineer  officer,  1478. 
Army  Dispensaries : 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Supply  of  medicines,  1450, 1451, 1455. 
Army  Medical  Museum : 

Transportation  of  donations,  1130. 
Army  Medical  School: 

Inspection,  869. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Organization,  etc.,  468. 

Special  regulations,  p.  iii,  468. 
Army  Register: 

Honor  graduates,  service  schools,  466. 

Preparation  and  distribution.  748. 
Army  Service  Men,  Q.  M.  Department: 

Extra  duty  details,  167. 
Arraignment : 

Prisoners,  A.  W.  89. 


Arrest  and  Confinement : 

Commanders,  of  guard,  A.  "W.  67-69. 

Enlisted  men.  903-916,  A.  W.  66,  70. 

Escape  of  prisoners,  A.  "W.  69. 

K oncommissioned  officers,  902,  904-906. 

Officers,  897-902,  A.  W.,  65,  70,  71. 

Release  without  authority,  A.  "W.  69. 
Arrest  of  Noncommissioned  Officers : 

Confinement,  904. 

Inquiry  into  offense,  905. 

Place  on  the  march,  902. 

Report  of,  to  immediate  commander,  906. 
Arrest  of  Officers : 

Breach  of  arrest,  A.  "W.  65. 

By  whom  and  how  imposed,  897,  A.  W.  65. 

Civil  authorities,  1314. 

Close  confinement,  898. 

Extension  of  limits,  898. 

Light  offenses,  899. 

Limitation,  A.  W.  70,  71. 

Medical  officers,  900. 

Place  on  the  march,  902. 

Release  without  charges,  899,  A.  W.  71. 

Requirements  while  under,  898,901. 
Arsenals : 

Absence  of  commanding  officer,  1491. 

Annual  inspection,  868. 

Arm  clients,  1523. 

Construction  and  repairs,  705,  706. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Efficiency  reports,  commanders  807. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703,  706. 

Establishment  and  maintenance,  1488. 

Hospital  corps,  1411. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1493,  1494,  1496. 

Plats  of  land,  707. 

Supervision  or  control,  190. 

Surplus  ordnance  stores,  1515,  1516. 

Travel  allowance  of  officers,  1333. 

Unserviceable  ordnance  stores,   1518-1521. 
Arson : 

Punishment  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Articles  of  War: 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31-35,  40. 

Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  W.  54. 

Appeals,  A.  W.  29,  30. 

Armies  to  be  governed,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Arrest  and  confinement,  A.  W.  65-71. 

Conduct  prejudicial,  A.  AY.  62. 

Courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  115-121. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers.  A.  W.  125-127. 

Definitions  of  words,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Desertion.  A.  W.  47-51. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  A.  "W.  4. 

Discharge  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  W.  99. 

Disrespect  and  contempt,  A.  W.  19,  20. 

Divine  service,  A.  W.  52. 

Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  "W.  38. 

Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28. 

Evidence,  courts-martial,  A.  W.  91, 92, 121. 

Field  officers'  courts,  A.  W.  80,  83. 

Frauds  and  embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 


INDEX. 


237 


irticles  of  War— Continued. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men.  A.  "W.  11. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  72, 73, 75, 76, 78. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  36,  37. 

Judge-advocates,  A.  W.  74,  84,  85, 90, 113. 

Jurisdiction  military  courts,  A.  W.  58,  60,  62- 
64,  79-83, 102,  103. 

Misconduct  in  time  of  war,  A.  "W.  41,  42, 
44-46,  57, 100. 

Musters,  A.  W.  5,  6, 12-14. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  W.  21-24, 43. 

Proceedings  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  86-95, 
113,114. 

Profanity,  A.  W.  53. 

Property  accountability,  A.  W.  9, 10, 15-17. 

Provisions  and  necessaries,  A.  "W.  18,  56. 

Publication  to  Army,  A.  W.  128. 

Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.  W.  24, 25. 

Rank  and  command,  A.  W.  122-124. 

Recruits  and  recruiting,  832 ;  A.  W.  2,  3. 

Regimental  and  garrison  courts,  A.W.  81-83. 

Returns  of  troops  and  property,  A.  W.  7, 8. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  38,  61, 
96-98,100,101,104-112. 

Sentinels,  A.  W.  39. 

Spies,  p.  231,  sec.  1343,  R.  S. 

Subordination  to  civil  authority,  A.W.  55, 59. 

Subscribed  to  by  all  officers,  A.  "W.  1. 
Artificers : 

Appointment,  etc.,  260. 

Definition,  262. 

Extra-duty  details  and  pay,  168. 

Shoeing  artillery  and  cavalry  horses,  1068. 
Artificial  Limbs  and  Appliances: 

Classes  entitled,  1407. 

Commutation,  1467. 

Transportation  of  applicants,  1460-1471. 
Artillery : 

Batteries  of  light,  221,  344,345,377,463, 1068, 
1077. 

Battery  called  company,  227. 

Colors  and  guidons,  216,  222. 

Competitions,  352. 

Funeral  escort,  440. 

Horses,  1030, 1032, 1034, 1065, 1067, 1068. 

Inspection  of  field,  266. 

Inspector,  196,  350. 

Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery,  353. 

Position,  etc.,  of  guns  in  fixed  batteries,  348. 

Practice.  348-356, 1534. 

Precedence,  6. 

Preservation  and  care  of  material,  343, 1536. 
Artillery  School : 

Civilian  employees,  725. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Detachment  of  officers,  191. 

Honor  graduates,  466. 

Inspection,  869. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men,  462, 463. 

Organization,  462. 

Special  regulations,  462. 

Supervision  or  control.  190,  462. 


Artisans: 

Extra-duty  pay,  165. 
Assault  and  Battery,  with  Intent,  etc.: 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.W.  58. 
Assemblages  of  Persons: 

Suppression  of  unlawful,  487,  p.  67. 
Assignments : 

Captains,  light  batteries,  345. 

Chaplains,  38,  39. 

Commanding  officers,  13. 

Company  commander,  254. 

Company  officers,  228. 

Department  commanders,  189. 

Lieutenants,  instruction  batteries,  344, 463. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  98. 

Public  animals  to  riders  or  drivers,  1036. 

Recruits  to  regiments,  849-853. 

Regimental  field  and  staff  officers,  232,  240. 

Staff,  corps,  officers,  and  men,  738. 
Assistant  Adjutants  General : 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Promotions,  22. 
Assistant  Commissary-General  of  Subsistence: 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Assistant  Instructors : 

Service  schools,  462,  464,  467,  468. 
Assistant  Paymaster-General : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Assistant  Quartermaster-General : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Assistant  Quartermasters : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Assistant  Secretary  of  War: 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408, 418. 
Assistant  Surgeon-General : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Assistant  Surgeons: 

Examination  and  appointment,  1394. 

Travel  allowances,  13:54. 

See  also  Medical  Officers. 
Assistant  Treasurers : 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  586. 

Disbursing  officers'  deposits,  580, 584,  586. 
Attorney-General: 

Funeral  honors,  432.  • 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408, 418 

Surety  companies,  576,  577. 

Title  to  military  land,  703. 

"Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  72 
Auction  Sales : 

Auctioneer's  account,  etc.,  679. 
Auditor  for  the  Interior  Department: 

Artificial  limbs,  etc..  1471. 
Auditor  for  the  War  Department: 

Arrears  of  pay,  etc.,  deceased  soldiers,  161. 

Certificates  of  merit,  181. 

Contractors'  bonds,  564. 

Contracts,  supplies, and  services,  554,  557,564. 

Escaped  prisoners'  effects,  913. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  transportation,  175. 

Payments  to  discharged  soldiers,  1384. 


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INDEX. 


Auditor  for  the  War  Department— Continued. 

Personal  effects,  deceased  officers,  83. 

Stoppages  of  pay,  702, 1056. 
Authority : 

Exercise  of  military,  2. 
Awards  of  Contracts: 

Ability  to  carry  proposals  into  effect,  546. 

By  whom  made,  542. 

Domestic  over  foreign  articles,  545. 

Lowest  responsible  bidder,  543. 

Slight  failure  to  comply  with  terms,  544. 

Suitable  articles  determine,  521. 
Axes  and  Ax  Helves: 

Dropped  from  returns,  1198. 

Police  purposes,  454. 
Bacon: 

Ration,  im 
Badges: 

Mourning,  military,  443. 
Baggage: 

Charges  excluded,  travel  allowances,  1321. 

Increase  or  reduction  of  allowance,  1119. 

Marking  for  shipment,  1124. 

Officers  and  men  traveling,  1099-1102. 

Transportation,  1118-1122, 1124. 
Baked  Beans: 

Ration,  1235, 1256. 
Bakeries : 

Bakers andassistants,  164, 105, 305,  306, 308. 

Baking,  individual  companies  at  posts,  309. 

Brooms  and  scrubbing  brushes,  1203,  1204. 

Building,  furniture,  fuel,  and  utensils,  304. 

Distribution  of  savings,  296. 

Flour  ration  turned  in,  296. 

Fuel.  304, 1004. 

Fund,  287-289,  291-293,  296-299. 

Issue  of  bread,  296. 

Restriction  of  expenses,  307. 

Sale  of  surplus  bread,  296. 

Sale  to,  of  subsistence  supplies,  1282. 

Savings  of  rations,  307, 1269. 

Supervision,  304. 

Transportation  of  property,  312. 

Utensils,  307. 
Baking  Powder : 

Ration,  1253. 

Savings  and  sales,  1269. 

Unused  to  be  returned,  1269. 
Band  Commanders : 

Daily  and  weekly  inspections,  266, 
Band  Instruments: 

See  Musical  Instruments. 
Band  Musicians: 

Procedure  when  needed,  249. 

Selections,  musters,  reports,  etc.,  245, 246. 
Bands : 

See  Regimental  Bands. 
Baptismal  Services: 

Record  at  posts,  40. 
Barley : 

Care  and  accountability,  1059-1064. 

Forage  ration,  1041. 


Barracks  and  Quarters : 

Additions,  alterations,  etc.,  205,  206,  978, 980. 

Allowance  and  assignments,  984-997, 1006. 

Annual  inspection,  978. 

Arms,  accouterments,  etc. ,268, 276. 

Box  lockers  and  locks.  981. 

Choice,  985,  986. 

Constructed  by  Q.  M.  Department,  972. 

Construction  of  permanent,  705,  706. 

Construction  of  temporary,  205. 

Daily  inspection,  206. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  998-1011. 

Furniture  and  mess  outfits,  977,  982,  983. 

Hire  of  quarters,  988,  989. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1012-1022. 

Inspection  and  reports  of  condition,  976. 

Xa mes  of  men  attached  to  bunks,  268. 

Numerical  designation  and  record,  980. 

Police,  2C9,  270,  387. 

Post  commanders  and  surgeons'  visit,  201. 

Private  buildings,  979. 

Record  book  of  quartermaster,  1218. 

Repairs,  205,  206,  978,  980. 

Responsibility  for  care,  etc.,  977. 

Squads  to  be  quartered  together,  267. 
Barrels: 

Sale  of  empty,  1237. 
Barter  or  Exchange: 

Arms    and    ammunition,    Indian    country, 
478. 

Supplies  purchased  from  commissary,  1287. 
Battalions: 

Caudles  for  headquarters,  1265. 

Commanding  officer,  226. 

Command  of  a  major  or  lieut.-col.,  14. 

Composition,  226. 

Quitting  without  leave,  A.  TV.  40. 
Batteries  of  Light  Artillery: 

Ammunition  for  target  practice,  354. 

Captains,  344, 345. 

Guidons.  222. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344,  345. 

Policing  stables, etc.,  1077. 

Roster  duty,  377. 

Smiths'  tools,  1068. 

Transfer  of  officers,  344, 463. 
Battery : 

Called  company,  227. 
Battlefields: 

Care  of  sick  or  wounded,  1423. 

Interment  of  remains  of  killed,  493. 
Battle  Ground  Cemeteries: 

Establishment,  etc.,  493. 
Battles : 

Inscription  of  names  on  colors,  224. 
Bayonets : 

Barracks,  regulation,  268. 

Sales,  1506. 
Beans: 

Ration,  1235, 1253, 1256. 

Wastage,  1243. 


INDEX. 


239 


Bedding: 

Straw  allowance,  1048, 1049. 
Beef: 

Purchase  by  contract,  1250. 

Ration,  12:55, 1253, 1256. 

Savings  ami  sales,  1269. 

Wastage  on  fresh,  1242. 
Beef  Cattle : 

Forage,  1280. 

Losses  by  straying,  death,  etc.,  1245. 

Purchase,  1250. 
Behavior : 

Divine  worship,  A.  "W,  52. 

Members  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  87. 
Beyond  the  Sea : 

Permission  to  visit,  55, 109. 
Bidders,  Supplies,  and  Services : 

Ability  to  carry  proposals  into  effect,  546. 

Aid  to,  in  preparation  of  proposals,  525. 

Corporations  and  firms,  530. 

Erasures  or  interlineations  in  proposals,  532. 

Guaranties.  522,  533,  534. 

Information  to  be  furnished,  525. 

Xames  of,  not  to  be  furnished  to  others,  528. 

Opening  of  proposals,  539. 

Post-office  address  and  residence,  529. 

Slight  failure  to  comply  with  terms,  544. 

Specifications,  etc.,  to  be  shown,  526,  527. 

Withdrawal  from  competition,  538. 
Bids: 

Considered  by  items,  521. 
Bills  of  Creditors : 

Attached  to  vouchers  for  payment,  633, 634. 
Bills  of  Lading: 

Alterations,  1139. 

Baggage  of  officers,  1137. 

Bond-aided  railroads,  1147. 

Department  or  bureau  supplies,  1129. 

Duplicate  to  consignee,  1142. 

Erasures,  1139. 

Form,  1135. 

Government  conveyance,  1144. 

Interlineations,  1139. 

Land-grant  railroads,  1146. 

Libraries,  1130. 

Loss  or  destruction,  1151-1157 

Monthly  reports,  1223.    . 

Museums,  1130. 

Original  to  carrier,  1142. 

Payments,  1143, 1150-1160. 

Preparation  and  issue,  1 133-1141. 

Receipts,  1142, 1148, 1149. 1157. 

Second  original,  or  duplicate,  1140. 

Through  to  ultimate  destination,  1145. 

Transportation  for  other  departments,  1129. 
Bimonthly  Returns: 

Enlisted  strength,  791. 
Blacksmiths : 

Appointments,  etc.,  260. 

Extra  duty  details  and  pay,  168. 

Indian  scouts,  484. 

Stoves  for  shops,  1006. 


Blanket  Bags: 

How  marked,  279. 
Blankets : 

Fire  in  magazines,  340. 

Prisoners,  912. 

Worn  on  duty,  1550. 
Blank  Forms : 

Alterations  or  new  forms,  1552 

Bills  of  lading,  1135. 

Contractor's  bonds,  560. 

Discharge  certificates,  151. 

Final  statements,  151. 

Inspector-General's  Department,  876, 879. 

Manuscript  prohibited,  751. 

Notes  and  directions,  1552. 

Official  telegrams,  1214. 

Ordnance  Department,  1535. 

Printing,  514. 

Reconnaissance.  458, 460, 461. 

Subsistence  Department,  12&o. 

Supplied  by  chiefs  of  bureaus,  1552 
Blank  Transportation  Requests: 

Accountability,  1103. 

Canceled,  1103. 

Furnished  by  Q.  M.  Department,  1103 

Lost  or  stolen,  1105. 

Removal  or  transfer,  1105. 

Reports  of  issues,  1103. 

Stubs  to  be  preserved,  1106. 

Transfer  or  succession,  1104. 
Boarding  Vessels  of  War: 

Visits  and  courtesies,  423. 
Board  of  Conimissioners,Soldiers' Home,  DoC.: 

Admission  of  inmates,  174. 

Transportation  to  the  Home,  175. 
Boards  of  Examination : 

Appointees,  grade,  second  lieutenant,  25, 27. 

Hospital  corps  privates,  1397. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  94, 95. 

Surgeons  and  assistant  surgeons,  1394. 
Boards  of  Officers : 

Appointment,  etc.,  staff,  739. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  985. 

Character,  discharge  certificates,  148 

Examination  of  recruits,  844,  845. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  100S. 

Stationery,  1027. 

Transfers  to  Signal  Corps,  1538. 
Boards  of  Survey: 

Administration  of  oaths.  712. 

Appointment  and  composition,  709. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223. 

Condemnation  not  authorized,  713. 

Damaged  or  stolen  property,  684,  686,  687. 

Deceased  officers,  84. 

Defects  or  shortages.  668.  669. 

Department  commanders,  acting,  709. 

Deserters  and  desertion,  115. 

Evidence  considered,  710-712. 

General  powers  and  duties,  708,710,713. 

Musical  instruments,  1201. 

Posts,  etc.,  not  under  dept.  comdr,,  719. 


240 


INDEX. 


Boards  of  Survey— Continued. 

Private  property  lost  in  service,  723. 

Proceedings,  708, 711, 714-723. 

Property  lost,  etc.,  in  transit,  1126, 1127, 1149. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1063, 1064. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1240, 1241, 1245. 

Worn-out  property,  678. 
Bond-Aided  Railroads : 

Accounts  for  transportation,  1129, 1161, 1162. 

Bills  of  lading,  1147. 

Civilian  employees,  729. 

Officers  traveling  without  troops,  1321. 

Telegraph  lines,  1208. 

Transportation  requests,  1093. 
Bonds: 

Contractors,  559-565, 573-578. 

Disbursing  officers,  571-578. 

Indemnity,  599. 

Duplicate  checks,  599. 
Boxes : 

Packing,  ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1527-1529. 

Sale  of  empty  boxes,  1237. 
Branding : 

Condemned  animals,  883. 

Public  animals,  1032. 

Public  property,  676. 

Sentence  of  a  court-martial,  A.  W.  38,  98. 
Breach  of  Arrest : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  65. 
Bread : 

Baking  at  posts,  individual  companies,  309. 

Baking,  issue,  and  sale,  296, 1269. 

Post  bakeries,  304. 

Purchase  of  articles  for  making,  307. 

Ration,  296. 

Savings  and  sales,  296, 1269. 
Brevet  Rank  Assignments : 

Aids  to  general  officers,  33. 

Salutes  and  honors,  412. 
Bribery: 

Mustering  officers,  A.  "W.  6. 
Bridges : 

Care,  etc.,  of  wooden,  332. 

Construction  and  repairs,  972. 

Passage  of  troops,  teams,  etc.,  1107. 
Brigades: 

Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 

Command  of  a  brigadier-general,  14. 

Commanders,  790,  A.  W.73. 

Organization  in  time  of  peace,  189. 

Returns  of  strength,  790,  794-796. 

Senior  engineer  officer,  1478. 
Brigadier-Generals : 

Aids,  33. 

Appointment  to  grade,  21. 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Changing  station,  68. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  429, 437. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  commodores,  12. 


Brigadier-Generals—Continued. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389.  411, 414, 418. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Travel  beyond  limits  of  command,  68. 
Brooms: 

Allowances,  1203,1204. 

Messes,  285. 

Police  purposes,  454. 
Brushes,  Scrubbing: 

Allowance,  1203, 1204. 

Messes,  285. 
Buildings: 

Amusement,  etc.,  311. 

Fortification,  erection,  near,  1485. 

Permanent,  703,  705, 700. 
Bunks  and  Bedding : 

!N"ames  of  men  to  be  attached  to  bunks,  268. 

Overhauling  and  airing  in  barracks,  270. 

Post  guardhouses,  1048. 
Burglary : 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  "W.  58. 
Burials: 

Battle-ground  cemeteries.  493. 

Post  cemeteries,  494. 498, 499. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  85, 162,  1195. 
Cadets,  Military: 

Appointment,  grade  of  second  lieutenant, 
24. 

Leave  of  absence,  graduates,  49. 

Payments,  1347. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Camps : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31,  34. 

Annual  inspection,  867. 

Colors,  225. 

Followers,  etc.,  A.  "W.  63. 

Guards,  453-  456. 

Provisions  for  soldiers,  A.  "W.  56. 

Temporary  posts  styled,  199. 

rniform  and  clothing,  enlisted  men,  272, 273, 
Candidates  for  Promotion : 

Selection,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men,  25. 

Status  pending  appointment,  26-29. 

rnilbnu  and  stripes,  26. 
Candles: 

Extra  issues,  1265. 

Issue,  1255. 

Ration,  1253. 

Stable  lanterns,  1016. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Cane  Syrup : 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Canned  Goods: 

Ration,  1235, 1253, 1256. 
Canteens : 

How  marked,  279. 

Recruits,  1518. 

Repairs,  1517. 
Canvas  Mittens: 

Issue  to  enlisted  men,  1189. 
Capricious  Conduct: 

Superiors  toward  inferiors,  3. 


INDEX. 


241 


Caps: 

Issue  to  enlisted  men,  1189, 1190. 
Captains,  Army: 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  lllfl. 

Company  returns,  792, 793. 

Detachment  from  companies,  251. 

Eligible  for  staffer  special  duty,  251. 

Exemptions  from  detail,  368. 

Fatigue  duties,  exemption,  368. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  433, 437, 440. 

Light  artillery  batteries,  345, 1067. 

Promotion  to  grade,  23. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Bank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  -with  lieutenants  of  the  Navy,  12. 

Roster  duty,  368. 

Stationery,  1023. 
Captains,  Aavy : 

Rank  with  colonels,  12. 
Captured  Property : 

Accountability,  798,  A.  W.  9. 
Carpenter  Shops : 

Stoves,  1006. 
Carriers : 

Responsibility  of,  supplies  in  transit,  1127. 
cartridge  Bags : 

Filling  in  magazine,  339. 
Cartridges : 

Sales  to  enlisted  men,  363. 
Casemates: 

Ventilation,  332. 
Cash  Sales : 

Subsistence  supplies,  1280-1284. 
Casting  away  Arms : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42. 
Casualties  in  Actions : 

Lists  of  wounded,  1466. 

Preparation,  etc.,  of  returns,  797. 

Records,  748. 
Cavalry: 

Dismounted  duty,  375, 376. 

Horses,  1029, 1032, 1034, 1065, 1068. 

Inspection,  266. 

Precedence,  6. 

Roster  duty,  375,  376. 

Standards  and  guidons,  218, 221. 

Troop  called  company,  227. 
Cavalry  and  Light  Artillery  School : 

Civilian  employees,  725, 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Detachment  of  officers,  191. 

Inspection,  869. 

Organization,  etc.,  467. 

Special  regulations,  467. 

Supervision  or  control,  190. 
Cemeteries : 

Battle-ground,  493. 

National,  492,  867. 

Post,  494-499, 1218. 
Censure : 

Discussions,  etc.,  conveying,  5. 

16686—01 16 


Ceremonies : 

Badges,  medals  of  honor,  etc.,  1551. 

Chaplains,  41. 

Hospital  corps,  1405. 

How  conducted,  448. 

Insignia  buttons,  1551. 

Parade,  385. 

Precedence  of  regiments  and  corps,  6. 

Reveille  and  retreat,  450. 
Certificates: 

Deficiencies  in  subsistence  supplies,  1245, 
1246. 

Expenditures  of  ammunition,  1512. 

Fuel  for  officers,  1001. 

Hospital     stewards'     professional     books, 
1122. 

Lost  bills  of  lading,  1152, 1153, 1157. 

Medical,  60-G2. 

Medical  attendance,  medicines,  1453-1455. 

Money  vouchers,  632. 

Professional  books,  etc. ,1122. 
Certificates  of  Absentees : 

False,  A.  W.  13. 

Muster,  A.  W.  12. 
Certificates  of  Accountability: 

Q.  M.  supplies,  1055, 1056, 1061-1063. 
Certificates  of  Deposits: 

Explanatory  statements,  609. 

Issue  and  disposition,  608,  609. 

Notations  on  Accounts  current,  612. 

Proceeds  of  sales,  1502. 

Record  and  action,  War  Department,  613. 
Certificates  of  Disability: 

Admission  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  0.,  174. 

Blank  forms  and  instructions,  154. 

Degree  of  disability  to  be  noted,  157. 

Disability  not  permanent,  155. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140, 141. 

Insane  soldiers,  470. 

Permanent  disability,  154. 

Records  and  reports  of  disease,  155. 

Recruits,  844,  847. 

Report  to  medical  officer  of  discharge,  156. 
Certificates  of  Eligibility: 

Promotion,  enlisted  men,  26. 
Certificates  of  Merit : 

Additional  pay,  180, 1370. 

Discharged  and  deceased  soldiers,  181. 

Enlisted  men,  178-181. 
Certificates  of  Xon-indebtedness : 

Final  payments  to  officers,  1307. 
Certificates  of  Pay : 

False,  A.  W.  13. 

Purchase  of  pay  due,  588. 
Certificates  of  Rations: 

Civilian  employees,  1262. 

Detached  troops,  1262. 
Certificates  of  Service: 

Issued  in  lieu  of  lost  discharges,  143. 
Certified  Bills: 

Credit  sales  to  officers,  1288. 
Cession  of  State  Jurisdiction : 

Lands  used  for  military  purposes,  703. 


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INDEX. 


Chairs : 

Allowance  for  barracks,  982. 
Challenges : 

Members  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  88. 
Challenge  to  Duel: 

Carriers  of,  deemed  principals,  A.  "W.  27. 

Punishment  for  sending,  A.  W.  26. 
Changes  of  Station: 

Baggage,  1119. 

Barrack  furniture,  983. 

Civilian  employees,  735. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1168. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1337, 1339, 1340. 

General  officers  and  personal  staff,  68. 

Medical  officers,  738. 

Officers  on  leave,  1330-1332. 

Officers  without  troops,  65. 

Personal  staff,  general  officers,  68. 

Professional  books,  papers,  etc.,  1122. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1055, 1056. 

Staff  corps  and  departments,  737. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  113. 

Transportation,  furloughed  soldiers,  11L 

Troops  in  departments,  192. 
Changing  Parole  or  Watchword : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  44. 
Chapels : 

Books,  310, 1132. 

Brooms,  1204. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  313, 1006. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1014-1019,  1021,  1022. 

Musical  instruments,  1132. 

Rooms  to  be  provided,  310. 
Chaplains : 

Assignments,  38,  39. 

Boots  for  post  chapel  services,  310. 

Ceremonies  and  inspections,  41. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  991,  1006. 

Reports  and  records,  40. 

Service  reports,  806. 

Stationery,  1023. 
Character : 

Discharged  soldiers,  148. 

Recruits,  846. 
Charges  Against  Enlisted  Men : 

Evidence  of  previous  convictions,  929,  934. 

Investigation  by  commanding  officer,  928. 

Minor  offenses,  932. 

Offenses  cognizable  by  inferior  courts,  932. 

Preparation  and  transmission,  927. 

"Written,  committing  officer,  A.  "W.  67. 
Charges  against  Officers : 

Release  from  arrest,  899 ;  A.  W.  71. 

Service  upon  accused,  A.  W.  71. 
Charges  d' Affaires : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  409, 418. 
Check  Books,  Official: 

Issue,  transfer,  etc.,  605-607. 
Check  or  Currency  Payments  to  Troops  : 

Absence  of  soldier,  1358. 

Checks  drawn  to  order  of  individual,  1349. 

Confinement  of  soldier,  1358. 


Check  or  Currency  Payments,  etc. — Cont'd. 

Currency  in  separate  envelopes,  1349. 

Death  or  desertion  of  soldier,  1358. 

Deficiencies  or  surplus  in  currency,  135_. 

Depository,  1351. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1360. 

Distribution  of,  at  posts,  1351, 1354. 

Error  or  informality  in  check,  1355. 

Escort,  1353. 

Express,  1352, 1353. 

Field,  1361. 

Indorsement  of  check  by  payee,  1356. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  1350-1352,  1355,  1357, 
1359, 1363, 1364. 

Notification  with  roll,  1351. 

Places  beyond  express  delivery,  1353. 

Posts  at  which  made,  1349. 

Time  of  war,  1362. 

Undelivered  checks  or  currency,  1358, 1359. 

Verification  of  cash  in  envelopes,  1354. 
Check  Roll  Call: 

Taps,  383. 
Checks: 

Death  or  resignation  of  drawer,  600. 

Drawing,  596,  597, 638. 

Duplicate,  599. 

Lost  or  destroyed,  599. 

Mutilated,  607. 

Notation  on  vouchers,  etc.,  640. 

Object  of  expenditure,  597. 

Outstanding,  585,  600,  602-604,  876.  877. 

Payment  on  presentation,  600,  601. 

Payments  by,  how  made,  596,  598. 

Payments  to  enlipted  men,  1349-1364. 

Transferring  funds,  594. 
Chief  Clerk,  War  Department: 

Accounts  for  printing,  507,  508, 511. 

Advertising  rates,  500. 
Chief  Commissaries  of  Departments : 

Candles  for  offices  and  storerooms,  1265. 

Detail  of,  and  duty,  196. 

Estimates  and  requisition,  1229. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office.  1006. 

General  duties,  1227, 1228. 
Chief  Justice,  U.  S.  Supreme  Court : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418. 
Chief  .Magistrates,  Foreign  Countries: 

Salutes  and  honors,  410.  418. 
Chief  Musicians : 

Appointment,  etc.,  241. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Clothing,  retired,  138. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Chief  of  Engineers: 

Certificates  of  merit,  178. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1171. 

Courts-martial.  A.  W.  81. 

Engineering  operations  in  the  field,  1481. 

Engineering  works,  868. 

Engineers,  special  service,  1475. 


INDEX. 


243 


€hief  of  Engineers— Continued. 

Fortifications,  1485, 1486. 

General  duties,  1472, 1473. 

Headquarters,  1473. 

Maps,  surveys,  and  reconnaissances,  1482. 

Plans,  etc.,  military  works,  1482. 
Chief  of  Ordnance: 

Certificates  of  merit,  178. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1171. 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  81. 

Firing  artillery,  356. 

General  duties,  1488. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1493,  1494, 
1497, 1498, 1518-1520, 1525,  1527. 

Ordnance  depots,  1495. 
Chief  Ordnance  Officer  of  Departments : 

Requisitions  for  ordnance  supplies,  1498. 
Chief  Paymasters  of  Departments : 

Detail,  196. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  196, 1296. 

Payment  to  enlisted  men,  1348, 1363. 

Travel  allowances,  1322. 
Chief  Quartermasters  of  Departments: 

Caudles  for  offices  and  storerooms,  1265. 

Clotuing  and  equipage,  1166, 1167. 

Detail  of,  and  duties,  196. 

Estimates  for  funds,  975. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  office,  1006. 

Outstanding  debts,  1223. 
Chief  Signal  Officer: 

Army  and  Navy  signal  codes,  1545. 

Certificates  of  merit,  178. 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  81. 

General  duties,  1537. 

Instruction    and    practice    in     signaling, 
1544. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1539, 1540. 

Signaling  operations  in  the  field,  1541. 

Signal  supplies,  1546. 
Chiefs  of  Bureaus : 

Blank  forms,  1552. 

Boards  of  officers,  739. 

Boards  of  survey  proceedings,  718,  719. 

Changes  of  station  and  travel  duties,  737. 

Condemned  property,  882. 

Contingent  property,  departments,  197. 

Correspondence  with  disbursing  officer,  740. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Examination  of  money  accounts,  655. 

Fiscal  affairs,  187. 

Inspection  reports,  872. 

Leaves  of  absence,  48. 

Official  correspondence,  740, 766,  767,  895. 

Property  returns,  701, 702. 

Public  moneys,  580. 

Remittances  to  officers,  618. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1343. 
Chief  Surgeons  of  Departments: 

Casuality  returns,  1466. 

Contract  surgeons,  1464. 

Detail  of,  and  duties,  196. 

Hospital  Corps,  1408. 

Inspections,  1465. 


Chief  Surgeons  of  Departments— Continued. 

Medical  officers,  1464. 

Travois  and  mule  litters,  1418. 
Chief  Trumpeter : 

Appointment,  etc.,  241. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Children : 

Post  schools,  322-324. 
Chronic  Complaints : 

Payment  of  accounts  for  treatment,  1456. 
Circulars : 

Advertising  for  proposals,  520,  524. 

Issue  and  numbering,  770. 

Regimental  files,  244. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1345. 
Civil  Authorities : 

Application  for  troops,  489. 

Arrest  by,  of  officers  and  men,  1314. 

Subordination  of  military,  A.  W.  55, 59. 
CiTil  Courts : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  147. 

Witnesses,  72,  925, 966. 
Civil  Engineers : 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727. 

National  cemeteries,  492. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  730. 
Civil  Functionaries : 

Courtesies  and  honors,  418. 

Funeral  honors,  432. 
Civilian  Employees: 

Admission  to  hospitals,  1445, 1447. 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Artificial  limbs  and  appliances,  1467-1471. 

Attendance  upon  civil  courts,  966. 

Burial,  in  post  cemeteries,  494. 

Certificates,  pay  due  discharged,  727. 

Change  of  station,  735. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1273. 

Computation  of  time,  651. 

Employment,  etc.,  724,  725, 727. 

Expenditures,  726. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Hospital  charges,  1447. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1444. 

Medical  attendance  and  medicines,  1450. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1508-1510, 1514. 

Payments,  727. 

Property,  damaged,  lost,  or  destroyed,  6«7. 

Rations,  1260,  1262. 

Sale  of  bread,  296. 

Sale  of  subsistence  supplies,  1284. 

Subject  to  Articles  oi  War,  A.  W.  63. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729-735. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  633. 

Wages  due  discharged,  650. 

Witnesses,  military  courts,  962, 964, 965. 

Wrongfully  selling  arms,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 
Civilian  Physicians: 

Employment  and  payment,  1452,  1453,  1456. 

Examination  of  recruits,  etc.,  842,  1458. 

Rates  of  charges,  1459. 


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INDEX. 


Civilians : 

Appointments  as  second  lieutenants,  24,  31. 

Attendance  upon  civil  courts,  966. 

Children's  attendance,  post  schools,  323. 

Marriage,  baptismal,  funeral  services,  40. 

Residence  on  reservations,  210. 

Witnesses  before  military  courts,  963-965. 
Civilians  at  Posts : 

Admission  to  hospital,  1446. 

Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  494. 

Hospital  charges,  1447. 

Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1444. 
Civilian  Dress : 

Officers  and  enlisted  men,  1549. 
Civilian  Witnesses: 

Attendance,  courts-martial,  923. 

Traveling  expenses,  734. 
Civil  Institutions  of  Learning: 

Details,  8G-90, 1069. 

Inspection  of  military  departments,  870. 
Civil  Office : 

Officers  on  active  list.  80. 
Civil  Officers : 

Administration  of  oaths,  683. 

Fees  for  administering  oath,  649. 
Civil-Rights  Laws : 

Enforcement  by  Army,  487,  p.  64. 
Civil  Schools : 

Inspection  of  military  departments,  870. 
Civil  Service : 

Civilian  employees,  724. 
Claims : 

Fictitious  or  fraudulent,  A.  W.  60. 

Information  from  records,  803. 

Interestin,  disbursing  officers  or  clerks,  588. 

Private  property  lost  in  service,  723. 

Purchase  of,  against  the  United  States,  588. 

Unauthorized  advertisements,  508. 
Clerks: 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  725,  727. 

Extra-duty  pay,  dept.  hdqrs.,  165. 

Inspectors',  858. 

Interest  or  concern  in  purchases,  etc.,  588. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  730. 
Clothing  and  Equipage : 

Articles  used  for  police,  454-456. 

Accounts,  1178-1185, 1192, 1407. 

Annual  price  list,  273. 

Burial  of  deceased  soldiers,  1195. 

Care  of,  by  enlisted  men,  269, 271. 

Company,  252. 

Company  clotning  book,  264. 

Contract  for,  or  purchase,  515. 

Damaged,  887. 

Deserters,  129, 130. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  "W.  60. 

Estimates,  1164-1174, 1199. 

Furnished  by  Q.  M.  Department,  972. 

Indian  prisoners  of  war,  480. 

Infected.  708, 1441. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  176. 

Inspection  by  medical  officers,  1393. 


Clothing  and  Equipage— Continued. 

Interior  Department  Indians,  480. 
Issues,  1172,  1178,  1179,  1186-1191,  1193-1195, 
1442. 

Issues  in  case  of  necessity,  1177. 

Laundry  charges,  recruits,  1192. 

Officers'  servants,  1197. 

Price  list,  1163. 

Purchase  of,  by  officers,  1196. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138, 

Sizes  of  clothing,  1173, 1174. 

Unmade  clothing,  1174, 1175. 

Worn  arid  in  possession  of  men,  271, 272. 
Coffee : 

Purchase  and  issue  of  liquid,  1257. 

Ration,  1253, 1256. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Collection  of  Duties : 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  68. 
College,  Details : 

Applications  and  apportionment,  86,  90. 

Instructions  to  officers,  90. 

Ordnance,  ordnance  stores,  etc.,  90. 

Qualifications,  87,  89. 

Retired  officers,  88. 

Transportation  of  officers'  horses,  1069. 
Colleges  and  Schools : 

Details,  86-90, 1069. 

Inspection  of  military  departments,  870. 
Colonels: 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  433, 437,  440. 

Promotion  to  grade,  23. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  captains  of  the  Navy,  12. 

Regimental  returns,  792. 

Stationery.  1023. 
Colors  and  Standards : 

Artillery  regiments,  215. 

Camp,  225. 

Engineer  battalion,  215. 

Hospital  and  ambulance,  214. 

Infantry  regiments,  215. 

Names  of  battles,  224. 

National,  215-220. 

Regimental,  215-220,  389,  391, 446. 

Service,  220. 

Silken,  219. 

Unserviceable,  223. 
Combinations: 

Suppression  of  unlawful,  487,  p.  67. 
Command : 

Appropriate  to  each  grade,  14. 

Commanding  officers,  13, 15-19. 

Funeral  escort,  438, 439. 

Mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Reconnaissances  and  expeditions,  19. 

Staff  officer,  eligibility,  17, 18. 

Suspension  from,  by  sentence,  A.  W.  101. 


INDEX. 


245 


Commandants: 

Efficiency  reports,  service  schools,  807. 

Faculty,  Army  Medical  School,  468. 

Service  schools,  462, 464,  466.  467. 
Commanders,  Nary : 

Rank  with  lieutenant-colonels,  12. 
Commanders  of  Escorts : 

Reconnaissances  or  expeditions,  19. 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army : 

Artillery  inspectors,  350. 

Artillery  practice,  352,  354,  463. 

Captains,  light  batteries,  345. 

Change  of  stations  of  troops,  192. 

Communications  to,  762,  765. 

Condemned  property,  888. 

Delays,  67. 

Department  commanders'  reports,  193. 

Disabilities  of  men  not  permanent,  155. 

Duties  and  responsibilities,  187. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428,  437. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  72. 

Honor  graduates,  service  schools,  466. 

Indian  scouts,  483. 

Inspection  reports,  872. 

Inspectors,  858. 

Leaves  of  absence,  46,  61,  64. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344. 

Ordnance  depot,  1495. 

Post  exchange,  326. 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  896. 

Promulgation  of  orders  through,  etc.,  188. 

Regimental  instruction,  231. 

Sale  of  horses  to  mounted  officers,  1065, 1066. 

Schools  of  instruction,  191. 

Service  schools,  869. 

Small-arms  practice,  357,  358. 

Students,  service  schools,  465. 

Torpedo  service  instruction,  346, 347. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  43. 

Transfers,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men,  113. 
Commanding  Officers: 

Absenteos  at  muster,  A.  W.  12, 13. 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Appliances  for  transporting  wounded,  1419. 

Arrest  of  officers,  897-899,  901,  A.W.  65. 

Assignments  and  assumption,  13. 

Attendance  drills,  etc.,  170. 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  493. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Boards  of  survey  proceedings,  719. 

Captured  property,  798. 

Casualty  returns,  797, 1466. 

Certificates  of  merit,  178, 179. 

Charges  Against  enlisted  men,  928. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  708, 1178. 

Clothing  for  prisoners,  1193. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223. 

Condemned  property,  888. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  907-909. 

Construction  of  works  by  troops,  1479. 


Commanding  Officers— Continued. 
Contempt  or  disrespect,  A.  TV.  20. 
Correspondence  with  subordinates,  763. 
Deceased  officers,  81.  84. 
Destitute  persons,  1267. 
Discharge  by  purchase  of  enlisted  men,  144. 
Dress  for  officers  and  men,  1549. 
Enforcement  of  laws  by  troops,  488-491. 
Engineer  officers  on  duty  in  command,  1483. 
Escort  commanders,  19. 
Estimates  for  funds,  Q.  M.  Department,  975 
Execution  of  orders,  775. 
Exercise  of  command,  13. 
Forage,  1047. 
Forage  ration,  1042. 
Furlough,  A.  \V.  11. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  747. 
Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  176. 
Inspections,  875. 
Inspectors,  860. 

Intruders,  Indian  country,  476. 
Leaves  of  absecce,  47,  60, 63. 
Liquid  coffee,  1257. 
Military  telegraph  lines,  1542. 
Movements  of  troops,  1078. 
Musters,  451, 452. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps  deserters,  134. 
Official  correspondence,  766. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1493, 1494. 
Ordnance  establishments,  1491. 
Parades,  449. 
Paymasters,  1297. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1350, 1354. 
Pecuniary  interest,  etc..  A.  W.  18. 
Posting  troops,  6. 
Previous  convictions,  929. 
Property  responsibility,  658-660,  A.  W.  10. 
Public  animals,  708. 
Quartermaster's  record,  1219. 
Ration  returns,  1258-1264, 1268 
Rations,  1233. 
Recruit  detachments,  822. 
Redress  of  abuses,  A.  W.  54. 
Regimental  bands.  250. 
Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  136 
Retirement  of  officers,  73. 
Returns  of  troops,  789-798. 
Returns,  requisitions,  and  estimates,  743. 
Salutes  and  honors,  393. 
Savings  of  rations,  1269-1271. 
Special  duty  men,  170. 
Staff  officers,  741. 
Stationery,  1023. 
Stores  deteriorated,  708. 
Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1229. 
Surveys  and  reconnaissances,  1480. 
Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 
Temporary  or  acting,  15. 
Transfer  or  succession,  16. 
Trespassers,  Indian  country,  476. 
Veterinary  supplies,  1039. 
Visitors  to  posts,  418. 


246 


INDEX. 


Commanding  Officers— Continued. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  420-425. 
See  also — 

Commanding  General  of  the  Army. 
Company  Commanders. 
Department  Commanders. 
Detachment  Commanders. 
Post  Commanders. 
Regimental  Commanders. 
Commerce : 

Interstate  and  foreign,  487,  p.  67. 
Commissaries : 

Acting,  1006, 1304, 1305. 

Blank  forms,  1293. 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Candles  for  offices  and  storerooms,  1265. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1275-1279. 

Court-martial  duty  of  purchasing,  191. 

Detail  and  duties  of  post,  203. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Gains,  wastage,  and  deficiencies,  1242-1246. 

General  duties,  1227-1229. 

Inspection  of  storehouses,  1248. 

Post,  203,  239,  362, 1265. 

Promotion,  22. 

Quartermaster  of  a  regiment,  239, 1305. 

Sale  of  subsistence  supplies,  1280-1292. 

Savings  of  rations,  1269-1271. 

Signal  parties'  supplies,  1547. 

Small-arms  practice,  362. 

Transfers  of  supplies  in  bulk,  1239-1241. 
Commissary-General  of  Subsistence: 

Acting  commissaries,  1304k 

Exceptional  articles  for  sale,  1283. 

General  duties,  1226. 

Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1228, 1236. 
Commissary-Sergeants : 

Appointments,  duties,  etc.,91-96,  99, 100,102. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  101, 103, 104,931. 

Furloughs,  107, 108. 

Military  control,  101. 

Personal  reports,  102. 

Qualifications,  91, 93, 96. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 1010. 

Hank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  104, 931. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 

Special  duty  details,  99. 

Stationery,  1026. 

Trial  by  courts-martial,  931. 
Commissions,  Military: 

See  Military  Commissions. 
Commissions  of  Office : 

Precedence,  etc.,  9,  A.  "W.  122. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  42, 43. 
Committees  of  Congress : 

Salutes  and  honors,  408,  418. 

Travel  allowances  of  officers,  1335. 
Commodores: 

Hank  with  brigadier-generals,  12. 


Communications,  Official: 

Letters,  752-769. 

Orders,  757,770-783. 
Commutation  for  Artificial  Limbs: 

Money  value,  1467, 
Commutation  of  Quarters: 

Military  attaches,  36. 

Officers,  1336-1342. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138. 

Stoves,  1009. 
Commutation  of  Rations: 

Allowance  and  conditions,  1272. 

Classes  prohibited,  1273. 

Furloughs,  1273, 1275-1279. 

Insane  soldiers,  472. 

Orders,  1274, 1275. 

Payments,  1275-1279. 

Rates,  1272. 

Travel  on  duty,  1082, 1275. 

Vegetables  not  issued,  1254. 
Companies : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  32. 

Accounts,  252. 

Alphabetical  designation,  228. 

Arms,  etc.,  in  quarters,  268,  271,  276. 

Artificers,  wagoners,  etc.,  168,  260, 262,  263. 

Assignments  of  officers,  228. 

Baking  bread,  309. 

Band  musicians,  245, 246. 

Bearers,  141'J.  1413. 

Books  and  records,  264, 265, 1371, 1431, 1432. 

Brooms  and  scrubbing  brushes,  285, 1203. 

Captains.  251,  252, 255. 

Care  of  arms,  etc.,  268,  270, 271, 276, 277. 

Chiefs  of  squads,  270,  271. 

Cleanliness  of  men,  269, 271. 

Clothing,  252. 

Commanders.  See  Company  Commanders. 

Command  of  a  captain,  14. 

Company  bearers,  etc.,  1412, 1413. 

Council,  264,  287-301. 

Definition  of  "company,"  227. 

Designation  on  muster  and  pay  rolls,  786. 

Desks,  1122. 

Discipline  and  instruction,  252. 

Division  into  squads,  267. 

Equipments,  252,  268,  270, 271,  277,  278. 

Exchange  council,  288. 

Field  musicians,  247, 249. 

Flour  to  individuals  and  messes,  296. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Fund,  287,  291-293,  296,  300-302,  315,  316. 

General  mess  supplies,  285. 

Inspections,  266. 

Kitchen,  281. 

Leather  dressing  or  polishing  material,  277. 

Libraries,  1132. 

Marking  property,  279. 

Messing  and  cooking.  280-286. 

Mounted  infantry,  1302, 1303. 

Musicians,  245,  246. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  246,  784. 


INDEX. 


247 


Companies— Continued. 

Names  of  men  on  bunks,  268. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  etc.,  9,  256-264, 
281,  368,  376,  383.  388.  439,  482, 1006, 1202. 

Numbering  of  men:  267. 

Pay,  252. 

Police  of  barracks,  tents,  etc..  269.  270. 

Property,  252,  265,  279,  693. 

Public  property,  274.  279. 

Quitting  without  leave.  A.  W.40. 

Records,  264,  265, 1371, 1431, 1432. 

Repairs  to  ordnance  stores,  1519. 

Reports.  252. 

Returns.  252,  789,  791,  792.  794-796, 1303. 

Sale  of  subsistence  supplies,  1282. 

Savings  of  bakery,  296. 

Savings  of  rations,  1269. 

Subsistence,  252. 

Tableware,  etc.,  285. 

Tailors,  263. 

Text-books,  275. 

Transfers,  officers  and  men.  43, 113. 

Uniform  and  fatigue  dress,  263,  272,  273. 

Vacancies,  band  musicians,  245. 

Withdrawing  from  general  mess,  303. 
Company  Commanders: 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.  12, 13. 

Acting  in  absence  of  officers,  253,  254. 

Admissions,  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  174. 

Appointees,  second  lieutenants,  30. 

Artificers,  260. 

Bimonthly  report  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Blacksmiths,  260. 

Cartridges,  hunting  purposes,  363. 

Clothing  accounts,  1178-1185. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1164, 1172, 1178. 

Commutation  of  rations  1276-1278. 

Company  bearers,  1412. 

Company  fund,  300,  301. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  906. 

Councils  of  administration,  288,  291. 

Daily  and  weekly  inspections,  266. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  158-160.    * 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1360, 1371, 1372. 

Deserters,  118, 119, 124, 130. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  105. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  141, 148-150. 

Enlisted  men  in  hospital,  1432. 

Enlistment  of  discharged  soldiers,  837. 

Escaped  prisoners'  money,  913. 

Farriers,  260. 

Final  statements,  1372-1374 

First  sergeants,  258. 

Flour  ration,  296. 

Furloughs,  109, 110, 1082,  A.W.  11. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  252,  255, 

267,  269,  274, 275. 
Incorrect  payments,  1389. 
Inspection  after  taps,  383. 
Lance  corporals,  257. 

Lists  of  men  for  instruction,  post  school,  318. 
Messing  and  cooking,  280, 282. 
Morning  reports,  388. 


Company  Commanders— Continued. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784,  787, 1352. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  92,  93,  256-261. 

Patients  in  hospital,  1439. 

Payment  of  deserters,  1381. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1352, 1356-1358. 

Practical  and  theoretical  instruction,  230. 

Property  responsibility,  274,  275,  361-663, 
1053-1056,  A.  W.  10. 

Public  animals,  1036. 

Reports  of  instruction,  231. 

Return  of  troops,  789. 

Saddlers,  260. 

Settlements  with  quartermasters,  265. 

Small-arms  practice,  360,  361. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  114. 

Uniform,  enlisted  men,  263,  272, 273. 

"Wagoners,  260. 
Company  Noncommissioned  Officers: 

Appointments,  etc.,  256-261. 

Care  of  rations.  281. 

Desertion  vacates  position,  261 

First  sergeants,  9,  256, 258-261,  264,  376,  383, 
388, 482. 

Fuel,  1006. 

Funeral  honors  and  escorts,  439. 
Indian  scouts,  482. 
Management  of  kitchens,  281. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Reduction  to  the  ranks,  261. 
Reproving,  256. 
Roster  duties,  368. 
Warrants,  259. 
Whistles,  1202. 
Computation  of  Distances: 
Payment  of  mileage,  1321, 1326. 
Traveling  allowance,  disch.  soldiers,  1385. 
Computation  of  Service : 

Longevity  pay,  1311. 
Computation  of  Time: 
Extra  duty  pay,  169, 171. 
Personal  services,  651. 
Condemnation  of  Property : 
Articles  under  charge  of  guards,  456. 
Duties  of  inspectors,  878, 882-884. 
Inventories,  879-882,  885. 
Medical  supplies,  1463. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1524-1526. 
Property  once  condemned,  885. 
Signal  Corps  supplies,  1546. 
Worn  or  shabby  in  use,  884. 
Condemned  Property: 
Marking  or  branding,  883. 
Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1500, 1524-1526. 
Sale,  679, 680, 882, 883, 886, 888, 889, 1037 
Conduct  Unbecoming  an  Officer : 

Dismissal,  A.W.  61. 
Confinement  of  Enlisted  Men : 
Awaiting  trial  by  summary  courts,  936. 
Charged  with  crime,  A.W.  66. 
Civil  authorities,  1314. 
Commencement  and  expiration  of  term,  944. 


248 


INDEX. 


Confinement  of  Enlisted  !»en— Continued. 

Inquiry  into  offense,  905. 

Length  of,  before  trial,  947. 

Limitation,  A.  W.  66  70. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  904. 

Payments  to,  on  release,  953. 

Places,  910, 946. 

Prisoners,  903, 907,  910-916, 947. 948. 

Report  of,  to  commander,  906,  A.W.  68. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  940-944, 948-952. 

Without  charges,  908. 
Confinement  of  Officers : 

Arrested,  898,  A.W.  65, 70. 

Civil  authorities,  1314. 
Congressional  Committees : 

Salutes  and  honors,  408, 418. 

Travel  allowances  of  officers,  1335. 
Conspiracies : 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  487,   p.  67. 
Construction,  etc.: 

Alterations  of  plans  or  estimates,  1428. 

Hospitals,  1424-1429. 

Post  cemetery  walls  or  fences,  495. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1427, 1428. 
Consuls-General : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  409,  418. 
Contagious  Diseases : 

Gratuitous  issue  of  clothing,  1194, 1442. 

Infected  clothing  and  public  animals,  708. 

Medical  and  hospital  property,  1441. 

Patients  and  hospital  attendants,  1442. 
Contempt  of  Court : 

Courts-martial,  A.W.  86. 
Contempt  or  Contemptuous  Words : 

Commanding  officer,  A.W.  20. 

President  of  tne  United  States,  A.  W.  19. 
Contingent  Expenses : 

Department  headquarters,  197. 

Special  accounts  current,  621. 
Continuous  Service  Pay : 

Notation  on  muster  and  pay  rolls,  1367. 

Rates  and  payment,  1366. 
Contractors : 

Aid  to  fulfill  contracts,  516. 

Bonds,  559-565,  573-577. 

Construction  and  repair  work,  565. 

Entitled  to  copy  of  contract,  554. 

Marking  supplies,  570. 

Payments  for  labor  and  material,  565. 
Contracts : 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Awards,  542-547. 

Beef  for  troops,  1250. 

Blanks,  550. 

Competition  to  be  invited,  519. 

Commanding  officers,  747. 

Conditions  necessary  before  making,  515. 

Construction  and  repair  work,  565. 

Definition  of  contract,  549. 

Disposition  of  copies,  554, 556,  558. 

Examination  and  approval,  555. 

Execution,  551-554. 


Contracts— Continued. 

Forms,  550. 

Involving  future  payment  of  money,  579. 

Oath,  "returns  office  "  copy,  556. 

Officers  making,  responsibility,  519. 

Papers  relating  to,  558. 

Persons  in  military  service.  589, 

Printing,  510, 513. 

Purchase  of  public  animals,  1028. 

Purchases  Q.  M.  and  Sub.  Depts.,  557. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1058. 

Transportation  of  supplies,  1072. 

Unauthorized,  prohibited,  515. 
Contract  Surgeons: 

Baggage,  1119,1121. 

Fuel,  999. 

Quarters,  994. 

Returns  by  chief  surgeons,  1464. 
Conviction : 

Definition,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  II.  S. 
I   Convicts: 

Enlistment  prohibited,  825. 
i  Cooking  Stoves  and  Ftensils  : 
j  Allowances,  1006, 1010. 

Company,  280. 
Cooks: 

Excused  from  ordinary  post  duties,  302. 

Extra  pay,  W2. 

Inspection  and  muster,  302. 

Instruction,  280. 

Management  and  cooking  in  the  field,  280. 

Manual  for  Army,  280, 283. 

Target  practice,  302 . 
Corn : 

Care  and  accountability,  1059-1064. 

Forage  ration,  1041. 
Com  Meal : 

Ration.  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Corporals : 

Appointments,  257, 260. 

Desertion  vacates  position,  261. 

Fuel,  1 006. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  439. 

Indian  scouts,  482. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  261. 

Reproving,  256. 

Roster  duties,  368. 

Selection  and  instruction,  256. 

Temporary  appointments,  260. 

Warrants,  259. 

Whistles,  1202. 
Corporations: 

Acceptance  of,  as  sureties,  574-577. 

Bonds,  473,  578. 

Contracts,  supplies,  and  services,  553. 

Money  vouchers,  642-644. 

Proposals,  supplies,  and  services,  530. 

Stockholders  as  sureties,  561. 

Surety  companies,  561,  574-578. 
Corps  Commanders: 

Return  of  troops,  789. 


INDEX. 


249 


Corps  Courts-Martial: 

Appointments,  etc.,  A.  W.  81. 
Corps  of  Engineers: 

Chief  of  Engineers,  178,868,  1171,  1472,1473, 
1475, 1481, 1482, 1485,1486,  A.  W.  81. 

Colors,  215. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 

Extra  duty  details,  enlisted  men,  167. 

General  duties,  1472. 

Officers, 1472-1475, 1477-1484, 1487. 

Precedence  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  6. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  207. 

Troops,  1474-1476. 
Correspondence : 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  disbursing  officers,  740. 

Foreign,  761,  817. 

National  cemeteries,  492. 

Official  letters  and  orders,  752-783. 

Private,  officers  and  enlisted  men,  761. 

Resignation  of  officers,  77, 78. 
Correspondence  with  Enemy : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  46. 
Councils  of  Administration: 

Company,  264,  287-301. 

Exchange,  209,  287-289. 

Mess,  287-289,  302,  303. 

Post,   130,  159,  160,  209,   263,    287-290,    292, 

286-299. 
Counsel : 

Employment  of  civil,  967,  968. 
Counsel  for  Accused : 

Detail,  qualifications  and  duties.  926. 

Judge-advocate  to  act,  A.  W.  90. 
Courtesies : 

Enlisted  men  to  officers  acknowledged,  404. 
Courtesy : 

Enjoined  on  military  men,  4. 
Courts  Martial: 

Acquittal  of  charge  of  desertion,  127. 

Annual  reports  of  trials,  etc.,  891. 

Available  officers  for  duty,  191. 

Charges  against  enlisted  men,  927-929, 932, 
934,  A.  W.  67. 

Closed  sessions,  921. 

Counsel  for  prisoners,  926. 

Definition  of  conviction,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Extra  compensation  for  clerical  duties,  960. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1C06. 

Garrison,  29, 891, 931, 937, 956,  A.W.  80, 82, 83, 
102, 103. 

General,  29, 890-892,  A.  W.  30, 58, 62-64, 72, 73, 
75, 76,  78, 79, 102, 103,  p.  231,  oec.  1343  R.  S. 

Interpreters,  961. 

Judge-advocates,  683,  921-924,  954,  955,  959, 
961, 965,  note  p.  227,  A.W.  74, 84, 85, 90,92 
113. 

Manual,  938. 

Members,  917, 918,  920,  A.  W.  75, 78, 84, 87, 88, 
95. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  931. 

Places  where  held,  918. 

Powers,  920. 

Power  to  punish  contempt,  A.  "W.  86. 


Courts-Martial—Continued. 

President,  919,  954,  A.  W.  85. 

Previous  convictions,  929,  934. 

Proceedings,  890,  892,  894-896,  932,  945,  954- 
957,  A.  W.  86-95,113, 114, 121. 

Regimental,  931,  937. 

Reporters,  734, 958-960. 

Sentences,  29,  932,933,938-944,  A.  W.  38, 61, 
96-98,100,101,104-112. 

Sessions,  918. 

Stationery,  1027. 

Summary  courts,  29, 891, 931-936. 

Witnesses,  126,  922-925,  962,  966,  A.  W.  91, 92. 
Courts  of  Inquiry: 

Appointment,  etc.,  A.  "W.  115. 

Composition,  A.  W.  116. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Members,  A.  W.  116, 117. 

Oaths,  A.  W.117, 118. 

Opinion  of  the  court,  A.  W.  119. 

President,  A.  W.  117  120. 

Proceedings,  890, 892,  A.  W.  116, 118, 120, 121. 

Recorders,  A.  W.  116-118, 120. 

Stationery,  1027. 

"Witnesses,  A.  W.  118. 
Cowardice: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42, 100. 

Sentencesof  courts-martial,  A.W.  100. 
Credit  Sales: 

Subsistence  supplies,  1285, 1288-1290. 
Crimes  or  Offenses: 

Against  laws  of  the  laud,  A.  W.  59. 

Convictions,  enlisted  men,  civil  courts,  147. 

Enlisted  men  charged  with,  A.  W.  66. 

Fraud  or  embezzlement,  A.W.  60. 

Officers  charged  with,  A.  W.  65. 
Currency  Payments  to  Troops : 

See  Check  or  Currency  Payments  to  Troops. 
Custody  of  Public  Funds: 

.National  bank  depositories,  581,  582,  584. 

Separate  accounts  and  deposits,  583. 

Treasurer  or  assistant  treasurer,  580,  584. 
Customs  Duties : 

Army  to  protect  collection,  487,  p.  68. 
Customs  Officers: 

Seamen  and  river  boatmen,  1447. 
Damages  to  Property : 

Barracks  and  quarters,  976,  977. 

Barrack  furniture,  977. 

Civilian  employees,  687. 

Classification,  681. 

Deserters,  686. 

Enlisted  men,  684,  685,  698,  A.  W.  16,  17. 

Examination,  etc.,  boards    of   survey,  708. 

In  transit,  1126,  1127,  1149. 

Loaned,  mail  contractors,  207. 

Medical  supplies,  1463. 

Mess  property  and  utensils,  285. 

Officers,  682,  684,  A.  W.  15. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1500,  1513, 1522. 

Prevention,  674. 

Stoppages,  1344. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1245,  1246. 


250 


INDEX. 


Damages  to  Property— Continued. 

Table  ware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 
Death  of  Officers  or  Men: 

Information  of,  from  records,  803. 

Payments,  1358. 

Records,  748,  749. 
Death  Penalty : 

Sentences  of  court-martial,  A.W.  96. 
Deceased  Officers: 

Accounts  for  advertisements,  509. 

Accounts,  medical  attendance,  etc.,  1456. 

Baggage,  professional  books,  etc.,  1120. 

Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  494. 

Checks  outstanding,  600. 

Disposition  of  remains,  85. 

Effects,  82,  83,  A.  W.  125, 127. 

Expenses  of  burial,  85. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  429, 430, 433, 437, 
438,  440,  447. 

Public  property  or  funds,  84. 

Reports  of  death  and  burial,  81,  85. 
Deceased  Soldiers : 

Arrears  of  pay,  etc.,  161. 

Accounts,  medical  attendance,  etc.,  1456. 

Baggage,  professional  books,  etc.,  1120. 

Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  494. 

Certificates  of  merit,  181. 

Clothing  for  use  in  burial,  1195. 

Deposits,  1377. 

Disposition  of  remains,  162. 

Effects,  158-161, 1439,  A.  W.  126, 127. 

Expenses  of  burial,  162. 

Funeral  honors  and  escorts,  434,  439. 

Patients  dying  in  hospitals,  1439. 

Reports  of  death  and  burial,  162. 
Deductions: 

Loss  or  damage  to  supplies  in  transit,  1127. 

Stoppages  of  pay,  1368. 

Tax  for  support  of  Soldiers'  Home,  1368. 
Deeds : 

Military  lands,  704,  890. 
Deficiencies  in  Public  Property : 

Stoppages,  1344. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1231, 1245. 
Definitions: 

Artificers,  262. 

Company,  227. 

Conviction,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Desertion,  133. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  enlisted  men,  164. 

Fiscal  year  and  quarters,  617. 

Garrison  prisoners,  903. 

General  and  special  orders,  771, 772. 

General    and   special    recruiting   service, 

818. 
General  prisoners,  903. 

Indian  country,  475. 

Officer,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1492. 

Personal  service,  518. 
Quartermaster's  supplies,  1221. 

Rank,  7. 

Rations,  1251. 


Definitions— Continued. 

Recruiting  stations  and  rendezvous,  821. 

Rosters,  364. 

Separate  command,  790. 

Soldier,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Spring  -wagons,  1074. 

Uniform,  273. 
Delays: 

Applications,  59. 

Officers  changing  stations,  65. 

Proceedings,  courts -martial,  A.  "W,  93. 

Regarded  as  furloughs,  107. 

Regarded  as  leaves  of  absence,  67. 

Returning  from  sick  leave,  63. 
Deliberations : 

Conveying  praise  or  censure  forbidden,  5. 
Department  Commanders: 

Absence  from  headquarters,  195. 

Administration  of  military  affairs,  192. 

Appeals  referred  to,  for  decision,  194. 

Appeals  of  officers,  A.  TV.  29. 

Artillery  inspectors,  350. 

Artillery  practice,  352. 

Assignments  to  command,  189. 

Authority  to  command,  190, 191. 

Awards  and  contracts.  541,  542. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  206,  985,  990. 

Board  of  survey,  709. 

Candidate  for  promotion,  28. 

Change  of  station  of  troops,  192. 

Chaplains,  39. 

Civilian  employees,  726. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1186, 1191. 

Company  commanders,  254. 

Contingent  expenses,  197. 

Controversies  arising  within  command,  194. 

Condemned  property,  882, 888. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  909, 911, 941. 

Councils  of  administration,  289. 

Courts-martial  proceedings,  894, 895. 

Deceased  officers,  81. 

Deserters,  121. 

Desertion,  special  reports,  115, 116. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140, 148,  A.  W.  4. 

Disbursing  officers  on  staff,  740. 

Disposal  of  deserters,  117. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Estimates,  745, 975. 

Examinations  for  promotion.  25, 30. 

Extra  and  special  duty  details,  164. 

Extra  duty  pay  172. 

Field  practice,  messing  of  enlisted  men,  280. 

Forage  rations,  1041. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Funeral  escorts,  etc.,  437. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107-109. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  72, 76. 

General  hospitals,  1433. 

Hire  of  quarters,  988,  989. 

Hospital  corps,  1406. 

Hospitals,  1428. 

Hospital  transports,  1434. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1015, 1016, 1018. 


INDEX. 


251 


Department  Commanders— Continued. 

Imprisonment  of  enlisted  men,  941. 

Indian  country,  475. 

Indian  scouts,  482,  484. 

Insane  soldiers,  469,  472. 

Inspection  reports,  872, 882 

Inspections,  193. 

Inspectors,  860. 

Instruction  and  practice  signaling,  1544. 

Irregularities,  deficiencies,  etc.,  872,  875. 

Leave  of  absence,  officers,  46,  61. 

Light  artillery  details,   officers  and   men, 

377. 

Loss  of  special  funds,  292. 
Messing  and  cooking,  283. 
Messing  of  enlisted  men,  field  practice,  280. 
Mounted  service,  1301, 1302. 
Movements  of  troops,  745. 
Officers  under  arrest,  899. 
Office  rooms,  1007. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1497,  1498, 

1506, 1515, 1520, 1525. 
Ordnance  depots,  1495. 
Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1350, 1361-1363. 
Personal  leave  beyond  command,  46. 
Personal  staff,  196. 
Post  gardens,  316. 

Post  noncommissioned  .staff,  94, 101, 103. 
Post  schools,  318,  320. 

Practical  and  theoretical  instruction,  230. 
Public  moneys  by  express,  1128. 
Quartermaster's  supplies,  1063. 
Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1428. 
Regimental  field  officers,  232. 
Reports  from  officers,  742. 
Retirement  of  officers,  73. 
Returns  of  troops,  789. 
Signal  supplies,  1546. 
Small  -arms  practice,  357, 360. 
Special  and  annual  reports,  192, 193, 195. 
Staff  officers  and  enlisted  men,  738. 
Stationery,  1023. 

Subsistence,  furioughed  men,  110. 
Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1227, 1228. 
Supervision  of  reservations,  210. 
Supervision  or  control,  190-192. 
Telegraph  accounts,  1213. 
Telegraphic  code,  1207. 
Transfer,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men,  113. 
Transportation,  furioughed  men,  110. 
Unimportant  communications,  769. 
"Witnesses,  925. 
Departments : 

Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 
Change  of  station  of  troops,  192. 
Civilian  employees'  headquarters,  725. 
Commanders.    See  Dept.  Commanders. 
Contingent  expenses,  197. 
Draft  and  pack  animals,  1071 . 
Engineer  officers  on  duty,  1483. 
Establishment,  189. 
Inspections,  193. 


Departments— Continued. 

Judge- Advocates,  196,   683,   891,   893,    1006. 
1301,  note  p,  227. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Movements  of  troops,  192. 

Office  rooms,  fuel  and  stoves,  1006-1008 

Orders,  782. 

Printing,  510-5 

Records  of  discontinued,  800. 

Returns,  57,  63, 789,  794-796. 

Staff,  196. 
Depositions : 

Witnesses,  courts-martial,  A.  W.  91. 
Depositories,  Designated : 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  586. 

Check  books,  606. 

Checks  in  payment  of  enlisted  men,  1351. 

Credit  proportioned,  582. 

Depositaries,  591, 592. 

Deposits  of  moneys  refunded,  etc.,  1391. 

Disbursing  officers'  deposits,  581,  582,  584, 
586. 

Lists,  581. 

Transfers  of  funds,  582. 
Deposits  of  Enlisted  Men : 

Books,  1371-1374. 

Check  or  currency  payments,  1360. 

Deceased  soldiers,  1377. 

Descriptive  lists,  1371. 

Discharged  for  fraud,  1386. 

Final  statements,  1372-1374. 

Forfeitures,  1372, 1378. 

Interest,  1376. 

Making  and  recording,  1360, 1371. 

Payments,  1372, 1374, 1375. 

Renewal  on  re-enlistment,  1375. 

Retained  pay,  1379. 

Transfer  or  desertion,  1371, 1372, 1378. 

Unpaid  at  discharge,  1374. 
Deposits  of  Moneys  and  Collections : 

Balances  and  collections,  608-616. 

Certificates,  608, 609,  612, 613, 1502. 

Deserters'  effects,  130. 

Funds  of  other  staff  departments,  610. 

Funds  refunded,  etc.,  1391. 

Paymasters,  611. 

Places,  580. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  614-616. 

Received  for  disbursement,  580-584. 
Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.C.: 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1470, 1471. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  175. 
Depots  of  Supply: 

Annual  inspections,  868. 

Candles,  1265. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Plats  of  land,  707. 

Quartermasters'  Department,  974. 

Supervision  or  control,  190, 974. 
Deputy  Paymaster-General : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 


252 


INDEX. 


Deputy  Quartermaster-General : 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Descriptive  and  Assignment  Cards  : 

Laundry  charges,  1192. 

Recruits,  846, 850-853. 

Toilet  articles  sold  to  recruits,  1289. 
Descriptive  and  Deposit  Book: 

Company,  264. 

Record  of  deposits,  1371. 
Descriptive  Books : 

Public  animals,  264, 1034, 1218. 

Regimental,  243. 
Descriptive  Lists : 

Absent  enlisted  men  discharged,  149. 

Clothing  balances,  1182. 

Deposits,  1371. 

Deserters,  119, 122. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  105. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1368. 

Insane  soldiers,  470. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  deserters,  134. 

Patients  in  hospitals,  1439. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  101. 

Public  animals,  1033, 1035. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  139. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  136. 

Signal  sergeants,  1540. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  114. 
Deserters : 

Application  for  release,  etc.,  120. 

Apprehended.  117, 119-121, 1184. 

Arrest,  delivery,  etc.,  116, 122. 

Awaiting  trial,  129. 

Board  of  survey,  115. 

Clothing  allowance  and  accounts,  1183-1185. 

Clothing  and  personal  effects,  129, 130, 1193. 

Definition,  133. 

Delivery,  120,  124,  125. 

Descriptive  lists,  etc.,  119, 122. 

Enlistment  prohibited,  825. 

Forfeitures,  132, 133. 

Identification,  123. 

Inquiry,  liability  to  trial,  120. 

Military  prisoners,  escaped,  128. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps,  134. 

Pay  and  allowances,  129, 132, 133, 1380, 1381. 

Physically  disqualified,  117, 121. 

Property  carried  away  or  lost,  686. 

Property  lost  or  abstracted,  115. 

Reports,  etc.,  116, 118, 119. 

Restoration  to  duty  without  trial,  121, 132. 

Return  to  service,  131. 

Rewards  and  expenses,  124-128, 132. 

Special  annual  reports,  116. 

Statute  of  limitations,  120. 

Surrendered,  117, 119-121, 1184. 

Time  lost  to  be  made  good,  131-133. 

Trial,  120, 121, 127, 129. 

"Witnesses  against,  126. 
Desertion : 

Advising  or  persuading,  A.  W.  51. 

Causes  andattendingcircumstances,115, 116. 

Commencement,  definition,  etc.,  133. 


Desertion- Continued. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1371, 1372.,  1378. 

Enlistment  in  other  organizations,  A.  W.  50. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1358. 

Punishments,  A.  W.  47-51. 

Quitting  service  resignation,  A.  W.  49. 

Special  annual  reports,  116. 

Statute  of  limitations,  A.  W.  103. 

Time  lost  to  be  made  good,  A.  W.  48. 

Trial  after  expiration  of  service,  A.  "W".  48. 
Destruction  of  Public  Property: 

Accountability,  destroyed  in  service,  697. 

Civilian  employees,  687. 

Classification,  681. 

Deserters,  686. 

Enlisted  men,  684, 685,  698,  A.  W.  16, 17. 

In  transit,  1126, 1127. 

Military  records,  802. 

Officers,  682,  684,  A.  W.  15. 

Ordnance,  ordnance  stores,  1510, 1522, 1523. 

Prevention,  674. 

Table  ware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 
Detached  Service: 

Descriptive  lists,  105. 

Details  of  officers,  32,  34,  35. 

Engineer  officers  and  troops,  1474. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  785. 

Officers,  Forts  Monroe,  Leavenworth,  and 
Riley,  191. 

Orders  directing  tra^^l,  66. 

Personal  reports,  officers,  805. 
Detachment  Commanders : 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.  12, 13. 

Clothing  accounts,  1178-1185. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1164, 1172,  1178. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  906. 

Daily  and  weekly  inspections,  266< 

Duties,  etc.,  381, 382. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784, 787. 

Property  responsibility,  661-663,  1053-1056, 
A.  W.  10. 

Ration  certificates,  1262. 

Returns  of  troops,  790. 

Settlement  with  quartermasters,  265. 
Detachments : 

Commanders.     See  Detachment  Command- 
era. 

Formation,  378-380. 

Fund,  300. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  785. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men  on  other  duty, 
379. 

Protecting  laborers,  rosters,  366. 

Report  on  return  from  duty,  382. 

Returns  of  strength,  790, 794-796. 

Sale  of  subsistence  supplies,  1282. 

Serving  together,  381. 
Details,  Enlisted  Men : 

Clerical  assistant,  Judge- Advocate,  958. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  164,  305. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  256. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  99. 


INDEX. 


253 


Details,  Enlisted  Men— Continued. 

Roster  duty,  364-377. 

Teachers,  post  schools,  317, 319. 
Details,  Officers: 

Accountable  for  property,  658, 659,  664. 

Acting  inspectors,  871. 

Aids,  33. 

Artillery  school,  463. 

Colleges,  86-90, 1069. 

Escorts  of  honor,  426. 

Exchange  council,  288. 

Field  officers'  court,  A.  W.  80 

General  recruiting,  819, 820. 

Instructors,  post  schools,  317. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344. 

Recruiting  in  departments,  854. 

Regimental  recruiting,  856. 

Roster  duties,  364-377. 

Special  duty  and  detached  service,  32,  34,  35. 

Special  inspectors,  871,  878. 

Torpedo  service  instruction,  346,  347. 
Detained  Pay : 

Discharged  for  fraud,  1386. 
Deteriorated  Stores : 

Destruction,  708. 
Diagnosis: 

Enlisted  men  on  sick  report,  1432. 
Directors  of  Instruction : 

Service  schools,  462,  467. 
Disabled  Soldiers : 

Re-enlistment,  etc.,  839. 
Disability,  Line  of  Duty: 

Muster  rolls,  1432. 
Disbursements  of  Money : 

Disallowances,  how  charged,  653,  654. 

Inspections,  200, 871, 876, 877. 
Disbursing  Officers : 

Acting  in  different  capacities,  584. 

Advances  to,  of  public  moneys,  580. 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  586. 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Ceasing  to  act,  disposition  of  funds,  585. 

Correspondence,  740,  763. 

Deposit  by,  of  funds,  580,583,  584. 

Errors  or  disallowances,  655, 656. 

Disbursing  officers'  receipt,  592. 

Duplicate  checks,  599. 

Funds  kept  in  personal  possession,  584. 

Gambling,  590. 

Inspection  of  accounts,  871,  876,  877. 

Insurance  on  public  money  or  property,  593. 

Interest  in  purchases,  etc.,  587,  588. 

Opening  account,  591. 

Outstanding  and  unpaid  checks,  585. 

Payments,  accounts,  contract  service,  598. 

Pecuniary  responsibility,  653,  654. 

Purchases,  etc.,  of  supplies,  589. 

Rates  of  exchange,  593. 

Receipts,  592. 

Refundments,  stoppages,  etc.,  1391. 

Settlement  with  legal  representatives,  652. 

Signature  to  be  furnished  depositaries,  591. 

Transfer  of  funds,  639, 1391. 


Disbursing  Officers— Continued. 

Transferring  funds,  594,  595. 
Disability  of  Enlisted  Men: 

Discharge,  140,  141,  154-157. 

Entry  on  muster  roll,  1432. 

Permanent  and  temporary,  154,  155 
Discharge  Certificates: 

Contents  and  preparation,  148. 

Correspondence  with.  "War  Department,  143. 

Forms,  151. 

Furnished  on  discharge,  A.  W.  4. 

Issue  of  duplicate,  143. 

Loss,  143. 

Notations  of  final  payments,  1383. 

Payment  on  fraudulent,  150. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  101. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  136. 

Service  certificates  issued  in  lieu  of  lost,  143. 
Discharged  Soldiers: 

Certificates  of  merit,  181. 

Enlistment  of  certain,  prohibited,  825. 

Hospital  treatment,  1440. 

Payments,  1382-1388. 

Re-entering  service,  824,  825,  836-840. 

Special  authority  for  enlistment,  838. 
Discharge  of  Officers : 

By  sentence,  or  order  of  President,  A.  W.  99. 
Discharge  of  Enlisted  Men: 

Absent  from  company,  149. 

Admission  to  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  174. 

Authority  to,  in  whom  vested,  140,  A.  W.  4. 

Before  expiration  of  service,  140. 

Certificates  of  discharge,  101,  136,  143,  148, 
151, 1383,  A.  W.  4. 

Conviction  by  civil  courts,  147. 

Deposits,  1372. 

Disability,  140, 141, 154-157. 

Dishonorable,  151,  152,  916, 949,  950. 

Disqualified  through  his  own  fault,  151. 

Expiration  term  of  service,  142. 

Final  statements,  141. 

Forfeiting  retained  pay,  351. 

Fraudulent  enlistment,  151. 

Furloughs,  116. 

Honorable,  151. 

Hospital  stewards,  931 

Imprisonment,  151. 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Insane  soldiers,  470. 

Minor  children,  148. 

Patients  in  hospital,  1439. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  101,  104,  931. 

Purchase  by  soldier,  144,  146. 

Recruits  for  disability,  822. 

Re-enlisted,  148. 

Serving  sentence,  151. 

Specially  ordered,  151. 

Transportation  and  allowance.  146.  153. 

Veterans,  145,  146. 

Without  honor,  151. 
Discipline : 

Commanding  general,  187, 188. 

Company,  252. 


254 


INDEX. 


Discipline— Continued. 

Conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order,  A.W.  62. 

Courtesy  enjoined,  4. 

Deliberations  or  discussions,  5. 

Exercise  of  authority,  2. 

Obedience  to  and  execution  of  orders,  1. 

Orders,  President  and  Secretary  of  War,  188. 

Post  commanders,  200. 

Post  schools, 324. 

Praise  or  censure,  5. 

Publications,  5. 

Punishments,  2. 

Respect  to  superiors,  4. 

Superiors  and  inferiors,  3. 

Use  of  influence,  5. 
Disclosing  Parole  or  Watchword : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  44. 
Discontinued  Commands : 

Records,  800. 
Discussions: 

Conveying  praise  or  censure,  forbidden,  5. 

Orders,  etc.,  by  adjutants,  237. 
Diseases : 

Contagious,  708, 1194, 1441, 1442. 

Chronic,  1456. 

Record  and  reports  of  treatment,  etc.,  155. 
Dishonorable  Discharge : 

Effect  and  meaning,  152. 

Pardon  or  mitigation  of  punishment,  916. 

Preparation  of  certificate,  151. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  949, 950. 
Disinfectants : 

Routine  issue,  1462. 
Dismissal  of  Officers : 

By  sentence,  or  order  of  President,  1310,  A. 
\V.  99. 

Convicted  of  unbecoming  conduct,  A.  "W.  61. 

Cowardice  or  fraud,  A.  W.  100. 
Disobedience  of  Orders : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  21, 24. 
Disorders: 

Correction,  etc.,  by  officers,  A.  W.  54. 

Disturbing  courts-martial,  A.  W.  86. 

Quelling,  A.  W.  24. 
Dispatch  Agents,  U.  S.: 

Correspondence,  officers'  and  men's,  761. 
Disrespect  or  Disrespectful  Words: 

Commanding  officer,  A.  W.  20. 

President  of  the  United  States,  A.  W.  19. 
Distinguished  Service : 

Certificates  of  merit,  178-1S1. 

Medals  of  honor,  177. 
Divine  Service : 

Attendance  and  behavior,  A.  W.  52. 
Division  (Territorial)  Commander: 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  72. 
Divisions: 

Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 

Commanders,  790,  A.  W.  73. 

Command  of  a  major-general,  14. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  73. 

Organization  in  time  of  peace,  189. 


Divisions— Continued. 

Returns  of  strength,  790,  794-796. 

Senior  engineer  officer,  1478. 
Domestic  Articles : 

Preference  over  foreign  articles,  545. 
Domestic  Tiolence : 

Protection  of  States  against,  487,  p.  64. 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  487.  p.  67. 
Donations : 

Libraries  and  museums,  1130,  1132. 

Post  chapels,  1132. 
Dried  Fish: 

Ration,  1253. 
Dried  Fruit : 

Wastage,  1243. 
Drills : 

Enlisted  men  awaiting  trial,  etc.,  907 

Extra-duty  men,  170. 

Post  commanders,  200. 

Reports,  231. 
Drunkenness  on  Duly : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  38. 
Dueling: 

Challenges.  A.  "W.  26,  27. 

Prevention,  A.  W.  26. 

Principals,  A.  W.  26. 

Seconds  or  promoters,  A.  W.  27. 

Upbraiding  for  refusing  challenge,  A.  W.  28. 
Duplicates : 

Bills  of  lading,  1140. 

Checks,  599. 

Transportation  requests,  1094. 
Easements: 

Military  lands,  704, 890. 
Effects  of  Deceased  Officers: 

Delivery  to  legal  representatives,  82, 83. 

Inventories,  82,  A.  W.  125. 

Officer  charged  with,  A.  W.127. 

Sales,  83. 

Swords,  watches,  trinkets,  etc.,  83. 
Effects  of  Deceased  Soldiers: 

Applications  for  proceeds  of  sale,  161. 

Delivery  to  legal  representatives,  181. 

Inventories,  158,  A.  W.  126. 

Officer  charged  with,  A.  W.  127. 

Sale  of  unclaimed,  159, 160. 
Effects  of  Deserters: 

Disposition,  130. 
Effects  of  Escaped  Prisoners: 

Inventories,  913. 
Efficiency  Reports : 

Care  enjoined  in  preparation,  811. 

Channels  through  which  forwarded,  808,  810 

Extracts,  inspection  reports,  810. 

Final  disposition,  812. 

Reporting  officers,  807, 809. 
Embezzlement: 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores.  1510. 

Public  moneys  or  property,  A.  W.  60. 
Emergencies: 

Control  during,  of  troops, etc.,  190, 191. 

Express  transportation,  1128. 


INDEX. 


255 


Emergencies— Continued, 

Movements  of  troops.  192. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1496.  1497, 1506. 

Purchases.     See  Oral  Agreements. 

Transfers  of  hospital  corps,  1406. 

Use  of  tents,  1205. 
Encampments : 

Private  lands  occiipied,  979. 
Enemy  : 

Correspondence,  etc.,  relief,  etc.,  A.  W.45, 46. 
Enforcement  of  the  Laws : 

Civil  rights,  487,  p.  64. 

Collection  of  customs  duties,  487,  p. 68. 

Commanding  officers,  486, 488-491. 

Distilleries,  Indian  country,  487,  p.  65. 

Domestic  violence  in  States,  487,  pp.  64,  67. 

Extradition  treaties,  487,  p.  66. 

Guano  Islands,  487,  p.  68. 

Indian  country,  487,  pp.  64,  65. 

Insurrection,  487,  pp.  66,  67. 

Interstate  and  foreign  commerce,  487,  p.  67. 

Intruders  on  public  lands,  487,  pp.  65,  66. 

Invasion,  487,  p.  64. 

Land-grant  railroads,  etc.,  487,  pp.  67,  68. 

Neutrality  laws,  487,  p.  66. 

Peonage,  487,  p.  64. 

Quarantine  regulations,  487,  p.  66. 

Timber  depredations  in  Florida,  487,  p.  65. 

Trespassers  on  public  lands,  487,  pp.  65,  66. 

United  States  mails,  487,  p.  67. 
Engineer  Department: 

Charts,  harbors  and  channels,  351. 

Civilian  employees,  expenses,  734. 

Corps  of  Engineers,  6,  17, 167, 178,  215,  219, 
868, 1171, 1472-1487,  A.  W.  81. 

Inspection  of  works,  868. 

Management,  1472. 

Maps  and  reconnaissances,  458, 460,  461. 

Permanent  works  of  defense,  211. 

Public  buildings,  etc.,D.  C.,  704,  890, 1472. 

Washington  Aqueduct,  704, 890, 1472. 

See  also  Chief  of  Engineers. 
Engineer  Officers: 

Commander  in  the  field,  1477,  1481. 

Construction  of  works  by  troops,  1479. 

Department  duties,  196, 1483. 

Detached  from  corps,  1474. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

General  duties,  1472, 1473. 

Journals  of  attack  and  defense,  1482. 

Plans  of  military  works,  1482. 

Post  duties,  203, 1483. 

Promotions,  22. 
Quarters,  fuel,  etc.,  1484. 

Reports  of  engineering  operations,  1480,1481. 

Senior  with  army  corps,  etc.,  1478, 1481. 

Special  service,  1475 . 

Surveys  and  reconnaissances,  1480. 

Travel  allowance  and  mileage,  1487. 
Engineers : 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 


Engineers— Continued. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729, 731. 
Engineer  School,  Willets  Point,  X.  T. : 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 
Supervision  or  control,  190. 
Torpedo-service  instruction,  346, 
Engineer  Troops: 
Allowances,  etc.,  1476. 
Detached  from  corps,  1474. 
Special  service,  1475. 
Enlisted  Men: 
Absence  without  leave,  126, 127, 133,  A. "W, 

31-35, 40. 

Altering  or  taking  apart  arms,  276. 
Ammunition,  1513. 
Appeals,  A.  W.  30. 
Arms,  etc.,  in  barracks,  268. 
Arrested  by  civil  authorities,  1314. 
Artificial  limbs  and  appliances,  1467-1471. 
Artillery  instruction,  462, 463. 
Attendance  at  funerals,  442. 
Attendance,  etc.,  post  schools,  317-324. 
Awaiting  sentence,  945. 
Barrack  bag,  269. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  strength,  791. 
Box  lockers  and  locks,  981. 
Buildings  erected,  places  of  amusement,  311. 
Care,  etc.,  of  clothing,  269-271. 
Care,  etc.,  cf  rooms  and  furniture,  977. 
Cavalry  instruction,  464, 465. 
Certificates  of  merit,  178-181, 1370. 
Charges  against,  927-929, 932, 934,  A.  W.  67. 
Children,  post  schools,  322. 
Cleanliness,  dress,  etc.,  269, 271, 272, 1393. 
Clothing  accounts,  1178-1185, 1192. 
Clothing  and  equipage,  269-271,  1163,  1174. 

1178, 1179,1186-1191, 1193-1195, 1393. 
Commutation  of  rations,  1082, 1272-1279. 
Company  bearers.  1412, 1413. 
Confinement,  903-916,  936,  944,  946,  948-953, 

A.  W.  66,  70. 

Contempt  or  disrespect,  A.  W.  20. 
Damaged  clothing,  887. 
Deceased,  158-162, 181, 434, 439, 494, 1120, 1195, 

1377, 1439, 1456,  A.  W.  126, 127. 
Definition  of  soldier,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  E.  S. 
Deposits,  1360, 1386, 1371-1379. 
Deserters,  115-134,  686,  825,  1183-1185,  1193, 

1330, 1381. 
Desertion,  115,   116,   133,  1358,  1378,  A.  W. 

47-51, 103. 

Detached  service,  105. 
Discharges,  101, 104, 116, 136, 140-157, 174, 470, 

481,  822, 916, 931,  949,  950, 1372,  1383,  1439, 

A.  "W.  4. 
Disrespectful    or    contemptuous    words 

against  the  President,  A.  "W.  19. 
Dispatches  in  the  field,  781. 
Divine  service,  A.  W.  52. 
Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 
Dueling,  A.  TT.  26-28. 
Extra  and  special  duty,  99, 163-172, 263, 305, 

306, 319, 1223, 1640. 


256 


INDEX. 


Enlisted  Men— Continued. 

Extra  pay,  180. 

Fitting  equipments,  278. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  434, 439. 

Furloughs,  106-112, 1082,  A.W.  11. 

General  courts-martial  proceedings,  894. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.W.  36,  37. 

Hospital  stores,  1450, 1456. 

Infantry  instruction,  464,  465. 

Insane,  469,  470. 

Instruction  in  signaling,  1544. 

Labor,  333, 495. 

Leaving  post  on  pass,  271. 

Medals  of  honor,  177. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1450-1457. 

Messing  and  cooking.  280-286. 

Mess  furniture  in  the  field,  286. 

Messing  separately  from  company,  296 

Military  history,  748, 749. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.W.  21-24, 43. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  9, 91-104, 107, 108, 
166,  167,  238,  241,  242,  256-261, 264, 281,  368, 
376,  383,  388,  398,  439,  471, 482,  694,  784,  791, 
902,  904-906,  931,  1006,  1010,  1101,  1102, 
1109, 1119, 1202, 1203, 1363,  A.  W.  24,  37. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1500, 1522. 

Payments,  112, 138, 139, 169, 287, 945, 1275-1279, 
1312, 1314, 1348-1370, 1374-1376, 1380-1389. 

Presence  at  parades,  449. 

Profanity,  A.  W.  53. 

Promotion  from  ranks,  24-30, 1121, 1122,1334. 

Property  damaged,  684,  685,  698,  A.  W.  16, 
17. 

Pursuit  of  deserters,  125. 

Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.W.  24, 25. 

Rations,  1251-1264. 

Retained  pay,  1379. 

Retired,  135-139, 434, 1120, 1147, 1451. 

Retirement,  135-139. 

Roster  details  and  duty,  364-377. 

Sales,  1282, 1283, 1285, 1289. 

Salutes  by,  to  officers,  396-404. 

Selling  arms,  etc.,  A.W.  60. 

Sick  call,  1431. 

Staff  corps  and  departments,  737, 738. 

Stoppages,  721. 

Straw  for  bedding,  1048. 

Surgical  appliances,  1456. 

Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 

Teachers,  post  schools,  317, 319. 

Transfer,  1 182. 

Transfer  or  exchange,  113, 114, 155, 1182, 1371. 

Transfers  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 

Transmission  by,  of  dispatches,  781. 

Travel  on  duty,  107,  1082,  1101,  1102,  1273, 
1275. 

Trial  for  offenses  not  capital,  A.  W.  80-82. 

Unauthorized  sale  of  property,  A.  W.  16, 
17. 

"Uniform  and  dress,  272, 1548-1551. 

Violence  toward  traders,  A.W.  56. 

Waste  of  private  property,  A.  W.  55, 59. 

Witnesses,  military  or  civil  court*.  72, 925, 


Enlistment  Papers: 

Date  of,  824, 836. 

Forms,  833. 

Hospital  corps  recruits,  1400. 

Indian  scouts,  485. 

Minors.  829. 

Name  of  recruit,  834. 

Oath,  831. 

Preparation,  etc.,  833. 

Recruits  on  probation,  824. 

Re-entering  service,  1836. 
Enlistments  and  Re-enlistments: 

Antedating,  835. 

Continuous  service  pay,  1366, 1367. 

Date  of,  824, 836. 

Enlistment  papers,  485,  824, 829,  831,  833,  834, 
836, 1400. 

Enticing  by  false  representations,  830. 

Father  of  minor  child,  828. 

Fitness  and  aptitude,  824. 

Fraudulent,  847, 1386, 1387,  note,  p.  224. 

Hospital  corps,  1398-1400. 

Indian  scouts,  481,484. 

Married  persons,  828,  1404. 

Minors,  825,  826, 829,  A.  W.  3. 

Original,  824. 

Prohibited  classes,  825. 

Qualifications  of  applicants,  823, 824. 

Recruiting  officers,  826,  827,829,  830, 836,  837. 

Recruits  on  probation,  824. 

Re-enlistments,  103, 837-840, 1366,  1375,  1398^ 
1404. 

Re-enlistment  pay,  1365, 1367. 

Re-entering  service,  824,  836-838. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1539. 

Special  authority  required,  838. 

Without  discharge,  A.  W.  50. 
Ensign,  >':ivy : 

Ranks  with  second  lieutenant,  Army,  12. 
Envelopes: 

Penalty,  813-815,817. 
Envoys,  American  or  Foreign  : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 409, 418. 
Epidemics  : 

Transfers  of  hospital  corps,  1406. 
Equipments : 

Ambulances,  1416. 

Barracks,  regulation,  268. 

Care  and  preservation,  270, 271. 

Company,  252. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

Field  cooking  device,  286. 

Fitting  and  changing,  278. 

Horse,  1501, 1502. 

Leather  dressing  material,  277. 

Marking,  242, 279. 

Militia,  1131 

Regimental  bands,  242, 248. 
Erasures: 

Bills  of  lading,  1139. 

Proposals,  supplies  and  services,  532. 


INDEX. 


257 


Escaped  Prisoners: 

Effects,  moneys,  and  keepsakes,  913. 
Punishment  for  permitting,  etc.,  A.W.  69. 
Rewards,  etc.,  128. 
Escorts: 
Commanders,  19. 
Honor,  composition,  etc.,  426. 

Insane  soldiers,  469,  471,  472. 
Estimates : 

Alterations  of  approved,  1428. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  978. 

Channels,  764. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1164-1174, 1199. 

Examination,  re  vision,  and  approval,  744-746. 

Fortifications,  materials  for  repairs,  333. 

Funds,  580. 

Hospitals,  1426, 1428. 

Kitchen  utensils,  1199. 

•Mineral  oil,  1019. 

Preparation,  etc.,  743. 

Quaitermaster's  Department,  975. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1426, 1428. 

Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1229. 

Table  ware,  etc.,  1199. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1038, 1039. 
Evidence : 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  91,  92,  121. 

Courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  116, 118. 

Previous  conviction,  929, 934. 

Proceedings,  boards  of  survey,  710-712. 

Relief  of  officers  from  responsibility,  710,  711. 
Examination  for  Appointment  or  Promotion : 

Appointees,  second  lieutenants,  25,  27, 30. 

Hospital  stewards  and  privates,  1397. 

Information  concerning,  748. 

Line  of  Army,  23. 

Ordnance  corps,  1490. 

Signal  Corps,  1538. 

Staff  corps  and  departments,  22. 
Examination  of  Accounts  and  Returns : 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  655, 701,  702. 

Errors  or  disallowances,  656,  701,  702. 

Refundment  for  deficient  articles,  701,  702. 
Exceptional  Articles : 

Sales  to  officers,  1283. 
Exchange  or  Barter: 

Supplies  purchased  from  commissary,  1287. 
Exchange  or  Surrender: 

Public  animals,  1036. 
Exchange  or  Transfer : 

Commissioned  officers,  42, 43, 344, 463, 1069. 

Enlisted  men,  113, 114, 155. 
Exchange,  Post: 

Council,  209,  287-289. 

Council  book,  209. 

Erection  of  building  by  enlisted  men,  311. 

Establishment  and  maintenance,  325. 

Fund,  287,  291, 293. 

Operations  and  financial  condition,  326. 

Profits  paid  to  regimental  fund,  295. 

Sales  to,  of  bread,  296. 

Sales  to,  of  subsistence  supplies,  1282. 

16686—01 17 


Exchange,  Post— Continued. 

Seeds  for  post  gardens,  315. 

Special  regulations,  p.  iii,  par.  325. 
Execution  of  the  Laws : 

Obstructing  or  hindering,  487,  p  67. 
Expeditions : 

Escort  commanders'  duties,  19. 
Expenditures: 

Ammunition,  360, 361, 1511-1514. 

Appropriations  for  support  of  Army,  736. 

Commanding  officers,  747. 

Disallowances,  how  charged,  653. 

Exceeding  appropriations,  579. 

Inspections,  department  commander,  193. 

Obedience  to  orders,  653. 

Posts  and  reservations,  204, 206. 

Special  funds,  287,  291, 295. 

Veterinary  medicines  and  dressings,  1039. 
Expenses,  etc.: 

Arrest,  etc.,  of  deserters,  124-126, 132. 

Attendants,  horses,  mounted  officers,  1069. 

Burial  of  officers  and  soldiers,  85,  162. 

Escaped  general  prisoners,  128. 

Post  bakeries,  307. 

Recovery  of  public  property,  691. 
Expert  Accountant,  Insp.  Gen.  Department: 

Transportation  and  expenses,  733,  734. 
Expiration  of  Leave : 

Defined,  53,  54. 
Expiration  of  Term  of  Serrice : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  142,  A.  "W.  4. 

Payments  to  officers,  1312. 

Trial  of  deserters,  A.  "W.  48. 
Explorations,  Military: 

Travel  allowance,  officers,  1333. 
Exploring  Expeditions: 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1509. 

Outfits,  672. 
Express  Transportation: 

Baggage,  etc.,  1118. 

Letters  or  packages,  816. 

Limited  to  emergencies,  1128. 

Pay  of  troops,  1349, 1352, 1353. 

Public  moneys,  1128. 
Extensions : 

Furloughs,  107. 

Leaves  of  absence,  44-46, 48, 52, 59. 

Limits,  officers  under  arrest,  898. 
Extra  and  Special  Duty: 

Artificers,  wagoners,  etc.,  168. 

Attendance,  drills  and  inspections,  170. 

Bakers,  305, 306. 

Defined,  164. 

Drills  and  inspections,  170. 

Employment  of  troops  in  labors,  163. 

Hours  of  labor,  171. 

Labor  in  camp  or  garrison,  164. 

Limitation  of  details,  172. 

Mode  of  detail,  164. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  99, 166, 167. 

Pay,  164, 165, 167-169, 171, 172, 306, 319. 


INDEX. 


Extra  and  Special  Duty— Continued. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  164,  168, 1223 

Restrictions  in  employment,  164. 

.Subsistence  Department,  164. 

Tailors,  263. 
Extradition  Treaties : 

Protection  of  persons  extradited,  487,  p.  66. 
False  Alarms : 

Punishment  for  occasioning,  A."W.  41. 
False  Certificates : 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  W.  13. 

Frauds  upon  tbe  Government,  A.  W.  60. 

Pay  of  the  Army,  A.  "W.  13. 
False  Musters : 

Man  or  horse,  A.  "W.  14. 

Persons  not  soldiers,  A.  W.  5. 
False  Papers : 

Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  W.  60. 
False  Representations: 

Enticing  into  service,  830. 
False  Returns: 

Troops  aud  property,  A.  "W.  8. 
Families,  Officers,  Soldiers,  etc. : 

Burial  in  post  cemeteries,  494. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1450, 1456. 

Sales  to,  of  subsistence  supplies,  1280. 
Farriers : 

Appointment,  etc.,  260. 

Extra  duty  detail  and  pay,  168. 

Indian  scouts,  484. 

Instruction  by  veterinary  surgeon,  185. 
Father  of  Minor : 

Consent  to  enlistment  of  child,  826, 829. 

Enlistment  or  re-enlistment,  828,  838. 
Fatigue  Dress : 

"Worn  by  enlisted  men,  when,  272. 
Fatigue  Duty : 

Light  batteries,  377. 

Performed  by  roster,  366. 
Favor : 

Discharge  of  veterans,  145, 146. 
Fees: 

Administering  oath,  649. 
Ferries: 

Passage  of  troops,  teams,  etc.,  1107, 1108. 

Purchase,  use,  etc.,  of  tickets,  1108. 
Field  Music : 

Instruments,  1202. 

Saluting,  389-391. 
Field  Musicians : 

Procedure  when  needed,  249. 

Roster  duties,  368. 

Separation  from  companies,  247. 

Signals  for  roll  calls,  etc.,  386. 
Field  Notes  and  Sketches : 

Maps  and  reconnaissances,  457-459. 
Field  Officers: 

Personal  report,  793. 

Returns  of  detached  companies,  793. 
Field  Officers'  Court: 

Constitution,  A.  "W.  80. 

Jurisdiction,  A.  W.  80, 82, 83, 102, 103. 


Field  Service  and  Duties: 

Baggage,  1119. 

Barrack  furniture  and  equipage,  983. 

Cooking  device,  286. 

Details  by  roster,  365. 

General  mess,  303. 

Hospital  corps,  286, 1420-1423. 

Inspection,  193. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1051. 

Savings  of  flour,  296. 
Field  Works,  etc.: 

Engineer  officer's  duties,  1472, 1479. 

Journals  of  attack  and  defense,  1482. 

Plans,  etc.,  1482. 

"Working  parties,  1479. 
Final  Payment,  Enlisted  Men : 

Notification  to  paymaster,  150. 
Final  Statements : 

Character,  etc.,  on  discharge,  148. 

Clothing  balance,  1182. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1372-1374, 1377. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  141. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1368, 1369. 

Forms,  151. 

Lost  or  mislaid,  1384. 

Minors  discharged  for  fraud,  1386. 

Money  accounts,  648. 

Patients  discharged  from  hospital,  1439. 

Payments  to  discharged  soldiers,  1382-1384 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  784. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  136. 

Transportation  charges,  153. 
Firemen : 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Fires: 

Commissary  storehouses,  1248. 

Loss  of  property,  1245. 

Magazines.  340. 
Firing  Artillery : 

Reports  to  Chief  of  Ordnance,  356. 
Firing  Regulations : 

Small  arms,  357, 358. 
Firms : 

Acceptance  of,  as  sureties,  561. 

Contracts,  552. 

Money  vouchers,  641. 

Proposals,  530. 
First-Aid  Treatment: 

Instruction,  1413. 
First  Lieutenants  : 

Baggage,  1119. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  433,  437, 440. 

Light  or  mounted  batteries,  1067. 

Ordnance  corps,  1489. 

Promotion  to  grade,  23. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006- 

Rauk  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  j  unior  lieutenants  of  the  Navy,  11 

Roster  duty,  368. 

Signal  Corps,  1538. 

Stationery,  1023, 


INDEX. 


259 


First  Sergeants : 

Desertion  vacates  position,  261. 

Horses  of  dismounted  men,  376. 

Indian  scouts,  482. 

Inspection  after  taps,  383. 

Morning  reports,  388. 

Orders  entered  in  company  order  book,  264. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  261. 

Reproving,  256. 

Return  to  grade  of  sergeant,  258. 

Roll  calls,  383. 

Selection  and  appointment,  258, 260. 

Warrants,  259. 
Fiscal  Year: 

Balances  at  close,  disposition,  etc.,  623-625. 
r  Defined,  etc.,  617. 

Notations  on  money  accounts,  619. 

Remittances  of  funds,  618. 
Fish: 

Ration,  1253. 
Flag  Officer  of  the  Navy: 

Funeral  honors,  431. 
Flags : 

Ceremonies  on  lowering  at  retreat,  450. 

Description,  etc.,  212. 

Dipping  of,  at  military  posts,  419. 

Garrison,  post,  and  storm,  213. 

Guards,  454. 

Half  stafi,  429,  431-437. 

Hospital  and  ambulance,  214. 

National  festivities,  loreign,  vessels,  425. 

Small-arms  practice,  362. 
Flogging: 

Sentence  of  a  court-martial,  A.  W.  98. 
Florida : 

Timber  depredations,  487,  p.  65. 
Flour: 

Issues  and  sales,  296. 

Ration,  296,  1253. 

Savings,  296,  307. 

Small-arms  practice,  362,  1265. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Food  and  Cooking: 

Daily  inspections,  266. 

Examination  by  medical  officers,  1393. 

Prisoners'  food,  284. 
Forage : 

Allowance  to  officers,  1044, 1045. 

Beef  cattle,  1280. 

Care  and  accountability,  1059, 1064. 

Contracts  for,  or  purchase,  515. 

Furnished  by  Q.  M.  Department,  972 . 

Issue,  1043. 

Military  attache,  36. 

Purchase  by  officers,  1046. 

Ration,  1041, 1042. 

Requisitions,  1021. 

Sales  by  officers,  1047. 

Transportation  at  posts,  1077. 

Unconsumed,  1047. 

Use  and  disposition,  1047. 

Verification  of  quantities,  1061. 


Forage  Masters : 

Interest  or  concern  in  purchases,  etc.,  1057. 
Forcing  Safeguard : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  57. 
Foreign  Articles: 

Preference  to  be  given  domestic  articles,  545- 

Purchase  abroad  for  importation,  517. 
Foreign-Commerce  Lairs: 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  487,  p  67. 
Foreign  Correspondence : 

Officers  and  men,  761. 

Penalty  envelopes,  817. 
Foreign  Countries: 

Correspondence,  761, 817. 

Delivery  of  Government  publications,  37. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men  visiting,  55, 56, 109. 
Foreign-Service  Officers : 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  415, 418. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421. 
Foreign  Vessels  of  War : 

Celebration  of  national  festivities,  425. 

Salutes  and  honors,  417. 

Visits  and  courtesies.  421nt25. 
Forfeitures : 

Abatement  terms  of  confinement,  915. 

Commencement  of  sentence,  945. 

Continuous  service  pay,  1366. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1378. 

Deserters,  129, 132, 133, 1381. 

Notations  on  muster  and  pay  rolls,  1369. 

Re-enlistment  pay,  1365. 

Retained  pay,  1369, 1379. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  951, 952. 
Forgery : 

Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  W.  60. 
Forms,  Blank : 

Alterations  or  new  forma,  1552. 

Bills  of  lading,  1135. 

Bonds  of  contractors,  560. 

Certificates  of  discharge,  151. 

Final  statements,  151. 

Inspector-General's  Department,  876, 879. 

Manuscript  forbidden,  751. 

Notes  and  directions,  1552. 

Official  telegrams,  1214. 

Ordnance  Department,  1535. 

Printing,  514. 

Reconnaissance,  458, 460, 461. 

Subsistence  Department,  1293. 

Supplied  by  chiefs  of  bureaus,  1552. 
Fortifications: 

Alterations,  etc.,  1485. 

Brick  masonry  or  concrete  work,  331. 

Buildings  near,  1485. 

Care  and  maintenance  of  grounds,  327-330. 

Construction  and  repairs,  705,  706, 1472. 

Courts-martial,  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 

Grazing  about,  prohibited,  328. 

Labor  for  care,  etc.,  333. 

Materials,  etc.,  for  repair,  etc.,  333. 

Notification  of  completion,  1486. 

Occupation  by  troops,  1486. 

Permanent  works  of  defense,  190,  211. 


260 


INDEX. 


Fortifications— Continued. 
Supervision,  190. 
Ventilation,  332. 
Views  of,  not  to  be  taken,  334. 
"Wooden  constructions,  332. 
Portresses: 

Engineer  officer  on  duty,  1483. 
Forts: 

Construction  and  repairs,  705, 706. 
Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 
Permanent  posts,  styled,  199. 
Plats  of  land,  707. 
Fractions  of  Cents: 

How  reckoned,  635. 
Frauds: 

Crimes  of,  against  the  IT.  S.,  A.  "W.  60. 
Payments  on  discharge  certificates,  150. 
Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  "W.  100. 
Fraudulent  Enlistment: 
Declared  a  military  offense,  note,  p.  224. 
Deposits  and  detained  pay,  1386,  1387. 
Reports  to  Adjutant-General,  847. 
Fraudulent  Transactions: 

Investigation,  863. 
Frays : 

Quelling,  A.  W.  24. 
Freight  Transportation: 

Letters  or  packages,  816. 
Fuel: 

Bakeries,  304, 1004. 
Care  and  accountability,  1059-1064. 
Chapels,  313. 

Contract  for,  or  purchase,  515. 
Engineer  officers,  1484. 
General  messes,  285. 
Gymnasiums,  313. 
Increased  allowance,  1006, 1011. 
Issued  to  troops,  1004,  1005. 
Libraries,  313. 


Military  attaches,  36. 
Monthly  allowance,  1006. 
Officers  and  families,  998-1003. 
Post  schools,  313. 
Beading  rooms,  313. 
Requisitions,  1021. 
Retired  officers  and  men,  138, 998. 
Standard  and  equivalents,  1002. 
Verification  of  quantities,  1061. 
Veterinary  surgeon,  183. 
Fund  Book : 

Regimental,  243, 295. 
Funds,  Special : 

Bakery,  287-289, 291-293, 296-299. 

Band,  300. 

Company,    287,    291-293,   296,   300-302,   315 
316. 

Detachment,  300. 

Hospital,  300, 315, 1446-1448. 

Mess,  287, 291-293, 302, 303. 

Regimental,  243,  248, 292, 293, 295. 

Slush,  294. 


uneral  Honors : 

Civil  functionaries,  432. 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  428 
Enlisted  men  at  posts,  434. 
Escorts,  437-440,  445. 
Flag  officer  of  the  Navy,  431. 
Flags  at  half  staff,  429,  431-437. 
Funerals,  430-434, 437-442, 445. 
General  officers,  429,  430. 
Minute  guns,  430-432. 
Mourning,  443-446. 
Officers  at  posts,  433. 
Officers  without  command,  447. 
President  of  the  United  States,  427. 
Retired  officers,  429. 
Salutes  with  cannon,  427-430. 
Secretary  of  War,  428, 437. 
funeral  Services : 

Record  at  posts,  40. 
Furloughs : 

Arms  and  accoutrements,  112. 
Beyond  limits  of   next    higher  command, 

109, 

Commutation  of  rations,  1273, 1275-1279. 
Delays,  107. 

Exceeding  limits,  109, 1273. 
Granted,  by  whom,  106-108,  A.  "W.  11. 
Payments  while  absent,  112. 
Period  and  extensions,  106-108,  A.  W.  1L 
Previous  furloughs,  109. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  107, 108. 
Re-enlistments,  conditions,  107. 
Subsistence,  returning,  110. 
Transportation.  110,  111,  1082. 
Visiting  foreign  countries,  109. 
"When  not  granted,  106. 
Furniture : 
Barrack,  977, 982, 983. 
Mess  and  table,  285. 
Office  military  attache^ 36. 
Policing  in  barracks,  270. 
Post  bakeries,  304. 
Gains : 

Subsistence  supplies,  1231, 1242. 
Gambling: 

Disbursing  officers,  590. 
Gardens : 

Distribution  and  sale  of  products,  316. 
Grounds  to  be  set  aside,  314. 
Regulations,  316. 
Seed,  315. 

Garrison  Courts-Martial : 
Annual  reports  of  trials,  etc.,  891. 
Appointment,  etc.,  A.  "W.  82. 
Jurisdiction,  A.  "W.  80,  82, 83, 102, 103. 
Orders  appointing,  937. 
Proceedings,  956. 

Trial  of  candidates  for  promotion,  29. 
Trial  of  non-commissioned  officers,  931. 
Garrison  Flags : 
Description  and  when  used,  213. 
Salutes  and  honors,  416. 
Saluting,  405. 


INDEX. 


261 


Garrison  Prisoners: 

See  Prisoners. 
Garrisons : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  "W.  31. 

Engineer  officers  on  duty,  1483. 

Provisions  for  soldiers,  A.  W.  56. 

Roster  duty  details,  305. 

Uniform  and  clothing,  enlisted  men,   272, 

273. 
Gauntlets : 

Issue  to  enlisted  men,  1190. 
General  Courts-Martial: 

Annual  reports  of  trials,  etc.,  891. 

Appeals  of  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30 

Appointment,  A.  W.  72,  73,  76. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  29. 

Composition,  A.  "W.  75, 78. 

Jurisdiction,  A.  W.  58.  60,  62-64,  79, 102, 103; 
p.  231,  sec.  1343  R.  S. 

Proceedings,  890, 892. 
General  Mess : 

Brooms,  285. 

Business  dealings,  303. 

Companies  withdrawing,  etc.,  303. 

Council,  287-289,  302,  303. 

Extra  compensation  to  attendants,  302. 

Fuel,  285. 

Fund,  287, 291-293, 302,  303. 

Furniture,  280,  285, 286. 

Illuminating  supplies,  285. 

Instruction  in  cooking,  280. 

Management,  303. 

Officer  in  charge,  duties,  etc.,  303. 

Scrubbing  brushes,  285. 

Supervision,  280. 

Visits  to  hall,  201. 
General  of  the  Army: 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  429, 437. 

Ranks  with  Admiral  of  the  Navy,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389, 411, 414, 418. 
General  Orders: 

See  Orders. 
General  Prisoners : 

See  Prisoners. 
General  Recruiting  Service : 

Defined,  818. 

Recruiting  officers,  819, 820. 
Gestures : 

Reproachful  or  provoking,  A.  "W.  25. 
Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane: 

Admission,  etc.,  of  insane  soldiers,  469-472. 

Release  of  patients,  473. 
Government  of  the  United  States : 

Delivery  abroad  of  publications,  37. 

Enforcement  of  laws  by  the  Army,  486-491. 
Governors  of  States  and  Territories: 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418. 
Gradu  ,tes : 

Military  Academy,  49,  1121,  1122,  1334. 

Service  schools,  466. 
Grants : 

Military  lands,  704. 


Gratuitous  Issue : 

Canvas  caps  and  mittens,  1189. 

Clothing  for  deceased  soldiers,  1195. 

Contagious  diseases,  1194, 1442. 
Graves : 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  493. 

Post  cemeteries,  496. 
Guano  Islands: 

Protection  of  rights  of  discoverers,  487,  p.  68. 
Guaranties: 

Advertisements,  522, 533,  534. 

Blanks,  534. 

Execution,  534. 

Evidence  of  bidders'  ability  in  lieu,  to  be 
furnished,  546. 

"When  required,  533. 
Guarantors : 

Acceptance  of,  as  sureties,  562. 

Corporate,  561, 574-578. 

Noncorporate,  563. 
Guard  Duty : 

Exemptions,  373. 

Light  batteries,  377. 

Old,  exemptions,  373. 

Rosters,  interior  and  stable,  366, 

Sentences  imposing  tours,  939. 
Guardhouses : 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1014-1019.  1021, 1022. 

Iron  bunks,  1048. 

Confinement  of  noncom.  officers,  904. 

Men  awaiting  trial  summary  courts,  936. 

Police  daily,  387. 

Visits,  post  commander  and  surgeon,  201. 
Guardian  of  Minor: 

Consent  to  enlistment  of  child,  826, 829. 
Guard  Mounting : 

How  conducted,  448 
Guards: 

Candles,  1265. 

Duties,  etc.,  453. 

Deserters,  126. 

Exc'ip.ed  from  Saturday  inspections,  266. 

Gua.d  report,  209,  455. 

Officer  commanding,  A.  VT.  67-69. 

Prisoners  en  route,  911, 912. 

Property  used  for  police,  454-456. 

Quitting  without  leave,  A.  W.  40. 
Guidons: 

Cavalry,  221. 

Light  artillery,  222. 
Guns: 

Morning  and  evening,  208. 

Position,  etc.,  in  fixed  batteries,  348. 

Saluting,  406, 408-411,  416,  417. 
Gymnasiums : 

Erection  of  building  by  enlisted  men,  311. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  313, 1006. 

Transportation  of  property,  312. 
Habeas  Corpus : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140. 

State  courts  or  judges,  969, 970. 

United  States  courts  or  judges,  971. 


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INDEX. 


Harboring  the  Enemy: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  45. 
Harbors  and  Rivers : 

Change  of  station  of  officers,  737. 

Improvements,  1472. 
Hard  Bread : 

Ration,  1253, 1256. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Harness: 

Ambulance,  1414. 

Dressing,  277. 
Hatchets  and  Hatchet  Helves : 

Helves  dropped  from  returns,  1198. 

Police  purposes,  454. 
Haversacks : 

How  marked,  279. 
Hay: 

Bedding,  1049. 

Cutting  of,  from  glacis,  330. 

.Forage  ration,  1041. 
Headboards  for  Graves : 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  493. 

Post  cemeteries,  495, 496. 
Headquarters  of  the  Army: 

Civilian  employees,  725. 
Heating  Stoves : 

Allowance,  1006-1008. 
Hides : 

Sales,  1237. 
Hindering : 

Execution  of  the  laws,  487,  p.  67. 
Hiring  of  Doty : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  36, 37. 
Hominy: 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Honorable  Discharge : 

Preparation  of  certificate,  151. 
Honor  Graduates : 

Service  schools,  466. 
Honors,  Courtesies,  and  Ceremonies: 

Ceremonies,  448-452. 

Escorts  of  honor,  426. 

Funeral  honors,  427-447. 

Salutes,  389-41 9, 423-425. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  420-425. 
Horse  Equipments : 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Sales, 1501, 1502. 
Horses: 

Field-service  hospital  corps,  1421. 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Military  attache,  36. 

Mounted  officers,  184, 1044, 1065-1069. 

Public.    See  Public  Animals. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1070. 
Horseshoeing : 

Instructions  by  veterinary  surgeons,  185. 
Horseshoes  and  \ails : 

Supply  and  issue,  1068. 
Horses  of  Mounted  Officers: 

Exchange  or  return,  1065. 

Forage,  1044. 


Horses  of  Mounted  Officers— Continued. 

Officers  of  light  or  mounted  batteries,  1067. 

Private  horses  to  be  kept,  1066. 

Public  horses  used  by,  1066, 1067. 

Purchase  from  Q.  M.  Department,  1065. 

Shoeing,  etc.,  1068. 

Transportation,  1069. 

Veterinary  attention,  184. 
Hospital  Corps: 

Acting  stewards,  1397, 1409, 1411, 1421. 

Appliances    for    transporting     sick     and 
wounded,  1414-1419  1422. 

Assignment  to  duty,  1409-1411, 1436. 

Ceremonies,  1405. 

Enlistments,  re-enlistments,  1398-1400, 1404. 

Extra  duty  details,  enlisted  men,  167. 

Field  service,  1420-1423. 

Fund  of  a  detachment,  300. 

Hospital  and  ambulance  flags  or  guidons,  214. 

Inspections,  1405, 1435. 

Instruction  of  privates,  1399. 

Means  of  transportation,  1408. 

Military  duties,  1405. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

Musters,  1405. 

Pay  and  clothing  accounts,  1407 

Precedence  of,  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  8. 

Privates,  1397, 1410, 1411, 1413, 1421. 

Rations,  1259. 

Returns,  monthly,  1408. 

Savings  of  rations,  1269. 

Service,  1396. 

Stewards,  1397, 1409, 1-M1. 1421. 

Transfer  of  members  1406. 

Transfer  to,  of  enlisted  men,  1403. 
Hospitals: 

Attendants,  1442. 

Charges,  1447. 

Civilian  employees  at  posts,  1444, 1445. 

Civilians  at  posts,  1446. 

Construction,  etc.,  of  buildings,  1424-1430. 

Flags,  214. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Fund,  300,  315, 1446-1448. 

Hospital  corps,  1435, 1436. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1012-1019,  1021,  1022. 

Inspections,  1435. 

Kitchens,  1006. 

Library,  1449. 

Management,  1435. 

Matrons,  1436, 1437. 

Mess  rooms,  1006. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784,  785. 

Post  commander  and  surgeon  visit,  201. 

Property  and  stores,  973, 1441, 1443, 1450, 1456. 

Sales  of  subsistence  supplies,  1282. 

Savings  of  rations,  1269. 

Service  in  garrison,  1396. 

Sick,  266,  300,  785,  1269,  1431,  1432,  1438-1440, 
1442. 

Supervision  and  control,  1433. 

Surgeon,  post  and  assistants,  201, 1435, 1436. 

Transports,  boats,  and  railway  trains,  1434, 


INDEX. 


263 


Hospital  Stewards. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  931. 
Examination  and  appointment,  1397. 
Field  service,  1421. 
Personal  reports,  1401. 
Professional  books,  etc.,  1122. 
Qualifications,  1397. 

Quarters,  fuel,  etc.,  1006, 1010, 1427, 1428. 
Quota  for  posts,  etc.,  1409, 1411. 
Jtank  and  precedence,  9. 
Reduction,  1402. 
Reduction  to  the  ranks,  931. 
Re- enlistment,  1398. 
Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Trial  by  courts-martial,  931. 
Hostilities  between  Indian  Tribes: 

Preventing  or  terminating,  487,  p.  65. 
Hours  of  Labor: 
Civilian  employees,  728. 
Extra-duty  men,  171. 
Hours  of  Session : 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  A.  W.  94. 
Hunting: 

Absence  -while,  not  deemed  leave,  58. 
Ammunition,  360,  363, 1509, 1514. 
Large  game,  363. 
Report  and  certificate,  58. 
Hypothecation : 

Pay  accounts  of  officers,  1300 
Identification: 
Deserters,  123. 

Discharged  soldiers'  irerit  certificates,  181. 
Payments  to  discharged  soldiers,  1382. 
Illuminating  Supplies : 
Candles,  1016. 

Chimneys,  1012, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1021. 
Daily  inspections,  266. 
Lamps,  1012-1015, 1018, 1020, 1021. 
Lanterns,  1012, 1015, 1016, 1018, 1020, 1021. 
Messes,  285. 

Mineral  oil,  1012, 1015-1017, 1019-1022. 
Officers,  1020. 

Street  lamps,  1012, 1015, 1021. 
Veterinary  surgeons,  183. 
"Wicks,  1012, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1021. 
Imprisonment : 

Sentences  of  courts-martial.  940, 941. 
Independence  Day: 

Salute  to  the  "Union,  406. 
Independent  Posts: 

Hospital  corps,  1411. 
Index  Books: 
Company,  264. 
Post,  209. 
Regimental,  243. 
Indian  Reservations. 

Embraced  in  Indian  country,  475. 
Indians : 
Agents,  477, 1507. 
Indian  country,  474-476,  478, 487,  pp.  64, 65 ; 

568. 
Interior  Department,  480. 


Indians— Continued. 

Issues  of  rations,  1266. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1507. 

Ownership  of  animals,  477 

Prisoners  of  war,  480. 

Scouts,  481-485. 

Subsistence,  etc.,  480. 

Supplies,  stores,  and  property,  479. 
Indian  Territory : 

Embraced  in  Indian  country,  475. 
Indorsements : 

Official  correspondence,  759, 760. 

Printed  labels,  759. 
Infantry : 

Colors,  217. 

Mounted  companies,  1302, 1303. 

Precedence,  6. 
Infantry  and  Cavalry  School: 

Civilian  employees,  725. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Detachment  of  officers,  191. 

Honor  graduates,  466. 

Inspection,  869. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Officers  for  instruction,  465. 

Organization,  464. 

Special  regulations,  464. 

Supervision  or  control,  190, 464. 
Information : 

Furnishing,  from  military  records,  803. 
Inks: 

Colored,   in   records   and   correspondence, 

801. 
Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C. : 

Applications  for  admission,  174. 

Clothing  and  subsistence,  176. 

Qualifications,  173. 

Transportation  to  the  Home,  175 
Insane  Persons : 

Enlistment  of,  prohibited,  825. 
Insane  Soldiers : 

Government  Insaae  Hospital,  469-473 
Insertions : 

Advertisements,  504-506. 
Insignia  Buttons: 

Wearing  prohibited,  1551. 
Inspection  Reports : 
Barracks  and  quarters,  976, 978. 
Channels  through  which  forwarded,  872. 
Colleges  and  schools,  870. 
Copies,  862,  870. 
Damaged  clothing,  887. 
Efficiency  or  inefficiency  of  officers,  810. 
Extracts,  872. 
Final  disposition,  872. 
Inspector-General,  810, 866,  870,  872,  876, 882; 

889. 

Miscellaneous,  872. 

National  Home  Disabled  Soldiers,  866. 
Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1500, 1519, 1525, 1526. 
Preparation  and  scope,  874. 
Private  buildings'and  lands,  979. 
Proceedings,  boards  of  survey,  708, 722. 


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INDEX. 


Inspection  Reports— Continued. 
Surgeons  of  posts,  1393. 
Troops,  stations,  and  accounts,  872. 
Inspections : 
Annual,  866-868,  879. 

Appliances  for  transporting  wounded,  1419. 
Articles  in  charge  of  guards,  455. 
Bakery  fund  accounts,  298. 
Barracks  and  quarters,  976, 978. 
Biennial,  867. 

Cavalry  and  field  artillery,  266. 
Cavalry  and  light  artillery  horses,  1065. 
Chaplains,  41. 
Chief  bakers,  308. 
Clerical  aid  to  inspectors,  860. 
Colleges  and  schools,  870. 
Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223. 
Company  fund  accounts,  301. 
Cooks,  company,  302. 
Daily  and  Saturday,  266. 
Damaged  clothing,  887. 
Department  commanders,  193. 
Detachment  of  recruits,  845. 
Disbursements  and  accounts,  871, 876, 877. 
Districts,  858. 

Extra-duty  men,  attendance,  170. 
General  mess  attendants,  302. 
Hospital  corps,  1405, 1435. 
Hospitals,  1427, 1435. 
Hospital  stewards  and  quarters,  1427. 
Medical,  1465. 
Medical,  of  posts,  1393. 
Methods  of  conducting.  873-S89. 
Military  Academy,  869. 
Military  and  business  administration,  868. 
Musters,  452. 
National  cemeteries,  867. 
National  Home  Disabled  Soldiers,  866. 
Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1519, 1520, 1524-1526. 
Post  commanders,  200. 
Post  records,  40. 
Post  schools,  321. 
Private  buildings  and  lands,  979. 
Public  property  for  condemnation,  878-889. 
Regimental  commanders,  229. 
Recruits  sent  to  regiments,  845. 
Reports,  708,  722,  810,  870,  872,  874,  887,  976, 

978,  979,  1393,  1500,  1519,  1525,  1526. 
Service  schools,  869.    " 
Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  866. 
Stated,  866-872. 

Storehouses,  commissary,  1248. 
,     Tours  of  inspectors,  859, 860. 
Troops,  stations,  etc.,  867,  873. 
Inspector-General : 
Auctioneers,  account  of  sales,  679. 
Inspection  reports,  810, 866, 870, 872, 876, 882, 

889. 

National  Home  Vol.  Soldiers,  865, 866. 
Orders  to  inspectors,  858. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1526. 
Reports  to,  of  inspectors,  859. 
Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  866. 


Inspector-General's  Department: 

Blank  forms,  876, 879. 

Disbursements  and  accounts,  876, 877. 

Eligibility  of  officers  to  command,  17. 

Expert  accountant,  733, 734. 

General  provisions,  857-863. 

Method  of  inspection,  873-875. 

Property  for  condemnation,  878-889. 

Special  duties,  864,  865. 

Sphere  of  inquiry,  857. 

Stated  inspections,  866-872. 
See  also— 
Inspector-General. 
Inspectors-General. 
Inspector  of  Artillery: 

Selection,  detail,  and  duties,  350. 
Inspectors,  Civilian: 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729, 730. 
Inspectors,  Colleges: 

Efficiency  reports,  809. 
Inspectors-General : 

Accusations  against  officers,  862. 

Acting,  871. 

Clerks  and  messengers,  858. 

Comments  or  conversations,  861. 

Condemnation  of  property,  878,  882-884. 

Detail  of  acting,  871, 878. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

General  duties,  857-863. 

Injustice,  organizations  or  individuals,  862. 

Irregularities  and  deficiencies,  861,  875. 

Joining  station,  859. 

Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1444. 

Medical  supplies,  1463. 

Notice  of  inspections,  860. 

Orders,  858,  859,  861. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1519, 1520, 1524-1526. 

Personal  reports,  859. 

Post  schools,  321. 

Power  to  administer  oaths,  863. 

Promotion,  22. 

Quartermasters'  records,  1219. 

Reports  concerning  officers,  862 

Signal  supplies,  1546. 

Special,  871, 878. 

Special  duties,  864, 865. 

Stated  inspections,  866-872. 

Subsistence  supplies  for  sale,  864 

Supervision  or  control,  858. 

Tours  of  inspection,  859. 
Inspectors,  Small-Anus  Practice: 

Duties,  etc.,  196. 
Instruction  : 

Army  Medical  School,  468. 

Artillery  School,  462, 463. 

Artillery  troops,  352. 

Cavalry  and  Light  Artillery  School,  467. 

Cooking,  280. 

Field  practice,  messing,  and  cooking,  280. 

Hospital  corps,  1399. 

Infantry  and  Cavalry  School,  464, 465. 


INDEX. 


UNIVERSITY 
X^r^0** 


Instruction— Continued. 

Light  artillery.  344, 345. 

Post  schools,  317-324. 

Small-arms  practice,  358. 

Torpedo  service,  346,  347. 
Instructors : 

Post  schools,  317. 

Service  schools,  462, 464, 467, 468. 
Instruments : 

Surveying,  460, 461. 

Veterinary,  1038, 1040. 
Insurance : 

Public  money  or  property,  593. 
Insurrections: 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  487,  pp.  66, 67. 
Intelligence  to  the  Enemy : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  46. 
Interior  Guard  Duty : 

Roster,  366. 
Interlineations : 

Bills  of  lading,  1139. 

Proposals,  supplies,  and  services,  532. 
Interments : 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  493. 

Deceased    officers    and    soldiers,   85,   162, 
1195. 

Post  cemeteries,  494, 498, 499. 
Interpreters,  Military  Courts : 

Pay  and  allowances,  961-965. 
Interstate  Commerce  Laws : 

Enforcement  of,  by  Army,  487,  p.  67. 
Intoxicated  Persons : 

Enlistment  prohibited,  825. 
Intruders : 

Indian  country,  476, 487,  pp.  64, 65. 

Public  lands,  487,  pp.  65, 66. 
Invalid  Soldiers : 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Invasion: 

Protection  of  States  against,  487,  p.  64. 
Inventories : 

Boards  of  survey  proceedings,  708, 722. 

Condemnation  of  property,  879-882,  885. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers'  effects,  82, 
158,  749, 1377, 1439,  A.  W.  125. 126. 

Defects  or  shortage,  668. 

Escaped  military  prisoners'  effects,  913. 

Fuel,  forage,  and  straw,  1061. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1526. 

Public  property,  deceased  officers,  84,  713. 

Quartermaster's  stores,  1064. 

Subsistence  stores,  1231. 

Worn  out  property,  678. 
Investigations : 

Attempts  to  defraud  the  Government,  863. 

Loss  of  special  funds,  292. 

Misconduct  of  officers  or  agents,  862, 863. 
Invoices  of  Money  and  Property: 

Funds  transferred,  639. 

Notation  of  checks,  640. 

Transfers,  665. 


Irons: 

Placing  in,  of  prisoners,  909. 
Isolated  Stations : 

Issues  of  clothing,  1179. 
Issues: 

Ambulances,  1414, 1415. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1178, 1179, 1186-1191, 
1193-1195, 1442. 

Disinfectants,  1462. 

Forage,  1043. 

Gratuitous,  1189, 1194, 1195, 1442. 

Hand  litters,  1417. 

Hay  for  bedding,  1049. 

Hospital  stores,  1450. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,   1493- 1500,  1503, 1505, 
1507, 1508. 

Public  animals,  1035. 

Public  property,  673. 

Rations,  296,  1258-1264, 1266, 1267. 

Shoeing  material,  1068. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1232,  1238,  1265. 

Transportation    requests,    1085-1087,    1094. 

Veterinary  medicines  and  dressings,  1039. 
Jeopardy : 

Trial  second   time,   same   offense,   A.  "W. 

102. 
Job  Printing: 

Accounts,  511. 

Blank  forms,  books,  etc.,  514. 

Contracts,  510. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Special,  513. 
Joining  Station: 

Inspectors-General,  859. 

Professional  books,  papers,  etc.,  1121, 1122. 

Sick  leave,  1315. 

Travel  allowances,  1334. 
Journals: 

Engineer  officers,  1482. 

Marches,  457-459. 
Judge-Advocate-General : 

Correspondence  with  judge-advocates,  895. 

Judge-advocates  of  departments,  891. 

Records,  military  courts,  890,  892-895,  A. 
W.  113, 114. 

Reports  requiring  President's  action,  896 
Judge-Ad vocate-GeneraP  s  Department : 

Bureau  of  military  justice,  890. 

Eligibility  of  officers  to  command,  17. 

Opinions  upon  legal  questions,  768, 890. 
See  also— 

Judge- Advocate-General's  Office. 
Judge- Advocates. 
Judge-Advocate-General's  Office: 

Deeds,  title  papers,  etc.,  704,  890. 

Judge-Advocate-General,    890-896,  A.  "W. 

113, 114. 
Judge-Advocates: 

Correspondence  with  Judge- Ad v.-Gen.,  895. 

Courts-martial,  683, 921-924,  954, 955,  959, 961, 
965,  note  p.  227,  A.  W.  74, 84, 85, 90, 92. 113. 


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INDEX. 


Judge- Advocates  -  Continued. 

Departments,  196,  683,  891,  893,  1006,  1301, 
note  p.  227. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Law  books,  893. 

Opinions  upon  legal  questions,  768,890. 

Promotion,  22. 
Judge- Advocates  of  Courts-Martial: 

Administration  of  oaths,  683,  note  p.  227,  A. 
W.  84, 92. 

Appointment,  etc.,  A.  "W.  74. 

Authentication  of  record,  954. 

Civilian  witnesses,  military  courts,  965. 

Closed  sessions,  921. 

Counsel  for  accused,  A.  "W.  90. 

Interpreters,  961, 965. 

Oath,  A.  W.  85. 

Reporters,  959. 

Transmission  of  record,  955,  A.  W.  113. 

Witnesses,  922-924. 
Judge-Advocates  of  Departments-: 

Administration  of  oaths,  683,  note  p.  227. 

Annual  reports,  89 1. 

Detail  of,  and  duties,  196. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Law  books,  893. 

Rank,  pay,  etc.,  of  acting,  1301. 
Judges  of  State  Courts: 

"Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  969,  970. 
Judges  of  United  States  Courts : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140 

Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  971. 
July  4: 

Salute  to  the  Union,  406. 
Jurisdiction : 

Lands  used  for  military  purposes,  703. 

State  courts,  habeas  corpus,  969,  970. 
Jurisdiction,  Military  Courts : 

Field  officers'  court,  A.  W.  80, 82, 83, 102, 103. 

Garrison  courts-martial,  A.  W.  8(>,  82,  83, 
102, 103. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  58,  60,  62-64, 
79, 102, 103,  p.  231,   sec.  1343  R.  S. 

Military  commissions,  p.  231,  sec.  1343  R.  S. 

Regimental  courts-martial,  A.  W.  80-83, 102, 

103. 
Justice,  Department  of: 

Employment  of  civil  counsel,  967,  968. 

Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  72. 
Justices,  United  States  Courts : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140. 
Keepsakes : 

Escaped  prisoners,  913. 
Keys: 

Storerooms,  etc.,  674. 
Kindling  Wood : 

Sales  to  officers,  1003. 
Kitchens : 

Daily  inspections,  266. 

Engineer  officers,  1484. 

Hospital,  1006. 

Management  and  supervision,  281. 


Kitchens— Continued. 

Tableware,  285, 1199, 1200. 

Utensils.  281, 285, 1199, 1200. 

Visitors  not  allowed,  except,  etc.,  281. 
Labor : 

Payments  for,  by  contractors,  565. 
Labor  of  Troops : 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Buildings  for  amusement,  etc.,  311. 

Garrisons  of  fortifications.  333. 

In  arrest  or  confinement,  907. 

Maintenance  of  post  cemeteries,  495. 

Unnecessary,  on  Sunday,  202. 
Laborers : 

Extra-duty  pay,  165. 

Military  works,  366. 
Laborers,  Civilian: 

Employment,  etc.,  724, 727. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Lamps : 

Chimneys,  1012, 1015, 1016, 1020, 1021. 

Daily  inspections,  266. 

Hours  of  illumination,  1018. 

Issue  and  kinds,  1012-1016. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  1012. 

Sales  to  officers,  1020. 
Lance  Corporals : 

Selection,  appointment,  etc.,  257. 
Land-Grant  Railroads: 

Accounts  for  transportation,  1129,1161,1162. 

Bills  of  lading,  1146. 

Rights  of  Government,  487,  pp.  67, 68. 

Transportation  requests,  1091, 1093. 
Lands: 

Plats  of  military,  707. 

Purchase  for  military  purposes,  703. 

Title  papers,  704, 890, 1492. 
Language: 

Reproachful,  provoking,  A.  W.  25. 

Upbraiding,  A.  W.  28. 
Lanterns: 

Candles,  1265. 

Hours  of  illumination,  1018. 

Outside  illumination,  1015. 

Quartermaster's  Department.  1012 

Stable  use,  1016. 
Larceny : 

Punishable,  A.  W.  58 
Laundry  Charges: 

Post  council,  290. 

Recruiting  stations  and  rendezvous,   1192. 
Law  Books: 

Judge-advocates  of  departments,  893. 
Laws: 

Obstructing  or  hindering,  487,  p.  67. 
Leases : 

Military  lands,  704. 

Rooms  for  offices,  1007. 
Leaves  of  Absence: 

Applications,  etc.,  46, 47,  51, 52, 59,  60, 62,  64, 
1209. 

Beyond  limits  of  command,  46,  60, 61. 


INDEX. 


267 


Leaves  of  Absence — Continued. 

Change  of  ordinary  to  sick  leave,  64. 

Change  of  station,  1330-1332. 

Commencement  and  expiration,  53, 54. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1337. 

Computation,  1318. 

Cumulative,  995, 1317. 

Delays,  67. 

Duration,  53, 54. 

During  active  operations,  50. 

Fuel,  officers  on  sick,  998. 

Full  pay,  1317. 

Granted,  by  whom,  44, 46, 48, 55, 61 

Granted  in  months  and  days,  53. 

Graduates  Military  Academy,  49. 

In  the  field,  54. 

Notations  on  returns,  57. 

On  special  duty,  54. 

Officers  in  charge  of  public  property,  659. 

Officers  of  staff  corps,  46. 

Orders  to  rejoin  station,  1327,1328. 

Ordinary,  44-59,  64. 

Pay  accounts,  officers,  1316. 

Payments  to  officers,  1315-1319. 

Payments  to  officers  resigning,  1308. 

Period  and  extensions,  44-46, 48, 49, 51, 52, 59, 
60, 62. 

Periods  defined,  53. 

Permission  to  hunt,  58. 

Post  commander,  44. 

Quarters,  995,  997. 

Reports,  etc.,  by  officers,  54,  57, 62-64. 

Sick, 60-64, 997, 998, 1315, 1337. 

Take  effect,  54. 

Telegraphic  application,  1209. 

Temporary  duty,  1320, 1327-1329. 

Tender  of  resignation,  79. 

Travel  allowances,  1327-1332. 

Verbal  permits,  57. 

Visiting  foreign  countries,  55, 56 

When  not  granted,  50, 51. 
Leave  Year: 

Reckoned,  1318. 
Legal  Representatives : 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  82, 83, 85, 161, 
181,  A.  W.  127. 

Settlements  with,  by  disbursing  officers,  652. 
Leggins: 

Issue  to  enlisted  men,  1187 
Legislation: 

Efforts  to  influence,  5. 
Length  of  Service: 

Rules  for  computing  longevity  pay,  1311. 
Letter  Headings: 

"Wording  and  matter,  512. 
Letters, Official: 

Applications  for  official  opinions,  768. 

Briefing,  758. 

Channels,  762-764, 766-768. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  766, 767. 

Colored  inks,  801. 

Commanding  officeie,  766. 

Employment  of  civil  counsel,  968. 


Letters,  Official -Continued. 

Forwarding  officers,  765. 

Inclosures,  760. 

Indorsements,  759. 

Messages  by  telegraph,  1543. 

Penalty  envelopes,  813-815,  817. 

Post-office  address,  755. 

Preparation,  folding,  etc.,  752-754,758. 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  894-896. 

Signatures,  756. 

Title,  officer  addressed,  757, 

Transmission  by  freight  or  express,  816. 

Unimportant  and  trivial,  769. 
Letters  Received  Books : 

Company,  264. 

Post,  209. 

Quartermasters,  1218. 

Regimental,  243. 
Letters  Sent  Books : 

Company,  264. 

Posts,  209. 

Regimental,  243. 
Libraries : 

Company,  1132. 

Fuel,  313. 

Hospital,  1449. 

Military  Academy,  1130. 

Military  Service  Institution,  1130. 

Newspapers  and  periodicals,  310. 

Post,  297,  310,  312,  313,  1006, 1014-1019,  1021, 
1022, 1132, 1204. 

Rooms  to  be  provided,  310. 

Transportation,  312, 1130, 1132. 

Use  of,  by  officers,  310. 
License : 

Civilians  on  reservations,  210. 

Military  lands,  704. 
Lieutenant-Colonels : 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  433, 437, 440. 

Promotion  to  grade,  23. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  commanders  of  the  Navy,  12. 

Roster  duty,  368. 

Stationery,  1023. 
Lieutenant-Commanders : 

Rank  with  majors,  12. 
Lieutenant- General  of  the  Army : 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  429,  437. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389, 411, 414, 418. 

Rank  with  vice-admirals,  12. 
Lieutenants : 

First,  9, 23, 368, 433, 437, 440, 1067, 1119. 

General  duties.  253,  255. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344. 

Rosters,  368. 

Second,  9,  368, 433, 437, 440, 1067, 1119. 
|      Torpedo  instruction,  346. 


268 


INDEX. 


Lieutenants,  Navy: 

Rank  with  captains,  Army,  12. 
Lieutenants,  Navy,  Junior : 

Rank  with  first  lieutenants,  Army,  12. 
Light  Batteries : 

See  Batteries  of  Light  Artillery. 
Lights : 

Extinguished  at  taps,  383. 

Messes,  285. 

Veterinary  surgeon,  183. 
Limitation: 

Appointees   to    second    lieutenancies,    30, 
31. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  27,  30,  31. 

Expenditures,  posts,  etc.,  204,  206, 706. 

Express  transportation,  1128. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344. 

Mess  furniture  in  the  field,  286. 

Personal  staff  duty,  33. 

Publication  of  advertisements,  505. 

Punishment,  938. 

Re-entering  Army,  838. 

Regimental  bands,  245. 

Repairs  to  buildings  at  posts,  206, 706. 

Special  duty  and  detached  service,  34, 35. 

Special  funds,  293. 

Strength  of  recruit  detachments,  822. 

Sentences  in  excess  of  legal  limit,  943. 

Teachers,  enlisted  men,  post  school,  319. 

Transportation  of  officers'  horses,  1069. 
Limitation,  Statute  of: 

General  provisions,  A.  W.  103. 

Release  of  deserters,  120. 

Rewards,  etc.,  deserters,  124. 
Limits: 

Arrest  of  officers,  898. 

Furloughed  enlisted  men,  109. 
Line  of  Duty: 

Disability,  entry  on  muster  rolls,  1432. 
Liquid  Coffee: 

Purchase  and  issue,  1257. 
Litters : 

Hand  and  mule,  1417-1419. 
Longevity  Pay : 

Computing  service,  1311. 
Loss  of  Funds : 

Fraud  or  neglect,  1344. 

Special  funds,  292. 

Stoppages,  1344. 

Transported  by  express,  1128. 
Loss  of  Property : 

Accountability  for,  if  lost  in  service,  697. 

Civilian  employees,  687. 

Classification,  681. 

Deserters,  686. 

Enlisted  men,  684,  685, 698,  A.W.  16, 17. 

In  transit,  1126, 1127, 1149. 

Loaned  mail  contractors,  207. 

Mess  property  and  utensils,  285. 

Officers,  682,  684,  A.  W.  15. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1500,  1510,  1513, 1522. 

Prevention,  674. 

Stoppages,  1344. 


Loss  of  Property— Continued. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1245, 1246. 

Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 
Lost  Bills  of  Lading: 

Both  parts,  1152. 

Certificates,  1152, 1153, 1157. 

One  part,  1151. 

Payments,  1151-1156. 

Receipts  to  carrier,  1157 

Recovered,  1153. 

Stores  in  transit,  1155. 

Surrender  of  duplicate  to  carrier,  1154. 
Lyceums : 

Period  for  instruction,  230. 
Lying  Out  of  Quarters : 

Punishment,  A.  "W.  31. 
Machine  Guns: 

Ammunition  for  practice,  354. 
Magazines : 

Absorption  of  moisture,  336. 

Filling  cartridge  bags  or  projectiles,  339. 

Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery,  343, 1536. 

Powder  in  barrels,  338. 

Precautions  in  case  of  accidental  fire,  340. 

Shrubbery  or  trees,  335. 

Slippers,  337. 

Smoking  or  fire  not  allowed  in  vicinity, 
340. 

Sparks,  etc.,  337, 340. 

Storage  of  loaded  shells,  fuses,  etc.,  341,  342. 

Ventilation,  335. 
Mail  Contractors : 

Aid  by  post  commanders,  207. 
Mails,  United  States : 

Obstructing  or  retarding,  487,  p.  67. 
Major-General  Commanding  the  Army: 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428,  437. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389, 411, 414,  418. 
Major-Generals : 

Aids,  33. 

Appointment  to  grade,  21. 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Changing  station,  68. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escorts,  429, 437. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  rear-admirals,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389, 411, 414, 418. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Travel  beyond  limits  of  command,  68. 
Majors: 

Appropriate  command,  14. 

Baggage,  1199. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escorts,  433, 437, 440. 

Promotion  to  grade,  23. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  lieutenant-commanders,  12. 

Roster  duty,  368. 

Stationery,  1023. 


INDEX. 


269 


Manslaughter: 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Dlanual  for  Army  Cooks: 

Instructions  to  be  observed,  283. 

Supply  for  company,  280. 
Manual  for  Courts-Martial  : 

Limitation  of  punishment,  938. 
Manual  of  Guard  Duty : 

Duties  of  guards,  453. 
Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery : 

Changes,  353. 

Preservation  and  care  of  materials,  343, 1536. 
Manuscript  Blanks : 

Prohibited,  751. 
Maps  and  Reconnaissances: 

Duties  engineer  corps,  1472. 

Field  notes,  sketches,  and  journals,  457-459. 

Surveying  instruments,  460,  461. 
Marches : 

Care  of  sick  and  wounded,  1423. 

Journals,  457-459. 
Marine  Corps : 

Deserters  from,  enlisted  in  the  Army,  134. 

Precedence  of,  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  6. 
Marine  Corps  Officers : 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  122. 

General  courts-martial,  Army,  A .  "W.  78. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10,  11,  A.  W.  122. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  403,  415,  418. 
Marking: 

Boxes  for  transportation,  1530. 

Company  property,  279. 

Condemned  property,  883. 

Donations,  1130, 1132. 

Packages  for  shipment,  1124,  1125. 

Public  property,  676. 

Regimental  property  and  equipments,  242. 

Sentence  of  a  court-martial,  A.  "W.  38,  98. 
Marriages : 

Record  at  posts,  40. 
Married  or  Unmarried  Soldiers: 

Notation  on  discharge  certificate,  148. 
Married  Persons: 

Enlistment  or  re-enlistment,  828,  838, 1404. 
Marshals : 

Apprehension  of  deserters,  122,  124. 
Matches : 

Issue,  1265. 
Matrons : 

Allowance  to  hospitals,  1437. 

Appointment,  1436. 

Fuel,  1006. 

Hospital  stores,  1450. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

Rations,  1259. 

Savings  of  rations,  1269. 
Mayhem : 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Meals  and  Lodgings : 

Civilian  employees,  730. 

Enlisted  men,  384. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  730. 


Mechanics : 

Extra-duty  pay,  165. 
Mechanics,  Civilian : 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  724,  727. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729.  731. 
Medals  of  Honor: 

Commissioned  officers  and  enlisted  men,  177. 

"Worn  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  1551. 
Medals,  Rifle  Practice: 

Worn  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  1551. 
Medical  Attendance : 

Accounts,  1452-1459. 

Civilian  physicians,  1452, 1453,1456,1458,1459. 

Indians,  480. 

Medical  officers,  1450, 1451. 
Medical  Certificates : 

Sick  leave,  officers,  60-62. 
Medical  Department : 

Ambulances    and    litters,   214,   1076,   1396, 
1414-1419,  1422. 

Artificial  limbs  and  appliances,  1467-1471. 

Business,  duties,  etc.,  1392. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  18. 

Hospital  corps,  6, 167,  214, 300,  784,  1259, 1269 
1396-1411,  1413-1423,  1435,  1436. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  480, 1450-1469. 

Medical  supplies,  566, 973, 1460-1463. 

Medicines,  480,1450-1456. 

Private  hospital  accounts,  1457. 

Publications  for  hospital  libraries,  1449. 

Purchasing  and  contracting  officer,  569. 

Reports  and  returns,  1464-1466. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  196. 
See  also— 
Hospitals. 
Medical  Officers. 
Surgeon-  General. 
Medical  Inspections  and  Examinations: 

Accounts,  1458. 

Hospital  corps  recruits,  1399. 

Posts  and  reservations,  1465. 

Recruits,  842-848, 1458. 
Medical  Museum : 

Transportation  of  donations,  1130. 
Medical  Officers: 

Acting  hospital  stewards,  1402. 

Ambulances,  1076,  1415. 

Army  Medical  School,  468. 

Arrests,  etc.,  900. 

Assistant  surgeons,  1394. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  985. 

Casualty  returns,  1466. 

Changes  of  station,  738. 

Clothing  accounts,  hospital  corps,  1407. 

Company  bearers,  1412, 1413. 

Contract  surgeons,  994,  999, 1119,  1121,  1464. 

Department  staff,  196. 

Deserters,  121, 123. 

Detail,  duties,  etc.,  201,  203,  1393, 1435,  1438. 

Diagnosis  furnished,  etc.,  1432 

Eligibility  to  command,  18. 

Enlistments,  hospital  corps,  1399. 


270 


INDEX. 


Medical  Officers — Continued. 
Examination  boards  for  promotion,  25. 
Field  service,  1420. 1421. 
First-aid  treatment,  1413 
Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
General  hospitals  1433. 
General  prisoners,  914. 
Hospital  buildings.  1424, 1426-1428. 
Hospital  corps  privates,  1411. 
Hospital  fund,  1448. 
Hospital  transports,  etc.,  1434. 
Insane  soldiers,  470. 
Invalid  soldiers,  1109. 
Litter  bearers,  1413. 
Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1444. 
Medical  attendance,  1450, 1451. 
Medical  chests,  1122. 
Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 
Patients  in  hospital,  1432, 1439. 
Pay,  etc.,  hospital  corps,  1407. 
Post,  201,  203,  470,  985,  1006,  1013,  1393, 1402. 

1403,  1407, 1408, 1411-1413, 1415, 1420, 1424, 

1426-1428,  1431, 1432, 1435, 1436, 1439, 1448, 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  95. 
Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1426-1428. 
Record  and  reports  of  treatment  of  disease 

and  results,  155. 
Recruits,  842-845,  847, 848. 
Reports  to,  of  discharges  for  disability,  156. 
Returns  of,  by  chief  surgeons,  1464. 
Returns  of  hospital  corps,  1408. 
Sick  call,  1431. 
Sick  leave,  officers,  60-62. 
Surgeons,    22,   196,    1394,   1395,    1408,    1418, 

1464-1466. 

Transfers  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 
Medical  Supplies : 
Books  and  publications,  1449, 1463. 
Chests,  1122. 

Damaged  or  unserviceable,  1465. 
Desinfectants,  1462. 
Hospital  property  and  supplies,  1422, 1441, 

1443, 1444, 1446. 
Medicines,  480, 1450-1456. 
Metric  system,  1461. 
Oral-agreement  purchases,  566. 
Purchases,  566, 569, 1460. 
Transported  by  Q.  M.  Department,  973. 
Medicines : 
Accounts,  1454, 1455. 
Dispensed  to  persons  entitled,  1450. 
Families  and  servants,  1456. 
Indians,  480. 

Officers  and  men  not  on  duty,  1456. 
Proprietary,  1456. 

Purchased  from  druggists,  1452-1455. 
Retired  officers  and  enlisted  men,  1451. 
Veterinary,  1039. 
Members  of  a  Royal  Family: 

Salutes  and  honors,  410,  418. 
Members  of  Courts-Martial : 
Appointment,  etc.,  917. 
Behavior,  A.  W.  87. 


Members  of  Courts-Martial—Continued. 

Challenge  by  accused,  A.  W.  88. 

Disorderly  conduct,  920. 

Duty  with  command,  918. 

Marine  Corps  officers,  A.  W.  78. 

Number  to  be  convened,  A.  "W.  75. 

Oath.  A.  W.  84. 

Requisite  number  not  at  posts,  etc.,  A.W.76. 

Sit  according  to  rank,  917. 

Voting,  A.  W.  95. 
Members  of  Courts  of  Inquiry : 

Appointment,  etc.,  A.  "W.  116. 

Oaths,  A.  W.  117. 
Members  of  the  Cabinet : 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408,  418. 
Memorandum  Receipts: 

Company  records,  265. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1053,  1053-1058. 
Mess  Call: 

Hours  for  sounding,  384. 
Messengers: 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  725,  727. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Inspectors-general,  858. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Mess,  General: 

Brooms,  285. 

Business  dealings,  303. 
.  Companies  withdrawing,  etc.,  303. 

Council  287-289,  302, 303. 

Extra  compensation  to  attendants,  302. 

Fuel,  285. 

Fund,  287, 291-293, 302, 303. 

Furniture,  280, 285,  286. 

Illuminating  supplies,  285. 

Instruction  in  cooking,  208. 

Management,  303. 

Officer  in  charge,  duties,  etc.,  303. 

Scrubbing  brushes,  285. 

Supervision,  280. 

Visits  to  hall,  201. 
Messing  and  Cooking: 

Broken,  lost,  or  damaged  articles,  285. 

Brooms,  brushes,  fuel,  and  lights,  285. 

Enlisted  men,  280-286. 

General  mess,  201,  280,  285-289,  291-293,  302, 
303. 

Individual  cooking  devices  for  field,  286. 

Issue  of  rations,  *264, 

Kitchen  and  table  ware  and  furniture,  285. 

Limitations,  mess  furniture  in  the  field,  286. 

Management  of  kitchens,  281,  285. 

Manual  for  army  cooks,  280,  283. 

Meals  for  enlisted  men,  384. 

Officer  in  charge  general  mess,  280. 

Prisoners'  food,  284. 

Rations,  care,  etc..  282. 

Removal  of  outfits  from  barracks,  983. 

Room  may  be  set  aside  for  officers,  996. 

Savings  of  rations,  282. 

Separate  flour  issued,  296. 

Supervision    company   and   general  mess, 
280. 


INDEX. 


271 


Messing  and  Cooking-Continued. 

Use  of  hospitals,  1430. 

Yearly  field  practice,  280. 
.Mess  Rooms: 

Engineer  officers,  1484. 

Hospitals,  1006. 
Meteorological  Instruments: 

Supervision  control,  etc.,  1537. 
Metric  System: 

Medical  supplies,  1461. 
Mileage: 

Approval  of  journey,  1323. 

Arsenals  1333. 

Authority.  1323. 

Civilian  employees,  733. 

Engineer  officers,  1487. 

Explorations,  military,  1333. 

Interpreters,  courts  martial,  961-965. 

Joining  first  stations,  1334. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1327-1332. 

Lines  of  travel,  1324. 

Military  attaches.  36. 

Orders,  68, 1323-1325. 

Payments,  1322. 

Public  works,  1333. 

Rates  and  computation,  1321, 1326. 

Return  journeys,  1323. 

Route  of  travel.  1324, 1326. 

Surveys,  military,  1333, 

Transportation  in  kind,  1321, 1323. 

Travel,  part  with  troop,  1323. 

Travel  without  troops,  1321. 

Unauthorized,  1334. 

Urgent  duty.  1323. 

Voucher,  with  order,  etc.,  1323. 

Witnesses,  72,  962, 963, 1335. 
Military  Academy : 

Cadets,  9, 24, 49, 1347. 

Civilian  employees,  725. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Donations  to  library  and  museum,  1130. 

Graduating  leave,  49. 

Inspection,  869. 

Supervision  or  control,  190. 

Treasurer,  1347. 
Military  Attached  : 

Allowances,  etc.,  36. 

Baggage,  1121. 

Information,  etc.,  748. 
Military  Authority : 

Subordination  to  civil  authority,  A."W.55,  59. 
Military  Commands : 

Annual  inspection,  867, 875. 
Military  Commission*: 

Jurisdiction,  p.  231,  sec.  1343  R.  S. 

Proceedings,  890, 892. 
Military  Control : 

Emergencies,  190, 191. 

Orders  of  the  President  and  Secretary  of 
War,  188. 

Responsibility  of  commanding  general,  187. 
Vilitary  Defenses : 

Sites,  plans,  and  estimates,  1472. 


Military  History : 

Commissioned  officers   and   enlisted  men, 

748. 
Military  Information : 

Collection  and  classification,  748. 

Officers  on  leave,  abroad,  56. 

Publications  sent  abroad,  37. 
Military  Justice : 

Administration  of  oath,  note,  p.  227. 
Military  Operations : 

Orders  of  the  President  and  Secretary  of 

War,  188. 
Military  Record : 

Indorsed  on  discharge  certificate,  148. 
Military  Roads  and  Bridges : 

Construction,  1472. 
Military  Service  Institution: 

Transportation  of  donations,  1130. 
Military  Signaling  and  Signal  Duties  : 

Supervision,  control,  etc.,  1537. 
Military  Storekeepers : 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Military  Telegraph  Lines : 

Commanding  officers,  1542. 

Confidential  communications,  1543. 

Construction,  maintenance,  etc.,  1537, 1542. 

Messages,  1543. 

Signal  officers,  1542. 
Military  Works: 

Laborers  and  armed  working  parties,  366. 
Militia: 

Annual  returns,  748. 

Arming  and  equipping,  1131. 

Encampments,  748. 

Officers,  10, 11,  390,  403,  415,  418,  1313,  A.  "W. 
122-124. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1494. 

Precedence  of,  serving  with  regulars,  6. 

Service  in,  of  regular  officers,  1313. 

Subject   to   rules    and  discipline  of   war, 

A.  W.  64. 
Militia  Officers: 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  122. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10, 11,  A.  W.  122, 124. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403, 415, 418. 

Service  of  regular  officers,  1313. 
Mineral  Oil: 

Allowances,  1017. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  1012. 

Requisitions  for,  and  issue,  1015, 1016, 1021. 

Sale  to  officers,  1020. 

Storage  in  or  near  storehouses,  1249. 

Uncousumed,  1022. 

Weight  per  gallon,  1019. 
Mineral  Waters: 

Payment  of  accounts,  1456. 
Ministers,  American  or  Foreign: 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 409, 418. 
Minors: 

Discharged  for  fraud,  1386. 


272 


INDEX. 


Minor  s— Continued . 

Enlistment  825,  826, 829. 

Unlawful  enlistment,  A.  W.  3. 
Minute  Guns: 

Funerals  430-432. 
Misappropriation : 

Public  moneys  or  property,  A.  "W.  60. 
Misbehavior  Before  the  Enemy: 

Punishment.  A.  W.42. 
Miscellaneous  Receipts : 

Proceeds  of  sale,  608,  615 
Misconduct: 

Officers  or  agents,  863. 
Misconduct  in  Time  of  War: 

Abandoning  post,  A.  "W.  42. 

Casting  away  arms,  A.  "W.  42. 

Changing  parole  or  watchword,  A.  "W.  44. 

Correspondence  with  or  intelligence  to  the 
enemy,  A.  W.  46. 

Cowardice,  A.  W.  42, 100. 

Disclosing  parole  or  watchword,  A.  W.  44. 

False  alarms,  A.  W.  41. 

Forcing  safeguard,  A.  W.  57. 

Misbehavior  before  enemy,  A."W.  42. 

Plunder  or  pillage,  A.  W.  42. 

Quitting  colors,  A.  W.  42. 

Relieving,  harboring,  or  protecting  the  en- 
emy, A.  TV.  45. 
Mitigation: 

Punishment,  916, 947,  A.  "W.  112. 
Mittens: 

Issue  to  enlisted  men,  1189, 1190. 
Mobs: 

Employment  of  troops  against,  491. 
Molasses: 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Money  Accountability: 

Appropriations,  617-625. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  608-613. 

Checks,  596-604. 

Disbursing  officers,  580-593,  598 

Funds  by  express,  1128. 

Liquid  coffee  purchases,  1257. 

Money  accounts,  36,  84,  612,  619-621,  624- 
629,  635,  655,  656,  871,  876,  877,  1224, 
1291,  1294,  1488,  1532. 

Money  vouchers,  619, 628, 631-651, 747, 1208. 

Official  check  books.  605-607. 

Pecuniary  responsibility  of  officers,  653, 654. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  608,  614-616. 

Public  moneys,  579-656. 

Transfer  or  succession,  16,  630 

Transfers,  594, 595. 
Money  Accounts: 

Abstracts,  619,  626, 1224, 1291. 

Accounts  current,  612,  619-621, 624-629. 

Administrative  examination,  655,  656. 

Admitted  errors,  625. 

Amounts  to  be  in  dollars  and  cents,  635- 

Certificates  of  deposit,  612. 

Contingent  expenses,  621. 

Deceased  officers,  84. 


Money  Accounts— Continued. 

Disposition,  626. 

Fiscal  year  to  be  noted,  619. 

Forms  accounts  current,  626 

Fractions  of  cents,  635. 

Inspection,  871,  876, 877. 

Made  in  duplicate  on  bureau  forms,  628. 

Military  attaches,  36. 

Orders  and  papers  supporting,  627-629 

Ordnance  Department,  1488. 1532. 

Original  vouchers  required,  628. 

Pay  Department,  620. 

Preparation  and  rendition,  626, 627. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1224. 

Rates  of  exchange,  36. 

Separate  for  each  fiscal  year,  620. 

Subsistence  Department,  1291, 1294 

Supplemental,  624, 625. 

Vouchers  to  accompany,  627,  628. 
Money  Value : 

Artificial  limbs  and  appliances,  1467. 

Rations,  adjustment  of  charges,  1253. 
Money  Vouchers : 

Certificate  of  correctness,  632. 

Commanding  officers,  747. 

Completion   before   signing    by   creditor; 
638. 

Corporations,  642-644. 

Currency  payments  to  be  noted,  640. 

Firms  and  individuals,  641-643, 644. 

Fiscal  year  to  be  noted,  619. 

Fractions  of  cents,  635. 

Identification,  when  required,  645. 

Invoices  and  receipts  for  funds,  639,  640. 

Mode  of  purchase,  636. 

Money  amounts,  635,  638, 648. 

Number,  date,  and  amount  of  check,  640. 

Number  of  copies  to  be  made,  631. 

Original  bills,  633, 634. 

Original  to  accompany  account,  628. 

Q.  M.  and  sub.  supplies,  633. 

Receipts  in  blank  prohibited,  637. 

Services  not  personal,  633,  636. 

Services,  personal,  633,  651. 

Signature  and  heading,  646. 

Small  sums  for  occasional  services,  644. 

Supplies,  633, 636. 

Telegraphic  service,  644, 1208. 

"Unpaid  accounts,  650. 

"Witnesses  to  signature  by  mark,  647. 
Monthly  Circulars : 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1345. 
Monthly  Payments : 

Commissioned  officers,  1298. 

Enlisted  men,  1348. 
Monthly  Reports : 

Chaplains,  40. 

Superintendents,  national  cemeteries,  492. 
Monthly  Returns : 

Enlisted  strength  of  the  Army,  789-796. 
Morning  Report  Book : 

Company,  264. 

Posts,  209. 


INDEX. 


273 


Horning  Reports : 

Company  and  consolidated,  388. 
Mother  of  Minor: 

Consent  to  enlistment  of  child,  826,  829. 
Mounted  Officers: 

Forage,  1044-1046. 

Horses,  184, 1044, 1065-1069. 

Public  animals,  1045. 
Mounted  Pay : 

Officers,  1301. 
Mounted  Service: 

Additional  pay,  1301. 

Announcement  of  authority,  1302. 

Muster  rolls  and  returns,  1303. 

Pay  accounts  of  officers,  1303. 

Sale  of  public  horses  to  officers,  1065. 
Mourning : 

Badge,  443. 

Colors,  446. 

Drums,  445. 

Family,  444. 
Movement  of  Troops. 

Notice  sent  by  quartermaster,  1084, 

Orders  and  returns  of  command,  1080, 1082. 

Routes,  1083. 

Sick  or  wounded,  1081. 

Staff  officers,  745. 

Timely  notice  to  be  given,  745, 1078. 

Transports,  1081. 
Mules: 

Branding,  1032. 

Specifications,  etc.,  for  purchase,  1031. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1070. 
Male  Shoes: 

Supply  and  issue,  1068. 
Murder: 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Museums: 

Transportation  of  donations,  1130. 
Musical  Instruments: 

Bands  and  field  music,  248, 1201, 1202. 

Post  chapels,  1132. 
Musicians : 

Band,  245,  246, 249. 

Field  music,  247, 249. 

Fuel,  1006. 

Transfer  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 

Whistles,  1202. 
Music  Pouches: 

Issue,  1188. 
Muster  and  Pay  Rolls : 

Absentees,  785,  A.  W.  12, 13. 

Absent  without  leave  notations,  133. 

All  payments  to  enlisted  men,  1363. 

Assistant  surgeons  at  posts,  1436. 

Band  musicians,  245, 246. 

Cadets,  military,  1347. 

Calculations,  787. 

Character,  notations,  148. 

Charges,  110,  115,  126,  684,  685, 698, 721, 1185, 
1200, 1500. 

Check  or  currency  payments.  1350-1364 

16GS6— 01 18 


Muster  and  Pay  Rolls— Continued. 

Clothing  balances,  1181, 1183. 

Company,  246, 784. 

Continuous-service  pay,  1367. 

Corrections  or  changes,  788. 

Credit  sales  to  enlisted  men,  1289. 

Deserters'  pay,  1381. 

Designation  on,  of  companies,  786. 

Detached  enlisted  men,  785. 

Disability  originating  in  line  of  duty,  1432. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1368, 1369. 

Forwarded  to  paymaster,  1350. 

Hospital  corps,  1436. 

Incorrect  payments,  1389. 

Money  amounts,  648. 

Mounted  service,  1303. 

Officers'  absence,  57,  63. 

Preparation,  disposition,  etc.,  784. 

Preservation,  etc.,  749. 

Property  lost  or  destroyed,  684,  685, 698. 

Re-enlistment  pay,  1367. 

Retained,  787, 788. 

Sick  in  hospital,  785 

Stoppages,  1390. 

Signatures  of  enlisted  men,  1364. 

Witness  of  payment,  1357, 1359, 1364 
Muster  for  Pay : 

Monthly,  451. 
Mustering  Officers: 

Correction  and  changes,  muster  rolls,  788. 
Musters : 

Accepting  presents,  etc.,  A.  W.  6. 

Certificate  of  absentees,  A.  W.  12, 13. 

Chief  bakers,  308. 

Cooks,  etc.,  302. 

Designation  of  officers  to  assist,  451. 

False,  A.  W.  5, 14. 

Hospital  corps,  1405. 

Inspection,  452. 

Monthly  for  pay,  451. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784-788. 

Review,  452. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1539, 1540. 

Sunday,  452. 
Mutiny : 

Beginning,  exciting,  joining,  etc.,  A.  W.  22. 

Compelling  surrender  of  troops,  A.W.  43. 

Disobedience  of  orders,  A.  W.  21,  24. 

Failure  to  give  information,  A.  W.  23. 

Quelling  frays,  disorders,  etc.,  A.  W.  24. 

Striking  superior  officer,  A.  W.  21, 24. 

Suppression,  A.  W.  23. 
Mutton : 

Ration,  1253. 
National  Cemeteries : 

Biennial  inspection,  867. 

Supervision,  records,  reports,  etc.,  492. 
National  Colors : 

Salute,  391. 

Saluting,  389, 390. 
National  Festivities: 

Foreign  war  vessels  in  port  or  harbor,  425. 


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INDEX. 


National  Flag: 

Salute  to,  416. 

Saluting,  405. 
National  Home  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldiers: 

Annual  inspection,  866. 

Supervision  of  accounts,  865. 
National  Salute : 

Number  of  guns,  406. 
Navy  Officers : 

Funeral  honors,  431. 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403, 415, 418. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421-425. 
Neutrality  Laws: 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  66. 
Newspapers : 

Advertisements,  500-509. 

Dismissals,  cowardice  or  fraud,  A.  W.  100. 

Post  libraries,  310. 
Nomenclature : 

Posts  and  reservations,  198, 199. 
Nominations : 

Torpedo  instruction,  346. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  42, 43. 
Noncommissioned  Officers : 

Arrest,  etc.,  902, 904-906. 

Company  noncommissioned  officers,  9,256- 
261,  264,  281,  368,  376,  383,  388,  439,  482, 
1000,1202. 

Extra-duty  details,  166. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  439. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  37. 

Insane  soldiers,  471. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  9, 91-97, 99-104, 
107,  108,  167,  439,  694,  784,  931, 1006, 1010, 
1109, 1119, 1203, 1363. 

Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.  "W.  24. 

Regimental  noncommissioned  officers,  9, 
138, 241, 242, 1006, 1010, 1109, 1119. 

Regimental  noncommissioned  staif,  9, 238, 
241,  242,  439,  791,  1006,  1010,  1109,  1119, 
1203. 

Salutes,  commanding  detachments,  398. 

Travel  under  orders,  1101, 1102. 

Trial  by  courts-martial,  931. 
Notary  Public: 

Administration  of  oaths,  683. 
Note  Headings : 

Wording  and  matter,  512. 
Numbering : 

Guns  and  platforms,  348. 

Packages  for  shipment,  1124. 
Oaths: 

Administration  by  boards  of  survey,  712. 

Administration  by  civil  officers,  683. 

Enlistment,  831,  A.  "W.  2. 

Fees  for  administering,  649. 

Judge-advocates  courts-martial,  A.  W.  85. 

Members  of  courts-martial,  A.  "W",  84. 

Members  of  courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W".  117. 

Military  justice,  note,  p.  227,  A.  W.  92, 118. 

Pay  accounts  of  officers  leaving  service, 
1307. 


Oaths— Continned. 

Power  of  inspectors  to  administer,  863. 

Purchasing  or  contracting  officers,  556. 

Recorders  of  courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  117. 
Oats: 

Care  and  accountability,  1059-1064 

Forage  ration,  1041. 
Obstructing  or  Hindering : 

Execution  of  the  laws,  487,  p.  67. 
Offense : 

Trial  second  time  for  same,  A.W.  102 
Officer : 

Definition,  p.  217, sec.  1342  R.  S. 
Officer  of  the  Day  : 

Exemptions  from  duty,  373. 

Old,  exemptions  from  duty,  373. 

Property  used  for  police,  454-456. 
Officer  of  the  Guard: 

Duties  of  as  to  prisoners,  A."W.  67-69 

Property  used  for  police,  454-456. 
Office  Rooms: 

Illuminating  supplies,  1014-1019. 1021, 1022. 

Rented,  1007. 
Officers,  Army : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.31,  33,  40. 

Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  "W.  54. 

Acceptance,  etc.,  of  civil  office,  80. 

Accepting  presents,  etc.,  A.  "W.  6. 

Accountability,  1532, 1533. 

Appeals,  A.  W.  29. 

Appointments  and  promotion,  20-31 

Arrest,  etc.,  897-902 ;  A.  W.  65. 

Arrested  by  civil  authorities,  1314. 

Articles  of  War  to  be  subscribed,  A.W.  L 

Artificial  limbs  and  appliances,  1467-1471. 

Artillery  instruction,  462, 463. 

Assignments  to  companies,  228. 

Attendance  at  funerals,  442. 

Baggage  transportation,  1119. 

Barrack  furniture  and  rooms,  977. 

Beyond  the  sea,  55. 

Cavalry  instruction,  464,  465. 

Charges  against,  A.  W.  71. 

Children,  post  schools,  322, 324. 

College  details,  86-90. 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1336-1342. 

Contempt  or  disrespect  toward  command- 
ing officer,  A.  W.  20. 

Deceased,  81-85, 429, 430, 433,  437, 438,  440,447. 
494,  509,  600,  1120, 1456,  A.  W.  125, 127. 

Definition  of  officer,  p.  217,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Desertion,  A.  W.  47, 49-51. 

Discharge,  A.  W.  99. 

Dismissal,  A.  W.  99. 

Dispatches  in  the  field,  780. 

Disrespectful     or     contemptuous     words 
against  the  President,  A.  W.  19. 

Divine  service,  A.  W.  52. 

Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38 . 

Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28. 

Eifects  of  deceased  officers  or   soldiers,  A. 
W.  127. 


INDEX. 


275 


Officers,  Army— Continued. 
Efficiency  reports,  807-812. 
Equipage  allowance,  1163. 
Equipments  of  enlisted  men,  278. 
False  musters,  A.  W.  5, 14. 
Forage,  1044, 1045. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  998-1003, 1006, 1009. 
General  courts-martial  proceedings,  894. 
Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  37. 
Hospital  charges,  1447. 
Hospital  stores,  1450. 
Illuminating  supplies,  1020. 
Incompetent,  193. 
Infantry  instruction,  464, 465. 
Insane,  469,  470. 

Inspection  reports,  concerning,  862. 
Instructions  in  signaling,  1544. 
Instructors,  post  schools,  317. 
Investigation  against,  862, 863. 
Issue  of  clothing,  1178, 1179. 
Leaves  of  absence,  44-64, 1327--1332. 
Light  artillery  instruction,  344,  345. 
Medals  of  honor,  177. 
Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1450-1456. 
Messing  and  cooking,  280-286. 
Military  history,  748. 
Misconduct,  863. 

Mounted,  addressing  superior,  394. 
Mourning,  443,444. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  W.  21-24, 43. 
Oaths  of  enlistment,  A.  "W.  2. 
Offenders,  against  civil  authorities,  A. TV.  59. 
Orders  eulogizing  living,  771. 
Ord.and  ord.  stores,  1501-1503, 1523. 
Payments,  1298-1303,   1306-1310,  1312,  1314- 

1319, 1321-1346, 1487. 
Pecuniary  interest,  etc.,  A.  "W.  18. 
Pecuniary  responsibility,  653,  654. 
Permanently  disabled,  193. 
Personal  reports,  805. 
Presence  at  parades,  449. 
Profanity,  A.  W.  53. 
Promotion,  20-31. 
Property,  damaged,  lost,  or  destroyed,  682- 

684,  A.  W.  15. 
Public  animals,  1045. 

Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.  W.  24, 25. 
Quartermaster's  supplies,  1196. 
Quarters,  984-997, 1006. 
Rank  and  precedence,  7-11,  A.W.  122, 123. 
Redress  of  wrongs,  A.  W.  54. 
Relative  rank  with  navy  officers,  12. 
Reproving  noncommissioned  officers,  256. 
Resignations,  77-80,  A.  W.  49. 
Retired,  73-76,  88,  414,  429,  437,  805,  998, 1025, 

1069, 1120, 1122, 1451, 1309. 
Returr  of  salute  of  enlisted  men,  404. 
Returns  of  public  property,  A.  W.  8. 
Returns  of  troops,  A.  W.  7, 8. 
Roll  calls,  383. 

Roster  details  and  duty,  288, 364-377. 
Saluted,  whether  in  uniform  or  not,  396. 
Salutes  to,  by  enlisted  men,  396-404. 


Officers,  Army— Continued. 

Saluting,  393-395. 

Schools  of  instruction,  191. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  "W.  61, 100. 

Service  reports,  806,  812. 

Special  duty,  etc.,  details,  32-36. 

Special  duty  under  Secretary  of  War,  190, 
191. 

Staff  corps  and  depts.,  737, 738,  741,  745, 746. 

Stoppages  against  pay,  1343-1346. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1280,  1281,  1283,  1285, 
1286. 

Telegraphic  service,  1208. 

Transfer  or  exchange,  42, 43. 

Travel,  on  duty,  65-72,  776,  1099-1117. 

Trials,  A.  W.  79. 

Uniform  and  dress,  1548-1551. 

Unlawful  enlistment  of  minors,  A.W.  3. 

Use  of  post  libraries  and  reading  rooms,  310. 

Violence  toward  traders,  A.  W.  56. 

Visiting  foreign  countries,  56. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  418, 420-425. 

Volunteer  or  militia  service,  1313. 

Waste  of  private  property,  A.  W.  55,  59. 

Witnesses,  military  or  civil  courts,  72, 925. 

Wrongfully  selling  arms,  etc.,  A.W.  60. 
Officers,  Marines : 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Courts-martial,  Army,  A.  W.  78. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  122. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10, 11,  A.W.  122. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403, 415, 418. 
Officers,  Militia : 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  122. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10, 11,  A.W.  122, 124. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  403,  415,  418. 

Services  as,  of  regular  officers,  1313. 
Officers,  Navy : 

Funeral  honors,  431. 

Relative  rank  with  Army  officers,  12. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  403, 415, 418. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421-425. 
Officers,  Volunteers : 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  123. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10,  11,  A.  W.  123. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403,  415, 418. 

Services  as,  of  regular  officers,  1313. 
Officers,  Foreign  Service : 

Official  salutes  and  honors,  390, 415, 418. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421. 
Officers'  Mess : 

Quarters,  996. 
Officers'  Seryants : 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1197. 
Offices : 

Commissaries,  1008. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1014-1019, 1021,1022. 

Military  attaches,  36. 

Quartermasters,  1008. 

Rented,  1007. 

Rooms,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006-1008. 


276 


INDEX. 


Official  Letters : 

See  Letters,  Official. 
One-Mile  Limit  : 

Absence  from  camp  without  leave,  A.  TV.  34. 
Onions : 

Ration,  1253. 
Open-Market  Purchases: 

See  Oral  Agreements,  Supplies  and  Services. 
Opinions: 

Applications  for  official,  768. 

Courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  119. 

Judge-Adv.-Gen.'s  Dept.,  890. 
Oral  Agreements,  Supplies  and  Services: 

Purchases  and  engagements,  566-568. 

Reports  by  purchasing  officer,  569. 
Order  Books : 

Company,  264. 

Post,  209. 

Regimental,  243. 
Orders : 

Acting  commanding  officers,  15. 

Addressed  to  commander,  775. 

Adjutant-General,  Army,  782. 

Approval  before  issue,  773. 

Authorizing  payment  of  mileage,  68. 

Caption,  774. 

Change  of  station  of  officers,  65. 

Channels  of  communication,  777. 

Circulars,  770. 

Classification,  issue,  etc.,  770. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1341, 1342. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1274. 

Condemned  property,  888, 889. 

Copies  furnished,  etc.,  775,  777, 782. 

Councils  of  administration,  289. 

Court-martial  duty,  emergencies,  191. 

Delays  in  obeying,  67. 

Detaching  officers,  service  schools,  etc.,  191. 

Disobedience,  A.  W.  21, 24. 

Distribution  and  file,  778. 

Engineers,  special  service,  1475. 

Eulogizing  living  officers,  771. 

Executed  by  whom,  775. 

Expenditures  and  issues,  653, 695, 696. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  1223. 

Garrison  courts-martial,  937. 

General,  defined,  771. 

Indians,  issue  to,  of  rations,  1266, 1268. 

Inspectors,  858-861. 

Liquid  coffee,  1257. 

Members  of  courts-martial,  917. 

Mounted  service,  1302, 1303. 

Obedience  to  and  prompt  execution,  1. 

President  and  Secretary  of  War,  188. 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  892, 945. 

Publication  in  field,  camp,  or  garrison,  779. 

Pursuit  of  deserters,  125. 

Rations  to  destitute  persons,  1267, 1268. 

Regimental  courts-martial,  937. 

Regimental  files,  244. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  135, 136. 

Return  journeys,  1323. 

Reviewing  authority,  courts-martial,  955. 

Settlement  of  accounts,  71. 


Orders— Contimied. 

Sick  leaves  of  absence,  1315. 

Signaling  and  telegraphy  instruction,  1537. 

Signal  parties  in  the  field,  1541. 

Small-arms  practice,  357-359. 

Special,  defined,  772. 

Staff  departments,  782. 

Staff  officers,  travel,  69. 

Summary  court  trials,  932. 

Title,  officer  designated,  757. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  114. 

Transmission  in  the  field,  780,  781. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1080, 1082. 

Travel  allowances,  1323-1325. 

Travel  on  duty,  65-71,  776. 

Witnesses,  military  or  civil  courts,  925. 
Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores : 

Accountability,  etc.,  1488. 

Arm  chests  for  storage,  1523. 

Colleges,  90. 

Condemned,  888, 1500, 1524-1526. 

Definition,  1492. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 

Expenditure  of  ammunition,  1511-1514. 

Inspections,  1519, 1520, 1524-1526. 

Issues, 1493-1500, 1503, 1505, 1507, 1508. 

Loans,  1504. 

Lost,  etc.,  by  civilian  employees,  1510. 

Materials,  ordnance  establishments,  1531. 

Milita.1131. 

Packing,  1527-1529. 

Price  lists,  1522. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  614. 

Purchase  and  distribution,  1408. 

Repairs  to,  used  by  recruits,  1518. 

Sales,  1501, 1502, 1506, 1507, 1509, 1524-1526. 

Serviceable  surplus,  1515, 1516. 

Stamps  for  sealing  packages,  1529, 1530. 

Sufficiency  of  supplies  at  depots,  1497. 

Surplus  or  damaged,  1515-1523. 

Transportation,  973, 1530, 1531. 

Unserviceable,  1497,  1517-1521. 
Ordnance  Corps : 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 

Extra-duty  details,  enlisted  men,  167. 

Officers,  17, 22, 19fi,  203, 1006, 1489-1491, 1496. 
Ordnance  Department : 

Blanks  and  blank  books,  1535. 

Bonds  of  storekeepers,  571-578. 

Civilian  employees'  traveling  expenses,  734. 

Cooking  devices,  286. 

General  provisions,  1488-1491. 

Leather  dressing,  etc.,  277. 

Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery,  1536. 

Materials,  ordnance  establishments,  1531. 

Mess  outfit,  individual,  286. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  90,  614,  888, 
973, 1131, 1408, 1488, 1492-1531. 

Post  book  of  artillery  record,  349, 1534. 

Publications,  1536. 

Returns  and  reports,  1532-1534. 

Small-arms  practice,  358, 362. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  209. 

Targets  and  material,  355. 
See  also  Chief  of  Ordnance. 


INDEX. 


277 


Ordnance  Depots : 

Absence  of  commanding  officer,  1491. 
Arm  chests,  1523. 
Emergency  issues,  1496, 1497. 
Establishment  and  maintenance,  1488, 1495. 
Requisitions  for  stores  not  on  hand,  1498. 
Sufficiency  of  supplies,  1497. 
Supervision  and  control,  1496. 
Surplus  ordnance  stores,  1515, 1516. 

Unserviceable  and  unsuitable  supplies,  1497. 
Ordnance  Detachment: 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1171. 
Ordnance  Funds: 

Accountability,  etc.,  14S8. 
Ordnance  Officers: 

Appointment,  etc.,  1489, 1490. 

Commanding  ordnance  establishments,  1491. 

Departments,  196. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Ordnance  depots,  1496. 

Posts,  203. 

Promotion,  22. 

Scope  of  examination  for  appointment,  1490. 
Ordnance  Sergeants: 

Appointments,  duties,  etc.  91-96, 99, 100,102. 

Baggage.  1119. 

Discharge,  re-enlistment,  101, 103, 104, 931. 

Furloughs,  107, 108. 

Military  control,  101. 

Personal  reports,  102. 

Property  accountability,  1533. 

Qualifications,  91,  93,  96. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Hank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  104, 931. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 

Special  duty  details,  99. 

Stationery,  10^6. 

Temporary  duty  and  instruction,  97. 

Trial  by  courts-martial,  931. 
Ordnance  Storekeepers: 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Command  of  ordnance  establishments,  1491. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Ordnance  Supply  Table : 

Requisitions  to  conform,  1499. 
Original  Packages : 

Examination,  verification,  etc.,  668,  669. 
Outline  Figure  Cards: 

General  prisoners,  914. 
Outpost  Duty: 

Roster,  366. 
Outstanding  Liabilities: 

Accounts  for  advertisements,  509. 

Checks,  585,  600, 602  604, 876, 877. 

Debts,  623-625,  630, 1223. 
Overcoats: 

Fur,  1191. 

Waterproof,  1550. 
Overpayments : 

Failure  to  refund,  13-* 

Stoppages,  1344. 
Overseers : 

Extra-duty  pay,  165. 


Overshoes: 

Issue  to  enlisted  men,  1186. 
Pack  Animals : 

Allotment  for  departments,  1071. 
Packers : 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727. 
Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Packing: 

Articles  for  shipment,  1123. 
Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1527-1529. 
Pack  Transportation: 

Mules  to  be  generally  used,  1070. 
Pallbearers: 

Funerals,  military,  441. 
Parade : 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  "W.  33 
Daily,  449. 
How  conducted,  448. 
Pardon : 

Punishment  imposed  by  a  court-martial,  916. 
Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  112. 
Parlor  Cars: 

Accommodation  in,  to  whom  allowed,  1109. 
Charter,  1114. 

Civilian  employees,  730,  733. 
Fare  excluded  from  travel  allowances,  1321. 
Payment  of  accounts,  1116. 
Reimbursement  to  officers,  1117 
Requests,  1110-1113,  1115. 
Unused  requests,  1115. 
Parole : 

Disclosing  or  changing,  A.  W.  44. 
Partnerships : 

Acceptance  of,  of  partners,  as  sureties,  561. 
Contracts,  552. 
Patients  in  Hospitals: 
Admission,  etc.,  1431. 
Arms  and  accouterments,  1438. 
Contagious  diseases,  1442. 
Descriptive  lists,  1439. 
Died,  1439. 

Discharged  soldiers,  1440. 
Discharged  for  disability,  1439. 
Excused  from  Saturday  "inspection,  266. 
Information  to  company  commander,  1432. 
Muster  and  pay  rolls,  785. 
Returned  to  duty,  1439. 
Savings  of  rations,  300, 1269. 
Paulins: 

Magazines,  in  case  of  fire,  340. 
Protection  of  subsistence  supplies,  1247. 
Pay  Accounts,  Officers' : 
Hypothecation  or  transfer,  1300. 
Leave  of  absence,  1316. 
Leaving  service,  1307. 
Made  in  duplicate,  1298. 
Mounted  service,  1303. 
Pay  and  Clothing  Accounts : 
Clothing, 1178-1185, 1192, 1407 
Deserters,  119. 
Detached  enlisted  men,  105. 
Post  noncomraissionea  staff,  101. 
Pay  Department : 
Accounts  current,  620. 
Bonds  of  officers,  571-578. 


278 


INDEX. 


Pay  Department— Continued. 

Certificates  of  merit,  1370. 

Civilian  employees' traveling  expenses,  734. 

Civilian  witnesses,  military  courts,  962,963. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1336-1342. 

Continuous  service  pay,  1366, 1367. 

Credit  sales,  1281,  1288-1290. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  159, 

Deposits,  1371-1379. 

Deserters'  effects,  130. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  18. 

Escaped  prisoners'  effects,  913. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions.  1368, 1369. 

General  provisions,  etc.,  1295-1297. 

Interpreters,  courts-martial,  961-965. 

Miscellaneous,  1389-1391. 

Notification  discharge  of  enlisted  men,  150. 

Pay  during  absence,  1314-1320. 

Pay  of  deserters,  1380, 1381. 

Payments,  cadets,  1347. 

Payments,enlistedmen,  112, 138, 139, 169,  287, 
945,1275-1279,1312,1314,  1348-1370,  1374- 
1376, 1380-1389. 

Payments,  officers,  1298-1346, 1487. 

Re-enlistment  pay,  1365, 1367. 

Reporters,  courts-martial,  959. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  136, 138. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  184. 

Stoppage,  1343-1346. 

Travel  allowance,  1321-1335. 
Paymaster-General : 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1371, 1374. 

Pay  accounts,  officers,  1300. 

Payments,  discharged  soldiers,  1384. 

Payments,  enlisted  men,  1348,  1363. 
Paymasters : 

Absence  from  station,  1297. 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1360. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  159, 160. 

Deposits  of  collections,  611. 

Designated  to  pay  discharged  men,  150. 

Eligibility  to  command,  18. 

Escaped  prisoners'  effects,  913. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Incorrect  payments,  1389. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls  calculations.  787. 

Notification  discharged  enlisted  men,  150. 

Payments,  cadets,  1347. 

Payments,  discharged  soldiers,  1382-1384. 

Payments,  enlisted  men,  1348-1364. 

Promotions,  22. 

Receipts  for  refundments,  etc.,  1391. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1345,1346. 
Paymasters'  Clerks : 

Transportation  and  expenses,  733,  734. 
Paymasters'  Collections: 

System  of  depositing,  611. 
Payments : 

Accounts  and  under  contract,  598 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1469, 1471. 

Bakery  funds,  298. 

Bills  of  lading,  1143, 1150-1160. 


Payments-  Continued. 

Bridge  transportation,  1107. 

Cadets,  1347. 

Checks  on  presentation,  600, 601. 

Civilian    witnesses;    military    courts,   962, 
963. 

Ferry  transportation,  1107. 

Fuel  for  officers,  1000. 

Horses  sold  to  mounted  officers,  1065. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  175. 

Interpreters,  courts-martial,  961-965. 

Medical  attendance  and  medicines,  1452. 

Outstanding  checks,  604. 

Prisoners  on  release,  953. 

Reporters,  courts-martial,  959. 

Savings  of  ratious,  1270, 1271. 

Seed  for  post  gardens,  315. 

Telegraph  and  telephone  service,  1208, 1209, 
1211-1217. 

Turnpike  transportation,  1107. 

Unauthorized  advertisements,  508. 
Payments  to  Deserters : 

Stoppages,  forfeitures,  etc.,  1380, 1381. 
Payments  to  Discharged  Soldiers: 

By  whom  made,  1364. 

Calculations,  1383. 

Identification  before  payment,  1382. 

Loss  or  non-receipt  of  final  statements,  1384. 

Made  on  final  statements,  1382. 

Minority  concealed  at  enlistment,  1386. 

Notations  on  discharge,  1383. 

Recruits,  1387. 

Transferred  claims,  1388. 

Travel  allowances,  1385. 
Payments  to  Enlisted  Men : 

Arrested  by  civil  authorities,  1314. 

Awaiting  sentence,  945. 

Certificate  of  merit,  1370. 

Checks  or  currency,  1349-1364. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1275-1279. 

Continuous  service  pay,  1366, 1367. 

Dates  included,  1312. 

Deposits,  1374-1376. 

Deserters,  1380, 1381. 

Discharged  soldiers,  1364, 1382-1388 

Descriptive  lists,  1363. 

Extra-duty  pay,  169. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1368, 1369. 

Furloughed  soldiers,  112. 

Incorrect,  1389. 

Monthly,  1348. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  1350-1352,  1357,  1359 
1363, 1364. 

Paymaster  designated,  1350, 1363. 

Periodical,  1348. 

Personal  by  paymasters,  1349, 1361, 1362. 

Re-enlistment,  1365, 1367. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138, 139. 

Witnessed  by  officers,  787, 1357, 1364 
Payments  to  Officers: 

Absent  from  station,  1299. 

Additional  pay,  1301, 1304, 1305. 

Arrested  by  civil  authorities,  1314. 


INDEX. 


279 


Payments  to  Officers— Continued. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1336-1342. 

Date  included,  1312. 

Dismissed  by  sentence,  1310. 

Entering  or  leaving  service,  1306-1308. 

Leaves  of  absence,  1315-1319. 

Monthly,  1298. 

Mounted  service,  1301, 1303. 

Pay  accounts,  1298, 1300, 1303, 1307, 1316. 

Promotions,  1306. 

Resigning,  1308. 

Retiring  from  active  service,  1309. 

Sick  leave,  1315. 

Stoppages  against  pay,  1343-1346. 

Travel  allowances,  1321-1335, 1487, 
Pay  of  the  Army : 

Acting  j  udge-advocates,  1301. 

Additional,  officers,  1301, 1304, 1305. 

Certificates  of  merit,  1370. 

Companies,  252. 

Continuous  service,  1366, 1367. 

Deserters,  129, 132, 1380, 1381. 

Enlisted  men  awaiting  sentence,  945. 

Extra  duty,  164, 165, 167-169, 171, 172,  306. 

Extra,  enlisted  men,  180. 

False  certificates,  A.  W.  13. 

Forfeitures  and  deductions,  951,  952,  1368, 
1369. 

Indian  scouts,  481. 

Longevity,  1311. 

Rates,  169, 1365, 1366, 1370. 

Re-enlistment,  1365, 1367. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138, 139. 

Secretary  of  War,  736. 

Stoppages  against  officers',  1343-1346. 

Suspension  from  command,  A.  W.  101. 

Volunteers  or  militia,  1313. 
Pay  Rolls : 

Money  amounts,  648. 
Pease : 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Penalties: 

Contractors'  bonds,  559, 563. 

Disbursing  officer's  bond,  572. 
Penitentiaries : 

Imprisonment,  940, 941,  A.  W.  97 
Pensions: 

Evidence,  etc.,  from  records,  803. 

Notation  of  degree  of  disability,  157. 
Peonage  Laws : 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  64. 
Pepper : 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Periods: 

Furloughs,  106-108,  A.  W.  11. 
Leaves  of  absence,  44-46,  48,  49,  51,  53,  54, 
61-63. 

Theoretical  and  practical  instruction,  230. 
Periodicals : 

Post  libraries,  310. 
Perjury: 
Frauds  upon  the  Government,  A.  W.60. 


Permanent  Buildings : 

Construction  and  repairs,  705, 706. 
Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 
Permanent  Posts: 

Styled  "forts, "199. 
Permanent  Works  of  Defense  : 
Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 
Department  commanders,  1DO. 
Erection  of,  on  new  sites,  703. 
Supervision  or  control,  190,  211. 
Personal  Reports: 
Hospital  stewards,  1401. 
Inspectors,  859. 

Leaves  of  absence,  54, 57,  62-64. 
Officers  visiting  Washington,  804. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  99, 102. 
Retired  enlisted  men,  137. 
Retired  officers,  805. 
Senior  signal  officer  of  an  army,  1541. 
Service,  806, 812. 

Special  duty  or  detached  service,  805. 
Staff,  corps,  or  departments,  805. 
Personal  Services: 

Bills  to  contain  no  charge  for  material,  518. 
Definition,  518. 

Rules  for  computation  of  time,  651. 
Vouchers  for  payment,  633. 
Wages  discharged  employes,  650. 
Personnel  of  the  Army : 

Records,  748. 

Persons  and  Articles  Employed  and  Hired  * 
Quartermaster's  Department,  1223. 
Transfer  lists,  1223. 
Persuading  to  Desert : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  51. 
Physical  Examinations : 
Hospital  corps  recruits,  1399. 
Recruits,  841, 842, 847. 
Pickaxes  and  Helves: 
Helves  dropped  from  returns,  1198. 
Police  purposes,  454. 
Pickled  Fish: 
Ration,  1253. 
Pickles: 

Wastage,  1243. 
Pillaging: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42. 
Plans  and  Specifications: 
Alterations,  1428. 
Barracks  and  quarters,  978. 
Hospitals,  1424-1426, 1428. 
Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1426, 1428. 
Platforms: 

Care,  etc.,  of  wooden,  332. 
Numbering  in  fixed  batteries,  348. 
Platoon : 

Quitting  without  leave,  A.  W.  40. 
Plats : 

Military  lands,  707. 
Plundering: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  42. 
Police : 

Barracks,  267,  269-271. 
Daily  duties  of  parties,  387. 


280 


INDEX. 


Police— Continued. 

Guards  and  property,  453-458. 

Kitchens  of  enlisted  men,  281. 

Light  batteries,  377. 
Police  Officers : 

Apprehension  of  deserters,  122, 124. 
Ponchos : 

Black  rubber,  1550. 
Pork: 

Rations,  1253. 
Posse  Comitatas : 

Employment  of  national  forces,  486-491. 
Post  Cemeteries : 

Care  and  maintenance,  495, 497. 

Headboards  for  graves,  495, 496. 

Inclosed  with  wall  or  fence,  495. 

Interments,  498,  499,  1218. 

Suitable  ground  to  be  set  apart,  494. 

Walks,  etc.,  497. 
Post  Commanders : 

Abatement  term  of  confinement,  915. 

Acting  hospital  stewards,  1402. 

Animals  of  Indians,  477. 

Articles  used  for  police,  454. 

Artillery  material,  343. 

Bakery  fund,  296-299. 

Barrack  furniture,  977,  983. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  976-978, 984,  985. 

Boards  of  survey,  709. 

Bread  ration,  296. 

Brooms,  1204. 

Buildings  for  amusement,  etc.,  311. 

Chaplains,  41. 

Charts  for  artillery  practice,  351. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1164, 1165. 

Company  commanders,  254. 

Company  fund,  301. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  911. 

Councils  of  administration,  287-289,  2S1. 

Counsel  for  prisoners,  926. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  159, 168. 

Deserters,  116, 118-120, 122, 123. 

Deserters'  effects,  130. 

Details,  light  artillery,  officers  and  men,  377. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  148, 156. 

Discipline,  instruction,  etc.,  200. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Escaped  prisoners,  128. 

Escorts  of  honor,  426. 

Estimates,  744. 

Extra  and  special  duty  details,  172. 

Field-service  hospital  corps,  1420. 

Forage  and  straw,  1021. 

Fuel,  285,  1021. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Funeral  escorts,  etc.,  437. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  106,  108,  109. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  200,  201. 

General  hospitals,  1433. 

General  mess,  280,  285, 303. 

Hospital  buildings.  1424. 

Hospital  service,  1435,  1436.  1440. 

Hospital  transports,  etc.,  1434. 


Post  Commanders— Continued, 

Illuminating  supplies,  285,  1013,  1014,  1016, 
1018,  1021. 

Indians,  Indian  reservations,  474,  476,  477. 

Indians,  issue  to,  of  rations,  1266. 

Insane  patients,  472. 

Instruction  of  enlisted  men  in  cooking,  280, 

Irregularities,  etc.,  874,875. 

Kitchen  and  table  ware,  285. 

Lance  corporals,  257. 

Leave  of  absence,  officers,  44. 

Librarian,  post,  297. 

Light  artillery,  post  fatigue,  etc.,  377. 

Mail  contractors,  207. 

Matrons,  1436,  1437. 

Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1444. 

Mess  furniture,  285, 983. 

Messing  and  cooking,  280,  284. 

Monthly  inspections,  200. 

Morning  reports,  388. 

Office  brooms,  1204. 

Payments  to  enli.sted  men,  1350-1355. 

Personal  leave  of  absence,  45. 

Policing  stables,  etc.,  1077. 

Post  cemeteries,  494. 

Post  exchanges,  326. 

Post  gardens,  314. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  99, 102. 

Post  schools,  317-321,  324. 

Practical  and  theoretical  instruction,  230. 

Previous  convictions,  929. 

Prisoners  messing,  284. 

Private  buildings,  979. 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  894,932, 933, 956 

Property  responsibility,  658. 

Proposals,  supplies,  and  services,  541 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1063. 

Rations,  1258-1264. 

Records  of  post,  209. 

Recruiting  service.  844-847,  851-854. 

Regimental  field  officers,  232. 

Reports,  issues,  and  roll  calls,  386. 

Requisitions,  744. 

Returns  of  troops,  789. 

Roll  calls,  383. 

Sales  of  subsistence  supplies,  1287. 

Small-arms  practice,  360. 

Staff,  203. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Surgeons  of  post*,  1393. 

Tableware  and  kitchen  utensils,  1200. 

Telegraphic  code,  1207. 

Transfers  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 

Treasurer,  post,  297. 

Verification,  original  packages,  669. 

Visitors  to  posts,  418. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421. 
Postmaster-General : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408,418. 
Post  Noncommissioned  Staff: 

Accountability,  etc.,  for  property,  100,  694. 

Appointment,  duties,  etc.,  91-96,  99, 100, 102. 

Baggage,  1119. 


INDEX. 


281 


Post  Noncommissioned  Staff— Continued. 

Brooms  and  scrubbing  brushes,  1203. 
.    Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  101,  103,  104, 
931. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  99, 167. 

Furloughs,  107, 108. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  439. 

Military  control,  101. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

Payments,  1363. 

Personal  reports,  102. 

Qualifications,  91,  93,  96. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Hank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  104-931. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 

Temporary  duty  and  instruction,  97. 

Trial  by  courts-martial,  931. 
Post-Office  Department: 

Property  loaned  to  mail  contractors,  207. 
Post  Quartermaster-Sergeants : 

Appointments,  duties,  etc.,  91-96,  99,   100, 
102. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  101,  103,  104, 
981. 

Furloughs,  107, 108. 

Military  control,  101. 

Personal  reports.  102. 

Qualifications,  91,  93,  96. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  104, 931. 

Sleeping  car,  1109. 

Stationery,  1026. 

Trial  by  courts-martial,  931. 
Posts  and  Reservations: 

Ambulances  and  harness,  1414. 

Bakeries,  164,  165,  287-289,  291-293,  296-299, 
304-309, 312, 1004, 1203, 1204, 1269, 1282. 

Bowling  alleys,  311. 

Buildings  for  amusement,  etc., 311. 

Cemeteries,  494-499, 1218. 

Chapels,  310,  313,  1006,  1014-1019,  1021,  1022, 
1132, 1204. 

Civilians  residing  on  reservation,  210. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1172, 1178, 1179. 

Commanders.    See  Post  Commanders. 

Commissary  book,  1228. 

Construction,  etc.,  to  buildings,  705, 706. 

Council,  130,  159,  160,  209.  263,  287-290,  292, 
296-299. 

Deeds,  title,  and  other  papers,  704, 890. 

Designation,  199. 

Discontinued,  800. 

Drainage,  sewerage,  etc.,  1393. 

Duty  and  labor  on  Sunday,  202. 

Engineer  officer  on  duty,  1483. 

Establishment,  198. 

Exchanges,  209,  287-289, 291,  292, 295, 296, 311, 
315,  325,  326, 1282. 

Extra-duty  pay,  172. 

Flags,  213, 405, 416. 


Posts  and  Reservations — Continued. 

Foreign  vessels,  national  festivities,  425. 

Funeral  honors,  431-447. 

Gardens,  314-316. 

Guards,  453-456. 

Gymnasiums,  311-313. 

Hauling  forage,  1077. 

Hospital  buildings,  1424-1430. 

Hospital  corps,  1409-1411. 

Hospital  corps  instruction,  1399. 

Hygiene,  1393. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1012-1022 

Improvement  of  grounds,  706. 

Inspection  of  garrisoned,  867, 875. 

Inspection  of  ungarrisoned,  867,  875. 

Instruction  and  practice,  1544. 

Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 

Libraries,  297,  310,  312,  313,  1006,  1014-1019, 
1021, 1022, 1132, 1204. 

Limitation  of  expenditures,  204,  206. 

Litters,  hand,  1417. 

Means  of  transportation,  1077. 

Medical  inspection,  1393, 1465. 

Morning  and  evening  guns,  208. 

Navy  or  Marine  Corps  deserters,  134. 

Nomenclature,  198, 199. 

Official  correspondence,  763,  764. 

Orderly  observance  of  the  Sabbath,  202. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  1349. 

Plats  of  land,  707. 

Policing  stables,  1077. 

Position,  etc.,  of  guns  in  fixed  batteries,  348. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1050. 

Reading  rooms,  310,  312,  313, 1006,1014-1019, 
1021, 1022. 

Records,  40,  209,  349, 496, 498, 800, 1534. 

Recruiting  stations,  854. 

Removal  of  trespassers,  210. 

Returns,  57,  63,  480,  749,  789,  794-796, 1207 

Salutes  and  honors,  389-419. 

Sanitary  condition,  1393. 

Schools,  290,  310,  312,  313,  317-324, 1006, 1014- 
J019,  K21, 1022, 1204. 

Sites,  purchase  of,   for   new  reservations, 
703. 

Spring  wagons,  1074. 

Staff  of  post  commander,  203. 

State  jurisdiction,  703 

Supervision,  210, 211. 

Surgeon,  1393. 

Title  papers,  890. 

Treasurer,  296-299, 304. 

Ungarrisoned,  211, 867, 875, 1179. 

Veterinary  hospitals,  186. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  418,  420-425. 

Water  supply,  1393. 

Wharfs  and  piers,  706. 
Potatoes : 

Ration,  1253. 
Powder : 

Accidental  fires  near  magazines,  340. 

Care  of,  in  barrels,  338. 

Storage  in  or  near  storehouse,  1249. 


282 


INDEX. 


Practical  Instruction : 

Duties,  etc.,  commanders,  230. 

Reports,  231. 
Practice  Marches,  Field  Maneuvers,  etc. : 

Field  practice,  messing  and  cooking,  280. 
Praise : 

Discussions,  etc.,  conveying,  forbidden,  5. 
Precedence : 

Commissioned  officers,9-12,  A.  "W.  122-124. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  9. 

Regiments  and  corps,  6. 
Prescriptions,  Medical: 

Civilians,  1444. 
Presents : 

Mustering  officers,  A.  ~W.  6. 
President  of  the  Senate  : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408,  418. 
President  of  the  United  States: 

Assignments  by,  to  command,  189,  A.W.  122. 

Certificates  of  merit,  178. 

Contemptuous  or  disrespectful  words,  A. 
W.  19. 

Corps  of  Engineers,  1472. 

Death  of,  honors  paid  at  posts,  427. 

Departments  and  commanders,  189. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140,  A.  "W.4. 

Discharge  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  "W.  99. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  "W.  72. 

Limitation  of  punishment,  938. 

Medals  of  honor,  177. 

Officers  of  staff  departments,  17. 

Orders  of,  affecting  the  Army,  188. 

Proceedings,  courts-martial,  892,896. 

Salutes  and  honors,  389,  407,  418. 

Sentences,  A.  "W.  105, 106, 108, 109,  111. 
Press  Copy  Books : 

Correspondence,  etc.,  quartermasters,  1218. 

Quartermaster's  supplies  shipped,  1218. 
Previous  Convictions : 

Consideration  and  evidence,  929, 934. 
Price  Lists: 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1163. 

Firearms  lost  or  damaged  by  soldiers,  1522. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1292. 
Prices : 

Company  tailors,  263. 

Discharge  by  purchase,  enlisted  men,  144. 
Principal  Musicians : 

Appointment,  etc.,  241. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Printing: 

Advertising  and  job,  500-514. 
Prisoners: 

Abatement  of  term  of  confinement,  915. 

Arraignment,  A.  "W.  89. 

Bedding  and  bunks,  1048. 

Classes  to  be  confined  separately,  907. 

Clothing,  887, 911,  912, 1193. 

Copy  of  record,  A.  W.  114. 

Counsel,  926,  A.  W.  90. 

Designation,  etc.,  903. 


Prisoners— Continued. 

Food  supplies,  284. 

Garrison,  903,  907. 

General,  128, 903,  907, 914-916. 

General  courts-martial  proceedings,  894. 

Irons,  909. 

Outline  figure  card  record,  914. 

Pardon  or  mitigation,  916,  947. 

Personal  effects  of  escaped,  913. 

Reward  for  escaped,  128. 

Right  of  challenge,  A.  W.  88. 

Special  rules  and  regulations,  910. 

Standing  mute,  etc.,  A.  W.  89. 

Transfer  to  place  of  confinement,  910,  911. 

Undergoing  more  than  one  sentence,  948. 

Writ  of  habeas  corpus,  970. 
Private  Correspondence : 

Officers  and  men  beyond  the  seas,  761. 
Private  Property: 

Claims,  act  March  3,  1885,  723. 

Waste  or  spoil,  A.  W.  55,  59. 
Privates : 

Fuel,  1006. 

Funeral  honors  and  eseort,439, 440. 

Hospital  corps,  1101,  1102. 

Roster  duties,  368. 

Salutes  commanding  detachment,  398. 
Proceedings : 

Boards  of  survey,  708,711,714-723. 

Councils  of  administration,  289. 

Courts- martial,  890, 892, 894-896, 932, 945, 954- 
957,  A.  W.  86-95, 113, 114, 121. 

Courts  of  inquiry,  890,  892,  A.  W.  116,  118, 

120,121. 
Proceeds  of  Sale : 

Deserters'  effects,  130. 

Disposition,  etc.,  608,  614-616. 

Escaped  prisoners'  effects,  913. 

Horses  sold  to  mounted  officers,  1065. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1501,  1502,  1526. 

Surplus  garden  products,  316. 

Transfers  of  public  property,  616. 
Profanity : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  53. 
Professional  Books  and  Papers: 

Transportation,  1120,  1122. 
Promoters  of  Duels: 

Deemed  principals,  A.  "W.  27. 
Promotion : 

Enlisted  men  from  the  ranks,  24-30,1121, 
1122, 1334. 

Examinations,  748. 

Officers,  20-31. 

Payments  to  oilicers,  1306. 

Records,  748. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1539. 

Travel  allowances  joining,  1334. 
Property  Accountability  and  Responsibility: 

Articles  in  charge  of  guards,454-456 

Branding  before  issue,  676. 

Captured  public  stores,  A.  "W.  9.  , 

Company  commanders,  661-663,  A.  "W.  10. 

Condemned,  679,  680. 


INDEX. 


283 


Property  Accountability  and  Responsibility- 
Continued. 

Damaged,  lost,  destroyed,  or  stolen,  681-691, 
A.  W.  15-17. 

Denned,  657. 

Detachment  commanders,  661-663,  A.  "W.  10. 

Details  separating  from  property,  664. 

Enlisted  men,  663,  694. 

Expenditures  under  orders,  695,  696. 

Issues,  663,  673. 

Keys  of  storerooms,  etc.,  674. 

Means  of  transportation  at  posts,  1077. 

Military  telegraph  lines,  1542. 

Miscarried  or  missing  stores,  666. 

Musical  instruments,  1201,  1202. 

Officers  separated  from  command,  659. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1488,  1502-1510,  1533. 

Original  packages,  668, 669. 

Post  commanders,  658. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  100, 694. 

Preservation  and  repairs,  675. 

Prevention  of  loss  or  damage,  674,  1058. 

Public  property,  593. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1050-1064. 

Receipts  in  blank  prohibited,  670. 

Refusal  to  sign  receipt,  667. 

Relief  by  boards  of  survey,  710,  711. 

Removal  of  all  officers,  660. 

Returns,  692-702,  1221,  1222,  1224,  1225,  1294, 
1502, 1503, 1506, 1510, 1533. 

Signal  Corps,  Sergeants,  694. 

Signal  supplies,  1546. 

Street-car  and  ferry  tickets,  1108. 

Subsistence  Department,  1294. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1238-1246. 

Supplies  in  transit,  1126. 

Surveying  or  exploring  expeditions,  672. 

Transfer  or  succession,  1C,  630. 

Transfers  involving  accountability,  665. 

Transfers  to  Indians,  479. 

Transfers,  bureaus  and  departments,  671. 

Unauthorized  sales,  A.  W.  10,  17. 

Use  of,  for  private  purposes,  677. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1039,  1040. 

Worn  out  in  service,  678. 
Proposals  for  Supplies  and  Services: 

Abstracts,  539-541,  547,  548. 

Advertisements,  505,  520-524. 

Bidders,  522,  525-539,  543,  544,  546. 

Delivery,  535. 

Disposition  of  copies.  540,  541. 

Erasures  or  interlineations,  532. 

Firm  or  corporation,  530. 

Folding  and  numbering,  540. 

Guaranties,  533, 534. 

Opening,  535, 537, 539. 

Posts  and  department  headquarters, 541,  542. 

Preparation,  etc.,  529,  531. 

Safe-keeping,  537. 

Separate  for  labor,  etc.,  each  place,  536. 

Withdrawal,  538. 
Protecting  the  Enemy : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  45. 


Protection : 

Laborers,  etc.,  on  military  works,  366. 
Provisions  for  Soldiers : 

Sales  in  garrisons,  forts,  etc.,  A.  "W.  18. 

Violence  toward  traders,  A.  W.  56. 
Provoking  Speeches  or  Gestures : 

Punishment  for  using,  A.  W.  25. 
Provost-Marshals: 

Duties  of,  as  to  prisoners,  A.  W.  67-69 
Public  Animals : 

Ambulance,  1416. 

Artillery  and  cavalry     orses,   1029,    1030, 
1032,  1034,  1065,1067,1068. 

Assignment  to  riders  or  drivers,  1036 

Branding,  1032. 

Care  and  treatment,  184, 185. 

Condemned,  679, 1037. 

Descriptive  books,  1034, 1218. 

Descriptive  lists,  1033, 1035. 

Draft  and  pack,  1071. 

Exchange  or  surrender,  1036. 

Furnished  by  Q.  M.  Department,  972. 

Inspection  and  condemnation,  878, 879, 1037. 

Issue  or  transfer,  1035. 

Purchased  under  contract,  1028. 

Recovery  of  lost  or  stolen,  688-691. 

Sale  of  condemned,  679,  1037. 

Sales  of  horses  to  mounted  officers,  1065. 

Salt,  1265. 

Shoeing  and  materials,  1068. 

Sick,  injured,  or  infected,  708. 

Specifications,  qualities,  etc.,  1029-1031. 

Straw  for  bedding,  1049. 

Transportation  of  officers'  horses,  1069. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1071. 

Unserviceable,  878,  879, 1037. 

Use  of  by  mounted  officers,  1045, 1066,  1067. 

Vinegar,  1265. 
Publication : 

Articles  of  War  to  the  Army,  A.  W.  128. 

Changes,  Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery,  353. 

Delivery  of  government  abroad,  37. 

Dismissal  for  cowardice  or  fraud,  A.W.  100. 

Medical  and  official,  1449. 

Preservation,  etc.,  ordnance  materials,  1536. 

Private  transactions,  5. 
Public  Buildings: 

Bonds  and  contracts,  565. 

Construction  and  repairs,  705,  706. 
Public  Buildings  and  Grounds,  D.  C. 

Title  and  other  papers,  704, 890, 1472. 
Public  Health : 

Enforcement  of  quarantine,  487,  p.  66. 
Public  Lands  : 

Intruders  or  trespassers,  487,  pp.  65,  66. 

Title  papers,  military,  890. 
Public  Moneys: 

Accountability,  579-656. 

Balances  at  close  of  fiscal  year,  623-?25 

Balances  on  deposit  unchanged,  586. 

Collections,  608-616. 

Contracts  involving  future  payments,  515, 
579. 


284 


INDEX. 


Public  Moneys- Continued. 

Covering  into  Treasury,  586. 

Deceased  officers,  84. 

Disbursing  officers  ceasing  to  act,  585. 

Estimates,  580. 

Failure  to  account,  1343. 

Illegal  disbursements,  1344. 

Insurance,  593. 

Miscellaneous  receipts,  etc.,  608. 

Outstanding  checks  or  drafts,  603. 

Overpayments,  1344. 

Personal  possession,  584. 

Places  of  deposit,  580. 

Receipts  for  amounts  not  paid,  A.  "W.  60. 

Received  for  disbursements,  580-584. 592. 

Stealing,  embezzling,  etc.,  A.  "W.  60. 

Transfer,  582, 592, 594,  595. 

Transfer  to  the  Treasury,  608. 

Transportation  by  express,  1128. 

Use  and  expenditures,  579. 
Public  Property: 

Abstracted,  &c.,  by  deserters,  115. 

Accountability,  657-702,  A.  W.  9, 10, 15-17. 

Branding,  676. 

Care  and  preservation,  193,  200. 

Commanding  officers,  747. 

Company  commanders,  274, 275. 

Condemnation  by  boards  of  survey,  713. 

Condemned,  679, 680. 

Damaged,   lost,   destroyed,   or  stolen,  206, 
668,  674,  688-691,  1149,  A.  AY.  10. 

Deceased  officers,  84. 

Deficiencies,  etc.,  1344. 

Deficit  or  shortage,  668. 

Department  commanders'  inspections,  193. 

Expenditures  under  orders,  695, 696. 

Failure  to  account,  1343. 

Inspection,  878-889. 

Insurance,  593. 

Intrusted,  657. 

Mail  contractors,  207. 

Mess  and  table  ware  and  furniture,  285. 

Preservation  and  repair,  675. 

Private  uses,  677. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  614-616. 

Purchase  by  officers,  680. 

Receipts,  amounts  not  delivered,  A.  W.  60. 

Recovery  of  lost  or  stolen,  688-691. 

Sales  of  condemned,  679,  680. 

Stealing,  wrongfully  selling,  etc.,  A.  "W.  60. 

T.ents  for  protection,  1205. 

Transfers  to  another  department,  616,  671. 

Unserviceable,  880, 884. 

Verification  of  contents  of  packages,  669. 

"Worn  out,  679,  680. 
Public  Works: 

Annual  inspection,  868. 

Bonds  and  contracts,  565. 

Travel  allowances  of  officers,  1333. 
Punishments: 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  "W.  31-35, 40. 

Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  "W.  54. 

Accepting  presents,  etc.,  A.  AV.  6. 


P  unishments— Continued. 

Ammunition,  sale  or  waste,  A.  "W.  16. 

Behavior  at  divine  worship,  A.  W.  52. 

Breach  of  arrest,  A.  W.  65. 

Children  post  schools,  324. 

Contempt  or  disrespect,  A.  "W.  20. 

Contemptuous  words,  A.  AY.  19. 

Damages,  loss,  etc.,  A.  AY.  15-17. 

Desertion,  A.  AY.  47-51. 

Destroying,  etc.,  military  records,  802. 

Disrespectful  words,  A.  W.  19. 

Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 

Dueling,  A.  AY.  26-28. 

Enlistment  of  minors,  A.  "W.  3. 

Escape  of  prisoner,  A.  AT.  69. 

Failure  to  make  returns,  A.  W.  7. 

Failure  to  report  confinement  of  enlisted 
men,  A.  W.  68. 

Failure  to  surrender  offenders  against  civil 
authorities,  A.  W.  59. 

False  certificate  of  absence  or  pay,  A.  AY.  13. 

False  musters,  A.  AY.  5, 14. 

False  returns,  A.  W.  8. 

Frauds  and  embezzlement,  A.  AY.  60. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.  AY.  36,  37. 

Horses,  sale  or  loss  through  neglect,  A.  W. 17. 

Increase  of  sentences  of  confinement,  942. 

Legality  and  promptness,  2. 

Limitations,  938. 

Misconduct  in  time  of  war,  A.  W.  41, 42,  44- 
46, 57, 100. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  "W.  21-24, 43. 

Offenses  against  the  laws,  A.  W.  58,  59. 

Oflenses  not  capital,  A.  AY.  83. 

Pardon  or  mitigation,  916,  947. 

Pecuniary  iuterests,  etc.,  A.  "W.  18. 

Profanity,  A.  W.  53. 

Provoking  or  reproachful  speeches  or  ges- 
tures, A.  W.  25. 

Release,  unauthorized,  of  prisoners,  AW.  69. 

Sleeping  on  post,  A.  W.  39. 

Spies,  p.  231,  sec.  1343,  R.  S. 

Use  of  Army  as  posse  comitatus,  486. 

Violence  against  traders,  A.  "W.  56. 

Waste  of  private  property,  A.W.  55, 59 
Purchases : 

Discharge,  by  enlisted  men,  144, 146. 

Forage,  1045. 

Fuel  by  officers  and  families,  998-1004 

Horses  by  mounted  officers,  1065. 

Lands  for  military  purposes,  703. 

Public  animals,  1028-1033. 

Supplies,  etc.,  293,  300,  304,  307,  315,  518-570, 
573-577,  587,  589,  622,  633,  636,  1057-1060, 
1223,  1226-1229, 1238, 1250, 1257, 1269-1271. 
1460, 1488, 1537. 
Purchases,  Supplies,  and  Services: 

Appropriation  from  which  paid,  622. 

Articles  for  use  in  post  bakeries,  304,  307. 

Bakery  fund,  233. 

Beef  and  beef  cattle,  1250. 

Company  fund,  293, 300. 

Contractors,  554, 559-565, 570, 573-578. 


INDEX. 


285 


Purchases,  Supplies,  aad  Serrices-  Cont'd. 

Contracts,  515,  516,  519,  542-558,565,570,589. 

Deliveries,  1058. 

Exceptional  articles,  566,  569, 1283. 

Forage  masters,  1057. 

Foreign  articles,  517,  545. 

Fuel,  forage,  etc.,  1059, 1060. 

Interest  in,  by  disbursing  officers,587. 

Liquid  coffee,  1257. 

Manner  and  metbods,  518,  549. 

Medical  supplies,  566, 569, 1460. 

Mess  fund,  293. 

Oral  agreement  or  open-market,  566-569. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1488. 

Personal  service,  518. 

Persons  in  military  service,  589. 

Proposals,  520-541.  547,  548. 

Rations,  1269-1271. 

Regimental  fund,  293. 

Reports  of  persons  and  articles,  1223. 

Seed  for  post  gardens,  315. 

Signal  Corps  supplies,  1537. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1226-1229, 1238. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  633,  636. 

Wagon  masters,  1057. 
Purchasing  and  Contracting  Officer: 

Ability  of  bidders  to  carry  out  bids,  546. 

Advertisements,  520-524. 

Award,  etc.,  of  contracts,  541,  542, 551. 

Contractor's  bond,  564. 

Entitled  to  copy  of  contract,  554. 

Estimates,  746. 

Guaranties,  bidders,  533. 

Medical  Department,  569. 

Oath  appended  to  contract,  556. 

Opening  proposals  prematurely,  535 

Oral  agreements,  566-569. 

Proposals,  535, 537. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  557, 569. 

Responsibilities,  519. 

Subsistence  Department,  557, 569, 1227. 

Supplies,  persons  in  military  service,  589. 
Qualifications: 

Applicants  for  enlistment,  823, 824. 

Appointees,  second  lieutenants,  30, 31. 

Artillery  inspectors,  350. 

Captains  light  batteries,  345. 

College  details,  87. 

Company  bearers,  1412. 

Counsel  for  prisoners,  926. 

Hospital  and  acting  hospital  stewards,  1397. 

Hospital  corps  privates,  1399. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  173. 

Ordnance  officers,  1489. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  91,  93, 95,  96. 

Purchase  by  enlisted  men  of  discharge,  144. 

Regimental  staff  officers,  235. 

Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  135. 

Signal  Corps  officers,  1538. 

Special  duty  and  detached  service,  34. 

Staff,  personal,  33. 

Surgeons,  1394. 

-Transfer  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 


Qualifications— Continued. 

Veteran  soldiers,  145. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  182. 
Quarantine  Regulations: 

Enforcement  of,  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  66. 
Quarrels : 

Provoking  speeches  or  gestures,  A.  W.  25. 

Quelling,  A.  W.  24. 
Quartermaster-General : 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1469-1471. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  978. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1166, 1167,  1169-1171. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223. 

Draft  and  pack  animals,  1071. 

Engineer  battalion,  1171. 

Estimates  for  funds,  975 

Fuel,  998. 

General  depots,  974. 

Hospitals,  1429. 

Inmates    Soldiers'    Home,   transportation, 
175. 

National  cemeteries,  492. 

Newspapers  and  periodicals,  310. 

Office  rooms,  1008. 

Ordnance  detachment,  1171- 

Persons  and  articles  employed,  etc.,  1223. 

Plans,  etc.,  for  new  buildings,  978. 

Post  cemeteries,  498, 499. 

Quartermasters'  records,  1219. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1056, 1063. 

Recruiting  service,  1170. 

Street-car  and  ferry  tickets,  1108. 

Telegraphing,  1213, 1214. 

Text-books  and  school  materials,  310. 

Transportation  of  Department  or  bureau 
supplies,  1129. 

Transportation  requests,  1098, 1103, 1105. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1038, 1039. 
Quartermasters : 

Accountability,  1050-1056, 1061-1064. 

Acting  as  commissary,  1305. 

Acting  as  regimental,  239. 

Appointment,  etc.,  of  regimental,  233. 

Assignment  to  company  or  staff  duty,  240. 

Band  instruments,  248, 1201. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  976, 978,  980,  984, 985. 

Bonds,  571-576. 

Brooms  for  warehouses,  1204. 

Candles  for  offices  and  storerooms,  1265. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1165, 1166, 1172, 1178. 

Detail  and  duties  of  post,  203. 

Duties  of  regimental,  238, 239. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Estimates  for  funds,  975. 

Forage,  fuel,  and  straw,  1021, 1044. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Hospital  buildings,  1426. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1021. 

Means  of  transportation,  1077. 

Movements  of  troops,  1080-1084. 

Office  brooms,  1204. 

Orders  for  transportation,  1080, 1082. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1530. 


286 


INDEX. 


Quartermasters— Continued. 

Post,  203,   239,    362,  498,   499,  976,    978-980, 

984,  985,  1021,  1165,  1166,  1172, 1204, 1265, 

1426. 

Post  cemeteries,  498. 499. 
Private  buildings  and  lands,  979. 
Promotion,  22. 
Public  animals,  1036. 
Qualifications  and  pay  of  regimental,  233- 

235. 
Regimental.  233-235,  238-240,  248,  265,  1044, 

1201, 1305. 

Requisitions  for  transportation,  1079. 
Settlements  with  commanders,  265. 
Signal  parties'  supplies,  1547. 
Small-arms  practice,  362. 
Street-car  and  ferry  tickets,  1108. 
Tenure  of  office  of  regimental,  234. 
Transportation    requests,    1085-1087,   1097, 

1098,  1102, 1107, 1110-1113, 1115. 
Quartermaster's  Department: 
Ambulances,  1076, 1415. 
Band  instruments,  248, 1201, 1202. 
Barracks  and  quarters,  201, 205, 206, 266-270, 

276,  387,  703,  705,  706,  972,  976-1022, 1218. 
Bonds  of  officers,  571-578. 
Civilian    employees'    traveling    expenses, 

734. 
Clothing  and  equipage,  129, 130, 138, 176, 454. 

456,  515, 708,  887,  972, 1163-1205, 1393,  1407, 

1441, 1442,  A.  W.  60. 
Company  books  and  records,  264. 
Deceased  officers,  85. 
Deceased  soldiers,  162. 
Discharged  soldiers,  transportation,  153. 
Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 
Extra-duty  details,  164, 168, 1223. 
Fees  for  administering  oaths,  649. 
Field  music,  1202. 
Field-service  hospital  corps,  1421. 
Forage  and  straw,  36,  515,  972,  1021,  1041- 

1049, 1059-1064, 1280. 
Fuel  and  stoves,  36, 138, 183, 285,  304, 313, 515, 

998-1011, 1059-1064, 1484. 
Funds,  975. 
General  depots,  974. 
General  duties,  972-975. 
Hand  litters,  1417. 
Horses  of  mounted  officers,  184,  1044,  1065- 

1069. 
Illuminating  supplies,   183,  260,  285,  1012- 

1022. 

Job  printing,  510. 
Kitchen  and  table  -ware,  285. 
Laundry  charges,  recruits,  1192. 
Libraries  and  schools,  310, 317 
Mess  furniture,  285. 
Military  attaches,  36, 1 121. 
Musical  instruments,  248, 1201, 1202. 
Post  bakeries,  304. 
Post  cemeteries,  495. 
Post  records,  209. 
Property  denominated  supplies,  1221 


Quartermaster' s  Department— Continued. 
Public  animals,  184, 285, 679,  688-691, 708,  879, 

972,1028-1037,  1045,  1049,  1065-1069,  1071, 

1218, 1265. 

Purchasing  and  contracting  officers,  557, 569. 
Quartermaster's  supplies,  239,  479,  633,  974, 

1050-1064, 1131, 1196, 1197, 1218, 1221,  1222, 

1224, 1225, 1547,  A.  W.  60. 
Records,  1218-1220. 

Recovery  of  public  property,  688,  690,  691. 
Regimental  records,  243. 
Returns  and  reports,  1221-1225. 
Rewards,  etc.,  124, 128. 
School  furniture,  317. 
Shoeing  materials,  1068. 
Small-arms  practice,  362. 
Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  135. 
Stationery,  36, 310, 1023-1027. 
Storehouses,  etc.,  commissary,  1247. 
Stores  denominated  supplies,  1221. 
Targets  and  material,  355. 
Telegraphing  and  telephoning,  471,  487,  pp. 

67,  68,  504,  752, 1006, 1206-1217, 1537, 1546. 
Transportation  of  the  Army,  36,  72,  85,  110, 

111,  117, 120, 125, 153, 162, 175,206,  312,  472, 

515.516,  729,  733,  962,  972,  973,  1069-1162, 

1223, 1239, 1283, 1321, 1323, 1399, 1449, 1467- 

1471, 1518, 1530, 1531. 
Ungarrisoned  posts,  211. 
Veterinary  supplies,  1038-1040. 
See  also— 

Quartermaster-  General. 
Quartermasters. 

Quartermaster-Sergeants,  Regimental : 
Appointment,  etc.,  241. 
Baggage,  1119. 

Quarters,  fuel  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Quartermaster's  Supplies: 
Care  and  accountability,  1050-1064. 
Definition,  1221. 

Deliveries  under  contract,  1058. 
Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 
General  depots,  974. 
Militia,  1131. 

Quartermasters  of  regiments,  239. 
Record  books,  receipts,  and  shipments,  1218. 
Returns,  1221, 1222, 1224, 1225. 
Sales  to  officers,  1196. 
Sales  to  officers'  servants,  1197 
Signal  parties,  1547. 
Transfer  for  use  of  Indians,  479. 
Transfers  to  successors,  1061, 1064. 
Verification  of  quantities,  1061, 1064. 
Vouchers  for  payment,  633. 
Quarters : 

Absent  from,  without  authority,  A."W.  31. 
Allowance  and  assignment,  984-997, 1008. 
Commutation,  1336-1342. 
Cumulative  leave,  995. 
Contracts.  515. 
Engineer  officers,  1484. 


INDEX. 


287 


Quarters — Continued. 

Failure  to  retire  at  retreat,  A.  W.  35. 

Hire,  988, 989. 

Hospital  stewards,  1427, 1428. 

Office  rooms,  1007, 

Provisions  for  soldiers,  A.  W.  56. 

Eented,  988, 989, 1007. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138. 

Use  of  hospitals,  1430. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  183. 
Railroads : 

Bond-aided,  729,  1093,  1129,  1147,  1161,  1162, 
1208, 1321. 

Construction  and  repair,  972. 

Hospital  trains,  1434. 

Land -grant,  487,  pp.  67,  68,  1091,  1093,  1129, 
1146,1161,1162. 

Lost  bills  of  lading,  1152, 1155, 1157. 

Tariff  lists,  1159, 1160. 
Bank: 

Commission  determines  right  to  command, 
A.  W.  122. 

Commissioned  officers,  10-12. 

Definition,  7. 

Grades,  9. 

How  held  and  conferred,  8. 

Members  of  courts-martial,  917. 

Kelative,  11, 12,  A.  W.  123, 124. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  42, 43. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  183. 

Volunteers  and  regulars,  A.  W.  123. 
Bape: 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Sates  of  Exchange : 

Credit  allowed,  36, 593. 
Rations : 

Allowance,  1252. 

Articles  needed  for  consumption,  1261. 

Beef,  1235, 1242, 1250, 1253, 1256, 1269. 

Bread,  296. 

Care  and  use,  281, 282. 

Certificates,  1262. 

Civilian  employees,  detached,  1262. 

Civilians  in  hospitals,  1446. 

Commutation,  472, 1082, 1272-1279. 

Commutation  vegetables  not  issued,  1254. 

Composition,  1251, 1253, 1255. 

Deduction  on  returns,  1263. 

Definition,  1251. 

Destitute  persons,  1267. 

Enlisted  men  traveling  under  orders,  1262. 

Equivalent  parts,  1233. 

General  mess,  1264. 

Indians  visiting  posts,  1266. 

Issue  of  articles  kept  for  sale,  1234. 

Issue,  1258-1264. 

Insane  soldiers  and  escort,  472. 

Money  value  adjustment  of  charges,  1253. 

Purchase  with  company  fund,  300. 

Returns,  1258-1265, 1268. 

Savings,  282,  296,  300, 1261, 1269-1271. 

Savings  of  messes,  282. 

Travel,  1235, 1253, 1256. 


Rati  on  s— Continued . 

"Waste  or  misuse,  282. 

"When  and  where  drawn,  1258. 
Reading  Rooms : 

Fuel  and  stoves,  313, 1006. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1014-1019, 1021, 1022. 

Quarters  to  be  provided,  310. 

Transportation  of  property,  312. 

Use  of,  by  officers,  310. 
Rear- Admirals: 

Bank  with  major-generals,  12. 
Rebellion : 

Suppression  by  the  Army,  487,  p.  67. 
Receipt  Rolls: 

Savings  of  rations,  1270,  1271. 
Receipts : 

Bills  of  lading,  1148, 1149, 1157. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1516. 

Subsistence  supplies,  1239, 1240. 

Transportation  requests,  1088, 1089. 
Receipts  for  Money  and  Property : 

Amounts  not  paid  or  delivered,  A.  "W.  60. 

Blank  prohibited,  637. 

Corporations,  642-644. 

Dates  left  blank  when  sent  by  mail,  638. 

Firms  and  individuals,  641. 

Funds  transferred,  639. 

Money  amounts,  635,  638, 648. 

Notation  of  checks,  640. 

Refundments,  stoppages,  trcinsfers,etc.,1391. 

Refusal  to  sign  for  property,  667. 

Signatures  and  headings,  646. 

Small  sums  for  occasional  services,  644. 

Transfers  of  property,  665. 

"Witness  to  signature  by  mark,  647. 
Reconnaissances : 

Engineer  officers'  duties,  1472, 1480. 

Escort  commanders'  duties,  19. 

Field  notes,  sketches,  etc.,  457-459, 1482. 
Record  of  Officers : 

Details  for  special  duty,  etc.,  34. 

Maps,  1482. 

Military,  1472. 
Records : 

Artillery  practice,  349, 1534. 

Battle  ground  cemeteries,  493. 

Care  and  preservation,  799. 

Civil  courts,  conviction  of  enlisted  men,  147. 

Colored  ink,  801. 

Company  fund  account,  301. 

Councils  of  administration,  289. 

Courts  martial,  890, 892, 894-896, 932, 945, 954- 
957,  A.  "W.  86-95, 113, 114, 121. 

Departments,  800. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1371. 

Destroying  or  carrying  away,  etc.,  802. 

Discontinued  commands,  800. 

Enlistment  of  discharged  soldiers,  837. 

Information  from,  how  furnished,  etc.,  803. 

Medical  examination  of  recruits,  848. 

Military,  799-803. 

National  cemeteries,  492. 

Post.  40, 209, 349,  800, 1534. 


288 


INDEX. 


Be  cord  s—  Continued. 

Post  cemeteries,  496, 498, 1218. 

Quartermasters,  1218-1220. 

Re-enlistments,  837. 

Regimental,  236. 

Regimental  fund  book,  295. 

Rules  for  keeping,  750. 

Small-arms  practice,  361. 

Treatment  of  diseases  and  results,  155. 
Recovery  of  Public  Property : 

Animals  lost  or  stolen, 690. 

Expenses,  how  paid,  691. 

Forcible  seizure,  689. 

Proceedings,  688. 
Recreation  and  Amusement : 

Erection  of  buildings  by  enlisted  men,  311. 
Recruiting  in  Departments: 

Details  for  and  rules  governing,  854, 855. 
Recruiting  Officers : 

Apprehension  of  deserters,  116, 122. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1170. 

Department,  854,  855. 

Enlistments,  etc.,  hospital  corps,  1399. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  826, 827, 
829-832,  836,  837,  841  842, 849, 851,  853. 

General  service,  819,  820. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1458. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1515. 

Regimental,  856. 

Transportation  of  horses,  1069. 
Recruiting  Returns : 

Hospital  corps,  1400. 

Preparation,  etc.,  833. 
Recruiting  Service : 

Bimonthly  reports  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Civilian  employees,  725. 

Classifications  and  details,  818-820. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1170. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1273. 

Department,  854, 855. 

Enlistments,  etc.,  103,  481,  484,  485,  823-840, 
1365-1367, 1386, 1387, 1398-1400, 1404, 1539, 
A.  "W.  3,  50,  note  page  224. 

General,  818-820, 854-856. 

Hospital  corps,  1398-1400. 

Indian  scouts,  484. 

Management,  etc.,  736, 748. 

Medical  attendance,  1458. 

Recruiting  officers,  1399. 

Recruits,  822, 824, 832, 841-853,  1518,  A.W.  2. 

Regimental,  856. 

Rendezvous  and  stations,  821, 822. 
Recruiting  Stations : 

Court-martial,  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Defined,  821. 

Deserters,  117. 

Laundry  work.  1192. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1458. 

Posts  announced  as  general,  854. 

Register  of  medical  examinations,  848. 

Supervision  or  control,  190. 
Recruit  Rendezvous : 

Defined,  821. 


Recruit  Rendezvous— Continued. 

Laundry  work,  1192. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1458. 

Organization,  etc.,  of  recruits, 822. 

Police  and  discipline,  822. 

Register  of  medical  examinations,  848. 
Recruits : 

Articles  of  War  to  be  read,  832,  A.W.  2. 

Assignment  to  regiments,  849-853. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  strength,  791. 

Certificate  of  disability,  844, 847. 

Character,  846. 

Clothing  bags,  haversacks,  etc.,  1518. 

Date  of  enlistment  of  accepted,  824. 

Descriptive  cards,  846,  850-853,1192, 1289. 

Deserters,  117. 

Discharges  for  disability,  822, 1387. 

Laundry  charges,  1192. 

Medical  examinations,  842-848. 

Oath  to  be  taken,  A.  W.  2. 

Officer  conducting,  to  regiments,  850,  852. 

Payments  to  discharged,  1387. 

Physical  examination,  841,  842,  847. 

Probation,  824, 848. 

Sales  of  subsistence  supplies,  1285, 1289. 

Vaccination,  843, 846. 
Redress : 

Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  "W.  54. 

Appeals  of  officers  and  men,  A.  "W.29, 30. 
Reduction  to  the  Ranks : 

Hospital  stewards,  931, 1402. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  company,  261. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  104,  931. 

Regimental  noncommissioned  officers,  241. 

Regimental  noncommissioned  staff,  241. 

Signal  corps  sergeants,  1539. 
Re  enlistment  Pay : 

Notations  on  muster  and  pay  rolls,  1367. 

Rates  and  payment,  1365. 

Retained,  subject  to  forfeiture,  1365. 
Re-enlistments : 

Acting  hospital  stewards,  1404. 

Deposits  may  be  renewed,  1375. 

Disability  contracted  in  line  of  duty,  839. 

Disabled  soldiers,  839. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  107. 

Hospital  corps,  1399, 1400. 

Hospital  stewards,  1398. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  company,  259. 

Notations  on  discharge  certificate,  148, 837. 

Other  organization,  840. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  103. 

Recruiting  officers,  837. 
Regimental  Bands: 

Bimonthly  reports  of  strength,  791. 

Composition  and  selection  of  musicians,  245. 

Discipline  and  efficiency,  238. 

Equipments,  242, 248. 

Fund,  243,  248,  292,  293, 295,  300. 

Instructions,  muster,  etc.,  of  musicians,  246. 

Musical  instruments,  etc.,  248, 1201. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

National  and  patriotic  airs  to  be  played,  250. 


INDEX. 


289 


Regimental  Bands— Continued. 

Procedure  when  musicians  are  needed,  249. 

Saluting,  389, 390. 

Station,  247. 

The  Star  Spangled  Banner,  450. 
Regimental  Books  and  Records : 

Duties  of  adjutant,  236. 

Enumerated  and  instructions,  243, 244. 

Fund  book,  295. 
Regimental  Colors  and  Standards : 

Artillery,  216. 

Cavalry,  218. 

Colors  and  standards,  219, 220. 

Engineer  battalion,  215. 

Infantry,  217. 

Mourning,  446. 

Salutes,  391. 

Saluting,  389,  390. 

Regimental  Commanders : 

Absentees  at  muster,  A.  "W.  12, 13. 

Appeals  of  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30. 

Artillery  instruction,  463. 

Bands  and  field  musicians,  245,  249. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Captains  light  batteries,  345. 
Certificates  of  merits,  178. 
Company  fund,  301. 

Courts-martial,  956,  A.  W.  81. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  156. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Furloughs,  106, 109,  A.  W.  11. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  229-231. 

Lance  corporals,  257. 

Light  artillery  instruction,  344. 

Morning  reports,  388. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784,  787. 

Xoncom.  officers,  92,  93,  241,  257,  259-261. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  92, 93. 

Practical  and  theoretical  instruction,  230. 

Eecruits  and  recruiting  service,  852, 853,  856. 

Regimental  fund,  295. 

Regimental  staff  officers,  233,  235,  236,  238, 
240. 

Reports,  issues,  and  roll  calls,  386. 

Reports  of  instruction,  231. 

Returns  of  troops,  790. 

Senior  officer  on  duty,  226. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Students,  service  schools,  465. 

Torpedo-service  instruction,  346. 

Transfer  or  exchange,  enlisted  men,  113. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  182, 185. 
Regimental  Courts  Martial: 

Appeals  of  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30. 

Appointment,  etc.,  A.  "W.  81. 

Jurisdiction,  A.  W.  80-83, 102, 103. 

Orders  appointing,  937. 

Proceedings,  956. 

Trial  of  noncommissioned  officers,  931. 
Regimental  Field  Officers : 

Assignments  to  posts  and  stations,  232. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

16686—01 19 


Regimental  Noncommissioned  Officers: 

Appointments,  etc.,  241. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  241. 

Equipments,  242. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  439. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  241. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 

"Warrants,  241. 
Regimental  Noncommissioned  Staff: 

Appointments,  etc.,  241. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Bimonthly  reports  of  strength,  791. 

Brooms  and  scrubbing  brushes,  1203. 

Discharge  and  re-enlistment,  241. 

Discipline  and  efficiency,  238. 

Equipments,  242. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  439. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  241. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 

Warrants,  241. 
Regimental  Officers : 

Assignments,  field  officers,  232. 
Inspection  reports  concerning,  810. 

Service  reports,  806. 
Regimental  Quartermaster-Sergeants : 

Appointment,  etc.,  241. 
Baggage,  1119. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 
Rank  and  precedence,  9. 
Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Regimental  Recruiting : 

Details  for  and  rules  governing,  856. 
Regiments : 

Appropriate  command  of  a  colonel,  14. 
Assignments,  field  officers,  232. 
Bands,  238,  242,  243,  245-250,  292,  295,  300,  389, 

390,  450,  784,  791, 1201. 
Candles  for  headquarters,  1265. 
Desks,  1122. 

Fund,  243,  248,  292,  293,  295,  300. 
Letter  and  note  headings,  512. 
Organization  and  instruction,  226-232. 
Precedence  of,  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  6. 
Public  property,  242. 
Records,  236,  243, 244, 295. 
Returns,  57,  63, 246,  790-792,  794-796. 
Staff,  233-242, 784. 
Transfer,  etc.,  enlisted  men,  113. 
Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  43. 
Registry  of  Officers : 
Officers  visiting  Washington,  804. 
Visiting  headquarters,  420. 
Regulars : 

Precedence  of,  6. 
Rejoining  Station : 
Furloughed  soldiers,  110. 
Travel  allowances,  1327-1332. 
Relative  Rank : 
Army  and  Navy  officers,  12. 


290 


INDEX. 


Relative  Rank— Continued. 

Officers,  same  grade,  etc.,  11,  A.  TV.  122-124. 

Volunteers  and  regulars,  A.  W.  123. 
Release : 

Enlisted  men,  without  charges,  908. 

Insane  soldiers  from  hospital,  473. 

Officers  without  charges,  899,   A.  W.  71. 

Prisoners  without  authority,  A.  "W.  69. 
Relief  to  the  Enemy  : 

Punishment,  A.  TV.  45. 
Remittances  of  Funds: 

Fiscal  year  to  be  designated,  618. 
Repairs : 

Ambulances,  1415. 

Barracks  and  quarters.  205, 206,  978, 980. 

Hand  litters,  1417. 

Hospitals,  1426-1429. 

Ordnance  stores,  1517^1521. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1427, 1428. 
Reporters,  Courts-Martial : 

Detail  of  assistant,  958. 

Employment,  compensation,  etc.,  958, 959. 

Traveling  expenses,  734. 
Reports : 

Apprehended  deserters,  117. 

Artillery  inspector,  350. 

Artillery  school,  462. 

Bills  of  lading,  1223. 

Bimonthly,  of  enlisted  strength,  791. 

Burials,  post  cemeteries,  499. 

Channels,  764. 

Chaplain's,  40. 

Company,  252, 

Death  of  officers.  81. 

Departmental  affairs,  192. 

Department  comdrs.  absent,  195. 

Deserters,  118, 119, 122. 

Desertions,  116. 

Efficiency,  807-812. 

Engineering  operations  in  the  field,  1481. 

Enlisted  men  confined,  p.  225,  A.  TV.  68. 

Enlisted  strength,  bimonthly,  791. 

Examination  of  recruits,  848. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  1223. 

Firing  artillery,  356. 

Fortification,  materials  for  repairs,  333. 

Hunting,  58. 

Indian  scouts,  names  of,  inserted,  485. 

Inspections,  department  commanders,  193. 

Morning,  of  companies,  388. 

Movements  of  troops,  emergencies,  192, 489. 

Officers  visiting  foreign  countries,  56. 

Oral  agreements,  supplies  and  services,  569. 

Outstanding  liabilities,  602, 1223. 

Personal,  54,  57,  62-64,  99,  102, 137,  804-806, 
812,  859, 1401, 1541. 

Persons  and  articles  employed,  etc.,  1223. 

Post  commanders,  inspection,  200. 

Post  exchanges,  326. 

Post  schools,  320. 

Post  cemeteries,  499. 

Practical  and  theoretical  instruction,  23L 

Q.  M.  Department,  preparation,  etc.,  1223. 


Reports— Continued. 

Roll  call,  385. 

Service,  806. 

Signaling  instruction,  1541, 1544. 

Small-arms  practice,  358. 

Special,  115, 116. 

Superintendents,  national  cemeteries,  492. 

Transportation  requests,  1223. 

Treatment  of  disease,  and  results,  155. 
Reproachful  Speeches  or  Gestures  : 

Punishment  for  using,  A.  TV.  25. 
Requests: 

Transportation,  125, 1085-1117, 1223. 
Requisitions : 

Blanks,  blank  books,  etc.,  1293, 1535, 1552. 

Canteen  covers,  corks,  etc.,  1517. 

Examination,  revision,  etc.,  744,  745. 

Forage  and  straw,  1021. 

Fortifications,  materials  for  repairs,  333. 

Fuel,  1021. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1015, 1016, 1021. 

Mineral  oil,  1019. 

Notebooks,  461. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1497-1500. 

Preparation,  etc.,  743. 

Property  used  for  police,  454. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1053. 

Reconnaissance  blanks,  461. 

Signal  parties'  supplies,  1547. 

Signal  supplies,  1548. 

Subsistence  supplies  and  funds,  1229. 

Surveying  instruments.  461. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1079, 1239. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1039.     ' 

Working  parties,  fieldworks,  1479. 
Reservations: 

Indian.     See  Indian  Reservations. 

Military.     See  Posts  and  Reservation!. 

Title  papers,  890. 
Resignation  of  Officers: 

Acceptance,  etc.,  of  civil  office,  80. 

Checks  outstanding,  600. 

Correspondence,  77,  78. 

Leaves  of  absence  on  tender,  79. 

Payments,  1308. 

Quitting  service  before  acceptance,  A. TV.  49. 

Records,  748. 

Tender  and  acceptance,  77. 

Under  charges,  78. 
Retained  Pay : 

Continuous  service,  1366. 

Forfeitures,  1369, 1379. 

Interest,  1376, 1379. 

Re-enlistment,  1365. 

Treated  as  a  deposit,  1379. 
Retainers  to  the  Camp: 

Subject  to  Articles  of  TVar,  A.  TV.  63. 
Retired  Enlisted  Men,  U.  S.  Army: 

Allowances,  138. 

Applications,  135, 136 

Baggage,  etc.,  1120. 

Funeral  honors,  434. 

Hospital  charges,  1447. 


INDEX. 


291 


Retired  Enlisted  Men,  U.  S.  Army— Cont'd. 

Medical  attendance  and  medicines,  1451. 

Payments,  138, 139, 1363. 

Personal  reports,  137. 

Qualifications  for  retirement,  135. 

Rates  of  pay,  138. 
Retired  Officers : 

Baggage,  etc.,  1120. 

Causes  for  retirement,  73-75. 

College  details,  88. 

Fuel,  998. 

Funeral  honors  and  escort,  429, 437. 

Medical  attendance  and  medicines.  1451. 

Payments  to,  on  retirement,  1309. 

Personal  reports,  805. 

Professional  books,  etc.,  1122. 

Salutes  and  honors,  414. 

Stationery,  1025. 

Transportation  of  horses,  1069. 

Uniform,  76. 
Retiring  Boards: 

Subjects  for  consideration  and  report,  74. 
Retreat: 

Ceremonies,  450. 

Gun,  208. 

Retiring  to  tent  or  quarters,  A.  TV.  35. 

Roll  call,  parade  rest,  383. 

Sounded  at  sunset,  386. 
Return  Journeys: 

Orders,  1323. 

Transportation  requests,  1097. 

Witnesses  before  military  courts,  964. 
Return  of  Captured  Property : 

Preparation,  rendition,  etc.,  798. 
Returns  of  Casualties : 

Preparation,  disposition,  etc.,  797. 

Wounded  in  action,  1466. 
Returns  Office,  Interior  Department: 

Contracts,  540,  554.  556. 
Returns  of  Public  Property: 

Administrative  examination,  701,  702. 

Articles  in  charge  of  guards,  456. 

Charges  of  loss,  etc.,  698. 

Company  property,  693. 

Contingency  purchases,  197. 

Deceased  officers,  84. 

Destroyed  or  lost  in  service,  697. 

Expenditures  under  orders,  695,  696. 

Failure  to  render,  699. 

False,  A.  W.  8. 

Made  for  all  public  property,  692. 

Orders  directing  issues,  etc.,  695. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1502,  1503, 
1506, 1510, 1526, 1533. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  694. 

Preparation  and  rendition,  700. 

Quartermaster's    supplies,  1050-1064,  1198, 
1221, 1222,  1224, 1225. 

Signal  corps  sergeants,  694. 

Subsistence  supplies,  700, 1294. 

Tent  pins,  helves,  etc.,  1198. 
Returns  of  Troops: 

Casualties,  797, 1466. 


Returns  of  Troops— Continued. 
Consolidation,  preservation,  etc.,  749. 
Contract  surgeons,  1464. 
Failure  to  make,  A.  W.  7. 
False,  A.  W.  8. 
Hospital  corps,  1408. 
Indian  scouts,  names  of  inserted,  485. 
Medical  officers,  1464. 
dotations  of  officers'  absence,  57. 
Preparation,  disposition,  etc.,  743,  798-796 
Recruits  at  rendezvous,  822. 
Rendition,  A.  W.  7. 
Strength,  789-796, 822. 
Return  to  Duty : 

Patients  in  hospital,  1439. 
Reveille : 
Ceremonies,  450. 
Gun,  208. 

Hours  for  sounding,  383,  386. 
Reviewing  Authority: 
Date  of  action,  945. 

Decisions  and  orders,  courts -martial,  955. 
Reconvening  courts,  957. 
Reviews : 

How  conducted,  448. 
Musters,  452. 

Precedence  of  regiments  and  corps,  6. 
Tendered  to  visitors  to  posts,  418. 
Rewards,  etc. : 
Deserters,  124, 126, 127, 132. 
Escaped  general  prisoners,  128. 
Recovery  of  lost  or  stolen  animals,  690. 
Rice: 

Ration,  1253. 
Wastage,  1243. 
Riots : 

Disturbing  court-martial,  A.  W.  86. 
Rivers  and  Harbors : 
Changes  of  station  of  officers,  737. 
Improvements,  1472. 
Roads : 

Construction  and  repair,  972. 
Roasted  Coffee : 

Ration,  1253, 1256. 
Robbery : 

Punishable  by  military  courts,  A.  W.  58. 
Roll  Calls  and  Signals : 
Mess,  384. 

Reports  of  results,  383,  385. 
Reveille  and  retreat,  383,  386. 
Special,  383. 
Tattoo  and  taps,  383. 
Roster  of  Duties : 
Cavalry,  375, 376. 
Classification,  366. 
Company,  264. 
Definition  of  a  roster,  364. 
Detachments.  378. 
Details  and  duties,  364-377. 
Duties,  etc.,  adjutant,  236. 
Exchange  council.  288. 
Light  batteries,  377. 
Tours,  370-37?. 


292 


INDEX. 


Sabbath: 

Duty  and  labor,  202. 

Orderly  observance  enjoined,  202. 
Sabers : 

Barracks,  regulation,  268. 
Saddlers: 

Appointment,  etc.,  260. 

Extra-duty  details  and  pay,  168. 
Saddler  Sergeants: 

Appointments,  etc.,  241. 

Eank  and  precedence,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Saddler  Shops : 

Stoves,  1006. 
Saddles: 

Condemned,  888. 
Safeguards : 

Punishment  for  forcing,  A.  "W.  57. 
Sales  of  Public  Property: 

Abstract  of  sales  sub.  supplies,  1291. 
i     Advertisements,  505. 

Arms  and  ammunition  Indian  country,  478. 

Auctioneer's  account  of  sale,  679. 

Bakeries  and  exchange,  1282. 

Barrels,  boxes,  hides,  tallow,  etc.,  1237. 

Bread  to  civilian  employees  and  others,  296. 

Cartridges  to  enlisted  men,  363. 

Cash,  1280-1284. 

Civilian  employees,  1284, 1509. 

Companies  and  detachments,  1282. 

Condemned  ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1524-1526. 

Condemned  or  reduced  in  price,  680. 

Condemned  public  animals,  1037. 

Contract  surgeons,  1280. 

Credit,  1281, 1285, 1288-1290. 

Enlisted  men,  864, 1226, 1282, 1283, 1285, 1289. 

Exceptional  articles,  1283. 

Exploring  or  surveying  expeditions,  1509. 

Forage  by  officers,  1047. 

Hospitals,  1282. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1020. 

Indians  or  Indian  agents,  1507. 

Medical  and  hospital  supplies,  1444. 

Officers  and  families,  864,  1020,  1065,  1196, 
1226, 1280, 1281, 1283, 1285, 1288, 1501, 1502. 

Officers'  servants,  1197. 

Price  list  subsistence  supplies,  1292. 

Regulated  by  post  commanders,  1287. 

Rules,  1232. 

Savings  of  rations,  282, 1269. 

Selling  or  bartering,  1287. 

Settlers  on  exposed  frontiers,  1506. 

Sold  as  purchased,  1286. 

Surplus  and  in  urgent  cases,  1236. 

Surplus  garden  products,  316. 

Transfers,  not  regarded,  616. 

Unauthorized,  1238. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  1280. 
Salt: 

Public  animals,  1265. 

Ration,  1253. 

Used  in  rebrining,  1244. 

Wastage,  1243. 


Salt  Beef: 

Ration.  1253. 
Salt  Fish: 

Wastage,  1243. 
Salt  Meat: 

Wastage,  1243. 
Salutes: 

Brevet  rank  assignments,  412. 

Cannon,  406-411, 416,  417. 

Commanding  officers,  393. 

Compliments  to  visitors,  418. 

Dipping  of  flag  of  military  post,  419. 

Enlisted  men,  to  officers,  396-404. 

Field  music,  389-391. 

Fired  between  sunrise  and  sunset,  405. 

Foreign  ships  of  war,  417. 

Funeral  honors,  427-430. 

Funerals,  military,  430-432. 

National,  400. 

National  flag,  416. 

National  flag  displayed,  405. 

National  or  regimental  colors,  etc.,  391. 

Official  duty  and  official  occasions,  394,  395. 

Personal,  389-391, 407-415, 418. 

Rules  governing  personal,  413-415. 

Standards  and  colors,  389,  390. 

Troops  on  the  march  or  in  trenches,  392. 

Troops  saluting,  392,  393. 

Union,  406. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  423-425. 
Saturday  Inspection : 

Company  commanders,  266. 

Guard  and  sick  in  hospital  excused,  266. 

Police  of  barracks,  270. 
Savings  of  Rations: 

Company  and  general  messes,  282. 

Flour,  296,  307. 

General  provisions,  1269-1271. 

Sick  in  hospital,  300. 

Unconsumed  travel  ration,  1256. 
Schedules  of  Clothing: 

Preparation,  etc.,  1178, 1179. 

Witnesses  to  signatures,  1178, 1179. 
Schools : 

Civil,  870. 

Millitary  Academy,  9, 24, 49, 190, 191 ,  725, 869, 
1130, 1347. 

Post, 290,  310,  312,  313,  317-324, 1006, 1014-1019, 
1021, 1022, 1204. 

Service,  190, 191,  462-468,  512,  725, 869. 
Scrubbing  Brushes : 

Allowance,  1203, 1204. 

Messes,  285. 
Seamen : 

Admission  to  hospital  and  charges,  1447. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Second  Lieutenants : 

Baggage,  1119. 

Forage,  1044. 

Funeral  honors  and  escorts,  433, 437, 440. 

Joining  station  after  appointment,  1334. 

Light  or  mounted  batteries,  1067. 


INDEX. 


293 


Second  Lieutenants— Continued. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Rank  with  ensigns,  Navy,  12. 

Roster  duty,  368. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Vacancies  in  grade,  how  filled,  24-31. 
Seconds  of  Duels: 

Deemed  principal,  A.  TV.  27. 
Secretaries : 

Service  schools,  462, 464, 467,  468. 
Secretary  of  Agriculture : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408, '4 18. 
Secretary  of  State : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408, 418. 
Secretary  of  the  Interior : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418. 
Secretary  of  the  Kavy : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408, 418, 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  : 

Certificates  of  deposit,  609, 613. 

Duplicate  checks,  599. 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Outstanding  and  unpaid  checks,  602-604. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390,  408.  418. 
Secretary  of  War : 

Absence  of  department  commanders,  195. 

Aids,  33. 

Allotment  of  funds,  197. 

Appointments  and  promotion  of  officers,  20. 

Articles  for  sale,  864. 

Artillery  inspectors,  350. 

Assistant  surgeons,  1394. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  206,  706. 

Blank  forms,  1552. 

Boards  of  staff  officers,  739. 

Boards  of  survey,  proceedings,  718. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  28, 29. 

Captains  light  hatteries.  345. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  613. 

Certificates  of  eligibility,  enlisted  men,  29. 

Certificates  of  service,  143. 

Chaplains,  38. 

Civil  counsel,  968. 

Civilian  employees,  724-726, 735. 

Civilians  on  reservations,  210. 

College  details,  88, 90. 

Colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  223, 446. 

Communications  to,  762,  765,  767. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1338. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men.  910. 

Contingent  expenses,  197. 

Contracts,  supplies  and  services,  555, 558. 

Courts-martial,  892,896. 

Decisions,  pecuniary  responsibility,  289,  292. 

Delays,  67. 

Detail  of  staff  officers,  196. 

Disbursements  and  accounts,  871. 

Disbursing  officers,  684. 


Secretary  of  War— Continued. 
Discharge  of  enlisted  men,   140,   145,   148. 

A.  TV.  4. 

Discharge  of  recruits,  822. 
Draft  and  pack  animals,  107L 
Efficiency  reports,  812. 
Engineering  works,  868. 
Engineer  officers  and  troops,  1475. 
Establishment  of  posts,  etc.,  198. 
Examination  boards,  promotion,  25. 
Expenditures,  public  buildings,  206, 706. 
Extra  and  special  duty,  166, 167, 172. 
Extra-duty  pay,  164. 
Fiscal  affairs  of  the  Army,  187. 
Foreign  productions  or  manufactures,  517. 
Fortifications,  1485, 1486. 
Funeral  honors  and  escort,  428, 432, 437. 
Furloughs,  107-109. 
Furniture  and  mess  outfits,  983. 
Gratuitous  issues  of  clothing,  1442 
Hire  of  quarters,  988,  989. 
Hospital  corps,  1399, 1411. 
Hospitals,  1425, 1426, 1428, 1433. 
Imprisonment  of  enlisted  men,  941. 
Indian  country,  474, 475. 
Indians,  issue  to,  of  rations,  1266. 
Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  transportation,  175. 
Insane  soldiers,  469, 470. 
Inspections  by  chief  surgeons,  1465. 
Inspectors-general,  858. 
Leaves  of  absence,  46,  55, 64. 
Loss  of  special  funds,  292. 
Military  Academy,  869. 
Military  commissions,  892. 
Military  telegraph  lines,  1542. 
Money  accounts,  655. 
Mounted  service,  1302. 
Musters  for  pay,  451. 
National  Homes  Vol.  Soldiers,  865, 866. 
Officers  and  enlisted  men,  staff,  738. 
Oral  agreements,  supplies  and  services,  569. 
Orders  of,  affecting  the  Army,  188. 
Ord.  and  ord.  stores.  888,  1501,  1507,  1525. 
6*rdnance  depots,  1495. 
Ordnance  officers,  1490. 
Pardon  or  mitigation  of  punishment,  916. 
Payments  to  furloughed  men,  112. 
Plans  or  estimates,  1428. 
Post  exchanges,  325, 326. 
Post  libraries,  310. 
Post  noncom.  staff,  91, 94,  98, 103. 
Post  schools,  310. 

Printing,  501, 503,  504,  507,  508,  510,  511,  513. 
Property  lost,  etc.,  by  officers,  682. 
Public  animals,  1028. 
Quartermaster's  supplies,  1050, 1056. 
Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1428. 
Recruits  at  rendezvous,  822. 
Regimental  staff  officers,  233. 
Rented  quarters,  1007. 
Reporters,  courts-martial,  959. 
Retirement  of  officers,  73. 
Returns  of  public  property,  70] ,  702. 


294 


INDEX. 


Secretary  of  War— Continued. 

Sales  of  horses  to  mounted  officers,  1065. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418. 

Schools  of  instruction,  190, 191. 

Service  schools,  869. 

Settlement  of  officers'  accounts,  71. 

Signal  Corps,  1537. 

Signal  Corps  officers,  1538. 

Slush  fund,  294. 

Small-arms  practice,  357. 

Soldiers'  Home,  transportation  inmates,  175. 

Special  and  detached  service,  officers,  35. 

Staff,  department  commander,  196. 

Staff  officer's  travel.  69. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1343-1345. 

Subsistence  of  the  Army,1226. 

Supplies  for  Kdians,  479. 

Supply,  payment,  etc.,  of  Army,  736. 

Sureties,  572,  574-577. 

Surveying  or  exploring  expeditions,  672. 

Transfer,  etc.,  of  enlisted  men,  113. 

Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  43. 

Transfers  of  supplies,  671. 

Transportation  of  the  Army,  1070, 1074. 

Veterinary  surgeons,  182. 

"Witnesses,  civil  courts,  72. 
Sedition : 

Beginning,  exciting,  causing,  etc.,  A.  "W.  22. 

Compelling  surrender  of  troops,  A.  "W.  43. 

Disobedience  of  orders,  A.W.  21,  24. 

Failure  to  give  information,  A.  "W.  23. 

Quelling  frays  and  disorders,  A.  W.  24. 

Striking  superior  officer,  A.  W.  21,  21. 

Suppression,  A.W.  23. 
Sentences,  Courts-Martial: 

Absence  without  leave,  126, 127. 

Acting  hospital  stewards,  1402. 

Branding,  etc.,  A.W.  38, 98. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  29. 

Certificates  of  eligibility,  enlisted  men,  29. 

Commencement  and  expiration,  944,  945. 

Conduct  unbecoming  an  officer,  A.  W.  61. 

Confirmation,  955.  • 

Cowardice  or  fraud,  A.  W.  100. 

Death  penalty,  A.W.  96. 

Deposits  of  enlisted  men,  1378. 

Disapproval,  127, 932, 933. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  UO,  A.W.  4. 

Discharge  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  W.  99. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  949, 950. 

Execution,  A.W.  104-110. 

Flogging,  A.W.  98. 

Forfeiture  of  pay,  945,  951,  952. 

Imprisonment  in  penitentiaries,  A.  W.  97. 

Increase  of  sentence  of  confinement,  942. 

Legal  limit,  943. 

Limitation  of  punishment,  938. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  241,  261. 

Operative  when  confirmed,  947. 

Order  of  serving,  948. 

Order  publishing,  945. 

Pardon  or  mitigation,  A.W.  112. 

Payments  to  officers  dismissed,  1310. 


Sentences,  Courts-Martial—Continued. 

Places  of  confinement,  940,  941. 

Summary  courts,  932, 933. 

Suspended,  A.W.  111. 

Suspension  from  command.  A.W.  101. 

Tours  of  guard  duty,  939. 
Sentinels : 

Sleeping  on  post,  A.W.  39. 
Separate  Command : 

Alterations  in  strength,  795. 

Definition,  790. 
Sergeant-Major,  Regimental: 

Appointment,  etc. ,  241. 

Baggage,  11 19. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109.     • 
Sergeants : 

Appointments,  257,  260. 

Desertion  vacates  position,  261. 

Fuel,  1006. 

Funeral  honors  and  escorts,  439. 

Indian  scouts,  482. 

Rank  and  precedence,  9. 

Reduction  to  the  ranks,  261. 

Reproving,  256. 

Roster  duties,  368. 

Selection  and  instruction,  256. 

Temporary  appointments,  260. 

Warrants,  259. 

Whistles,  1202. 
Servants: 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1456. 

Officers',  1197. 
Service  Calls  and  Signals. 

Mess,  384. 

Reports  of  results,  385. 

Reveille  and  retreat,  383, 386. 

Special,  383. 

Tattoo  and  taps,  383. 
Service  Colors  and  Standards: 

See  Reyimental  Colors  and  Xtandardt. 
Services : 

Acceptance  of  voluntary,  515. 

Employment  of  unauthorized,  515. 

Payment  for,  by  contractor,  565. 

Personal,   as     distinguished    from    other, 

518. 
Sessions  : 

Courts-martial,  918, 935. 

Post  schools.  318,  322. 
Sharpshooters : 

Names  of  qualified,  357. 
;  Sheriffs  : 

Apprehension  of  deserters,  122, 124. 
Shoeing  and  Materials : 

Supply  and  issue,  1068. 
Shovels : 

Police  purposes,  454. 
Sick  and  Wounded : 

Care  of  on  the  march  or  battlefield,  1423, 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 

Transportation,  1076. 


INDEX. 


295 


Sick  Call: 

Surgeons,  1431. 
Sick  in  Hospital: 

Admission,  etc.,  1431. 

Arras  and  accouterments,  1438. 

Contagious  diseases,  1442. 

Descriptive  lists,  1439. 

Died,  1439. 

Discharged  soldiers,  1440. 

Discharged  for  disability,  1439. 

Excused  from  Saturday  inspection,  266. 

Information  to  company  commander,  1432. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  785. 

Returned  to  duty,  1439. 

Savings  of  rations,  300, 1269. 
Sick  Leaves  of  Absence: 

Applications,  etc.,  GO,  62,  64. 

Beyond  limits  of  command,  60, 61. 

Change  to,  of  ordinary  leave,  64. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1337. 

Expiration,  62. 

Fuel  of  officers,  998. 

Granted  by  whom,  61. 

Payments  to  officers,  1315. 

Period  and  extensions,  61,  62. 

Quarters  of  officers,  997. 

Rejoining  from,  63. 

Reports,  etc.,  by  officers,  62-64. 
Sick,  Officers  and  Men: 

Information  concerning,  from  records,  803. 
Sick  Report  Book : 

Company,  264. 
Signal  Bureau : 

Management  and  direction,  1537. 
Signal  Codes : 

Army  and  Navy,  1545. 
Signal  Corps : 

Changes  of  station,  enlisted  men,  737. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 

Extra-duty  details,  enlisted  men,  167.     \ 

Mnster  and  pay  rolls,  784. 

Officers,  17,  22,  196,  202, 1538, 1540, 1541',  1542, 

1546. 

See  also  Chief  Signal  Officer. 
Signal  Corps  Officers : 

Appointments,  1538. 

Departments,  196. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 

Military  telegraph  lines,  1542. 

Posts,  203. 

Promotion,  22. 

Senior  with  army  in  the  field,  1541. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1540. 

Signal  supplies,  1546. 
Signal  Corps  Sergeants: 

Accountability,  etc.,  for  property,  694. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Classification,  1539. 

Descriptive  lists,  1540. 

Enlistment  and  muster.  1539, 1540. 

Number  at  signal  station,  1539. 

Payments,  1363. 


Signal  Corps  Sergeants— Continued. 

Promotion  and  reduction,  1539. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank  and  precedence  of  first-class,  9. 

Sleeping  cars,  1109. 
Signal  Corps  Supplies: 

Accountability,  etc.,  1546. 

Condemnation,  1546. 

Purchase,  preservation,  and  care,  1537. 

Transportation.  973. 
Signaling  Instruction : 

Army  and  Navy  code,  1545. 

Supervision  by  Chief  Signal  Officer,  1537. 
Signal  Parties : 

Reports,  duties,  strength,  etc.,  1541. 

Supplies,  q.  m.  and  subsistence,  1547. 
Signal  Stations : 

Establishment  in  the  field,  1541. 

Sergeants,  Signal  Corps,  1539. 
Signatures : 

Bidders,  530. 

Disbursing  officers,  591. 

Discharged  enlisted  men,  150. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  1364. 

Official  communications,  756. 

Proposals,  530. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  136. 
Sleeping  Cars: 

Accommodations    in,    to    whom    allowed, 
1109. 

Applicants,  artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1468. 

Charter,  1114. 

Civilian  employees,  730,  733. 

Fare  excluded  from  travel  allowances,  1321. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  175. 

Payment  of  accounts,  1116. 

Reimbursements  to  officers,  1117. 

Requests,  1110-1113, 1115. 

Unused  requests,  1115. 

"Witnesses  before  military  courts,  962. 
Sleeping  on  Post : 

Punishment,  A.  "W.  39. 
Slush  Fund: 

Prohibited,  294. 
Small  Arms  Practice : 

Ammunition,  359-361. 

Books  and  blanks,  358. 

Company  cooks,  302. 

Efficiency  and  instruction  reports,  358. 

Flour  for  paste,  362, 1265. 

General  mess  attendants,  302. 

Inspectors,  196. 

Mode  of  conducting,  357. 

Periods,  357. 

Ranges,  shelters,  targets,  flags,  etc.362. 

Record  of  ammunition  expended,  361. 

Results,  357. 

Sharpshooters,  357. 
Smiths'  Tools  and  Materials : 

Cavalry  and  light  artillery  service,  1068. 
Soap: 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 


296 


INDEX. 


Society  Badges : 

"Worn  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  1551. 
Soft  Bread: 

Ration,  1253, 1256. 
Soldier: 

Definition,  p.  217,  sec.  1342,  R.  S. 
Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.: 

Annual  inspection,  866. 

Applications,  etc.,  for  admission,  173-176. 

Tax  for  support,  138, 1368. 
Sovereigns,  Foreign  Countries: 

Salutes  and  honors,  410, 418. 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives: 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408, 418. 
Special  Duty: 

Captains  eligible  for  detail,  251. 

Details  of  officers,  34,  35. 

Enlisted  men.    See  Extra  and  Special  Duty. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men,  staff,  737. 

Orders  directing  travel,  66. 

Personal  reports,  805. 

Supervision  or  control  of  officers,  190. 
Special  Inspectors: 

Detail  duties,  etc.,  871, 878. 
Special  Orders : 

See  Orders. 
Special  Recruiting  Service : 

Defined,  818. 
Special  Regulations : 

Army^Medical  School,  468. 

Artilfery  School,  462. 

Cavalry  and  Light  Artillery  School,  467. 

Confinement  of  enlisted  men,  910. 

Infantry  and  Cavalry  School,  464. 

Medical  Department,  pp.  iii,  198. 

Ordnance  Department,  pp.  iii,  209. 

Pay  Department,  pp.  iii,  184. 

Post  exchanges,  p.  iii,  par.  325. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  pp.  iii,  135. 

Subsistence  Department,  pp.  iii,  172. 

Uniform,  1548. 
Special  Service : 

Engineer  officers  and  troops,  1475. 
Specifications : 

Barracks  and  quarters,  978. 

Bidders  furnished  with,  526- 

Hospitals,  1425, 1426, 1428. 

Public  animals,  1029-1031. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1426, 1428. 

Reference  in  proposals,  531. 

Supplies  and  services,  521, 524,  526. 
Spies: 

Punishment,  p.  231,  sec.  1343,  R.  S. 
Spring  Wagons : 

Allowance  to  posts,  1074. 

Definition,  1074. 

Purposes  for  which  used,  1075. 
Squadron : 

Command  of  a  major  or  lieut.  col.,  14. 
Squads : 

Chiefs  of,  duties,  etc.,  270, 271. 

Division  into,  of  companies,  267. 


Squads — Continued. 

Noncommissioned  officer  in  charge,  267. 

Quitting  -without  leave,  A.  "W.  40. 
Squatters : 

Public  lands,  487,  pp.  65,  66. 
Stables: 

Candles  and  lanterns.  1016, 1265. 

Guard  duty  roster,  366. 

Polling,  1077. 
Staff,  Administration : 

Adjutant-General,  Army,  737,  738. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  737,  739,  740. 

Chiefs  of  staff  of  any  command,  745. 

Commanding  officers,  741,  743,  747. 

Depots,  etc.,  746. 

Department  commanders,  738,  740,  742. 

Extra  duty  detail,  enlisted  men,  167. 

Post  commanders,  744. 

Secretary  of  War,  736,  738,  739. 

Surgeon-General,  738. 
Staff  Corps  and  Departments : 

Additional  pay,  officers  holding  two,  1305. 

Appointments,  detail,  or  removal,  32,  783. 

Assignments  to  stations,  738. 

Changes  of  station,  etc.,  737. 

Chief  of  staff'departmentsof  commands,  745. 

Civilian  employees,  724-735. 

Extra  duty  details,  enlisted  men,  167. 

Fiscal  affairs  of  the  Army,  187. 

General  depots,  etc.,  746. 

Leaves  of  officers,  46,  48. 

Official  correspondence,  763. 

Orders,  Army  or  department,  783. 

Ordnance  corps,  1489, 1490. 

Promotion,  22. 

Return  of  troops,  789. 

Signal  Corps,  1538. 

Special  duty,  34. 

Supervision  or  control  of  officers,  741, 746. 
Staff,  Department: 

Artillery  inspectors,  350. 

Composition  of  and  duties,  196. 

Contingent  fund  and  property,  197. 

Inspections,  department  commanders,  193. 

Requisitions  for  ordnance  supplies,  1498. 
Staff  Officers : 

Arrest  of  officers,  897. 

Books,  papers,  and  instruments,  1122. 

Departments,  193, 196, 197,  350, 1498. 

Eligibility  to  command,  17, 18. 

Hospital  transports,  1434. 

Inspection  reports  concerning,  810. 

Leaves  of  absence.  46,  48. 

Personal  reports,  805. 

Post,  203. 

Professional  books,  papers,  etc.,  1122. 

Regimental,  233-239. 

Service  reports,  806. 

Stationery,  1023. 

Travel  on  duty,  69. 
Staff,  Personal : 

Allowance  to  general  officers,  33. 

Appointments  and  details,  33. 


INDEX. 


297 


Staff,  Personal— Continued. 

Composition  of  and  duties,  196. 

Inspections,  department  commanders, 
193. 

Limitation  of  service,  33. 

Qualifications,  33. 

Travel  on  duty,  68. 
Staff,  Post: 

Composition,  details,  and  duties,  203. 
Staff,  Regimental : 

Commissioned  and  noncom.,  233-242. 

Muster  and  pay  roll,  784. 
Standards : 

National  and  regimental,  218. 
Standing  Mute: 

Prisoners,  A.  W.  89. 
Star  Spangled  Banner,  The : 

Played  on  lowering  flag,  450. 
State  Courts : 

Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  969, 970. 
Staterooms : 

To  whom  allowed,  962, 1109. 
States: 

Domestic  violence,  etc.,  487,  pp.  64,  67. 

Jurisdiction  over  military  lands,  703. 
Stationery : 

Allowance  and  is-sue,  1023-1027 

Military  attache,  36. 

Post  schools,  310. 
Stations : 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  98. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  1050. 

Signal,  1539, 1541. 
Statute  of  Limitations : 

General  provisions,  A.  W.  103. 

Eelease  of  deserters,  120. 

Rewards,  etc.,  deserters,  124. 
Stealing : 

Puhlic  moneys  or  property,  A.  "W.  60. 
Stewards : 

General  messes,  302. 
Stockholders  of  Corporations : 

Acceptance  of  as  sureties,  561. 
Stolen  Property : 

Means  authorized  for  recovery,  688-691. 
Stoppages  of  Pay : 

Circular,  1345. 

Deserters,  1380, 1381. 

Enlisted  men,  125-127, 721, 1368, 1378. 

Enlistments  carelessly  made,  827. 

Entry  on  rolls,  and  collections,  1390. 

Failure  to  account,  699, 702. 

Notice  to  paymasters,  1345. 

Officers,  1343-1346. 
Storehouses : 

Brooms,  1204. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Inspections  by  commissaries,  1248. 

Preservation  of  army  supplies,  972,  973. 

Provided  by  Q.  M.  Department,  1247. 

Storage  in  or  near,  of  coal  oil,  etc.,  1249. 
Storekeepers,  Chilian : 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727. 


Storekeepers,  Military: 

Bonds,  571-578. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1006. 
Storm  Flags : 

Description  and  when  used,  213. 

Salutes  and  honors,  416. 

Saluting,  405. 
Stoves  ami  Stovepipe : 

Allowances,  1006-1010. 

Troops  in  garrison,  1205. 
Straw : 

Accountability,  etc.,  1059-1064. 

Bedding,  1048, 1049. 

Requisitions,  1021. 

Verification  of  quantities,  1061. 
Street-Car  Tickets : 

Purchase,  use,  etc.,  1108. 
Street  Lamps : 

Outside  illumination,  1015. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  1012. 
Strength  of  Army : 

Bimonthly,  enlisted,  791. 

Monthly  returns,  789-796. 

Recruits  at  rendezvous,  822. 
Striking  Superior  Officer: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  21,  24. 
Student  Officers : 

Honor  graduates,  service  schools,  466. 

Service  schools,  462-465, 468. 

Transportation  of  horses,  1069. 
Subpoenas: 

Witnesses,  courts-martial,  922-925. 
Subsistence : 

Enlisted  man  returning  from  furlough,  110. 

Inmates  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  176. 

Insane  soldiers  and  escorts,  472. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  138. 

Witnesses  against  deserters,  126. 
Subsistence  Department: 

Accounts  and  returns,  1294. 

Blank  forms,  1293. 

Bonds  of  officers,  571-578. 

Eligibility  of  officers  of,  to  command,  17. 

Extra-duty  details,  164. 

Funds,  1226-1929. 

Furloughed  soldiers  returning,  110. 

General  duties,  1226. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1016. 

Purchasing  officer,  557, 569, 1227. 

Sick  soldiers,  private  hospitals,  1457. 

Small-arms  practice,  362. 

Special  regulations,  pp.  iii,  172. 

Supplies,  479,  480,  515,  566,  569,  614, 633, 864, 

878, 879,  973, 1226-1292, 1547,  A.  W.  60. 
See  also— 
Commissaries. 

Commissary- General  of  Subsistence . 
Subsistence  Supplies : 

Articles  kept  for  sale,  864, 1226, 1234. 

Care  and  protection,  1247-1249. 

Comprise  stores  and  property,  1230. 

Contract  for  or  purchase,  515. 

Embezzlement,  etc.,  A.  W.  60. 


298 


INDEX. 


Subsistence  Supplies— Contiimed. 

Estimates,  1229. 

Exceptional  articles,  566,  569. 1283. 

Gains,  wastage,  etc.,  1231, 1242-1246. 

Indian  prisoners  of  war,  480. 

Inspection  of,  deteriorating,  878,  879. 

Interior  Department  Indians,  480. 

Inventories  of  stores,  1231. 

Proceeds  of  sale,  614. 

Property  enumerated,  1230. 

Purchase  and  distribution,  1226-1229, 1238. 

Rations,  1250-1279. 

Requisitions,  1229. 

Returns,  1294. 

Rules  for  issue,  etc.,  of  stores,  1232. 

Sales,  1236-1238, 1280-1292. 

Signal  parties,  1547. 

Stores  enumerated,  1230. 

Transfer  for  use  of  Indians,  479, 1226. 

Transfers,  1238-1241. 

Transported  by  Q.  M.  Department,  973. 

Touchers  for  payment, 633. 
Sugar: 

Ration,  1253, 1256. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Summary  Courts : 

Annual  report  of  trials,  etc.,  891 

Charges,  etc.,  932, 934. 

Delays  in  trials,  935. 

Jurisdiction  and  power  of  punishment,  936. 

Post  commanders  sitting,  932, 933. 

Proceedings,  findings,  etc.,  932. 

Records,  932. 

Sentence,  932, 933. 

Sessions,  935. 

Trial  of  candidates  for  promotion,  29. 

Trial  of  noncommissioned  officers,  931. 
Sunday: 

Advertisements,  504. 

Duty  and  labor,  202. 

Musters.  452. 

Observance,  202. 

Summary  courts,935. 
Superintendent  Military  Academy: 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 
Superintendents  National  Cemeteries : 

Fuel  and  stoves,  1006. 

Monthly  reports,  492. 
Superintendents  Post  Schools: 

Duties  and  responsibilities,  317,  320, 324. 
Supply  Depots : 

Annual  inspections,  868. 

Candles,  1265. 

Court-martial  duty  of  officers,  191. 

Efficiency  reports,  807. 

Plats  of  lands,  707. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  974. 

Supervision  or  control,  190, 974. 
Supply  Tables : 

Medical  supplies,  1461. 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1499. 
Supreme  Court  Decision: 

Habeas  corpus,  jurisdiction,  969-971. 


Sureties : 

Contractors'  bonds,  560-563, 573-578. 

Corporate  guarantors,  561,  574-578. 

Disbursing  officers'  bond,  573-578. 

Noncorporate  guarantors,  563. 
Surety  Companies : 

Bonds  accepted  as  sureties,  561,  574-578. 
Surgeon-General : 

Artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1467,  1469-1471. 

Casualty  returns,  1466. 

Chronic  complaints,  1456. 

General  prisoners,  914. 

Hospital  corps,  1397  1401, 1406, 1408 

Hospital  fund,  1448. 

Hospitals,  1425, 1427-1429, 1433. 

Identification  of  deserters,  123. 

Inspections  by  chief  surgeons,  1465. 

Inspection  reports,  post  surgeon's,  1393 

Matrons,  1437. 

Medical  attendance,  etc.,  1456, 1458, 1459. 

Medical  officers,  738. 

Medical  supplies,  1444,  t460, 1461, 1463. 

Private  hospital  accounts,  1457. 

Quarters  for  hospital  stewards,  1427, 1428. 

Recruiting  service,  848, 1458. 

Treatment  of  diseases  with  results,  155, 156. 
Surgeons: 

Appointments,  qualifications,  etc.,  1394. 

Chief,  of  departments,  196,  1408,  1418,  1464- 
1466. 

Promotion,  22, 1394. 

Travel  allowance,  1395. 

See  also  Medical  Officers. 
Surgical  Appliances : 

Damaged  or  unserviceable,  1463. 

Payment  for,  supplied  enlisted  men,  1456. 
Surrender: 

Compelling  commanding  officer,  A.  "W.  43. 

Deserters,  119, 120. 
Surrender  or  Exchange : 

Public  animals,  1036. 
Surveying : 

Engineer  officers'  duties,  1472, 1480. 

Maps,  1482. 

Military,  1333, 1472. 
Surveying  Expeditions : 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  1509. 

Outfits,  672. 
Surveying  Instruments : 

Maps  and  reconnaissances,  460, 461. 
Suspension  from  Command  or  Duty : 

Forfeitures  under  sentence,  A.  W.  101 

Fuel  for  officers,  998. 

Quarters  for  officers,  995. 
Suspension  of  Sentences : 

Death  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  TV.  111. 
Syrup : 

Ration,  1253. 

Wastage,  1243. 
Tableware : 

Allowances,  and  how  supplied,  285. 

Care  and  preservation,  1200. 

Estimates,  1199. 


INDEX. 


299 


Tactical  Exercises  and  Instruction  : 

Inspection,  193. 
Post  commanders,  200. 
Tailors : 
Details,  263. 

Prices  and  payments,  263. 
Tallow: 

Sales,  1237. 
Target  Practice : 
Artillery,  318-356, 1534. 
Small-arms,  190,  302, 357-363, 1265. 
Telephones  and  instruments,  1537. 
Tariff,  Railroads : 
Classification  of  articles,  1160. 
Touchers  for  transportation,  1159. 
Tattooing : 

Sentence  of  a  court-martial,  A.  W.  38, 98. 
Tattoo  and  Taps : 

Hours  for  sounuiug,  etc.,  383. 
Tea: 

Ration,  1253. 
Wastage,  1243. 
Teachers,  Post  Schools : 
Details,  duties,  and  responsibilities,  317, 319. 
Extra-duty  pay,  165,  319. 
Limitation  of  detail,  319. 
Procedure  to  obtain  suitable,  319. 
Teamsters : 

Extra-duty  pay,  165. 
Teamsters,  Civilian : 
Employment,  payment,  etc.,  724, 727. 
Hours  of  labor,  728. 
Transportation  and  expenses,  729,  731. 
Telegraphing : 

Accounts,  644, 1208, 1209, 1211-1216. 
Apparatus,  1537. 
Authority  to  advertise,  504. 
Blank  forms,  1214. 
Code,  1207. 
Confidential,  1208. 
Copies  by  mail,  752. 
Counting  words,  1211. 
Collect,  sent  by  private  individuals,  1216. 
Insane  soldiers,  471. 
Leaves  of  absence,  1209. 
Lines,  land-grant  railroads,  487,  pp.  67,  68. 
Stoves  for  offices,  1006. 
Use  of,  1206. 

Unimportant  words,  1210. 
Telegraphy  Instruction : 

Supervision  by  Chief  Signal  Officer,  1537. 
Telephoning : 
Accounts,  1217. 
Apparatus,  1537, 1546. 
Temporary  Duty : 
Baggage,  1121. 

Officers  on  leave,  1320, 1327-1329. 
Temporary  Posts : 

Styled  "  Camps,"  199. 
Tents : 

Failure  to  retire  to,  at  retreat,  A.  "W.  35. 
Infected,  1441 . 
Pins  dropped  from  returns,  1198. 


Tents— Contin  ued . 

Troops  in  garrison,  1205. 

Use  of,  for  other  purposes,  1205. 
Term  of  Service : 

Deserters  to  make  good  time  lost,  131, 132. 

Discharge  on  expiration,  142,   A.  W.  4. 

Return  to  service  of  deserters,  131. 

Trial  of  deserters  after  expiration,  A."W.  48 
Text-Books : 

Post  schools,  etc.,  310, 319,  323. 

Responsibility  for  safe-keeping,  275. 
Theft: 

Public  moneys  or  property,  1245,    A.  W.  60. 
Theoretical  Instruction : 

Duties,  etc.,  of  commanders,  230. 

Reports,  231. 
The  Star  Spangled  Banner: 

Played  on  lowering  flag,  450. 
Through  Rates : 

Transportation  requests,  1087, 1090-1093. 
Tickets  : 

Round  trips,  1097. 

Street-car  and  ferry,  1108. 

Transportation  requests,  1087, 1088, 1090. 

Unused,  1096. 
Timber : 

Depredations  in  Florida,  487,  p.  65. 
Time  Lost  by  Desertion  : 

Deserters  to  make  good,  131, 132,  A.  "W.  48. 
Title  : 

Lands  for  military  purposes,  703. 
Title  or  Address: 

Official  letters,  757. 
Title  Papers : 

Military  lauds,  704, 890. 

Public  buildings  and  grounds,  D<  C..  1472. 

Washington  Aqueduct.  1472. 
Tomatoes : 

Ration,  1256. 
Tompions: 

Use  of,  in  small  arms,  276. 
Torpedo-Service  Instruction : 

Conditions  governing  detail,  347. 

Nominations  and  selections,  346. 
Traders : 

Arms,  etc.,  Indian  country,  478. 

Violence  toward,  A.  W.  56. 
Tradesmen : 

Prices  for  repairing,  etc.,  uniforms,  263,  290. 
Transfer  of  Property : 

Defined,  665. 
Transfer  or  Exchange : 

Commissioned  officers,  42, 43,  344,  463,  1069, 

Enlisted  men,  113, 114, 155, 1182, 1371. 
Transfers : 

Account  of  ill  health,  155. 

Charges  excluded  from  travel  allowances, 
1321. 

Discharged  soldiers'  claims  for  pay  due,  1388. 

Enlisted  men  to  hospital  corps,  1403. 

Hospital  corps,  1406. 

Pay  accounts  of  officers,  1300. 

Persons  and  articles  employed,  etc.,  1223. 


300 


INDEX. 


Transfers— Continued. 

Public  animals,  1035. 

Public   money  and  property,  594,  595,  616, 
665,  671. 

Subsistence  stores,  1238-1241. 
Transportation  of  the  Army  : 

Accounts,   175,  1107,  1108,  1116,  1129,  1143, 
1150-1162,1496-1471. 

Aid  to  contractors,  516. 

Allotment,  draft,  and  pack  animals,  1071. 

Ambulances,  1076. 

Applicants,  artificial  limbs,  etc.,  1467-1471. 

Anns  and  equipments  for  militia,  1131. 

Baggage,  1118-1122, 1124. 

Bills  of  lading,  1129, 1130, 1133-1160, 1223. 

Bond-aided  railroads,  1161, 1162, 1321. 

Books,  post  chapels,  etc.,  1132. 

Civilian  employees,  729, 733. 

Contracts,  515, 1072. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  85, 162. 

Deserters,  117. 

Discharged  soldiers,  153. 

Donations  to  libraries  and  museums,  1130. 

Enlisted  men  traveling  on  duty,  1082. 

Exceptional  articles  for  sale,  1283. 

Executive  departments  or  bureaus,  1129. 

Furloughed  soldiers,  110,  111,  1082. 

Guards  of  deserters,  126. 

Gymnasium  apparatus,  312. 

Horses  fcr  saddle  purposes,  etc.,  1070. 

Horses  of  mounted  officers,  1069. 

Hospital  corps  privates,  1399. 

Improperly  furnished,  1098. 
Inmates  Soldiers'  Homes,  D.  C.,  175. 

Insane  soldiers  and  escorts,  472. 
Land-grant  railroads,  1161, 1162, 1321. 
Library  property,  etc.,  312. 
Loss  or  damage  to  supplies,  1126, 1127. 
Mail  contractors,  207. 
Means  of,  at  posts,  1077. 
Means  provided  by  Q.  M.  Department,  972. 
Military  attaches,  36. 
Movement  of  troops,  1078, 1080-1084. 
Mules  generally  to  be  used,  1070. 
Orders,  1080, 1082. 

Ord.  and  ord.  stores,  1518,  1530,  15S1. 
Post  bakery  utensils,  etc.,  312. 
Post  school  materials,  etc.,  312. 
Publications  for  hospital  libraries,  1449. 
Pursuit  of  deserters,  125. 
Reading-room  articles,  312. 
Requests,  125, 1085-1117, 1223. 
Requisitions  at  posts,  1079. 
Routes,  1073, 1083. 
Spring  wagons,  1074, 1075. 
Supplies,  1072r  1123-1128, 1239. 
Transports,  1081. 

Travel  of  officers  in  part  with  troops,  1323. 
Wagon  and  pack,  1070. 
Witnesses,  72, 126, 962. 
Transportation  Requests : 
Accommodations,  1087,  1109-1117. 
Alterations  and  explanations,  1095. 


Transportation  Requests— Continued. 

Baggage,  1088, 1099-1102. 

Bond-aided  railroads,  1093. 

Book  of  blank  requests,  1103-1106. 

Bridges,  1107. 

Duplicates,  1094. 

Issue,  1085-1087,  1094,  1095,  1097,  1098,  1102, 
1107. 

Ferries  and  ferry  tickets,  1107, 1108. 

Land-grant  railroads,  1091, 1093. 

Monthly  reports,  1223. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1109-1117. 

Preparation,  1085-1087,  1091,  1094, 1095, 1097, 
1098. 

Pursuit  of  deserters,  125. 

Receipts,  1088, 1089. 

Round  or  return  trips,  1097. 

Street-car  tickets,  1108. 

Subsequent  to  rendition  of  service,  1094. 

Through  rates,  1087, 1090-1093. 

Tickets,  1087. 1088, 1090, 1096, 1097. 

Turnpikes,  1107. 
Transports: 

Hospital  boats,  etc.,  1434. 

Tr:ms]Mirtation  of  the  Army,  1081. 
Travel  Allowances : 

A  pproval  of  journey,  1323. 

Arsenals,  1333. 

Authority,  1323. 

Baggage,  1099-1102. 

Civilian  employees,  730-735, 1109-1117. 

Computation,  1321, 1326. 

Discharged  soldiers,  146, 1385. 

Engineer  officers,  1487. 

Explorations,  military,  1333. 

Interpreters,  courts-martial,  961-965. 

Joining  first  station,  1334. 

Leaves  of  absence.  1327-1332. 

Linos  of  travel,  1324. 

Medical  officers.  1395. 

Orders,  68, 1323-1325. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  1109-1117. 

Payments.  1322. 

Public  works,  1333. 

Return  journeys.  1323. 

Route  of  travel  1324. 1326. 

Surveys,  military,  1333. 

Transportation  in  kind,  1321, 1323. 

Travel,  part  with  troops,  1323. 

Travel  without  troops,  1321. 

Unauthorized,  1334. 

Urgent  duty,  1323. 

Voucher  with  order,  etc.,  1323. 

Witnesses,  72,  962, 963, 1335. 
Travel  on  Duty,  Enlisted  Men : 

Baggage,  1101, 1102. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1082, 1273, 1275. 

Delays,  107. 
Travel  on  Duty,  Officers: 

Change  of  station,  65. 

Delays,  67. 

General  officers,  68. 

Orders,  65-71,  776. 

Settlement  of  accounts,  71. 


INDEX. 


301 


Travel  on  Duty,  Officers— Continued. 

Special  duty,  66. 

Staff  officers,  69. 

Urgent  public  duty,  70. 

Witnesses,  civil  courts,  72. 
Travel  Ration : 

Composition,  issue,  etc.,  1256. 

Excess  accumulations,  1235. 

Money  value  adjustment  of  charges,  1253. 

Unconsumed  articles,  1256. 
Travels: 

Inspections,  1419. 

Issues,  1418. 
Treasurer,  Military  Academy : 

Payments  to  cadets,  1347. 
Treasurer,  Regimental  Fund : 

Duties  and  responsibilities,  295. 
Treasurer  of  Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C. : 

Accounts,  transportation  of  inmates,  175. 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States : 

Balances  unchanged  for  three  years,  586. 

Disbursing  officers'  deposits,  580,  584,  586. 
Treasury  Department: 

Certificates  of  deposit,  609, 613. 

Deceased  soldiers'  effects,  159 
!     Deserters'  effects,  130. 

Money  accounts,  655. 
Treasury  Draft: 

Transfer  of  funds,  592. 
Trespassers: 

Indian  country,  476, 487,  pp.  64,  65. 

Public  lands,  487,  pp.  65,  66. 

Reservations,  210. 
Trial  Officer,  Summary  Courts : 

Administration  of  oaths,  683,  note,  p.  227. 
Trial: 

Deserters,  120, 121, 127, 129,  A.  W.  48. 

Officers  released  without  charges,  A-  "W.  71. 

Second  time,  same  offense,  A.  W.  102. 

Statute  of  limitations,  A.  W.  103. 
Trinkets,  etc.: 

Deceased  officers,  83. 
Troop. 

Called  company,  227. 
Troops : 

Action  against  mobs,  491. 

Compelling  surrender,  A.  "W.  43. 

Employment  in  labors,  163. 

Funeral  escort,  437, 439, 440. 

Inspections,  873. 

Precedence,  6. 

Quarters  in  garrison,  985,  987. 

Records  of  movements  and  operations,  748. 

Returns  of  strength  in  campaign,  794,  796. 

Saluting,  392, 393. 
Troops,  Batteries  and  Companies : 

Company  books  and  records,  264, 265. 

Interior  economy,  266-279. 

Messing  and  cooking,  280-286. 

Officers,  noncom.  officers,  etc.,  251-263. 
Troops  of  Cavalry: 

Guidons,  221. 

Policing  stables,  etc.,  1077. 


Turnpikes: 

Passage  of  troops,  teams,  etc.,  1107. 
Underclothing: 

Sales  to  officers'  servants.  1197. 
Uniforms: 

Band,  11 88. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  26 

Civilian  dress,  1549. 

Defined,  273. 

Dress  determined  by  comdg.  officer,  1549. 

Fatigue  dress,  272. 

Lance  corporals,  257. 

Making,  repairing,  and  altering,  263. 

Miscellaneous,  1551. 

Officers  saluted  \vhether  in,  or  not,  396. 

Price  list  of  clothing,  273. 

Prices  for  repairs,  etc.,  290. 

Purchase  of  articles  by  officers,  1190. 

Retired  officers,  76. 

Special  regulations,  p.  iii,  par.  1548. 

Waterproof,  1550. 

Worn  by  men  in  camp  or  garrison,  272. 
Union,  Salute: 

Number  of  guns  and  when  fired,  406. 
United  States : 

Enforcement  of,  laws  by  the  Army,  486-491. 
United  States  Courts : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140. 

Writs  of  habeas  corpus,  971. 
United  States  Mails: 

Obstructing  or  retarding,  487,  p.  67. 
United  States  Marshals : 

Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  72. 
United  States  Penitentiary : 

Imprisonment  of  enlisted  men,  941. 
United  States  Vessels  of  War: 

Saluting,  etc.,  417. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  421-424. 
Upbraiding  Language : 

Punishment  for  using,  A.  W.  28. 
Vacancies : 

Company  officers,  228. 

Created  by  selection  of  band  musicians,  245. 

Grade  of  second  lieutenant,  24-31. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  company,  260. 

Ordnance  corps,  1489. 

Payments  to  officers  promoted,  1306. 

Signal  Corps,  1538. 

Transfer  of  hospital  corps,  1406. 
Vaccinations : 

Company  descriptive  and  deposit  book,  264. 

Notation  upon  descriptive  lists,  105. 

Recruits,  843,  846. 
Vegetables : 

Commutation  for,  not  issued,  1254. 

Raised  in  post  gardens,  316. 

Ration,  1253. 

Savings  and  sales,  1269. 
Vessels: 

Built  and  chartered  by  Q.  M.  Dept.,  972. 

Hospital  transports,  1434. 
Vessels  of  War: 

Flags  at  half  staff,  435. 


302 


INDEX. 


Vessels  of  War— Continued. 

Foreign,  417, 421-425. 

United  States,  417, 421-424. 
Veteran  Soldiers: 

Discharge  by  way  of  favor,  145, 146. 
Veterinary  Hospitals: 

Provision  for  establishment,  186. 
Veterinary  Supplies: 

Accountability  and  custody,  1039, 1040. 

Estimates  and  requisitions.  1038, 1039. 

Expenditure  and  issue.  10:;9. 

Instruments  and  books.  1040. 

Medicines  and  dressings,  1039. 
Veterinary  Surgeons: 

Allowances,  183. 

Appointment,  182. 

Baggage,  1119. 

Duties,  184, 185. 

Meals  and  lodgings,  730. 

Qualifications,  182. 

Quarters,  fuel,  and  stoves,  1006, 1010. 

Rank,  183. 
Vice  Admirals: 

Rank  with  lieutenant-generals,  12. 
Vice-President  of  the  United  States : 

Funeral  honors,  432. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 408,  418. 
Vinegar: 

Public  animals,  1265. 

Ration,  1253. 

Used  in  pickling,  1244. 
Violence: 

Suppression  of  domestic,  487,  pp.  64, 67. 

Traders  bringing  in  supplies,  A.  W.  56. 
Visiting  Foreign  Countries  : 

Officers  and  enlisted  men,  55,  56, 109. 
Visitors: 

Military  posts,  418. 
Visits  and  Courtesies : 

Headquarters,  418,  420. 

Military  and  naval,  421-425. 

Officers  under  arrest,  901. 
Volunteer  Officers: 

Command  of  mixed  corps,  A.  W.  122. 

Duties  and  rights,  A.  W.  123. 

Rank  and  precedence,  10,  11,  A.  W.  123. 

Salutes  and  honors,  390, 403, 415,  418. 

Services  as,  of  regular  officers,  1313. 
Volunteers: 

Precedence  of,  serving  with  regulars,  6. 

Subject  to  Articles  of  War,  A.  W.  64. 
Vouchers: 

Civilian  witnesses,  courts-martial,  965. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1342. 

Personal  services,  518. 

Tariffs,  railroads,  1159, 1160. 

Transportation  of  funds,  1128. 

Travel  allowances,  1325. 
Wagoners: 

Appointment,  etc.,  260. 

Extra-duty  details  and  pay,  168. 
Wagon  Masters: 

Interest  or  concern  in  purchases,  etc.,  1057. 


Wagons: 

Quartermaster's  Department,  972. 
Wagon  Transportation: 

Mules  to  be  generally  used,  1070. 
War  Department: 

Appeals  of  officers,  A.  W.  29. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  613. 

Contracts,  supplies  and  services,  554, 558. 

Engineers,  special  service,  1475. 

Lauds  controlled  890. 

Public  buildings  and  works,  565. 

Signaling  and  telegraphy  instruction,  1537. 

See  also  Secretary  of  War. 
Warehouses. 

See  Storehouses. 
Warrants: 

Dates  determine  precedence,  9. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  241,  259. 
Washington  Aqueduct: 

Title  and  other  papers,  704,  8GO,  1472. 
Washington,  D.  C. : 

Depot  quartermaster,  175, 1470, 1471. 

Officers  visiting,  71,  804. 
W  a  stage: 

Subsistence  supplies,  1231, 1242-1244, 1246. 
Waste  or  Spoil: 

Committed  by  troops,  A.  "W.  55,59. 
Watchmen : 

Employment,  payment,  etc.,  727. 

Hours  of  labor,  728. 

Transportation  and  expenses,  729-731. 
Watchword: 

Disclosing  or  changing,  A.  "W.  44. 
Weapon : 

Drawing  on  superior  officer,  A.  W.21,24. 
Weekly  Inspections: 

Saturday.  LT.ti.  L'To. 
Weiirhts  and  Measures: 

Medical  supplies.  1461. 
Whistles: 

Issue,  1202. 
Wicks  1 

Quartermaster's  Department,  1012. 

Requisitions  for,  and  issue,  1015, 1016, 1021. 

Sales  to  officers,  1020. 
Witnesses: 

Against  deserters,  126. 

Contracts,  560. 

Payments  to  soldiers,  1364. 
Witnesses,  Civil  Courts: 

Enlisted  men,  925. 

Indiana  competent,  etc. ,474. 

Officers,  925. 

Pay  and  allowances,  966. 
Witnesses,  Courts-Martial: 

Civilian,  923. 

Deposition  of  absent,  A.  W.  91 

Enlisted  men,  925. 

Oath  or  affirmation,  A.  W.  92. 

Officers,  925. 

Pay  and  allowances,  962-966. 

Payment  of  traveling  expenses,  734. 

Summons  and  service,  922-925. 


INDEX. 


303 


Witnesses,  Courts  of  Inquiry? 

Examination  and  oath,  A.  W,  118, 
Working  Parties: 

Armed,  military  works,  366, 

Construction  of  field  works,  1479, 
Wounded  in  Action: 

Returns  by  surgeons,  1466. 
Wounded  Officers  and  Men: 

Information  concerning,  from  records,  803. 


Wrappers: 

Official  papers,  759, 
Writ  of  Habeas  Corpus; 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  140, 
Returns,  969-971, 
State  courts  or  judges,  969,  970, 
United  States  courts  or  judges,  971, 
Wrongs : 
Appeals  for  redress,  A.  W.  id,  30. 


APPENDIX 


ARMY   REGULATIONS 


EDITION  OF  1895 


SHOWING  CHANGES  TO  JANUARY  I,  1901, 


16686— 01 20  305 


APPENDIX. 


SHOWING  CHANGES  MADE  IN  THE  ARMY  REGULATIONS, 

BY  GENERAL  ORDERS  AND  CIRCULARS  FROM  THE 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE,  SINCE  THEIR 

PUBLICATION  TO  JANUARY  1,  1901. 


307 


CHANGES  IX  THE  ARMY  REGULATIONS  SINCE  PUBLICA- 
TION TO  JANUARY  i,  1901. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  j  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington.  March  SO,  1895. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Department  commanders  will  inspect  the  troops  under  their  command  at 
least  once  each  year,  and  for  this  purpose  they  will  be  accompanied  by  one 
officer  of  the  personal  or  department  staff  serving  at  their  respective  head- 
quarters. They  will  assure  themselves  by  personal  examination  and  obser- 
vation that  all  officers  and  men  under  their  control  are  efficient  in  the 
performance  of  duty;  that  the  troops  are  thoroughly  drilled  and  instructed 
in  their  field  duties  and  tactical  exercises:  that  supplies  are  properly  dis- 
tributed; that  proper  care  is  exercised  in  the  purchase  and  preservation  of 
public  property,  and  that  strict  economy  is  exercised  in  all  public  expendi- 
tures. In  their  annual  reports,  department  commanders  will  summarize 
the  results  of  these  inspections. 

Inspection  districts  are  hereby  established  to  be  designated  as  follows: 
The  North    Atlantic,  the    South   Atlantic,  the   Middle,  the    Northern, 
the  Southern,  and  the  Pacific.     The  limits  of  the  several  districts  will  be 
designated  in  special  instructions  to  be  given  hereafter. 

Colonel  Robert  P.  Hughes,  inspector-general,  is  assigned  to  the  North 
Atlantic  district,  and  will  take  station  in  New  York  City. 

Colonel  George  H.  Burton,  inspector-general,  is  assigned  to  the  Pacific 
district,  and  will  take  station  in  San  Francisco,  California. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Henry  W.  Lawton,  inspector-general,  is  assigned  to 
the  Southern  district,  and  will  take  station  in  Santa  Fe,  New  Mexico. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Peter  D.  Vroorn,  inspector-general,  is  assigned  to  the 
Middle  district,  and  will  take  station  in  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Major  Joseph  P.  Sanger  and  Major  E.  A.  Garlington,  inspectors-general, 
are  assigned  to  the  South  Atlantic  district,  and  will  take  station  in  Wash- 
ington, District  of  Columbia:  they  will  also  act  as  assistants  to  the  Inspector- 
General  of  the  Army. 

Major  Francis  Moore,  oth  Cavalry,  is  assigned  to  the  Northern  district  as 
acting  inspector-general,  and  will  take  station  in  Denver.  Colorado. 

With  the  exception  of  Colonel  Burton,  these  officers  will  be  relieved  from 
their  present  duties  in  season  to  join  their  new  stations  on  the  30th  of 
April.  1895. 

Colonel  Burton  will  be  relieved  from  his  present  duties  on  April  30,  1805, 
and  will  join  his  new  station  not  later  than  May  31.  1895. 
The  travel  enjoined  is  necessary  for  the  public  service. 
The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  the  necessary  office  rooms, 
furniture,  and  stationery. 

309 


310  APPENDIX. 

Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will  exercise  a  compre- 
hensive and  general  observation  within  their  respective  districts  over  all 
that  pertains  to  the  efficiency  of  the  Army,  the  condition  and  state  of  sup- 
plies of.  all  kinds,  of  arms  and  equipments,  of  the  expenditure  of  public 
property  and  moneys,  and  the  condition  of  accounts  of  all  disbursing  officers 
of  every  branch  of  the  service,  of  the  conduct,  discipline,  and  efficiency  of 
officers  and  troops,  and  report  with  strict  impartiality  in  regard  to  all 
irregularities  that  may  be  discovered.  From  time  to  time  they  will  make 
such  suggestions  as  may  appear  to  them  practicable  for  the  cure  of  any 
defect  that  may  come  under  their  observation. 

All  military  posts  and  important  detachments  therefrom,  all  depots  of 
supplies,  and  all  arsenals,  armories,  and  other  ordnance  establishments  will 
be  inspected  annually. 

The  inspection  of  accounts  of  disbursing  officers  will  be  directed  from 
time  to  time  in  instructions  from  the  War  Department. 

Unless  otherwise  specially  ordered,  national  cemeteries  and  ungarrisoned 
posts  will  be  inspected  once  in  two  years,  and  this  only  when  the  visits  can 
be  made  without  materially  increasing  the  work  and  travel  of  district 
inspectors-general . 

This  order  will  take  effect  on  April  30,  1895.     (A.  R.,857.} 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

^°-  58.  )  Washington,  November  13,  1S95. 

*  *  ***** 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  such  of  the  lyceum  reports  on 
professional  subjects,  prepared  under  section  3,  Paragraph  II,  of  General 
Orders,  No.  80,  October  5, 1891,  from  this  office,  as  may,  for  the  dissemina- 
tion of  information,  be  deemed  specially  valuable  by  department  com- 
manders, will,  upon  the  consent  of  the  authors,  be  forwarded  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  with  the  view  to  publication  by  the  military 
information  division.  (^.4.  R.,230.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

J.  ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  4-  )  Washington,  February  o, 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  for 
the  information  of  the  Army: 

Proficiency,  under  paragraph  1544  of  Army  Regulations,  will  be  attained 
when  the  officers  and  men  under  instruction  shall  be  able  to  send  and 
receive  by  flag  and  torch  at  the  rate  of  five  words  per  minute,  and  by 
heliograph  and  lantern  at  the  rate  of  eight  words  per  minute,  with  the 
minimum  distance  between  stations  of  5  miles;  every  five  letters  of  the 
written  messages  to  be  counted  as  a  word. 


APPENDIX.  311 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  8-  ;  Washington,  March  6,  1896. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  letter  of  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all 
concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Washington,  D.  C.,  February  17,  1896. 
To  Disbursing  Officers  and  other  Officers  and  Agents  of  the  Government: 

The  observance  and  enforcement  of  the  following  regulations  will  hereafter  be  required  of 
the  disbursing  officers  and  other  officers  and  agents  of  the  Government.  A  strict  compliance 
therewith  will  obviate  the  necessity  of  disallowances  and  suspensions  in  the  settlement  of 
their  accounts: 

1.  The  statutes  of  the  United  States  require  that  the  compensation  for  messages  sent  at 
Government  expense  over  telegraph  lines  constructed  in  connection  with  Pacific  railroads, 
to  which  bonds  have  been  issued  by  the  United  States  in  aid  of  their  construction,  shall  be 
withheld  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  and  applied  in  payment  of  the  subsidy  bonds  and 
interest.    In  order  that  these  provisions  of  law  may  be  complied  with,  the  accounts  of  the 
respective  telegraph  companies  for  Government  messages  sent  over  bond-aided  or  subsidized 
lines  must  be  transmitted  to  the  Treasury  Department  for  settlement,  and  not  be  paid  by 
disbursing  officers  or  by  any  other  officers  or  agents  of  the  Government. 

2.  Officers  or  agents  of  the  Government,  in  sending  messages  on  Government  business,  are 
instructed  to  use  the  bond-aided  or  subsidized  telegraph  lines,  whenever  practicable  to  do  so, 
in  preference  to  other  lines  which  are  not  subject  to  the  same  conditions. 

3.  Messages  originating  on  a  bond-aided  line  and  directed  to  a  point  on  a  bond-aided  line 
must  be  sent  over  the  aided  line  or  lines. 

4.  Messages  originating  on  a  bond-aided  line  and  directed  to  a  point  near  an  aided  line 
should  be  sent  over  the  aided  line  in  cases  where  the  larger  part  of  the  service  would  be  over 
aided  lines. 

5.  Messages  originally  filed  with  a  nonaided  company  which  has  a  through  line  to  the  point 
of  destination  may  be  transmitted  to  destination  without  transfer  to  any  other  line.    If  the 
company  has  no  through  line  and  transfer  is  necessary,  the  transfer  must  be  to  a  bond-aided 
line  whenever  practicable,  and  at  the  nearest  point  of  contact  with  the  aided  line.    In  such 
cases  the  officer  sending  the  message  must  indorse  thereon  the  request  that  it  be  sent  over  the 
bond-aided  line;  but  a  failure  to  make  such  indorsement  shall  not  be  construed  as  giving  the 
company  the  right  of  selection  and  discrimination  against  bond-aided  lines. 

6.  When  a  message  is  filed  with  a  bond-aided  company,  whose  operator  is  also  serving  a 
nonaided  company,   the  message  must  be  written  on  a  blank  furnished  by  the  former 
company. 

7.  Where  the  entire  service  is  over  bond-aided  or  subsidized  telegraph  lines,  no  payment  to 
the  telegraph  companies  must  be  made  by  the  officer  or  agent  of  the  Government  who  sends 
the  message  or  by  any  disbursing  officer.    In  such  case  the  officer  or  agent  sending  the  mes- 
sage is  not  charged  with  any  duty  respecting  the  payment  thereof,  except  to  inform  the  agent 
or  operator  of  the  telegraph  company  who  receives  the  message  that  it  is  the  duty  of  the  com- 
pany under  the  law  to  transmit  the  same,  and  to  present  its  account  therefor  to  the  proper 
Department  of  the  Government,  to  be  approved  by  the  head  of  such  Department,  under  the 
proper  appropriation,  and  forwarded  to  the  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury  for  settlement 
in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  law.    Such  accounts  should  be  forwarded  by  the 
respective  telegraph  companies,  through  their  usual  channels,  to  that  Department  of  the 
Government  with  which  the  officers  or  agents  sending  the  respective  messages  are  connected. 
For  example:  An  account  for  messages  sent  by  officers  of  the  Interior  Department  should  be 
transmitted  to  that  Department,  to  be  approved  and  forwarded  to  the  accounting  officers  of 
the  Treasury  for  settlement:  an  account  for  messages  sent  by  officers  of  the  Department  of 
Justice  should  be  forwarded  in  like  manner  to  that  Department,  or  an  account  for  messages 
sent  by  officers  of  the  Treasury  Department  should  be  transmitted  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury. 

8.  Where  the  service  is  continuous  and  entire  over  lines  partly  subsidized  and  partly  not, 
or  over  connecting  lines  one  of  which  is  subsidized  and  the  other  not,  but  one  account  for  the 
entire  service  should  be  rendered  by  the  telegraph  company  which  receives  and  transmits 
the  message,  showing  the  respective  amounts  claimed  for  aided  and  nonaided  service.    Such 
account  is  not  to  be  paid  by  any  disbursing  officer  or  by  the  officer  or  agent  sending  the  mes- 


312  APPENDIX. 

sage,  but  must  be  forwarded  by  the  telegraph  company  to  the  proper  Department  of  the  Gov- 
ernment  in  the  manner  already  indicated,  and  in  the  settlement  thereof  by  the  accounting 
officers  the  amount  found  due  and  payable  in  money  for  nonaided  service  will  be  certified 
for  payment  to  the  telegraph  company,  and  the  amount  found  due  for  service  over  the'  bond- 
aided  lines  will  be  applied  as  required  by  law. 

9.  Whenever  practicable,  prepayment  should  not  be  made  on  messages  sent  to  and  from 
Washington,  D.  C.,  but  accounts  for  the  same  should  be  sent  through  the  proper  channels  to 
the  Treasury  Department  for  payment;  provided  that  this  shall  not  apply  to  officers  required 
to  pay  the  expense  of  telegraphing  from  the  emoluments  of  their  otlices. 

For  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned  is  subjoined  a  list  descriptive  of  the 
bonded  Pacific  railroads  in  connection  with  which  bond-aided  or  subsidized  telegraph  lines 
have  been  constructed  and  a  reference  to  the  several  acts  of  Congress  relating  thereto. 

R.  B.  BOWLER,  C<»ni>ti-nU<  r. 

Approved. 

J.  G.  CARLISLE, 

Secretary  of  the 


List  of  bonded  Pacific  ruilmurlx   in   comurtinn    n-ith    irfiich   *nbi*i<ii~«l  ti  lc<ir<ii>h   Unix  hurt   linn 

constructed. 

Hif<  8. 

Union  Pacific  Railway:  From  Bridge  Junction,  Omaha,  Xebr..to  Utah  Central  Cross- 
ing, Ogden,  Utah 1 ,  OJ'.i.  I'.) 

Union  Pacific  Railway  (Kansas  Division):  From  Kansa*  City,  Mo.,  to  a  point  on  tin- 
railroad  between  Monument  and  Gopher  stations :;'.>:>. '.)( 

Central  Pacific  Railroad  (operated  by  Southern  Pacific  Company): 

From  Ogden  Station,  Ogden,  Utah,  to  Sacramento,  Cal 7  i-j.  til 

From  Brighton,  Cal..  t<>  Nih-s  Cul !'>;;.  s:i 

From  Niles,  Cal.,  to  San  Jose,  Cal 1 7.  M 

Sioux  City  and  Pacific  Railroad:  From  Sioux  City.  Iowa,  via  California  Junction,  to 

Fremont,  Nebr ] cl .  77 

Missouri  Pacific  Railway  Company  (Central  Branch  Union  Pacific  Railroad):  From 
Atchison,  Kans.,  to  Waterville,  Kans 100. 00 


Acts  of  ('itHf/r''**  ri'lntiinj  tn  hniiil-niilni  I'nrijic  railroads. 


Act  July  1, 1862, 12  Stats.,  489. 

Act  July  2, 1864, 13  Stats.,  356. 

Act  March  3,1865,13  Stats.. -"'in. 

Joint  resolution  May  7,1866,14  Stats., 355. 

Joint  resolution  May  21, 1866, 14  Stats., 356. 

Act  July  3, 1866, 14  Stats.,  79. 

Joint  resolution  July  26,  1866,  14  Stats.,  367. 

Act  March  6, 1868, 15  Stats.,  39. 

Act  March  3, 1869, 15  Stats.,  324. 

Joint  resolution  March  3, 1869,15  Stats..  :;i 

Joint  resolution  April  10, 1869, 16  Stats..  56. 

Act  May  6, 1870, 16  Stats.,  121. 

Act  March  3, 1873, 17  Stats.,  508. 

Act  June  20, 1874, 18  Stats.,  111. 

Act  May  7, 1878,20  Stats.,  56. 

Act  March  3, 1879, 20  Stats.,  420. 

Act  August  7, 1888, 25  Stats.,  382. 

(A.  R.  1208.)' 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  9.  )  Washington,  March  13,  1896. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  special  instruction  in  the  duties 
of  litter  bearers  and  the  method  of  rendering  first  aid  to  the  sick  and 


APPENDIX. 


313 


wounded,  directed  in  paragraph  1413,  Army  Regulations,  will  hereafter  be 
given  to  all  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  by  their  company  officers  for  at  least 
four  hours  in  each  month.  Company  commanders  will  be  supplied  from 
the  Surgeon-General's  Office  with  the  Drill  Regulations  for  the  Hospital 
Corps;  and  the  surgeon  of  the  post,  under  direction  of  the  post  commander, 
will  thoroughly  instruct  such  captains  as  may  volunteer  therefor  and  all 
lieutenants  serving  with  troops  in  the  professional  knowledge  required. 


GENERAL  ORDERS, 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  lu-  )  Washington,  March  18,  1896. 

The  following  order  has  been  received  from  the  War  Department: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  Washington,  March  17,  1896. 

The  field  or  union  of  the  National  Flag  in  use  in  the  Army  will,  on  and  after  July  4,  1896, 
consist  of  forty-five  stars,  in  six  rows,  the  first,  third,  and  fifth  rows  to  have  eight  stars,  and 
the  second,  fourth,  and  sixth  rows  seven  stars  each,  in  a  blue  field,  arranged  as  follows: 


******** 
******* 

******** 
******* 

******** 
******* 


(A.  R.  212.}    -. 


DANIEL  S.  LAMONT. 

*f  iTf.tarit  of  War. 


GENERAL  ORDERS, 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  11-  )  Washington,  March  19,  1896. 

By  direction  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

To  the  end  that  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  for  March,  1896.  may  be  so  pre- 
pared that  paymasters  shall  be  able  to  determine  the  rate  of  pay  to  which 
each  soldier  is  entitled  under  the  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support 
of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  1897,  officers  intrusted  with  the  preparation  of 
such  rolls  will  note  against  the  name  of  each  soldier  who  has  not  completed 
five  years'  service  the  remark,  "  3d  year  expires  on  —  —  ,  189  —  ;  "  "4th  year 
expires  on—  —  ,  189  —  ;"  ''5th  year  expires,"  as  the  case  maybe.  Such 
remark  will  appear  on  each  subsequent  roll. 

This  will  be  necessary  for  the  reason  that  many  soldiers  have  had  two, 
three,  or  four  years'  prior  service,  and  are  now  serving  in  the  third,  fourth, 
or  fifth  year  of  continuous  service,  and  are  entitled  under  the  act  to  the 
pay  heretofore  retained,  yet  would  appear,  in  the  absence  of  information  to 
the  contrary,  to  be  serving  only  in  the  first  year  of  first  enlistment.  (  A.  R.  , 
7S4,  1365.  1367.) 


314  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  March  20,  1896. 

The  following  act  of  Congress  is  published  for  the -information  and  gov- 
ernment of  all  concerned: 

AN  ACT  Making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June 
thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-seven. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Con- 
gress assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any 
money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-seven: 

******* 

FOR  PAY  OF  ENLISTED  MEN. 

For  pay  proper  of  enlisted  men  of  all  grades,  four  million  two  hundred  and  sixty-five  thou- 
sand dollars:  Provided,  That  hereafter  no  pay  shall  be  retained,  but  this  provision  shall  not 
apply  to  deductions  authorized  on  account  of  the  Soldiers'  Home.  (A.  R.,  1365  and  1369.) 

For  pay  of  Hospital  Corps,  two  hundred  and  six  thousand  two  hundred  and  eighty  dollars. 

For  service  pay  of  enlisted  men,  including  Hospital  Corps,  by  reason  of  length  of  service,  in 
addition  to  their  monthly  pay,  and  payable  therewith,  four  hundred  and  fifty-one  thousand 
dollars:  Provided,  That  there  shall  be  no  appointments  of  hospital  stewards  until  the  number 
of  hospital  stewards  shall  be  reduced  below  one  hundred,  and  thereafter  the  number  of  such 
officers  shall  not  exceed  one  hundred.  (A.  R.,  1397.) 

*  ****** 

RETIRED  ENLISTED  MEN. 

For  pay  of  the  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  on  the  retired  list,  three  hundred  and  eighty-six 
thousand  two  hundred  and  eighty-seven  dollars  and  twenty-five  cents:  Provided,  That  here- 
after a  monthly  allowance  of  nine  dollars  and  fifty  cents  be  granted  in  lieu  of  the  allowance 
for  subsistence  and  clothing.  (A,  R.,  138.) 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 
For  allowance  for  travel,  retained  and  detained  pay,  clothing  not  drawn,  and  for  in; 

on  deposits  payable  to  enlisted  men  on  discharge,  seven  hundred  thousand  dollars:  Provid«L 
That  no  enlisted  man  discharged  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  disability  caused  by 
his  own  misconduct  shall  be  entitled  to  the  travel  allowances  provided  for  in  section  twelve 
hundred  and  ninety  of  the  Revised  Statutes.  (A.  R.,  1S69.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  17-  )  Washington,  April  22,  1896. 

In  response  to  an  inquiry  of  the  War  Department,  addressed  to  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury,  whether,  under  his  decision  of  February  17,  1896, 
as  published  in  General  Orders,  No.  8,  of  1896,  from  this  office,  disbursing 
officers  of  the  Army  shall  hereafter  pay  telegraph  companies  for  messages 
which  pass  over  lines  constructed  and  operated  along  the  bond-aided  Pacific 
railroads,  or  whether  the  requirements  of  existing  Army  Regulations  (Par. 
1208) ,  that  such  accounts  be  submitted  to  the  accounting  officers  of  the 
Treasury  for  adjudication  and  settlement  shall  continue  to  operate,  the 
Comptroller,  April  8,  1896,  referring  to  recent  decisions  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  (160  U.  S.,  1  and  53),  states: 

In  the  first  decision  the  court  held  that  the  leases  of  its  lines  by  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad 
Company  to  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  were  void,  and  the  United  States,  by 
judicial  proceedings,  could  compel  the  cancellation  of  said  agreements. 

In  the  second  decision  the  court  said  that,  "Although  the  United  States  was  entitled  to 


APPENDIX.  315 

retain  and  apply,  as  directed  by  Congress,  all  sums  due  from  the  Government,  on  account  of 
the  use  by  the  telegraph  company,  for  public  business,  of  the  telegraph  line  constructed  by 
the  railway  company,  the  entire  absence  of  proof  as  to  the  extent  to  which  that  line  was,  in 
fact,  so  used,  renders  it  impossible  to  ascertain  the  amount  improperly  paid  -to,  and  without 
right  retained  by,  the  telegraph  company,  and  subsequently  divided  between  it  and  the  rail- 
road company.  Upon  this  ground,  we  adjudge  that  the  court  below  did  not  err  in  directing 
a  verdict  for  the  defendants." 

The  substance  of  this  decision  is,  that  when  the  messages  are  so  sent,  and  accounts  so  kept, 
as  to  render  it  impossible  to  ascertain  the  extent  to  which  the  railroad  lines  are  used,  the 
telegraph  company  receiving  the  messages  without  direction  as  to  their  transmission  over  the 
railroad  lines,  is  entitled  to  payment  on  the  presumption  that  only  the  lines  owned  by  it  were 
used  for  the  service. 

It  was  in  recognition  of  this  principle  announced  by  the  court  that  Circular  No.  27  of  1896 
was  issued.  There  is  nothing  in  that  circular  which  gives  a  telegraph  company,  in  the  first 
instance,  the  option  of  deciding  how  a  message  shall  be  transmitted.  That  option  belongs  to 
the  officers  of  the  Government  whenever  they  choose  to  exercise  it;  but  if  the  right  be  not 
exercised,  and  a  message  is  delivered  to  a  nonaided  telegraph  company  having  a  through 
line  to  the  point  of  destination,  and  no  direction  is  given  as  to  how  it  shall  be  transmitted,  and  the 
service  is  rendered  (the  company  being  no  longer  lessee  of  the  bond-aided  lines),  it  is  to  be 
presumed,  as  a  fact,  that  only  the  lines  owned  by  the  telegraph  company  were  used  in  the 
service.  The  mere  fact  that  the  nonaided  lines  are  strung  along  the  route  of  the  aided  rail- 
roads, is  not,  of  itself,  sufficient  to  give  the  Government  the  benefit  of  aided-line  service,  unless 
said  aided  lines  were  actually  used,  or  directions  given  for  their  use. 

The  Government  has  the  first  right  or  option  in  the  choice  of  lines,  but  if  it  fails  to  exercise 
it,  such  failure  will  be  considered  as  a  waiver  of  the  right,  giving  to  the  nonaided  company 
the  right  to  select  the  route  over  which  the  service  shall  be  rendered. 

I  do  not  understand  that  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Company  contends  that  the  circular 
in  question  gives  them  the  right  to  disregard  the  instructions  of  the  sender  of  the  message, 
their  contention  being  that,  ivhen  no  directions  are  given,  they  have  the  right  to  send  the  mes- 
sage over  lines  owned  by  them,  and  claim  pay  for  the  service,  because  the  presumption, 
amounting  almost  to  a  certainty,  is  that  only  nonaided  lines  were  used. 

The  second  clause  of  paragraph  5  of  Circular  No.  27  relates  to  a  case  where  a  message  is  filed 
with  a  nonaided  company  which  has  no  through  line  of  its  own  to  the  point  of  destination, 
and  transfer  is,  in  fact,  necessary  to  enable  the  message  to  reach  its  destination.  In  such  a 
case  the  company  would  be  expected  to  transfer  to  an  aided  line,  whenever  practicable,  and 
at  the  nearest  point  of  contact  with  the  aided  line.  This  was  not  intended  to  require  the 
nonaided  company,  in  the  absence  of  directions  of  the  sender,  to  transfer  to  an  aided  line  when 
said  nonaided  company  has  a  through  line  of  its  own  to  ultimate  destination.  If  it  be  desired 
to  obtain  the  benefit  of  aided-line  service  in  all  possible  cases,  the  proper  directions  must  be 
given  at  the  time  the  messages  are  filed  for  transmission.  If  no  directions  are  given,  and  a 
transfer  is  not,  in  fact,  necessary,  no  presumption  will  arise  that  the  lines  of  the  aided  com- 
panies were  used. 

The  circular  in  question,  reasonably  construed,  contains  nothing  in  derogation  of  the 
authority  of  the  head  of  any  department  to  make  regulations  for  the  guidance  of  its  own  offi- 
cers in  the  transmission  of  telegrams;  it  merely  attempts  to  point  out  the  law  and  the  course 
to  be  pursued  to  obtain  the  benefit  of  aided-line  service,  and  the  evidence  required  in  the  set- 
tlement of  the  accounts  for  telegraphic  service.  The  time  to  decide  what  lines  shall  be  used 
is  when  the  message  is  filed  for  transmission,  and  not  after  the  service  has  been  rendered. 
The  responsibility  for  this  decision  rests  upon  the  sender  of  the  message,  acting  under  instruc- 
tions from  his  superior  officers. 

The  unsettled  accounts  for  past  telegraphic  services  are  now  being  settled  in  accordance 
with  the  principles  laid  down  by  the  Supreme  Court  in  the  case  ot  United  States  v.  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company  and  Union  Pacific  Railway  Company  (160  U  S  53).  As  the  West- 
ern Union  Telegraph  Company  can  no  longer  be  the  lessee  of  the  bond-aided  lines,  telegrams 
delivered  to  it  would  have  to  be  transferred  to  the  lines  of  the  aided  companies,  if  the  benefit 
of  aided-lines  service  be  desired,  thus  causing  delay  and,  in  many  cases,  increased  expense. 
In  order  to  avoid  this  complication,  and  to  inform  disbursing  officers  of  the  changed  condi- 
tions arising  from  the  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court  above  referred  to,  the  circular  was 
issued. 

In  view  of  this  decision,  exception  1  of  paragraph  1208  of  the  Regulations 
in  regard  to  the  settlement  of  ''Accounts  for  telegrams  which  pass  over 
any  of  the  lines  constructed  and  operated  along  the  bond-aided  Pacific  rail- 
roads :'  is,  by  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  revoked. 


316  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  20.  )  Washington,  May  98, 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  General  Orders,  No.  12,  March  5. 
1888,  from  this  office,  is  revoked,  and  the  following  orders  are  published  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

On  the  30th  of  June  of  every  year,  each  officer  in  charge  of  a  post  or  regi- 
mental library  will  forward,  through  regular  channels,  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army,  a  return  of  all  books  on  hand  in  or  pertaining  thereto. 
Such  books  as  are  now  required  by  regulations  to  be  accounted  for  011  prop- 
erty returns  and  muster  rolls  shall  not  be  included  in  the  library  returns. 

Post  and  regimental  commanders  will  examine  the  returns  and  certify 
thereon  that  the  books  in  the  library  are  accounted  for  as  required  by  orders 
and  regulations. 

Adjutants-general  of  departments  will,  on  June  30th  of  each  year,  ren- 
der to  the  Adjutant-General  like  returns  of  all  library  books  on  hand  in 
their  charge  at  the  respective  department  headquarters.  These  returns 
will  be  in  addition  to  the  property  returns  required  to  be  made  by  them 
under  paragraph  197  of  the  Regulations. 

When  library  books  are  damaged  or  lost  the  fact  will  be  reported  to  the 
commanding  officer  by  the  librarian,  and  the  person  responsible  for  the  loss 
or  damage  will  be  required  to  replace  the  book  by  a  new  copy  or  to  pay  its 
value  in  money  to  the  librarian  to  enable  him  to  procure  one. 

Valuable  books  pertaining  to  a  post  library  which  have  become  unserv- 
iceable by  fair  wear  and  tear  will,  when  practicable,  be  repaired,  and  the 
cost  of  repair  will  be  a  proper  charge  against  the  funds  of  the  post  exchange 
set  aside  as  "Distribution  of  Profits'"  by  paragraph  17  (6)  of  General 
Orders,  No.  46,  July  25,  1895.  from  this  office. 

Books  received  from  the  War  Department  will  be  promptly  acknowledged 
to  the  issuing  officer  and  to  the  Adjutant-General,  and.  together  with  all 
library  books  received  from  other  sources,  will  be  taken  up  on  the  return. 

Inspectors-general  will,  at  the  annual  inspection  of  posts,  examine  the 
methods  adopted  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  the  library,  condemn 
and  destroy  such  books  as  may  be  unserviceable  and  worthless,  and  note 
action  in  their  reports  of  the  inspections  of  the  posts. 

The  necessary  orders  for  the  disposition  of  the  books  on  hand  when  a 
post  is  abandoned  or  discontinued  will  be  given  by  the  War  Department. 

The  necessary  blank  forms  for  return  of  books  will  be  furnished  by  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and  the  returns  will  be  made  in  accordance 
with  the  directions  printed  upon  the  blanks.  (A.  R..  /.'>;'  <i ml .;/ 1. ) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY  . 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

No.  23.  )  Washington.  June  IS, 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War.  the  following  is  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

******* 

3.  HORSE  AND  MULE  SHOES.  ETC. — Paragraph  1068.  A.  R.  of  1895,  the 
action  of  which  was  suspended  under  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
becomes  operative  on  July  1.  1896,  and  requisitions  for  the  stores  therein 


APPENDIX.  317 

mentioned  will,  from  that  date,  be  filled  by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment, instead  of  by  the  Ordnance  Department,  as  heretofore. 

Officers  accountable  for  these  stores  will,  on  June  30.  drop  the  same  from 
their  ordnance  returns  and  transfer  them  to  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment. The  smith's  tools  for  the  forges  and  battery  wagons  of  light  batteries 
(and  for  the  cavalry  forges  for  field  service)  will  still  be  borne  on  the  ord- 
nance returns,  and  that  department  will  continue  to  make  issues  to  maintain 
that  equipment  in  condition  for  field  service,  but  the  smith's  tools  in  current 
use  at  posts  in  the  permanent  blacksmith  shop  will  be  supplied  by  the 
Quartermaster's  Department. 

4.  CAVALRY  BIT. — A  larger  size  cavalry  bit,  to  be  called  No.  4,  and  to  be 
5£  inches  wide  between  bars,  will  hereafter  be  issued  to  the  cavalry  on 
requisitions.  If  sizes  required  are  not  specified  in  requisitions,  bits  will  be 
issued  in  the  same  proportions  of  the  different  sizes  as  heretofore.  (A.  R., 
1068.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

*0<  **•  Washington,  June  19,  1896. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  agreement, 
providing  for  the  reciprocal  crossing  of  the  international  boundary  line  by 
the  troops  of  the  United  States  and  the  Republic  of  Mexico  in  pursuit  of 
hostile  Indians,  is  published  for  the  information  and  government  of  all 
concerned: 

AGREEMENT 

BETWEEN    RICHARD    OLNEY,   SECRETARY    OF   STATE   OF   THE   UNITED   STATES    OF   AMERICA,   AND 
MATIAS  ROMERO,  ENVOY   EXTRAORDINARY   AND  MINISTER  PLENIPOTENTIARY   OF  THE  UNITED 

MEXICAN   STATES. 

Signed  at  Washington,  June  4,  1896. 

Agreement  entered  into  in  behalf  of  their  Convenio  celebrado  en  nombre  de  sus  re- 
respective  Governments  by  Richard  Olney,  spectivos  Gobiernoa  por  el  Senor  Richard 
Secretary  of  State  of  the  United  States  of  Olney,  Secretario  de  Estado  de  los  Estados 
America,  and  Matias  Romero,  Envoy  Extraor-  Unidos  de  America,  y  el  Senor  Don  Matias 
dinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  the  Romero,  Enviado  Extraordinario  y  Ministro 
United  Mexican  States,  providing  for  the  re-  Plenipotenciario  delos  Estados  Unidos  Mexi- 
ciprocal  crossing  of  the  international  bound-  £anos,  autorizando  el  paso  reciproco  provi- 
ary  line  by  the  troops  of  their  respective  gov-  sional  de  la  linea  divisoria  internacional,  de 
ernments,  in  pursuit  of  Kid's  band  of  hostile  tropas  de  sus  respectivos  Gobiernos,  en  perse- 
Indians,  on  the  conditions  hereinafter  stated.  cucion  de  la  banda  de  Indios  sublevados  de 

Kid,  bajo  las  restricciones  que  en  seguida  se 

expresan: 

ARTICLE  I.  ARTICULO  I. 

It  is  agreed  that  the  regular  federal  troops  Se  conviene  en  que  las  tropas  federales  reg- 

of  the  two  Republics  may  reciprocally  cross  ulares  de  las  dos  Republicas  pasen  recipro- 

the  boundary  line  of  the  two  countries  when  camente  la  linea  divisoria  entre  los  dos  paises 

they  are  in  close  pursuit  of  Kid's  band  of  cuandovayan  jK-rsiguiendodecerca  la  banda 

hostile  Indians  on  the  conditions  stated  in  de  Indios  sublevados  de  Kid  con  arreglo  a  las 

the  following  articles.  condiciones  que  se  expresan  en  los  articulos 

siguientes: 

ARTICLE  II.  ARTICULO  II. 

It  is  understood  for  the  purpose  of  this  Para  los  efectos  de  este  convenio  queda 
agreement,  that  no  Indian  .-rout  of  the  Gov-  entendido  que  no  se  permitinl  a  ningun  ex- 
ernment  of  the  United  stair*  oi 'America  shall  plorador  indio  (scout)  del  Gobierno  de  los 


318 


APPENDIX. 


be  allowed  to  cross  the  boundary  line,  unless 
he  goes  as  a  guide  and  trailer,  unarmed  and 
With  the  proviso  that,  in  no  case,  more  than 
two  scouts  shall  attend  each  Company  or 
detachment. 

ARTICLE  III. 

The  reciprocal  crossing  agreed  upon  in  Ar- 
ticle I  shall  only  take  place  in  the  uninhab- 
ited or  desert  parts  of  said  boundary  line. 
For  the  purposes  of  this  agreement  the  unin- 
habited or  desert  parts  are  denned  to  be  all 
points  that  are  at  least  ten  kilometers  distant 
from  any  encampment  or  town  of  either 
country. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

No  crossing  of  troops  of  either  country  shall 
take  place  from  Capitan  Leal,  a  town  on  the 
Mexican  side  of  the  Rio  Grande,  eighty-four 
kilometers  (52  English  miles)  above  Piedras 
Negras,  to  the  mouth  of  the  Rio  Grande. 


ARTICLE  V. 

The  Commander  of  troops  crossing  the  fron- 
tier in  pursuit  of  Indians,  shall,  at  the  time  of 
crossing,  or  before  if  possible,  give  notice  of 
his  march  to  the  nearest  military  commander, 
or  civil  authority,  of  the  country  whose  terri- 
tory he  is  about  to  enter. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

The  pursuing  force  shall  retire  to  its  own 
territory  as  soon  as  it  shall  have  chastised 
Kid's  band  of  hostile  Indians,  or  have  lost  its 
trail;  but  if,  during  the  pursuit  of  thatband.it 
shall  meet  with  other  hostile  Indians,  it  may 
chastise  them  as  if  those  first  named  were 
concerned.  In  no  case  shall  the  forces  of  the 
two  countries,  respectively,  establish  them- 
selves or  remain  in  the  foreign  territory  for 
any  time  longer  than  is  necessary  to  enable 
them  to  pursue  the  band  whose  trail  they  are 
following. 

The  temporary  loss  of  the  trail,  owing  to 
rain  or  any  other  accident,  shall  not  be 
deemed  sufficient  cause  for  abandoning  the 
pursuit  or  for  withdrawing  the  pursuing 
force,  when  there  is  a  reasonable  prospect  of 
soon  finding  the  trail  again  by  means  of  a 
continued  movement. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

Any  abuses  that  may  be  committed  by  the 
forces  crossing  into  the  territory  of  the  other 
nation,  shall  be  punished  by  the  Government 
to  which  such  forces  belong,  according  to  the 
gravity  of  the  offence  and  in  conformity  with 
its  laws,  as  if  the  abuses  had  been  committed 
in  its  own  territory,  the  said  Government 
being  further  under  obligation  to  withdraw 
the  guilty  parties  from  the  frontier. 


Estados  Unidos  de  America  cruzar  la  linea 
divisoria,  d.  no  ser  que  vaya  sin  armas  y  como 
guia  y  practice  en  las  huellas,  y  en  el  concepto 
de  que  en  ningun  caso  acompanaran  mas  de 
dos  indios  exploradores  (scouts)  &  cada  com- 
pania  6  cada  destacamento. 

ARTfCULO   III. 

El  paso  reciproco  convenido  en  el  articulo 
I  no  podra  hacerse  sino  por  la  parte  despo- 
blada  y  desierta  de  dicha  linea  divisoria. 
Para  los  efectos  de  este  convenio  se  entien- 
den  por  partes  despobladas  6  desiertas  todos 
aquellos  puntos  distantes  por  lo  menos  diez 
kil6nietros  de  cualquier  campamento  6  pob- 
lacion  de  ambos  paises. 

ARTICt'LO   IV. 

El  paso  de  tropas  de  uno  u  otro  pais  no 
podrsi  toner  lugar  desde  Capitan  Leal,  pobla- 
cion  en  el  lado  mexicano  del  Rio  Bravo  a. 
ochenta  y  cuatro  kilometres  (52  millas  in- 
glesas)  rio  arriba  de  Piedras  Negras,  hasta  la 
embocadura  del  Rio  Bravo  del  Norte. 

ARTicri.o  V. 

El  Jefe  de  las  fuerzas  que  paseri  la  fron- 
tera  en  persecuci6n  de  Indios,  debera,  al  cru- 
sar  la  linea  divisoria  6  antes  si  fuere  posible, 
dar  aviso  de  su  marcha  al  Jefe  militar  6  al  a 
autoridad  civil  inas  pr6xima  del  pais  &  cuyo 
territorio  va  a  entrar. 

ARTICTLO  VI. 

La  fuerza  perseguidora  se  retirard  &  su  pais 
tan  luego  como  haya  batido  a  la  banda  de 
indios  sublevados  de  Kid  6  perdido  su  huella; 
pero  si  durante  la  persecucion  de  esta  banda 
encontrare  otros  indios  sublevados,  podra 
liatirlos  como  si  se  tratara  de  aquollos.  En 
ningun  caso  podran  las  fuerzas  de  los  dos 
paises,  respectivamente,  establecerse  en  ter- 
ritorio extranjero,  ni  permanecer  en  <H  mas 
tiempo  que  el  necesario  para  hacer  la  pcr^c- 
cucion  de  la  partida  cuya  huella  sigan. 

La  interrupcion  temporal  de  la  huella,  por 
la  lluvia  u  otro  accidente,  no  debe  ser  motivo 
para  abandonarla  persecuci6n  ni  para  retirar 
la  fuerza  perseguidora,  cuando  haya  una 
perspectiva  racional  de  volver  d  encontrar 
pronto  esa  huella  por  medio  de  un  movi- 
miento  continuado. 

ARTICULO  VII. 

Los  abuses  que  cometan  las  fuerzas  que 
pasen  al  territorio  de  la  otra  naci6n,  seran 
castigados,  segiin  la  gravedad  de  la  ofensa  y 
con  arreglo  a  sus  leyes,  por  el  Gobierno  de 
quien  dependan,  como  si  fuesen  cometidos  en 
su  propio  territorio,  quedando  siempre  obli- 
gado  el  mismo  Gobierno  a  retirar  de  la 
frontera  a  los  oulpables. 


APPENDIX.  319 


ARTICLE  VIII.  ARTICULO  VIII. 

In  the  case  of  offences  committed  by  the  En  los  casos  de  delitos  cometidos  por  los 

inhabitants  of  one  country  against  the  force  habitantes  de  un  pais  contra  la  fuerza  del  otro 

of  the  other  that  may  be  within  the  limits  of  que  este1  dentro  de  los  limites  del  primero,  el 

the  former,  the  Government  of  said  country  Gobiernode  este  pais  soloes  responsable  para 

shall  only  be  responsible  to  the  Government  con  el  otro  Gobierno  por  denegaci6n  de  justi- 

of  the  other  for  denial  of  justice  in  the  pun-  cia  en  el  castigo  de  los  culpables. 
ishment  of  the  guilty  parties. 

ARTICLE  IX.  ARTICULO  IX. 

This  provisional  agreement  shall  remain  in  Este  Convenio  provisional  permanecera  en 

force  until  Kid's  band  of  hostile  Indians  shall  vigor  mientras  la  banda  de  indios  sublevados 

be  wholly  exterminated  or  rendered  obedient  de  Kid  no  fuere  completamente  exterminada 

to  one  of  the  two  Governments.  6  reducida  a  la  obediencia  de  uno  de  los  dos 

Gobiernos. 

ARTICLE  X.  ARTfcuLO  X. 

The  Senate  of  the  United  Mexican  States  Habiendo  el  Senado  de  los  Estados  Unidos 

having  authorized  the  President  to  conclude  Mexicanosautorizadoal  Presidente  para  eel e- 

this  agreement,  it  shall  take  effect  immedi-  brar  este  Convenio,  comenzara  a  tener  efecto 

ately.  desde  esta  fecha. 

In  testimony  whereof  we  have  signed  this  En  testimonio  de  lo  cual  nemos  firmado  este 

agreement  this  4th  day  of  June,  18%.  Convenio  el  4  de  Junio,  de  1896. 

RICHARD  OLNEY. 
M.  ROMERO. 
(A.R.,  474.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  31.  )  Washington,  July  31, 1896. 

With  a  view  to  elaboration  in  detail  of  the  provisions  of  the  Regulations 
in  regard  to  the  payment  of  enlisted  men  (A.  R.,  1348-1364, 1895) ,  the  Acting 
Secretary  of  War  gives  the  following  additional  instructions: 

The  paymaster  will  personally  place  in  each  envelope  the  exact  amount  of 
money  due  the  soldier,  seal  the  same,  see  that  the  name  of  the  soldier  and 
amount  inclosed  is  marked  on  the  envelope,  and  that  the  individual  checks 
and  the  sealed  envelopes  are  inclosed  in  one  sealed  package,  upon  the  out- 
side of  which  will  be  indorsed: 

1.  Name  of  the  organization. 

2.  Number  of  checks  inclosed. 

3.  Number  of  sealed  envelopes  inclosed. 

4.  Total  amount  of  pay  due  and  remitted,  less  deposits.  $ — 

(a)  By  check - $ . 

(6)  By  currency - -  - $ —       — . 

5.  Signature  of  the  paymaster. 

All  the  packages  containing  checks  and  sealed  envelopes  for  the  several 
organizations,  completed  and  indorsed  as  above,  will  be  made  up  into  one 
parcel  and  sealed  by  the  paymaster.  Upon  the  outside  will  be  marked  the 
name  and  address  of  the  post  or  other  command  and  the  names  of  the  sub- 
ordinate organizations  for  which  pay  is  therein  remitted,  and  the  paymaster 
will  append  thereto  his  signature. 

The  consolidated  package  thus  marked  and  addressed  to  the  commanding 
officer  will  be  turned  over  to  the  quartermaster,  who  will  forward  the  same 
by  express  to  it&  destination. 


320  APPENDIX. 

The  following  are  specimen  indorsements: 

FOR  THE  COMMANDING  OFFICER, 
FORT  LEAVENWORTH,  KANS. 

i  '<>n1(  iita  i'f  ////,>•  package: 

The  pay,  less  deposits,  due  for  month  of  Sep- 
tember, 1896,  for— 
N.  C.  O.  and  band,  20th  Infantry. 
Co.  A, 
"    B, 


"    H, 

Troop  A,  6th  Cavalry. 

"      B. 

"      C,  •'  •'     . 

11      D, 

Hospital  Corps  Detachment. 
Post  N.  <'.  Staff. 

In  making  up  the  contents  of  this  package  the 
provisions  of  (i.  ().,31,  A.  G.O.,  July  31,  18%.  have 
been  complied  with. 

JOHN  SMITH, 
Mujnr  (tiiil  I'ni/iiKtfti  i- 


Pay  for  Troop  F.  Mh  Cavalry,  Scjitember,  1896. 
Coufi  lit.*: 

4:',  sealed  envelopes 81,000.00 

17  check-....  563.18 


60  remittances 1, 563. 18 

JOHN  SMITH, 

Major  ninl  J'di/iiHister. 


Private  Joseph  Thompson,  Co.  A,  20th  Infantry. 

<  '<  i  >i  tents: 
$14.75  in  currency. 

When  the  express  package  is  received  at  the  post,  it  will  be  opened  in  the 
presence  of  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  observe  the  condition  of  the 
seals,  the  number  of  company  and  detachment  packages,  and  that  the 
marking  upon  them  conforms  to  these  instructions.  The  separate  sealed 
packages  containing  the  pay  for  the  several  companies  or  detachments 
will  then  be  delivered  to  the  officer  designated  by  the  commanding  officer 
to  distribute  the  pay,  and  this  distribution  will  be  made  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable thereafter. 

When  a  company  or  detachment  is  paraded  for  pay,  the  company  com- 
mander will  attend,  and  in  his  presence  the  packages  containing  the  p;:.y 
for  that  company  will  be  opened  by  the  officer  designated  to  distribute  it. 


APPENDIX.  32  L 

The  number  of  checks  in  the  package  and  the  number  of  sealed  envelopes, 
purporting  to  contain  the  pay  of  individual  soldiers,  will  be  counted,  and 
the  agreement  of  this  number  with  the  record  made  by  the  paymaster  upon 
the  wrapper  will  be  verified  by  both  officers,  and  the  amount  marked  on 
the  sealed  envelope  as  the  pay  due  each  man  will  be  verified  by  comparison 
with  the  pay  roll  before  the  distribution  begins. 

As  each  man's  name  is  called  the  check  drawn  to  his  order  will  be  given 
to  him  by  the  officer  designated  to  make  the  payment,  or  the  envelope  bear- 
ing the  man's  name  will  be  opened,  its  contents  verified  by  comparison 
with  marks  on  the  envelope  or  with  the  muster  roll,  and  the  money  handed 
to  the  soldier  by  said  officer  all  in  presence  and  under  the  personal  obser- 
vation of  the  company  commander. 

In  case  of  error  or  informality,  a  statement  of  the  facts  as  found  to  exist 
will  be  immediately  indorsed  upon  the  envelope  or  the  wrapper,  as  the  case 
may  be,  and  the  officers  present  will  certify  to  the  correctness  of  the  state- 
ment, and  lay  the  same  before  the  commanding  officer. 

The  copy  of  the  muster  and  pay  roll  of  each  organization,  which  the  pay- 
master is  required  by  paragraph  1352  of  the  regulations  to  return  to  the 
post,  will  be  reforwarded  to  the  paymaster  by  the  commanding  officer  with 
the  least  practicable  delay  after  the  payment  is  completed.  (A.  R.,  1348 
to  1364.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  33.  )  Washington,  August  1,  1896. 

*  *  *  #  *  *  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

1.  The  report  of  a  joint  Army  and  Navy  board  appointed  to  investigate 
the  subject  of  signal  codes  having  been  approved,  the  Myer  code  in  use  by 
the  Army  prior  to  1886,  as  modified  by  the  above-mentioned  board,  will,  on 
and  after  October  1,  1896,  be  used  for  visual  signaling  in  the  Army  and  for 
intercommunication  with  the  Navy.    The  use  of  the  American  Morse  Code, 
as  prescribed  in  General  Orders,  No.  59,  June  28,  1889,  from  this  office,  will 
thereafter  be  discontinued,  except  for  telegraphic  purposes. 

2.  The  proficiency  required  by  paragraph  1544,  Army  Regulations,  will 
be  considered  to  have  been  attained  by  an  officer  or  enlisted  m^n  under 
instruction  when  at  a  distance  of  4  miles  from  the  connecting  station  he  can 
send  and  receive  five  words  per  minute,  each  five  letters  of  the  written  mes- 
sage to  count  as  one  word.     Paragraph  1,  General  Orders,  No.  4,  February 
5,  1896,  from  this  office,  is  modified  accordingly. 

3.  Cards  and  pamphlets  containing  full  instructions  for  using  the  code 
will  be  furnished  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army  upon  application. 
(A.  R.,  1544.) 

16686—01 21 


322  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  37-  )  Washington,  August  13,  1896. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  530,  553, 641, 
642,  and  643  of  the  regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

530.  A  proposal  by  a  person  who  affixes  to  his  signature  the  word  "presi- 
dent," "secretary,"  "agent, "or  other  designation,  without  disclosing  his 
principal,  is  the  proposal  of  the  individual.  That  by  a  corporation  should 
be  signed  with  the  name  of  the  corporation,  followed  by  the  signature  of 
the  president,  secretary,  or  other  person  authorized  to  bind  it  in  the  matter. 
That  by  a  firm  should  be  signed  with  the  firm  name  by  one  of  the  members 
of  the  firm.  If  the  signature  is  that  of  an  officer,  attorney,  or  agent  of  a 
corporation,  or  of  an  attorney  or  agent  of  a  firm  or  individual,  and  his 
authority  to  act  on  behalf  of  his  principal  is  not  a  matter  of  general  noto- 
riety in  the  locality  where  the  proposals  are  opened,  the  officer  who  opens 
proposals  should,  before  considering  the  proposal,  satisfy  himself  that  the 
signer  is  vested  with  sufficient  authority  to  represent  his  principal  in  the 
transaction. 

553.  A  contract  of  a  corporation  should  have  the  name  of  a  corporation 
written  in  the  body  of  the  instrument  as  one  of  the  parties  thereto,  and 
should  be  signed  by  the  officer  or  person  who  has  been  authorized  to  con- 
tract in  its  behalf,  who  should  sign  the  corporate  name  and  his  own,  and 
affix  the  corporate  seal  if  there  be  one.  The  contracting  officer  will,  in  all 
cases,  satisfy  himself  that  the  signer  has  authority  to  bind  the  corporation, 
and  will  either  require  from  him  satisfactory  evidence  thereof,  and  file  the 
same  with  the  contract,  or  will  certify  on  the  contract  that  he  has  satisfied 
himself  of  the  signer's  authority  and  has  waived  this  requirement.  If  evi- 
dence be  filed  with  the  contract,  it  should  consist  of  extracts  from  the  articles 
of  incorporation,  the  by-laws,  or  the  minutes  of  the  board  of  directors,  duly 
certified  by  the  custodian  of  such  records  under  the  corporate  seal  (if  there 
be  one)  showing  the  signer  to  be  properly  vested  with  authority  to  bind 
the  corporation. 

641.  Vouchers  must  be  stated  in  the  name  of  the  corporation,  company, 
firm,  or  person  rendering  the  service  or  furnishing  the  articles  for  which 
payment  is  made. 

642.  Payments  in  currency,  or  by  check  to  bearer,  will  not  be  made  to 
holders  of  powers  of  attorney,  or  of  instruments  operating  as-  transfers  or 
assignments. 

If  payment  in  currency,  or  by  check  to  bearer,  is  made  to  an  incorporated 
or  unincorporated  company,  the  money  or  check  must  be  delivered  to  and 
the  voucher  receipted  by  a  duly  authorized  officer  or  agent  of  the  company; 
the  receipt  must  be  signed  with  the  company  name,  followed  by  the  auto- 
graph signature  of  the  officer,  with  his  title,  or  of  the  agent,  to  whom  the 
money  or  check  was  delivered,  and  the  receipted  voucher  will  be  accom- 
panied by  evidence  showing  his  authority.  This  evidence  will  consist  of 
extracts  from  the  articles  of  incorporation  or  association,  the  by-laws,  or 
the  minutes  of  the  board  of  directors,  duly  certified  by  the  custodian  of 
such  records  (under  the  company  seal,  if  there  be  one),  showing  that  the 
signer  is  properly  vested  with  authority  to  receive  and  receipt  for  money 
due  the  company. 

If  payment  in  currency,  or  by  check  to  bearer,  is  made  to  an  individual 


APPENDIX.  323 

or  a  copartnership  doing  business  tinder  a  company  title,  the  receipt  must 
be  signed  with  the  company  name,  followed  by  the  autograph  signature  of 
the  individual  proprietor  or  of  one  of  the  members  of  the  firm  with  the 
words  "proprietor"  or  "  one  of  the  proprietors"  appended  thereto. 

If  payment  in  currency,  or  by  check  to  bearer,  is  made  to  a  copartnership 
doing  business  as  such,  the  receipt  must  be  signed  with  the  usual  firm  sig- 
nature by  one  of  the  members  of  the  firm,  who  will  be  required  to  append 
his  own  signature  as  "  one  of  the  firm." 

If  payment  in  currency,  or  by  check  to  bearer,  is  made  to  an  individual 
creditor,  the  receipt  must  be  signed  by  him  in  person. 

643.  If  payment  is  made  by  check  to  order  of  any  company  (incorporated 
or  unincorporated),  or  firm,  or  individual,  by  name,  and  the  fact  that  the 
check  has  been  so  drawn  is  stated  on  the  voucher,  giving  its  number,  date, 
amount,  and  United  States  depository  on  which  drawn,  the  receipt  to  the 
voucher  may  be  signed  by  an  officer,  attorney,  or  agent  of  the  company,  or 
by  an  attorney  or  agent  of  the  firm  or  individual,  stating  the  capacity  in 
which  he  signs,  without  filing  with  the  voucher  evidence  of  his  authority 
to  sign.  The  disbursing  officer  in  all  such  cases  will  deliver  the  check  to 
such  person  only  as  he  is  satisfied  is  authorized  by  the  principal  to  receipt 
the  voucher  and  receive  the  check. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  49-  )  Washington,  December  5, 1896. 

1.  The  following  order  has  been  received  from  the  War  Department: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  Washington,  December  5\  1896. 

Under  the  authority  vested  in  him  by  section  1146,  Revised  Statutes,  the  President  hereby 
establishes  an  emergency  ration  for  troops  operating  for  short  periods  under  circumstances 
which  require  them  to  depend  upon  supplies  carried  upon  their  persons.  Its  component  parts 
are  as  follows:  Bacon,  10  ounces;  hard  bread,  16  ounces;  pea  meal,  4  ounces,  or  an  equivalent 
in  approved  material  for  making  soup;  coffee,  roasted  and  ground,  2  ounces,  or  tea  one-half 
ounce;  saccharin,  4  grains;  salt,  0.64  ounce;  pepper,  0.04  ounce;  tobacco,  one-half  ounce. 

DANIEL  S.  LAMONT. 

Secretary  of  War. 

2.  The  Secretary  of  War  directs  that  this  emergency  ration  be  resorted 
to  only  on  occasions  arising  in  active  operations  when  the  use  of  the  regu- 
larly established  ration  may  be  impracticable;  that,  although  its  nutritive 
qualities  permit  its  use  on  half  allowance,  it  will  not  be  so  used  except  in 
cases  of  overruling  necessity,  and  never  for  a  longer  period  than  ten  days, 
and  that  not  more  than  five  days'  emergency  rations  be  carried  on  the  per- 
son at  one  time. 

3.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  Subsistence  Department  will 
provide  tough  paraffin  paper  for  wrapping  the  bacon;  will  furnish  hard 
bread  in  grease-proof  packages,  the  pea  meal  in  cylindrical  packages,  and 
the  coffee,  tea,  saccharin,  salt,  pepper,  and  tobacco  in  suitable  packages. 
(A.  R.,  1X63.) 


324  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  51-  )  Washington,  December  13,  1896. 

*  *****  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instruc- 
tions are  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned: 

TABLEWARE. 

Estimates  are  sometimes  made  for  articles  of  china  and  glassware,  to 
cover  wear  and  tear,  as  determined  by  inventory  and  inspection  report. 
The  term  breakage  in  A.  R.  1200  covers  all  shortage  by  deterioration  of  such 
ware  through  breakage,  chipping,  cracking,  etc. ;  shortage  through  extraord- 
inary circumstances,  or  through  loss  or  carelessness,  is  otherwise  pro- 
vided for.  Attention  is  invited  to  paragraph  II,  General  Orders,  No.  ?, 
series  1895,  and  to  Circular  No.  10.  series  1895,  both  from  this  office,  the 
latter  regarding  inspection  of  ware  after  each  meal  and  each  dishwashing. 

The  allowance  under  A.  R.  1200  is  abundant,  and  ware  must  be  so 
guarded  that  the  outfit  shall  therewith  be  kept  complete.  China  and  glass- 
ware will  be  disposed  of  only  as  provided  for  by  that  paragraph,  which 
does  not  contemplate  the  action  of  an  inspector. 

Estimates  for  ware  will  be  rendered  quarterly  for  articles  needed,  within 
value  and  quantity  allowed  by  regulations.  If  estimates  are  not  submitted 
at  the  end  of  each  quarter,  it  will  be  inferred  that  the  supply  on  hand  is 
complete  to  that  date.  The  account  for  each  organization  is  closed  at  the 
end  of  the  fiscal  year. 

If  the  ware  of  a  departing  organization  is  left  in  such  a  condition  that 
the  supply  on  hand,  together  with  allowance  remaining  due,  and  articles 
replaced  as  provided  for  by  A.  R.  1200,  will  not  complete  the  outfit  for  its 
successor,  the  shortage  will  be  charged  against  the  officer  in  charge  of  the 
mess  of  the  departing  company. 

The  quartermaster  who  receives  the  ware  from  departing  organizations 
will  keep  the  supply  of  each  company  separately,  to  be  thus  turned  over  to 
its  successor.  (A.  JR.,  1200.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  4.  )  Washington,  February  4, 1897. 

The  following  order,  received  from  the  War  Department,  is  published  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  Washington,  November  10, 1896. 

In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  joint  resolution  of  Congress  entitled  "Joint  reso- 
lution relative  to  the  medal  of  honor  authorized  by  the  acts  of  July  twelfth,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-two,  and  March  third,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,"  approved  May  2, 
1896,  a  ribbon  to  be  worn  with  the  medal  of  honor,  and  a  knot  to  be  worn  in  lieu  of  the 
medal,  is  prescribed  and  established  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  to  be  each  of  a 
pattern  as  follows: 

The  ribbon  to  be  of  silk  one  inch  wide  and  one  inch  in  length;  the  center  stripe  of  white 
one  sixteenth  of  an  inch  wide,  flanked  on  either  side  by  a  stripe  of  blue  seven  thirty-seconds 
of  an  inch  wide,  bordered  by  two  stripes  of  red  each  one-quarter  of  an  inch  wide. 

The  knot  to  be  a  bowknot  of  the  same  combination  of  colors  as  the  ribbon  above  described. 
******  * 

(Art.  XXV,  A.R.) 


APPENDIX.  325 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  8-  ;  Washington,  February  27,  1897. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  letter,  regarding  the 
misuse  of  the  official  envelope,  is  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

OFFICE  OF  THE  POSTMASTER-GENERAL, 

Washington,  D.  €.,  February  13,  1897. 
The  Honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  It  has  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  Postmaster-General  that  subordinate  officers  in  at 
least  one  of  the  Departments  use  the  official  envelope  in  corresponding  with  their  attorneys 
in  regard  to  their  accounts  with  the  Government,  and  that  they  furnish  their  attorneys  official 
envelopes  to  cover  the  return  of  what  they  choose  to  call  official  papers  to  the  officials  inter- 
ested. This  is  illegal,  and  I  have  to  respectfully  request  you  to  call  the  attention  of  your  sub- 
ordinates to  the  following  points: 

1.  An  official  of  the  Government  has'no  right  to  use  the  official  envelope  to  cover  papers  or 
correspondence  with  his  attorney  or  other  private  citizen  in  regard  to  his  accounts  with  the 
Government.    And  when  it  is  known  that  packages,  though  addressed  by  the  Departments 
to  officials,  are  really  intended  for  an  attorney  or  other  private  citizen,  such  packages  should 
not  be  sent  free  of  postage. 

2.  An  official  has  no  right  to  furnish  his  attorney  or  other  private  citizen  official  envelopes 
to  be  used  at  his  discretion  or  otherwise.    The  only  exception  to  this  rule  is  where  an  officer 
writes  to  a  private  party  on  official  business,  he  may  inclose  with  his  letter  an  official  envelope 
properly  addressed  to  himself  to  cover  the  reply. 

Very  respectfully,  WM.  L.  WILSOX. 

Postmaster-  General. 
(A.  R.,  813  and  814.} 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  9.  )  Washington,  March  1, 1897. 

The  following  instructions  of  the  Secretary  of  "War  are  published  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

No  persons,  except  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States, 
and  persons  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  employed  in  direct  connec- 
tion with  the  use,  construction,  or  care  of  these  works,  will  be  allowed  to 
visit  any  portion  of  the  lake  and  coast  defenses  of  the  United  States,  with- 
out the  written  authority  of  the  commanding  officer  in  charge. 

Neither  written  nor  pictorial  descriptions  of  these  works  will  be  made  for 
publication  without  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  nor  will  any 
information  be  given  concerning  them  which  is  not  contained  in  the  printed 
reports  and  documents  of  the  War  Department. 

Commanding  generals  of  departments  will  see  that  this  order  is  carried 
into  effect,  and  that  the  permission  to  visit  the  defenses  referred  to  is  only 
given  for  proper  military  reasons. 

Commanding  officers,  ordnance  sergeants,  and  others  in  charge  of  fortifi- 
cations, or  any  means  of  lake  or  coast  defenses,  will  exercise  great  care  in 
acting  upon  applications  to  visit  the  works,  and  will  grant  such  only  as 
may  be  warranted  for  good  and  sufficient  military  reasons. 

Commanding  generals  of  departments  concerned  will  give  to  this  matter 
their  continued  personal  attention  to  the  end  that  any  dereliction  of  the 
duty  herein  enjoined  may  be  immediately  observed  and  promptly  met  by 
discipline.  (A.  R.,334.) 


326  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  10.  )  Washington,  March  3, 1897. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  148, 191,  408, 573,  709, 
and  1214  of  the  Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

148.  The  cause  of  discharge  and  the  soldier's  age  at  date  of  enlistment 
will  be  stated  in  the  body  of  the  discharge  certificate.  His  character  will 
be  accurately  described  at  the  bottom  of  the  certificate,  but  if  not  suffi- 
ciently good  to  allow  of  his  reenlistment,  the  words  "  No  objection  to  his 
reenlistment  is  known  to  exist "  will  be  erased.  The  words  "  Service  honest 
and  faithful,"  or  "  Service  not  honest  and  faithful,''  as  the  case  may  be,  will 
be  entered  under  • «  Remarks  "  in  the  military  record  on  the  back  of  the  dis- 
charge certificate,  and  will  also  be  noted  on  the  final  statements.  The 
company  commander  will,  before  submitting  the  discharge  certificate  to 
the  proper  officer  for  signature,  inform  the  soldier  of  the  character  he 
intends  to  give  him.  Should  the  soldier  feel  that  injustice  will  be  done 
him  thereby,  he  may  at  once  apply  for  redress  to  the  post  commander,  who 
will  immediately  convene  a  board  of  officers  to  determine  the  facts  in  the 
case,  and  will  briefly  note  the  finding  of  the  board,  if  approved  by  him,  on 
the  discharge  certificate.  But  in  all  cases  where  the  company  commander 
deems  a  soldier's  services  unfaithful,  he  should  whenever  practicable  notify 
the  soldier  at  least  thirty  days  prior  to  discharge  of  the  character  which  he 
intends  to  give,  in  order  that  the  soldier  may  have  ample  opportunity  to 
apply  for  and  be  heard  before  the  board.  In  such  cases  the  proceedings 
of  the  board,  showing  all  the  facts  pertinent  to  the  inquiry,  with  the  views 
of  the  intermediate  commanders  indorsed  thereon,  will  be  transmitted  for 
the  consideration  and  action  of  the  War  Department.  This  board  may  be 
called  upon  the  application  of  the  post  or  company  commander,  and  if  by 
the  former  the  department  commander  shall  appoint  it.  The  character  given 
by  the  company  commander,  also  the  character  found  by  the  board,  will 
be  noted  on  the  muster  roll.  The  officer  who  prepares  the  discharge  will 
state  thereon  whether  the  man  is  married  or  unmarried,  the  number  of  his 
minor  children,  and,  if  discharged  from  a  reenlistment,  the  number  thereof. 

191.  Purchasing  commissaries,  officers  on  duty  at  general  depots  of  sup- 
ply, and  others  indicated  in  the  preceding  paragraph,  whether  reporting 
by  letter  to  department  commanders  or  not,  are  subject  to  their  orders  for 
court-martial  or  other  duty  in  an  emergency  only;  and  officers  on  duty 
with  the  schools  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Fort  Monroe,  and  Fort  Riley  will 
not  be  detached  without  the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Com- 
manding General  of  the  Army. 

408.  The  Vice-President  and  President  of  the  Senate  and  American  or 
foreign  ambassadors  receive  a  salute  of  19  guns;  members  of  the  Cabinet, 
the  Chief  Justice,  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  a  commit- 
tee of  Congress  officially  visiting  a  military  post,  and  governors,  within  their 
respective  States  or  Territories,  receive  17  guns.  The  Assistant  Secretary 
of  War,  when  officially  visiting  a  military  post,  receives  15  guns. 

573.  When  the  principal  of  the  bond  is  a  corporation,  a  copy  of  the  record 
of  the  selection  of  the  officers  executing  the  bond  in  its  behalf,  and  a  copy 
of  the  by-law  or  other  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  governing  body  of 
the  corporation,  showing  their  authority  to  execute  the  same,  will  be  attached 
to  the  bond;  these  copies  to  be  certified  by  the  custodian  of  such  records 
under  the  seal  of  the  corporation  to  be  correct  copies. 


APPENDIX.  327 

709.  A  board  of  survey  will  be  called  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
post  or  station.  It  will  be  composed  of  three  officers,  exclusive  of  the  com- 
manding officer  and  those  who  are  interested,  if  that  number  be  present 
for  duty;  otherwise,  of  as  many  as  are  so  present,  exclusive  of  the  com- 
manding and  interested  officers;  or  if  none  but  the  commanding  officer  and 
interested  officers  be  present  for  duty,  then  of  the  commanding  officer. 
When  only  the  responsible  or  interested  officer  is  present,  he  will  not  con- 
stitute himself  a  board  of  survey,  but  will  furnish  the  department  com- 
mander his  certificate  of  facts  and  circumstances,  supported  by  affidavits 
of  enlisted  men  or  others  who  are  cognizant  thereof.  Should  a  case  thus 
presented  not  be  considered  satisfactory,  or  in  a  case  in  which  only  inter- 
ested officers  with  opposing  interests  are  present  for  duty  at  the  post,  the 
department  commander  may  make  the  necessary  investigation.  In  cases 
where  the  property  in  question  has  been  previously  acted  upon  by  a  board 
of  survey,  the  order  convening  the  board  will  so  state  and  require  that  the 
proceedings  of  any  previous  board  or  boards  be  considered. 

1214.  Blank  forms  for  official  telegrams  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quarter- 
master-General for  the  use  of  all  persons  in  the  military  service. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War?  the  following  paragraphs  are 
added  to  the  Regulations,  viz: 

213a.  The  flag  of  the  Secretary  of  War  will  be  of  scarlet  bunting,  meas- 
uring 12  feet  fly  and  6  feet  8  inches  hoist,  having  upon  it  an  eagle  with 
outstretched  wings.  On  the  breast  of  the  eagle  a  U.  S.  shield;  in  the  right 
talon  an  olive  branch,  with  berries,  and  in  the  left  a  bunch  of  arrows;  in 
the  eagle's  beak  a  scroll  with  the  motto  "  E  Pluribus  Unum."  In  the  field 
of  the  shield  tnere  shall  be  placed  two  rows  of  stars,  6  in  the  upper  and  7  in 
the  lower  row,  placed  equidistant  apart.  There  shall  also  be  placed  in  each 
corner  of  the  flag  a  white  star,  the  measurement  of  which  shall  be  about 
9.8  inches  from  point  to  point.  The  distance  from  the  upper  or  lower  edges 
of  the  flag  to  the  center  of  the  stars  shall  be  about  12.8  inches,  and  the  dis- 
tance from  the  heading  and  end  of  the  flag  to  the  center  of  the  stars  about 

17.25  inches. 

COLORS. 

For  the  Secretary  of  War. 

214a.  Of  scarlet  silk,  5  feet  6  inches  fly,  4  feet  4  inches  on  the  pike,  which 
will  be  9  feet  long,  including  spearhead  and  ferrule.  To  have  in  the  center, 
embroidered  in  silk,  a  golden  brown  American  eagle  with  outstretched 
wings;  on  its  breast  a  U.  S.  shield;  in  the  right  talon  an  olive  branch  with 
red  berries,  and  in  the  left  a  bunch  of  arrows;  a  red  scroll  held  in  the  eagle's 
beak  with  the  motto  "E  Pluribus  Unum"  worked  in  yellow;  and  in  the 
upper  part  of  the  U.  S.  shield  a  group  of  13  white  stars,  about  three-fourths 
of  an  inch  from  point  to  point,  arranged  in  two  rows,  the  upper  row  con- 
sisting of  6  and  the  lower  row  of  7  stars.  The  design,  letters,  and  figures 
to  be  embroidered  in  silk,  the  same  on  both  sides  of  the  color.  To  have  a> 
star  embroidered  in  white  silk  placed  at  each  corner  of  the  flag,  about  4± 
inches  from  point  to  point.  The  distance  from  the  upper  or  lower  edges  of 
the  flag  to  the  center  of  the  stars  to  be  about  7£  inches,  and  from  the  pike 
casing  or  end  of  the  fly  to  the  center  of  the  stars  about  13  inches. 

The  color  to  be  trimmed  with  white  silk  knotted  fringe,  3  inches  deep,  and 
one  cord  and  tassel  about  8  feet  6  inches  long,  to  be  of  red  and  white  silk 
intermixed. 


328  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  15-  )  Washington,  March  16,  1897. 

The  following  acts  of  Congress  are  published  for  the  information  and 
government  of  all  concerned: 

I.  AN  ACT  To  prohibit  the  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  to  Indians,  providing  penalties  there- 
for, and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Con- 
gress assembled,  That  any  person  who  shall  sell,  give  away,  dispose  of,  exchange,  or  barter 
any  malt,  spirituous,  or  vinous  liquor,  including  beer,  ale,  and  wine,  or  any  ardent  or  other 
intoxicating  liquor  of  any  kind  whatsoever,  or  any  essence,  extract,  bitters,  preparation,  com- 
pound, composition,  or  any  article  whatsoever,  under  any  name,  labe"!,  or  brand,  which 
produces  intoxication,  to  any  Indian  to  whom  allotment  of  land  has  been  made  while  the 
title  to  the  same  shall  be  held  in  trust  by  the  Government,  or  to  any  Indian  a  ward  of  the 
Government  under  charge  of  any  Indian  superintendent  or  agent,  or  any  Indian,  including 
mixed  bloods,  over  whom  the  Government,  through  its  departments,  exercises  guardian- 
ship, and  any  person  who  shall  introduce  or  attempt  to  introduce  any  malt,  spirituous,  or 
vinous  liquor,  including  beer,  ale,  and  wine,  or  any  ardent  or  intoxicating  liquor  of  any  kind 
whatsoever  into  the  Indian  country,  which  term  shall  include  any  Indian  allotment  while 
the  title  to  the  same  shall  be  held  in  trust  by  the  Government,  or  while  the  same  shall  remain 
inalienable  by  the  allottee  without  tb,e  consent  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  punished  by 
imprisonment  for  not  less  than  sixty  days,  and  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  one  hundred  dollars 
for  the  first  offense  and  not  less  than  two  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense  thereafter:  Pro- 
vided, however,  That  the  person  convicted  shall  be  committed  until  tine  and  costs  are  paid. 
But  it  shall  be  a  sufficient  defense  to  any  charge  of  introducing  or  attempting  to  introduce 
ardent  spirits,  ale,  beer,  wine,  or  intoxicating  liquors  into  the  Indian  country  that  the  acts 
charged  were  done  under  authority,  in  writing  from  the  War  Department  or  any  ollicer  duly 
authorized  thereunto  by  the  War  Department. 

SEC.  2.  That  so  much  of  the  Act  of  the  twenty-third  day  of  July,  eighteen  hundred  and 
ninety-two,  as  is  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  January  30,  1897. 

[The  act  referred  to  in  section  2  was  published  in  General  Orders,  No. 
56,  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  August  13,  1892.] 
(A.  R.,474.) 


VI.  An  Act  To  amend  section  forty-eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight  of  the  Revised  Statutes 
relating  to  burials  in  national  cemeteries 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  tin  r//  it>  <]  states  of  America  in  Con- 
gress assembled,  That  section  forty-eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight  of  the  Revised  Statutes 
be  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows: 

"SEC.  4878.  All  soldiers,  sailors,  or  marines  dying  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  or 
dying  in  a  destitute  condition  after  having  been  honorably  discharged  from  the  service,  or 
who  served  during  the  late  war,  either  in  the  regular  or  volunteer  forces,  may  be  buried  in 
any  national  cemetery  free  ot  cost.  The  production  of  the  honorable  discharge  of  a  deceased 
man  shall  be  sufficient  authority  for  the  superintendent  of  any  cemetery  to  permit  the  inter- 
ment. Army  nurses  honorably  discharged  from  their  service  as  such  may  be  buried  in  any 
national  cemetery;  and  if  in  a  destitute  condition,  free  of  cost.  The  Secretary  of  War  is 
authorized  to  issue  certificates  to  those  army  nurses  entitled  to  such  burial." 

Approved,  March  3,  1897. 
(A.  R.,  85  and  492.) 


APPENDIX.  329 

GENERAL  ORDERS.  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  17-  )  Washington,  March  26,  1897. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1470  of  the  Regula^ 
tions  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1470.  The  Quartermaster-General,  if  he  finds  the  account  correct,  will 
forward  it  to  the  Surgeon-General  with  request  that  the  amount  be  paid 
to  the  depot  quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  the  Surgeon-General 
will  cause  the  amount  to  be  paid  from  the  appropriation  for  artificial  limbs. 
The  depot  quartermaster  will  deposit  the  money  in  the  Treasury  to  the 
credit  of  the  appropriation  for  army  transportation,  and  in  his  account- 
current  will  state  from  whom  the  money  was  received,  and  that  it  was  a 
refundrnent  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  from  the  appropriation  for 
artificial  limbs,  of  a  sum  paid  by  —  — ,  Quartermaster,  U.  S.  A., 

on  voucher  No. ,  for ,  18 — ,  for  the  transportation  of  a  person  en 

route  to  procure  an  artificial  limb. 

II.  The  following  modification  of  existing  instructions  ordered  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  are  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned: 

The  proficiency  required  by  paragraph  1544,  Army  Regulations,  will  be 
considered  to  have  been  attained  by  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  under  instruc- 
tion when,  at  a  distance  of  4  miles  from  the  connecting  station,  he  can 
send  and  receive  by  flag,  or  torch,  and  heliograph  four  words  per  minute, 
each  five  letters  of  the  written  message  to  count  as  one  word.  Section  2, 
paragraph  II,  General  Orders,  No.  32,  August  1, 1896,  from  this  office,  relat- 
ing to  military  signaling,  and  so  much  of  paragraph  IV,  General  Orders, 
No.  41,  September  4,  1896,  from  this  office,  as  prescribes  the  qualifications 
for  gunnery  specialists,  are  modified  accordingly. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  22.  )  Washington,  April  12, 1897. 

With  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to 
the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

On  Memorial  Day,  May  30,  at  all  army  posts  and  stations,  the  national 
flag  will  be  displayed  at  half  staff  from  sunrise  till  midday,  and  imme- 
diately before  noon  the  band,  or  field  music,  will  play  a  dirge,  "  Departed 
Days,"  or  some  appropriate  air.  At  the  conclusion  of  this  memorial  tribute, 
at  noon,  the  flag  will  be  hoisted  to  the  top  of  the  staff  and  will  remain  there 
until  sunset.  When  hoisted  to  the  top  of  the  staff  the  flag  will  be  saluted 
by  playing  one  or  more  of  the  national  airs.  In  this  way  fitting  testimonial 
of  respect  for  the  heroic  dead  and  honor  to  their  patriotic  devotion  will  be 
appropriately  rendered.  (A.  R..450.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  33.  )  Washington,  May  28,  1897. 

I.  Paragraph  346  of  the  Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
346.  The  commanding  officer  of  each  cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry  regi- 
ment may,  on  the  1st  day  of  August  of  each  year,  nominate  to  the  Com- 


330  APPENDIX. 

man  ding  General  of  the  Army  one  subaltern  for  detail  at  Willetts  Point, 
N.  Y.,  for  a  course  of  instruction  in  torpedo  service,  commencing  on  the 
1st  day  of  November  and  ending  on  the  1st  day  of  September  following. 
The  nominations  thus  made  will  be  forwarded  through  the  regular  military 
channels. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  38.  )  Washington,  June  15,  1897. 

*##**** 

II.  Paragraph  1069  of  the  Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
1069.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  transport  for  officers  chang- 
ing station  the  number  of  horses  for  which  they  are  legally  entitled  to  for- 
age, and  an  attendant  to  accompany  the  horses  when  necessary,  subject  to 
the  following  restrictions: 

1.  That  the  expense  paid  by  the  United  States  shall  not  exceed  $50  for 
each  horse  transported.     The  cost  of  such  shipment  will  be  ascertained  in 
advance,  and  if  found  to  exceed  $50  for  each  horse,  including  transportation 
of  attendant,  if  any,  the  excess  must  be  prepaid  by  the  owner,  who  must  also 
pay  all  the  expenses  of  the  attendant  other  than  his  transportation. 

2.  That  the  horses  are  owned  by  the  officer  and  were  used  by  him  in  the 
public  service  at  the  station  from  which  he  is  ordered  to  move. 

3.  The  horses  of  retired  officers  or  officers  ordered  to  their  homes  to  await 
retirement,  or  officers  ordered  on  recruiting  service  or  college  detail,  or  to 
effect  a  voluntary  transfer,  or  to  attend  schools  of  instruction  as  student 
officers  except  when  ordered  to  duty  as  students  at  the  United  States  Infan- 
try and  Cavalry  School,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans.,  will  not  be  transported 
at  public  expense. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  40-  )  \\'iixliut(/ton,  June  14.  1897. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  •* 

II.  Paragraphs  1109  and  111?  of  the  Regulations  are  amended,  to  take 
effect  July  1,  1897,  to  read  as  follows: 

1109.  The  following  persons  are  entitled,  at  public  expense,  to  a  double 
berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  or  to  the  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on 
steamers  where  extra  charge  is  made  for  the  same:  Officers  of  the  Army 
traveling  on  duty;  civilian  clerks  and  agents  in  the  military  service  when 
traveling  under  orders  on  public  business;  sergeant-majors,  ordnance, 
commissary  and  quartermaster  sergeants  (post  or  regimental),  hospital 
stewards,  chief  musicians,  principal  musicians,  chief  trumpeters,  saddler- 
sergeants,  and  sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps,  when  traveling  under  orders 
on  public  business  without  troops;  also  invalid  soldiers  when  so  traveling  on 
the  certificate  of  a  medical  officer  showing  the  necessity  therefor.  Officers 
of  the  Army  traveling  on  day  journeys  are  entitled  to  seats  in  day  parlor 
cars,  provided  such  privilege  is  not  covered  by  sleeping-car  accommoda- 
tions already  held  by  them. 


APPENDIX.  331 

1117.  An  officer  traveling  on  duty  who  incurs  expense  for  authorized 
sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommodations,  when  it  is  impracticable  to  obtain 
a  request  therefor,  will  be  reimbursed  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
upon  application  supported  by  a  receipt  for  the  amount  paid  by  him  and  a- 
copy  of  the  orders  under  which  the  journey  was  performed. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No- 43-  )  Washington,  June  30,  1897. 

I.  The  following  order  is  published  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  Washington,  June  26,  1897. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  the  following  regulations  are  promulgated  respecting  the 
award  of  medals  of  honor,  and  paragraph  177  of  the  Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

177.  Medals  of  honor,  authorized  by  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  3, 1863,  are  awarded 
to  officers  and  enlisted  men  in  the  name  of  the  Congress  for  particular  deeds  of  most  distin- 
guished gallantry  in  action. 

1.  In  order  that  the  Congressional  medal  of  honor  may  be  deserved,  service  must  have  been 
performed  in  action  of  such  a  conspicuous  character  as  to  clearly  distinguish  the  man  for 
gallantry  arid  intrepidity  above  his  comrades— service  that  involved  extreme  jeopardy  of  life 
or  the  performance  of  extraordinarily  hazardous  duty.    Recommendations  for  the  decoration 
will  be  judged  by  this  standard  of  extraordinary  merit,  and  incontestable  proof  of  performance 
of  the  service  will  be  exacted. 

2.  Soldiers  of  the  Union  have  ever  displayed  bravery  in  battle,  else  victories  could  not  have 
been  gained;  but  as  courage  and  self-sacrifice  are  the  characteristics  of  every  true  soldier,  such  a 
badge  of  distinction  as  the  Congressional  medal  is  not  to  be  expected  as  the  reward  of  conduct 
that  does  not  clearly  distinguish  the  soldier  above  other  men,  whose  bravery  and  gallantry 
have  been  proved  in  battle. 

3.  Recommendations  for  medals  on  account  of  services  rendered  in  the  Volunteer  Army 
during  the  late  war,  and  in  the  Regular  Army  previous  to  January  1, 1890,  will,  if  practicable, 
be  submitted  by  some  person  other  than  the  proposed  recipient,  one  who  is  personally  familiar 
with  all  the  facts  and  circumstances  claimed  as  justifying  the  award,  but  the  application  may 
be  made  by  the  one  claiming  to  have  earned  the  decoration,  in  which  case  it  will  be  in  the 
form  of  a  deposition,  reciting  a  narrative  description  of  the  distinguished  service  performed. 
If  official  records  are  relied  on  as  evidence  proving  the  personal  service,  the  reports  of  the 
action  must  be  submitted  or  cited;  but  if  these  records  are  lacking  the  testimony  must  embrace 
that  of  one  or  more  eyewitnesses,  who,  under  oath,  describe  specifically  the  act  or  acts  they 
saw,  wherein  the  person  recommended  or  applying  clearly  distinguished  himself  above  his 
fellows  for  most  distinguished  gallantry  in  action. 

4.  Recommendations  for  medals  on  account  of  service  rendered  subsequent  to  January  1, 
1890,  will  be  made  by  the  commanding  officer  at  the  time  of  the  action  or  by  an  officer  or 
soldier  having  personal  cognizance  of  the  act  for  which  the  badge  of  honor  is  claimed,  and 
the  recommendation  will  embrace  a  detailed  recital  of  all  the  facts  and  circumstances.    Cer- 
tificates of  officers  or  the  affidavits  of  enlisted  men  who  were  eyewitnesses  of  the  act  will  also 
be  submitted  if  practicable. 

5.  In  cases  that  may  arise  for  service  performed  hereafter,  recommendations  for  award  of 
medals  must  be  forwarded  within  one  year  after  the  performance  of  the  act  for  which  the  award 
i*  claimed.    Commanding  officers  will  thoroughly  investigate  all  cases  of  recommendations 
for  Congressional  medals  arising  in  their  commands,  and  indorse  their  opinion  upon  the 
papers,  which  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  through  regular 
channels. 

R.  A.  ALGER,  Secretary  of  liar. 

II.  Paragraph  257  of  the  Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
257.  Sergeants  and  corporals  are  appointed  by  regimental  commanders 

on  the  recommendation  of  their  company  commanders.  To  test  the  capacity 
of  privates  for  the  duties  of  noncommissioned  officers,  company  commanders 
may  appoint  lance  corporals,  who  will  hold  such  appointments  not  to  exceed 
three  months,  and  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  as  corporals.  The  appoint- 


332  APPENDIX. 

merits,  with  the  approval  of  the  regimental  or  post  commander,  may  be 
renewed,  but  no  company  shall  have  more  than  one  lance  corporal  at  a 
time.  Lance  corporals  holding  renewed  appointments  are  on  the  same 
footing  regarding  reduction  as  corporals.  A  lance  corporal  holding  a  first 
appointment  will  wear  the  uniform  of  a  private,  with  a  chevron  having 
one  bar  of  lace  or  braid;  if  holding  a  renewed  appointment  he  will  wear 
the  uniform  of  a  corporal,  except  that  the  chevron  will  have  but  one  bar 
of  lace  or  braid. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

No-  46-  Washington,  July  14, 1897. 

Paragraphs  46  and  1118  of  the  Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
46.  A  department  commander  may  grant  leaves  for  one  month  and  the 
Commanding  General  of  the  Army  for  four  months,  or  they  may  extend  to 
such  periods  those  granted  by  subordinate  commanders.  Applications  for 
leaves  of  more  than  four  months'  duration,  or  from  officers  of  the  staff 
corps  and  departments  for  more  than  one  month,  or  from  department  com- 
manders desiring  leaves  of  absence  to  pass  beyond  the  territorial  limits  of 
their  commands,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
for  the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1118.  In  changing  station,  an  officer's  authorized  allowance  of  baggage 
will  be  turned  over  to  a  quartermaster  for  transportation  as  freight  by 
ordinary  freight  lines,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  department  com- 
mander or  higher  authority. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  WAR  DEPARTMENT. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  August  ,?4,  1897. 

The  following  revision  of  the  instructions  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  con- 
tained in  General  Orders,  No.  9,  March  1.  1897.  from  Headquarters  of  the 
Army,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Except  by  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  no  persons,  other 
than  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States,  and  persons  in 
the  service  of  the  United  States  employed  in  direct  connection  with  the  use. 
construction,  or  care  of  these  works,  will  be  allowed  to  visit  any  portion  of 
the  lake  and  coast  defenses  of  the  United  States  without  the  written 
authority  of  the  commanding  officer  in  charge,  to  be  given  only  for  proper 
military  reasons. 

Special  authority  to  visit  defensive  works  granted  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  will  be  limited  to  United  States  Senators  and  members  of  Congress, 
their  public  duties  requiring  them  to  take  official  action  on  matters  con- 
nected therewith,  and  to  the  governor  (or  his  adjutant-general)  of  the 
State  in  which  the  works  are  located,  as  commander  in  chief  of  the  local 
militia  instructed  there. 

Neither  written  nor  pictorial  descriptions  of  these  works  will  be  made  for 
publication  without  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  nor  will  any 
information  be  given  concerning  them  which  is  not  contained  in  the  printed 
reports  and  documents  of  the  War  Department. 


APPENDIX.  333 

Commanding  generals  of  departments  will  see  that  this  order  is  carried 
into  effect,  and  that  the  permission  to  visit  the  defenses  referred  to  is  only 
given  for  proper  military  reasons. 

Commanding  officers,  ordnance  sergeants,  and  others  in  charge  of  forti- 
fications, or  any  means  of  lake  or  coast  defenses,  will  exercise  great  care  in 
acting  upon  applications  to  visit  the  works,  and  will  grant  such  only  as 
may  be  warranted  for  good  and  sufficient  military  reasons. 

Commanding  generals  of  departments  concerned  will  give  to  this  mat- 
ter their  continued  personal  attention  to  the  end  that  any  dereliction  of  the 
duty  herein  enjoined  may  be  immediately  observed  and  promptly  met  by 
discipline.  (A.  R.,  334.} 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No- 53-  )  Washington,  August  25, 1897. 

The  following  circular  from  the  Treasury  Department,  containing  instruc- 
tions to  United  States  disbursing  officers,  is  published  for  the  information 
and  guidance  of  all  concerned.  Officers  of  the  Army  disbursing  public 
funds  will  be  held  accountable  for  a  strict  compliance  with  its  requirements. 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 

OFFICE  OF  THE  SECRETARY, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  August  Ik,  1897. 

The  following  sections  of  the  Revised  Statutes  are  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

"  SECTION  3620.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  disbursing  officer  having  any  public  money 
intrusted  to  him  for  disbursement  to  deposit  the  same  with  the  Treasurer  or  some  one  of  the 
assistant  treasurers  of  the  United  States,  and  to  draw  for  the  same  only  as  it  may  be  required 
for  payments  to  be  made  by  him  in  pursuance  of  law  (and  draw  for  the  same  only  in  favor  of 
the  persons  to  whom  payment  is  made);  and  all  transfers  from  the  Treasurer  of  the  United 
States  to  a  disbursing  officer  shall  be  by  draft  or  warrant  on  the  Treasury  or  an  assistant  treas- 
urer of  the  United  States.  In  places,  however,  where  there  is  no  Treasurer  or  assistant  treas- 
urer, the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may,  when  he  deems  it  essential  to  the  public  interest, 
specially  authorize  in  writing  the  deposit  of  such  public  money  in  any  other  public  deposi- 
tory, or,  in  writing,  authorize  the  same  to  be  kept  in  any  other  manner,  and  under  such  rules 
and  regulations  as  he  may  deem  most  safe  and  effectual  to  facilitate  the  payments  to  public 
creditors. 

"SECTION  5488.  Every  disbursing  officer  of  the  United  States  who  deposits  any  public  money 
intrusted  to  him  in  any  place  or  in  any  manner,  except  as  authorized  by  law,  or  converts  to 
his  own  use  in  any  way  whatever,  or  loans  with  or  without  interest,  or  for  any  purpose  not 
prescribed  by  law  withdraws  from  the  Treasurer  or  any  assistant  treasurer,  or  any  authorized 
depositary,  or  for  any  purpose  not  prescribed  by  law  transfers  or  applies  any  portion  of 
the  pxiblic  money  intrusted  to  him,  is,  in  every  such  act,  deemed  guilty  of  an  embezzlement 
of  the  money  so  deposited,  converted,  loaned,  withdrawn,  transferred,  or  applied;  and  shall 
be  punished  by  imprisonment  with  hard  labor  for  a  term  not  less  than  one  year  nor  more 
than  ton  years,  or  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  the  amount  embezzled  or  less  than  one  thousand 
dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment." 

In  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  above  sections,  any  public  money  advanced  to  dis- 
bursing officers  of  the  United  States  must  be  deposited  immediately  to  their  respective  credits, 
with  either  the  United  States  Treasurer,  some  assistant  treasurer,  or  by  special  direction  of 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  with  a  national  bank  depositary  nearest  or  most  convenient, 
except— 

(1)  Any  disbursing  officer  of  the  War  Department,  specially  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of 
War.  when  stationed  on  the  extreme  frontier  or  at  places  far  remote  from  such  depositaries, 
may  keep,  at  his  own  risk,  such  moneys  as  may  be  intrusted  to  him  for  disbursement. 

(2)  Any  officer  receiving  money  remitted  to  him  upon  specific  estimates  may  disburse  it 
accordingly  without  waiting  to  place  it  in  a  depositary,  provided  the  payments  are  due  and 
he  prefers  this  method  to  that  of  drawing  checks. 


334  APPENDIX. 

Any  check  drawn  by  a  disbursing  officer  upon  moneys  thus  deposited  must  be  in  favor  of 
the  party,  by  name,  to  whom  the  payment  is  to  be  made,  and  payable  to  "order"  or  "bearer," 
with  these  exceptions: 

(1)  To  make  payments  of  individual  pensions,  checks  for  which  must  be  made  payable  to 
"order;"  (2)  to  make  payments  of  amounts  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars;  (3)  to  make  pay- 
ments at  a  distance  from  a  depositary,  and  (4)  to  make  payments  of  fixed  salaries  due  at  a 
certain  period;  in  either  of  which  eases,  except  the  first,  any  disbursing  officer  may  draw  his 
check  in  favor  of  himself,  or  "  order,"  or  "bearer,"  for  such  amount  as  may  be  necessary  for 
such  payment,  but  in  the  last-named  case  the  check  must  be  drawn  not  more  than  two  days 
before  the  salaries  become  due. 

Any  disbursing  officer  or  agent  drawing  checks  on  moneys  deposited  to  his  official  credit 
must  state  on  the  face  or  back  of  each  check  the  object  or  purpose  to  which  the  avails  are  to 
be  applied,  except  upon  checks  issued  in  payment  of  individual  pensions,  the  special  form  of 
such  checks  indicating  sufficiently  the  character  of  disbursement.  If  the  object  or  purpose 
for  which  any  check  of  a  public  disbursing  officer  is  drawn  is  not  stated  thereon,  as  required, 
or  if  any  reason  exists  for  suspecting  fraud,  the  office  or  bank  on  which  such  check  is  drawn 
will  refuse  its  payment. 

Such  statement  maybe  made  in  brief  form,  but  must  clearly  indicate  the  object  of  the 
expenditure,  as,  for  instance,  "pay,"  "payroll,"  or  "payment  of  troops,"  adding  the  fort  or 
station;  "  purchase  of  subsistence  "  or  other  supplies;  "onaccount  of  construction,"  mention- 
ing the  fortification  or  other  public  work  for  which  the  payment  is  made:  "  payments  under 
$20,"  etc. 

Checks  will  not  be  returned  to  the  drawer  after  their  payment,  but  the  depositary  with 
whom  the  account  is  kept  shall  furnish  the  officer  with  a  monthly  statement  of  his  deposit 
account. 

Deposits  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  on  account  of  repayment  of  dis- 
bursing funds  must  be  made  with  the  office  or  bank  in  which  such  funds  are  to  the  credit  of 
the  disbursing  officer. 

No  allowance  will  be  made  to  any  disbursing  officer  for  expenses  charged  for  collecting 
money  on  checks. 

Whenever  any  disbursing  officer  of  the  United  States  shall  cease  to  act  in  that  capacity  he 
will  at  once  inform  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  whether  he  has  any  public  funds  to  his 
credit  in  any  office  or  bank,  and,  if  so,  what  checks,  if  any,  he  has  drawn  against  the  same, 
which  are  still  outstanding  and  unpaid.  Until  satisfactory  information  of  this  character  shall 
have  been  furnished,  the  whole  amount  of  such  moneys  will  be  held  to  meet  the  payment  of 
his  checks  properly  payable  therefrom. 

In  case  of  the  death,  resignation,  or  removal  of  any  disbursing  officer,  checks  previously 
drawn  by  him  will  be  paid  from  the  funds  to  his  credit,  unless  such  checks  have  been  drawn 
more  than  four  months  before  their  presentation,  or  reasons  exist  for  suspecting  fraud.  Any 
check  previously  drawn  by  him  and  not  presented  for  payment  within  four  months  of  its  date 
will  not  be  paid  until  its  correctness  shall  have  been  attested  by  the  Secretary  or  Assistant 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

Every  disbursing  officer,  when  opening  his  first  account,  before  issuing  any  checks,  will  fur- 
nish the  depositary  on  whom  checks  are  drawn  with  his  official  signature,  duly  verified  by 
some  officer  whose  signature  is  known  to  the  depositary. 

For  every  deposit  made  by  a  disbursing  officer,  to  his  official  credit,  a  receipt  iu  form  as 
below  shall  be  given,  setting  forth  its  serial  number  and  the  place  and  date  of  issue:  the  title 
of  each  officer  shall  be  expreased,  and  the  title  of  the  disbursing  account  shall  also  show  for 
what  branch  of  the  public  service  the  account  is  kept,  as  it  is  essential  for  the  proper  transac- 
tion of  departmental  business  that  accounts  of  moneys  advanced  from  different  bureaus  to  a 
disbursing  officer  serving  in  two  or  more  distinct  capacities  be  kept  separate  and  distinct 
from  each  other,  and  be  so  reported  to  the  Department  both  by  the  officer  and  the  depositary, 
the  receipt  to  be  retained  by  the  officer  in  whose  favor  it  is  issued. 

No. .  Office  of  the  U.  S.  (Assistant  Treasurer  or  Depositary), 

, ,  189—. 

Received  of , dollars,  consisting  of ,  to  be  placed  to  his  credit  as , 

and  subject  only  to  his  check  in  that  official  capacity. 

* .  , 

United  States  (Assistant  Treasurer  or  Depositary). 

These  regulations  are  intended  to  supersede  those  of  August  24, 1876. 

L.  J.  GAGE, 

Secretary. 

(A.  R.571,  578,  580,  584-586,  590,  592,  599,  655,  656, 1348-1364,  and  1391.) 


APPENDIX.  335 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  56.  )  Washington,  October  8, 1897. 

I.  Paragraphs  1349,  1351,  1352,  1353,  and  1354  of  the  Regulations  are 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1349.  Payments  will  be  made  as  soon  after  the  close  of  each  month  as 
practicable: 

1.  By  paymasters  in  person;  or 

2.  By  check  to  be  sent  by  registered  mail  or  express,  or  by  currency 
shipped  by  express. 

The  troops  at  posts  where  paymasters  are  stationed  and  others  in  their 
immediate  vicinity,  to  be  designated  in  instructions  issued  from  the  Adju- 
tant-General's Office,  will  be  paid  by  paymasters  in  person. 

For  posts  at  which  payments  are  not  required  to  be  made  in  person,  the 
paymaster  will  transmit  the  pay  due  in  one  or  more  of  the  following  ways: 

1.  By  individual  check,  payable  to  the  order  of  each  man,  for  the  exact 
amount  due. 

2.  By  inclosing  in  a  separate  sealed  envelope  the  exact  amount  in  cur- 
rency due  each  soldier,  with  his  name  and  the  amount  inclosed  marked 
thereon. 

1351.  When  forwarding  the  rolls  the  post  commander  will  furnish  the 
paymaster  with  the  name,  rank,  etc..  of  the  officer  designated  to  see  that 
the  men  of  the  command  are  paid,  and  at  the  same  time  will  state  what 
part  of  the  pay  can  conveniently  be  received  by  the  men  in  individual  checks 
and  cashed  at  or  near  the  post  without  discount,  designating  the  location 
of  depository  on  which  it  is  desired  that  the  checks  should  be  drawn,  and 
whether  it  is  desired  that  the  checks  be  sent  by  mail  or  by  express.     The 
remainder  of  the  pay  will  be  sent  in  envelopes. 

1352.  The  paymaster  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  draw  the  checks  on  the 
depository  designated;  the  checks,  when  not  sent  by  mail,  and  the  money 
for  each  organization  will  be  inclosed  in  separate  packages  properly  marked, 
and  the  whole  will  be  consolidated  into  one  package  and  forwarded  by 
express  to  the  post  commander.    One  of  each  of  the  company  or  detach- 
ment rolls  extended  to  show  the  amounts  to  be  paid  will  be  returned  to 
the  commanding  officer  and  by  him  sent  to  the  proper  company  commanders. 

1353.  At   places  beyond  express   delivery,  the  post  commander,  when 
notified  by  the  paymaster  that  funds  sent  by  express  are  to  be  expected, 
will  send  an  officer  with  a  suitable  escort  to  receipt  for  the  express  package 
and  convey  the  funds  to  the  post.     The  name  of  the  officer  authorized  to 
receipt  for  the  package  will  previously  have  been  reported  to  the  paymaster. 

1354.  When  a  package  of  funds  is  received  at  the  post,  it  will  be  deliv- 
ered to  the  officer  who  has  been  designated  by  the  commanding  officer  to 
distribute  the  pay.    As  soon  as  possible  the  individual  checks  or  the  cur- 
rency will  be  handed  to  the  men  by  the  officer  designated,  and  when  the 
payment  is  in  currency  from  envelopes,  a  second  officer,  who  may  be  the 
company  commander,  will  be  required  to  verify  the  amounts  in  the  envel- 
opes, so  that,  in  case  of  error,  certificates  may  be  prepared  at  once  by  both 
officers.    Should  there  be  a  deficiency  it  will  be  so  certified  on  the  roll  by  the 
paying  and  the  verifying  officers,  and  should  there  be  an  excess  the  surplus 
will  be  returned  to  the  paymaster.     In  each  case  a  statement  of  the  facts, 
with  appropriate  certificates,  will  be  sent  to  the  paymaster  by  the  post 
commander. 


336  APPENDIX. 

II.  So  much  of  General  Orders,  No.  31,  from  Headquarters  of  the  Army, 
Adjutant-General's  Office,  July  31,  1896.  as  conflicts  with  the  provisions  of 
this  order,  is  modified  accordingly.  (A.  R.,  1348  to  1364.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  58-  )  Washington,  October  18,  1S97. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1524  of  the  Regulations 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

INSPECTION  OF  ORDNANCE  SUPPLIES. 

1524.  Before  final  disposition  of  ordnance  supplies  which  from  any  cause 
are  worn-out  or  damaged,  they  will  be  submitted  to  an  inspector.  But 
when  small  arms  become  unserviceable  and  can  not  under  existing  orders 
be  repaired  at  the  post,  they  will  be  turned  into  the  nearest  depot  or  arsenal, 
and  will  under  no  circumstances  be  broken  up. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  60-  )  Washington,  October  28,  1S97. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  General  Orders  No.  9,  March  13, 
1896,  from  this  office,  and  paragraphs  1412  and  1413  of  the  Regulations  are 
revoked,  and  the  following  regulations  substituted  therefor: 

1412.  Special  instruction  in  the  duties  of  litter  bearers  and  the  methods  of 
rendering  first  aid  to  the  sick  and  wounded  will  be  given  to  all  enlisted  men 
of  the  Army  by  their  company  officers  for  at  least  four  hours  in  each  month. 
Company  commanders  will  be  supplied  from  the  Surgeon-General's  Office 
with  the  Drill  Regulations  for  the  Hospital  Corps;  and  the  surgeon  of  the 
post,  under  the  direction  of  the  post  commander,  will  thoroughly  instruct 
all  company  officers  serving  with  troops  in  the  professional  knowledge 
required. 

1413.  All  available  men  of  the  Hospital  Corps  will  be  instructed  under 
the  supervision  of  the  surgeon  of  the  post  for  at  least  eight  hours  in  each 
month  in  the  duties  of  litter  bearers  and  the  methods  of  rendering  first  aid 
to  the  sick  and  wounded. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
^°-  62.  )  Washington,  November  9,  1897. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1032  of  the  Regulations 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1032.  Public  animals  shall,  upon  the  day  received,  be  branded  with  the 
letters  "  U.  S."  on  the  left  fore  shoulder.  Cavalry  and  artillery  horses, 
assigned  to  organizations,  will  also  be  branded  on  the  hoof  of  one  fore  foot, 
\\  inches  below  the  coronet,  with  the  designation  of  the  regiment  and 
troop  or  battery.  Branding  irons  will  be  supplied  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  of  uniform  size  and  design.  Letters  "  U.  S."  to  be  2  inches  in 


APPENDIX.  337 

height.  Letters  and  numbers  of  hoof  brands,  on  the  same  line,  to  be  three- 
fourths  of  an  inch  high,  the  letter  to  precede  the  number,  and  blocked  so 
as  to  penetrate  the  hoof  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  68-  )  Washington,  December  10,  1897. 

I.  At  all  artillery  posts,  forts,  and  stations  the  care  and  preservation  of 
the  guns,  carriages,  magazines,  ammunition,  and  other  artillery  material, 
parapets,  platforms,  and  grounds  surrounding  them,  will  be  divided  among 
the  batteries  thereof,  and  battery  commanders  will  be  held  to  a  rigid 
accountability  for  a  proper  performance  of  these  duties.     In  order  that  all 
artillery  organizations  may  be  thoroughly  instructed  in  the  care  and  manip- 
ulation of  all  the  kinds  and  calibers  of  guns,  carriages,  etc.,  changes  will 
occasionally  be  made  in  the  assignment  of  these  duties  to  the  different  artil- 
lery organizations. 

II.  The  methods  described  in  the  instruction  pamphlets  issued  to  battery 
commanders  for  the  mounting,  using,  and  care  of  the  various  guns  and  car- 
riages will  be  strictly  followed. 

III.  The  ammunition  service  (trolleys  and  lifts)  will  be  operated  at  inter- 
vals of  not  exceeding  seven  days,  and  the  different  working  parts  (pulleys, 
journals,  etc.)  kept  clean  and  lubricated. 

IV.  Where  electric  light  and  power  plants  have  been  installed,  they  will 
be  put  in  operation  once  a  month.     In  firing  boilers  the  temperature  in  the 
fire  box  should  be  raised  very  gradually  to  avoid  sudden  expansions  of  the 
metal  shell.     All  machinery,  such  as  engines,  pumps,  and  boilers,  will  be 
kept  in  good  working  order  at  all  times.     The  small  amount  of  fuel  required 
for  the  purpose  of  operating  the  power  and  light  plants  should  be  provided 
from  the  fuel  allowances  of  the  troops. 

Lubricating  material  and  electrical  supplies  will  be  secured  on  quarterly 
requisitions  from  the  proper  departments. 

V.  Platforms,  parapets,  and  the  grounds  surrounding  them,  whose  limits 
will  be  prescribed  by  post  commanders,  will  be  kept  in  proper  police. 
Drains  and  sumps  should  be  inspected  weekly,  and  kept  in  order. 

Any  damage  to  or  defects  in  the  engineer  work  or  property  pertaining  to 
the  Ordnance  Department  should  be  promptly  reported. 

VI.  It  should  be  born  in  mind  that  the  main  duty  of  the  artillery  is  to 
care  for  these  expensive  high-power  engines  of  war,  learn  their  capabili- 
ties and  their  use  under  all  circumstances,  and  the  proper  manipulation  of 
range  finders,  converter-boards,   etc.,  used  with  them,  and  also  become 
thoroughly  familiar  with  the  charts  of  the  harbors  in  which  they  are  serving. 

Vessel-tracking  with  the  guns  in  connection  with  the  range  finder  and 
converter-board  will  be  frequently  practiced. 

VII.  In  order  to  properly  carry  out  the  spirit  of  this  order,  the  weekly 
inspections  of  the  various  batteries  will  be  held — weather  permitting — at 
the  guns,  for  the  care  of  which  they  are  severally  responsible.     The  regu- 
lar monthly  inspection  of  the  post  will  include  that  of  the  guns,  and  thus 
the  post  or  battalion  commanders  will  be  enabled  to  determine  how  well 
the  battery  commanders  have  performed  their  uuties,  and  what  progress 

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338  APPENDIX. 

has  been  made  in  familiarizing  the  troops  with  the  duties  which  are  required 
of  them.  The  last  day  of  each  quarter  a  report  in  writing  of  the  inspection 
will  be  made  by  post  or  battalion  commanders,  through  department  head- 
quarters for  the  information  of  the  Major-General  Commanding  the  Army. 
In  the  annual  reports  of  department  commanders  of  their  personal  inspec- 
tions, as  required  by  paragraph  193,  Army  Regulations,  the  condition  and 
working  order  of  these  batteries  of  position  will  be  reported,  but  any  case 
of  neglect  will  be  made  the  subject  of  a  special  report.  (A.  R. .  193, 343,  and 
1331.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  71.  )  WcuMngton,  December  14, 1897. 

Military  posts,  stations,  and  reservations  have  been  selected  for  occupa- 
tion by  the  military  forces,  not  only  for  immediate  and  temporary  use,  but 
inmost  cases  for  occupation  so  long  as  the  Government  shall  exist.  The 
attention  of  Department  and  Post  Commanders  is  invited  to  the  condition 
of  these  military  reservations  in  order  that  every  consideration  may  be  given 
to  their  care,  preservation,  and  adornment.  They  will  not  only  be  made 
useful  and  healthful  to  the  garrisons,  but  be  made  attractive  homes  for  the 
Army  by  every  means  available  for  that  purpose.  Commanding  officers  are 
directed  to  give  this  subject  their  earnest  attention  and  to  make  requisitions 
for  such  appliances  as  may  be  necessary  in  order  to  carry  out  the  purpose 
of  this  order. 

The  grounds,  as  far  as  practicable,  will  be  improved  by  utilizing  such 
material  as  may  be  available  for  the  purpose.  The  shrubbery,  trees,  and 
forests  on  the  reservation  will  be  kept  properly  pruned,  brush  and  unsightly 
trees  removed,  vines,  fruit  and  ornamental  trees  planted  and  cultivated, 
and  grounds  properly  ditched  or  drained.  Live  trees  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
inhabited  parts  of  a  military  reservation  will  not  be  cut  down,  except  on 
the  recommendation  of  the  Post  Council  of  Administration,  approved  by 
the  Post  and  Department  Commanders. 

Where  reservations  are  of  sufficient  extent,  and  it  is  practicable,  they  will 
be  stocked  with  game,  and  all  native  singing  birds  protected. 

Where  required,  requests  will  be  made  through  the  proper  military  chan- 
nels to  these  headquarters  for  supplies  of  seeds  for  grass,  flowers,  vines,  fruit 
and  ornamental  trees.  (Art.  XXXVII,  A.  R.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  i  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No'  75>  Washington,  December  31,  1897. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1359  of  the  Regu- 
lations is  revoked,  and  paragraphs  129, 130, 1355,  and  1358  are  amended  to 
read  as  follows: 

129.  Deserters  will  be  brought  to  trial  with  the  least  practicable  delay. 
While  awaiting  trial  they  will  receive  no  pay,  nor  will  they  be  permitted  to 
sign  pay  rolls,  and  will  be  required  to  wear  the  clothes  worn  at  the  time  of 
arrest,  unless  it  should  be  imperative  to  issue  other  clothing,  when,  as  far 
as  practicable,  only  deserters'  or  other  unserviceable  clothing  will  be  issued. 

130.  The  clothing  abandoned  by  a  deserter  will  be  turned  over  to  the 


APPENDIX.  339 

quartermaster,  with  a  certificate  from  the  company  or  detachment  com- 
mander showing  its  condition  and  the  name  of  the  deserter  to  whom  it 
belonged.  In  no  case  should  the  money  or  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  effects 
of  a  deserter  be  turned  over  to  his  relatives,  nor  any  payment  made  there- 
from by  an  officer  on  any  account  whatsoever.  All  other  personal  effects  of 
a  deserter  will  be  disposed  of  as  in  the  case  of  unclaimed  effects  of  deceased 
.soldiers. 

1355.  Should  any  error  or  informality  be  discovered  in  a  check  it  will  be 
returned  to  the  paymaster,  who  will  correct  the  same  and  return  it  with 
the  least  practicable  delay.  The  roll  will  be  returned  to  the  paymaster 
after  payment  of  the  company,  with  a  note  thereon,  verified  by  the  wit- 
nessing officer,  stating  the  facts  as  to  the  erroneous  check.  The  receipt  of 
the  corrected  check  will  be  certified  by  the  company  commander  to  the 
paymaster,  who  will  file  such  certificate  with  the  pay  rolls. 

1358.  Should  a  soldier  die  or  desert  in  the  interval  between  signing  the 
pay  rolls  and  the  receipt  of  the  money  at  the  post  from  the  paymaster, 
the  check  or  cash  will  be  immediately  returned  to  the  paymaster,  the  cash 
by  express,  the  check  by  registered  mail,  and  a  note  of  explanation  stating 
the  fact  of  nonpayment  and  return  of  the  check  or  money  will  be  made  on 
the  roll,  verified  by  the  signature  of  the  witnessing  officer.  The  same 
course  will  be  pursued  should  a  soldier  decline  to  receive  his  pay,  or  if  for 
any  other  reason  it  should  be  impracticable  to  deliver  it  to  him  in  person. 
When  a  paymaster  has  had  money  returned  to  him  in  such  cases  he  will 
cancel  the  signature  of  the  soldier  on  the  roll. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  2-  )  Washington,  January  4,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  attention  of  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  is  invited  to 
the  following  circular  of  the  honorable  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  No.  187, 
of  date  November  11,  1897: 

By  the  terms  of  an  agreement  recently  entered  into  between  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
and  the  Union  Pacific  Reorganization  Committee  for  the  settlement  and  payment  in  full  to 
November  1,  1897,  of  the  indebtedness  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  Company  to  the  United 
States,  all  claims  for  services  rendered  by  the  said  company  to  the  United  States  remaining 
unsettled  or  unpaid  on  November  1, 1897,  and  all  claims  for  like  service  thereafter  rendered 
are  required  to  be  paid  to  the  company  in  cash. 

In  order,  therefore,  to  facilitate  the  adjustment  of  matters  involved  in  such  settlement  and 
to  carry  into  full  effect  the  terms  of  said  agreement,  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  all  pending 
•claims  for  transportation  services  heretofore  rendered  by  said  company  to  the  United  States, 
and  all  claims  for  like  services  hereafter  rendered,  shall  be  settled  by  the  accounting  officers 
in  favor  of  said  company  without  reference  to  bond  and  interest  account  or  to  the  require- 
ments of  the  sinking  fund  created  by  the  act  of  May  7,  1878. 

The  provisions  of  Department  Circular  No.  45,  of  March  9,  1895,  are  hereby  modified 
accordingly. 

Also  to  the  decision  of  the  honorable  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  Decem- 
ber 4,  1897: 

That  accounts  for  services  rendered  for  the  Government  over  the  main  line  of  the  Union 
Pacific  from  Council  Bluffs  to  Ogden  remaining  unpaid,  may  be  paid  either  by  the  disbursing 
officers  of  the  War  Department  or  through  the  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury  as  may  be 
most  convenient. 


340  APPENDIX. 

Also  to  the  fact  that  of  dates  November  29  and  December  24,  1897,  the 
auditor  of  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  Company  has  suggested  that: 

There  is  no  necessity  now  for  issuing  more  than  one  bill  of  lading  or  Government  transporta- 
tion request  for  service  between  any  two  points  on  the  Union  Pacific  System  except  where  one 
of  the  points  is  on  the  aided  portion  of  the  Kansas  Division. 

The  receivers  of  the  Union  Pacific  System  will  accept  a  single  through  bill  of  lading  or  trans- 
portation request  covering  service  for  any  department  of  the  United  States  Government,  either 
way,  over  any  of  the  lines  under  their  jurisdiction,  when  presented  by  any  connecting  line. 

Officers  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  are,  therefore,  hereby 
instructed  that  so  much  of  A.  R.  1093  and  1147,  General  Orders,  No.  77, 1892, 
Adjutant-General's  Office,  and  circular  of  the  Quartermaster-General's 
Office  of  April  13,  1895,  as  require  the  issuance  of  separate  transportation 
requests  and  bills  of  lading  for  services  over  the  Union  Pacific  Railway 
between  Omaha,  Nebr.,  and  Ogderi,  Utah,  are  hereby  revoked,  and  a  single 
request  or  bill  of  lading  maybe  issued,  where  the  travel  is  to  or  from  points 
on  the  Union  Pacific  Railway  above  indicated  in  connection  with  roads 
other  than  the  bond- aided  Central  Pacific,  Kansas  Division  of  the  Union 
Pacific,  or  the  Sioux  City  and  Pacific  railroads. 

All  existing  instructions  requiring  the  use  of  the  Union  Pacific  between 
Omaha  and  Ogden  as  a  bond-aided  railroad  are  hereby  revoked,  and  the 
same  regulations  as  apply  to  transportation  over  other  all-cash  lines  will 
hereafter  apply  to  transportation  for  the  Army  over  the  Union  Pacific 
lines  as  above  referred  to,  and  accounts  for  such  service  may  hereafter 
be  stated  and  paid  by  the  disbursing  quartermasters  of  the  Army  under 
the  same  regulations  which  govern  other  cash  lines. 

In  deciding  upon  the  route  for  passengers  and  freight  hereafter  officers 
issuing  transportation  will  take  the  new  conditions  governing  the  Union 
Pacific  Railroad  into  account  in  calculating  cost.  (A.  R.,  1093,  1147.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  AR.MY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  5-  )  Washington,  March  9, 

Illuminating  supplies,  in  addition  to  those  now  provided  for  in  paragraphs 
1013  and  1014  of  the  Regulations,  are  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War 
as  follows: 

Four  burners  (four  lights)  to  each  company,  troop,  or  battery  quartered 
in  a  barrack  having  an  amusement  or  a  recreation  room  separate  from  the 
dormitories  and  rooms  for  which  light  is  now  granted  by  the  Regulations. 

Four  burners  (four  lights)  to  bands  occupying  quarters  separate  from 
those  organizations  from  which  they  are  detailed.  (A.  R.,  1013,  1014.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  March  14,  1898. 
I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  512  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

512.  Printed  letter  and  note  headings  for  department  headquarters  will 
contain  only  the  designation  of  the  headquarters,  the  office  to  which  the 


APPENDIX.  341 

correspondence  pertains,  post-office  address,  and  blank  date.  Those  for 
posts,  regiments,  and  schools  of  instruction  will  contain  only  the  designa- 
tion of  the  post,  regiment,  or  school,  post-office  address,  and  blank  date. 
Names  of  officers  or  other  persons  will  not  be  printed  on  letter  or  note 
headings  for  use  in  any  branch  of  the  military  service. 


OENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  H-  )  Washington,  March  23,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  857,  858,  859,  and  860 
of  the  Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

857.  The  sphere  of  inquiry  of  the  Inspector-General's  Department  includes 
every  branch  of  military  affairs  except  when  specially  limited  in  these  regu- 
lations or  in  orders.     Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will 
exercise  a  comprehensive  and  general  observation  within  the  command 
to  which  they  may  be  respectively  assigned,  over  all  that  pertains  to  the 
efficiency  of  the  Army,  the  condition  and  state  of  supplies  of  all  kinds,  of 
arms  and  equipments,  of  the  expenditure  of  public  property  and  moneys, 
and  the  condition  of  accounts  of  all  disbursing  officers  of  every  branch  of 
the  service,  of  the  conduct,  discipline,  and  efficiency  of  officers  and  troops, 
and  report  with  strict  impartiality  in  regard  to  all  irregularities  that  may 
be  discovered.     From  time  to  time  they  will  make  such  suggestions  as  may 
appear  to  them  practicable  for  the  correction  of  any  defect  that  may  come 
under  their  observation. 

858.  Inspectors-general,  or  acting  inspectors-general,  assigned  to  a  mili- 
tary department,  are  under  the  immediate  direction  of  its  commanding 
general;  when  not  so  assigned,  they  are  solely  under  the  orders  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,  or  the  General  Commanding  the  Army.    They  will  make  the 
general  inspections  within  the  limits  of  the  respective  departments,  and  will 
each  be  allowed  the  necessary  clerks  and  one  messenger,who  will  be  assigned 
by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

859.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will  report  by  letter 
on  arriving  at  their  stations  to  the  Inspector-General  at  the  War  Depart- 
ment; they  will  furnish  him  copies  of  all  orders  and  written  instructions 
received  for  tours  of  inspection,  with  a  report  of  the  dates  of  departure 
from,  and  return  to,  their  posts  in  obedience  thereto;  and  thereafter,  on 
the  -last  day  of  each  month,  will  report  direct  to  him  their  addresses  and 
the  duties  they  have  performed  during  the  month.     Correspondence  in  the 
Inspector-General's  Department,  between  the  head  thereof  and  officers  serv- 
ing therein,  will  be  direct,  for  the  purpose  of  instruction  and  information 
with  respect  to  the  discharge  of  their  duties;  not,  however,  extending  to 
matters  of  administration  pertaining  to  military  commanders. 

860.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  make  known 
his  orders  or  instructions  to  commanding  and  other  officers  whose  troops 
and  affairs  he  is  directed  to  inspect,  and  these  officers  will  see  that  every 
facility  and  assistance,  including  clerical  aid,  if  requested,  is  afforded. 


342  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  13-  J  Washington,  March  28,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  paragraphs  are  added 
to  the  Regulations,  viz: 

212a.  The  flag  of  the  President  shall  be  of  scarlet  bunting,  measuring  13 
feet  fly  and  8  feet  hoist,  having  a  hem  on  the  hoist  3  inches  wide  and  pro- 
vided with  an  eyelet  at  each  end  for  hoisting  and  lowering.  In  each  of  the 
four  corners  shall  be  a  five-pointed  white  star  with  one  point  upward.  The 
points  of  these  stars  lie  in  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary  circle  of  5 
inches  radius.  The  centers  of  these  imaginary  circles,  which  coincide  with 
the  centers  of  these  stars,  are  18  inches  from  the  short  sides  and  14  inches 
from  the  long  sides  of  the  flag.  In  the  center  of  the  flag  shall  be  a  large 
fifth  star,  also  of  five  points,  which  lie  in  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary 
circle  of  2  feet  9  inches  radius.  The  center  of  this  circle  is  the  point  of 
intersection  of  the  diagonals  of  the  flag.  The  reentering  angles  of  this 
large  star  lie  in  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary  circle  of  16  inches  radius, 
with  the  same  center  as  before.  Inside  of  the  star  thus  outlined  is  a  paral- 
lel star,  separated  from  it  by  a  band  of  white  3  inches  wide.  This  inner 
star  forms  a  blue  field  upon  which  is  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United 
States  as  determined  by  the  State  Department,  the  device  being  located  by 
placing  the  middle  point  of  the  line  dividing  the  chief  from  the  paleways 
of  the  escutcheon  upon  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  diagonals  of  the  flag, 
and  thus  coinciding  with  the  center  of  the  large  center  star.  On  the  scar- 
let field  around  the  large  star  are  other  white  stars,  one  for  each  State, 
equally  scattered  in  the  reentering  angles,  and  all  included  within  the  cir-- 
cumference  of  a  circle  of  3  feet  3  inches  radius,  whose  center  is  the  center 
of  the  large  star. 

COLORS. 

For  the  President. 

2146.  Of  scarlet  silk,  6  feet  6  inches  fly  and  4  feet  on  the  pike,  which  shall 
be  10  feet  long,  including  ferrule  and  head.  The  head  shall  consist  of  a 
globe,  3  inches  in  diameter,  surmounted  by  an  American  eagle,  alert,  4 
inches  high.  In  each  of  the  four  corners  shall  be  a  five-pointed  white  star. 
The  points  of  these  stars  lie  in  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary  circle 
of  2$  inches  radius.  The  centers  of  these  imaginary  circles,  which  coincide 
with  the  centers  of  these  stars,  are  9  inches  from  the  short  sides  and  7  inches 
from  the  long  sides  of  the  color.  In  the  center  of  the  color  shall  be  a  large 
fifth  star,  also  of  five  points,  which  lie  in  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary 
circle  of  16|  inches  radius.  The  center  of  this  circle  is  the  point  of  intersec- 
tion of  the  diagonals  of  the  color.  The  reentering  angles  of  this  large  star 
lie  in  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary  circle  of  8  inches  radius,  with  the 
same  center  as  before.  Inside  of  the  star  thus  outlined  is  a  parallel  star. 
separated  from  it  by  a  band  of  white  H  inches  wide.  This  inner  star  forms 
a  blue  field,  upon  which  is  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States  as 
determined  by  the  State  Department,  the  device  being  located  by  placing 
the  middle  point  of  the  line  dividing  the  chief  from  the  paleways  of  the 
escutcheon  upon  the  point  of  intersection  of  the  diag  als  of  the  color,  and 
thus  coinciding  with  the  center  of  the  large  center  star.  On  the  scarlet 
field  around  the  large  star  are  other  white  stars,  one  for  each  State,  equally 


APPENDIX.  343 

scattered  in  the  reentering  angles  and  all  included  within  the  circumfer- 
ence of  a  circle  of  19|  inches  radius,  whose  center  is  the  center  of  the  large 
star.  The  design,  letters,  figures,  and  stars  are  to  be  embroidered  in  silk, 
the  same  on  both  sides  of  the  color.  The  edges  of  the  color  are  to  be 
trimmed  with  knotted  fringe,  of  silver  and  gold,  3  inches  wide,  and  one 
cord  (having  two  tassels)  8  feet  6  inches  long  and  made  of  red,  white,  and 
blue  silk  intermixed. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  21.  )  Washington,  April  20,  1898. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

II.  The  following  joint  resolution  of  Congress  is  published  for  the  infor- 
mation and  government  of  all  concerned: 

JOINT  RESOLUTION  relative  to  suspension  of  part  of  section  three  hundred  and  fifty-five 
of  Revised  Statutes,  relative  to  the  erection  of  forts,  fortifications,  and  so  forth. 

Ri  solved  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Congress 
assembled,  That  in  case  of  emergency  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  President,  the  immediate 
erection  of  any  temporary  fort  or  fortification  is  deemed  important  and  urgent,  such  tempo- 
rary fort  or  fortification  may  be  constructed  upon  the  written  consent  of  the  owner  of  the 
land  upon  which  such  work  is  to  be  placed;  and  the  requirements  of  section  three  hundred 
and  fifty-five  of  the  Revised  Statutes  shall  not  be  applicable  in  such  cases. 

Approved,  April  11,  1898. 

(A.R.,703.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  2T.  Washington,  April  27,  1898. 

I.  The  following  order  has  been  received  from  the  War  Department: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  Washington,  April  27, 1898. 

By  direction  of  the  President,  and  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  an  act  for  the  better  organ- 
ization of  the  line  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  approved  April  26,  1898,  a  third  battalion 
will  be  established  for  each  infantry  regiment;  and  company,  troop,  and  battery  organizations 
provided  for  in  that  act  will  be  recruited  to  their  war  strength. 

R.  A.  ALGER,  Secretary  of  War. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  immediate  measures  will  be 
taken  to  recruit  the  regiments  of  the  Regular  Army  and  the  Battalion  of 
Engineers,  as  follows:  • 

1 .  The  commanding  officers  of  infantry  regiments  will  transfer  to  Com- 
panies I,  K,  L,  and  M,  from  other  companies  of  their  regiments,  a  sufficient 
number  of  noncommissioned  officers  and  men  to  assure  the  prompt  organi- 
zation of  these  companies.     The  total  number  of  men  transferred  to  each 
of  the  new  companies  should  be  not  less  than  twenty,  and  they  should  be 
selected  with  reference  to  their  ability  to  assist  in  the  instruction  of  recruits. 

2.  The  commanding  officers  of  cavalry  regiments  will  transfer  to  Troops 
L  and  M,  from  other  troops  of  their  regiments,  a  sufficient  number  of  non- 
commissioned officers  and  men  to  assure  the  prompt  organization  of  these 
troops.    The  total  number  of  men  transferred  to  each  of  the  new  troops 
should  be  not  less  than  twenty,  and  they  should  be  selected  with  reference 
to  their  ability  to  assist  in  the  instruction  of  recruits  and  the  training  of 
horses. 


344  APPENDIX. 

3.  Every  proper  effort  will  be  made  by  the  regimental  commanders  to 
recruit  their  regiments,  under  the  provisions  of  A.  R.  856,  to  the  legal 
strength.     The  enlistments  will  be  governed  by  the  provisions  of  Circular 
No.  3,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  November  12,  1895,  paragraphs  2,  3.  4b, 
and  6. 

The  limit  for  each  company  of  infantry  is:  One  first  sergeant,  one  quar- 
termaster-sergeant, four  sergeants,  twelve  corporals,  two  musicians,  one 
artificer,  one  wagoner,  and  eighty-four  privates;  total  enlisted,  one  hundred 
and  six. 

The  limit  for  each  troop  of  cavalry  is:  One  first  sergeant,  one  quarter- 
master-sergeant, six  sergeants,  eight  corporals,  two  farriers  and  black- 
smiths, two  trumpeters,  one  saddler,  one  wagoner,  seventy-eight  privates; 
total  enlisted,  one  hundred. 

The  limit  for  each  battery  of  heavy  artillery  is:  One  first  sergeant,  twenty- 
two  sergeants,  ten  corporals,  two  musicians,  two  artificers,  one  wagoner, 
one  hundred  and  sixty-two  privates;  total  enlisted,  two  hundred. 

The  limit  of  each  battery  of  field  artillery  is:  One  first  sergeant,  one  quar- 
termaster-sergeant, one  veterinary  sergeant,  six  sergeants,  fifteen  corporals, 
two  farriers,  two  artificers,  one  saddler,  two  musicians,  one  wagoner,  one 
hundred  and  forty-one  privates:  total  enlisted,  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
three. 

4.  Regimental  commanders  are  authorized  to  send  recruiting  parties  into 
any  territory  not  already  occupied  by  parties  from  other  organizations  of 
the  same  arm,  having  due  regard  to  economy  in  transportation.     Each 
recruiting  officer  thus  detailed  will  also  be  an  acting  quartermaster. 

5.  Arrangements  will  be  made  through  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 
when  necessary,  for  renting  under  emergency  agreements  suitable  quarters 
for  temporary  recruiting  stations  and  the  furnishing  of  supplies  therefor. 
Arrangements  will  also  be  made  with  the  proper  officers  of  the  Subsistence 
Department  for  the  subsistence  of  recruiting  parties  and  recruits. 

6.  Requisitions  for  the  necessary  clothing,  arms,  equipments,  and  horses 
will  be  made  at  once.    Where  it  is  practicable  to  obtain  these  supplies 
without  great  delay,  in  whole  or  in  part,  from  posts  recently  garrisoned  by 
regiments,  commanding  officers  will  take  the  necessary  action  for  securing 
them,  in  order  to  avoid  unnecessary  requisitions  upon  supply  departments 
at  this  time. 

7.  Regimental  enlistments  under  this  order  will  be  supplemented  by  gen- 
eral service  recruits,  as  follows: 

(a)  General  service  recruiting  officers,  whether  at  city  stations  or  posts, 
will  make  enlistments  for  their  own  regiments  to  fill  vacancies  therein,  and 
will  send  soldiers  thus  enlisted  with  the  least  practicable  delay,  in  small 
detachments,  to  points  indicated  by  the  respective  regimental  commanders. 
Such  enlistments  will  be  governed  by  the  provisions  of  Circular  No.  3. 
Adjutant-General's  Office,  November  12,  1895,  paragraphs  1,  3,  4a,  5,  and  6. 

(b)  Other  assignments  of  recruits  from  general  recruiting  stations  and 
rendezvous  will  be  made  by  the  Adjutant-General,  when  necessary,  under 
A.R.849. 

8.  When  a  regiment  approaches  the  maximum  limit,  the  regimental  com- 
mander will  notify  the  officers  recruiting  therefor,  and  also  the  Adjutant- 
General,  in  order  to  prevent  enlistments  for  or  assignments  to  the  regiment 
which  would  carry  it  above  the  legal  strength. 


APPENDIX. 

9.  The  general  service  recruiting  officers  at  Boston,  Mass.,  New  York 
City  and  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  Louisville, 
Ky.,  will  make  enlistments  for  the  Battalion  of  Engineers,  to  fill  vacancies 
therein  of  which  they  may  be  notified,  from  time  to  time,  by  the  battalion 
commander,  and  will  send  soldiers  thus  enlisted,  in  small  detachments,  to 
such  points  as  may  be  indicated  by  him.  Such  enlistments  will  be  gov- 
erned by  the  provisions  of  Circular  No.  3,  Adjutant-General's  Office, 
November  12,  1895,  paragraphs  i,  3,  4a,  5,  and  6. 

The  limit  for  each  company  of  engineers  is:  One  first  sergeant,  ten  ser- 
geants, ten  corporals,  two  musicians,  sixty-four  first-class  privates,  sixty- 
three  second-class  privates;  total  enlisted,  one  hundred  and  fifty.  (A.  R., 
849,  856.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No- 38-  )  Washington,  April  28,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

As  the  summary  court  is,  by  the  act  of  Congress  establishing  it,  limited 
to  "time  of  peace,"  and  by  the  eightieth  article  of  war  is  replaced  "  in  time 
of  war"  by  the  field  officer's  court;  and  this  being  "time  of  war,''  within 
the  meaning  of  the  eightieth  article  of  war,  the  summary  court  will  be  dis- 
continued and  the  eightieth  article  of  war  carried  into  effect.  (A.  W.,80.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No- 29-  )  Washington,  April  29,  1S98. 

The  following  act  and  joint  resolution  of  Congress  are  published  for  the 
information  and  government  of  all  concerned: 

*  #  *  *  *  *  * 

SEC.  6.  That  in  time  of  war  the  pay  proper  of  enlisted  men  shall  be  increased  twenty  per 
centum  over  and  above  the  rates  of  pay  as  fixed  by  law:  Provided,  That  in  war  time  no  addi- 
tional increased  compensation  shall  be  allowed  to  soldiers  performing  what  is  known  as 
extra  or  special  duty:  Provided  further,  That  any  soldier  who  deserts  shall,  besides  incurring 
the  penalties  now  attaching  to  the  crime  of  desertion,  forfeit  all  right  to  pension  which  he 
might  otherwise  have  acquired. 

(A.  R.,165.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

No-  32-  '  Washington.  May  3,  189S. 

*  ****** 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  paragraph  is 
added  to  the  Army  Regulations: 

1550o.  In  time  of  war  officers  on  the  active  list  of  the  Army  while  on 
duty  will  wear  the  uniform  of  their  grade. 


346  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  36-  Washington,  May  7, 189S. 

******* 
II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT,  May  U,  189S. 

******* 
Pursuant  to  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  by  section  12  of  the 
act  of  July  31,  1894,  to  make  orders  in  particular  cases  relaxing  the  requirement  of  mailing  or 
otherwise  sending  accounts  to  the  proper  officer  at  Washington  within  10  or  20  days  when 
there  is,  or  is  likely  to  be,  a  manifest  physical  difficulty  in  complying  with  the  law,  it  is  hereby 
ordered  that  during  the  continuance  of  the  existing  war  with  Spain,  the  requirements  as  to 
the  rendition  of  the  accounts  of  disbursing  officers  of  the  War  Department  for  expenses  per- 
taining to  the  military  establishment  be  relaxed  to  the  following  extent: 

Monthly  accounts  may  be  rendered  to  the  proper  officer  at  Washington  within  20  days  after 
the  end  of  the  month  to  which  they  relate. 

Quarterly  and  other  accounts  may  be  rendered  to  the  proper  officer  at  Washington  within 
40  days  after  the  period  to  which  they  relate. 

L.  .T.  <;A(.K,  NM-/V /<;/•//. 

(A.R.,627.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  40-  J  Washington,  May  10,  1S98. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  it  is  announced  that  men  en- 
listed or  reenlisted  in  the  Regular  Army  during  the  war  may  be  informed 
that  they  will  be  granted  their  discharges,  if  desired  at  the  close  of  the  war, 
upon  their  individual  applications.  (A.  R.,  140.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  45-  )  Washington,  May  16, 1898. 

I.  The  following  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  is  published  for  the  infor- 
mation and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Tenders  of  resignation  by  volunteer  officers  in  the  United  States  service 
to  receive  attention  must  be  submitted  in  writing,  through  the  proper 
channel,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  for  the  consideration  and 
action  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  or  the  President.  (A.  R..  77.) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  115  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

115.  When  a  soldier  deserts,  a  board  of  survey  will  be  called  by  the  reg- 
imental commander  to  ascertain  whether  he  has  lost  or  abstracted  any 
articles  of  Government  property,  and  if  so,  to  determine  the  money  value 
of  the  same.  The  value  of  the  articles  thus  found  to  be  missing  will  be 
charged  against  the  deserter  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  roll  of  his  company, 
which  will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  board's  report.  A  copy  of  so 
much  of  the  proceedings  as  relates  to  the  property  charged  on  any  roll  will 
accompany  the  return  to  which  the  property  pertains.  The  board  will  also 
fully  investigate  the  circumstances  attending  desertion,  especially  the  causes 


APPENDIX.  347 

which  induced  it.  and  make  a  separate  report  in  each  case  of  its  investiga- 
tion and  conclusions  thereon,  which  will  be  transmitted  to  corps  or  depart- 
ment headquarters  through  intermediate  channels. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  49-  )  Washington,  May  19,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  926  and  929  of  the  Reg- 
ulations are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

926.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  where  a  general  court-martial  is 
convened  will,  at  the  request  of  any  prisoner  who  is  to  be  arraigned,  detail 
as  counsel  for  his  defense  a  suitable  officer,  one  not  directly  responsible  for 
the  discipline  of  an  organization  serving  thereat,  nor  acting  as  a  summary 
court.  If  there  be  no  such  officer  available  the  fact  will  be  reported  to  the 
appointing  authority  for  action.  Ah  officer  so  detailed  should  perform 
such  duties  as  usually  devolve  upon  counsel  for  defendant  before  civil 
courts  in  criminal  cases.  As  such  counsel  he  should  guard  the  interests  of 
the  prisoner  by  all  honorable  and  legitimate  means  known  to  the  law,  so 
far  as  they  are  not  inconsistent  with  military  relations. 

929.  Whenever  a  soldier  is  convicted  of  an  off ense  for  which  a  discretion- 
ary punishment  is  authorized,  the  court  will  receive  evidence  of  previous 
convictions,  if  there  be  any;  such  evidence  being  limited,  except  in  the 
case  of  desertion ,  to  previous  convictions  by  courts-martial  of  any  offense 
or  offenses  within  one  year  preceding  the  arraignment  and  during  the  cur- 
rent enlistment.  General,  regimental,  and  garrison,  courts-martial  will, 
after  a  finding  of  guilty,  be  opened  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  whether 
there  is  such  evidence  and,  if  so,  of  receiving  it.  Previous  convictions  by 
courts-martial  must  be  proved  by  the  records  of  previous  trials  and  convic- 
tions, or  by  duly  authenticated  copies  of  such  records,  or  by  duly  authenti- 
cated copies  of  the  order  promulgating  such  trials.  The  usual  evidence  of 
previous  convictions  by  summary  court  is  the  copy  of  a  summary  court 
record  furnished  to  company  and  other  commanders,  as  required  by  para- 
graph 932,  Army  Regulations,  or  one  furnished  for  the  purpose,  and  certi- 
fied to  be  a  true  copy  by  the  post  commander  or  adjutant.  When  the  proof 
produced  is  the  copy  furnished  to  the  company  or  other  commander,  it  will 
be  returned  to  him  and  a  copy  of  it  attached  to  the  record  of  the  general, 
regimental,  or  garrison  court  trying  the  case.  Charges  forwarded  to  the 
authority  competent  to  order  a  general  court-martial,  or  submitted  to  a 
summary,  garrison,  or  regimental  court-martial,  must  be  accompanied  by 
the  proper  evidence  of  previous  convictions. 

\ 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  56-  )  \Vnshington,  May  27,  1898. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Enlisted  men  belonging  to  different  regiments  or  distinct  organizations 
will  not  be  mustered  on  the  same  roll.    Separate  rolls  must  be  prepared, 


348  APPENDIX. 

one  roll  for  the  members  of  each  regiment  or  organization.  The  provisions 
of  A.  R.  785  will  be  strictly  adhered  to  in  this  particular. 

These  instructions  will  also  govern  in  the  preparation  of  pay  rolls. 

This  order  will  not  apply,  however,  to  patients  in  the  United  States  gen- 
eral hospitals.  The  surgeon  in  charge  of  each  will  be  governed  by  special 
instructions  communicated  direct. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  866  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

STATED   INSPECTIONS. 

866.  The  annual  inspection  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  in  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia will  be  made  by  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  in  person,  as 
required  by  law;  and  that  of  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer 
Soldiers,  its  records,  disbursements,  management,  discipline,  and  condition, 
will  be  made  by  an  officer  of  his  department  under  the  provisions  of  the  act 
of  Congress  approved  August  18,  1894,  who  will  report  in  writing,  through 
the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  results  of 
such  inspection. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  /  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  58-  )  Washington,  May  31,  1898. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Enlisted  men  of  the  volunteer  organizations  may  be  transferred  to  the 
Hospital  Corps  of  the  Regular  Army  by  the  commanding  general  of  the  army 
corps  in  which  the  soldier  is  serving,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  chief 
surgeon  of  the  corps. 

The  provisions  of  Army  Regulations  governing  the  Hospital  Corps  so  far 
as  they  are  inapplicable  in  time  of  war  and  with  troops  in  the  field  are 
hereby  suspended  during  the  existence  of  such  conditions. 

The  commander  of  an  army  corps,  or  of  a  division  or  brigade  acting 
independently  of  a  corps,  is  charged  with  the  full  control  of  the  transfer 
from  the  line,  the  enlistment,  reenlistment,  and  discharge  of  members  of  the 
Hospital  Corps  of  his  command,  with  the  detail  of  acting  hospital  stewards, 
and  the  appointment  of  hospital  stewards. 

Acting  hospital  stewards  will  be  detailed  from  privates  of  the  Hospital 
Corps  who  are  recommended  by  their  medical  officers  as  possessing  the 
necessary  qualifications.  Hospital  stewards  will  be  appointed  from  acting 
hospital  stewards  who  are  recommended  by  their  medical  officers  and  who 
have  served  not  less  than  three  months  in  the  Hospital  Corps  and  are 
approved  by  a  board  of  not  less  than  three  medical  officers. 

Enlistment  papers  in  duplicate,  examination  forms,  and  outline  figure 
cards  for  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Surgeon- 
General's  Office,  as  now  required,  and  monthly  reports  will  be  made  by  the 
chief  surgeon  of  the  corps,  or  division  if  acting  independently,  showing  the 
number  of  stewards,  acting  stewards,  and  privates  on  duty,  the  names  of 
men  transferred  from  the  line,  of  those  enlisted  or  reenlisted.  discharged, 
died,  detailed  acting  hospital  steward,  or  appointed  hospital  steward. 
{Art.LXXXI.) 


APPENDIX.  349 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  when  recruits  of  the  Hospital 
Corps  are  sent  to  posts  or  stations,  recruiting  officers  will  forward  in  each 
case  the  descriptive  and  assignment  card  required  by  Army  Regulation  850 
for  the  line  of  the  Army. 


GENERAL  ORDERS  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  65-  )  Washington,  June  7,  1898. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1301  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

PAYMENTS   TO   OFFICERS. 

1301.  The  following  officers,  in  addition  to  those  whose  pay  is  fixed  by 
law,  are  entitled  to  pay  as  mounted  officers:  Officers  of  the  staff  corps 
below  the  rank  of  major,  officers  serving  with  troops  of  cavalry,  officers  of 
a  light  battery  duly  organized  and  equipped,  authorized  aids  duly  appointed, 
officers  serving  with  companies  of  mounted  infantry,  and  officers  on  duty 
which  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  commander  requires  them  to  be 
mounted  and  so  certified  by  the  latter  on  their  pay  vouchers.  Acting  judge 
advocates  of  military  departments,  duly  detailed,  are  entitled,  while  so 
serving,  to  the  rank,  pay.  and  allowances  of  captains  of  cavalry.  Battalion 
adjutants  are  entitled  to  mounted  pay  upon  the  certificate  of  their  regi- 
mental commanders  that  they  are  on  duty  which  requires  them  to  be 
mounted. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to 
the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  article  of  salmon  (canned)  is,  by  authority  of  the  President,  under 
section  1146,  Revised  Statutes,  added  as  one  of  the  meat  components  of  the 
ration,  at  the  rate  of  16  ounces  to  the  ration.  Ordinarily  fresh  beef  will  be 
issued  six  days  in  ten;  salt  meats  three  days  in  ten;  and  canned  salmon  one 
day  in  ten.  These  proportions  of  the  meat  ration  may,  however,  be  varied 
by  commanding  officers,  according  to  the  necessities  of  the  service  on  which 
troops  may  be  engaged.  (A.  R.  1253.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

N°-  70.  )  Washington,  June  16, 1898, 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  paragraph  is  added 
to  the  Regulations,  viz: 

1349a.  So  far  as  relates  to  disbursements  at  the  Philippine  Islands  and 
other  points,  including  Alaska,  beyond  the  boundaries  of  the  United  States 
proper  and  for  the  convenience  of  the  paymaster  in  obtaining  ready  money, 
as  well  as  for  the  accommodation  of  both  officers  and  men  at  such  distant 
places,  a  check  may  be  drawn  for  a  portion  of  the  pay  due  the  soldier  (or 
officer),  in  which  case  it  will  be  drawn  in  favor  of  the  soldier  (or  officer), 
and  the  object  or  purpose  will  be  stated  as  "  part  pay  for  month  of  —  — ;" 
if  for  any  sum  which  the  soldier  (or  officer)  may  desire  in  exchange  for 
money  after  he  has  been  paid,  the  check  will  be  drawn  by  the  paymaster 


350  APPENDIX. 

in  favor  of  himself  and  indorsed  by  him  payable  to  the  order  of  the  soldier 
(or  officer),  and  the  object  or  purpose  will  be  stated  as  "  to  obtain  cash  to 
make  payments  at  a  distance  from  a  depository." 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  71.  )  Washington,  June  17,1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions  are  pub- 
lished for  the  information  and  guidance  of  recruiting  officers  of  the  Army, 
both  Regulars  and  Volunteers: 

In  the  absence  of  a  commissioned  medical  officer  or  contract  surgeon,  re- 
cruiting officers  are  authorized  to  employ  a  civilian  physician  to  make  the 
examination  of  recruits  preceding  enlistment  required  by  Army  Regula- 
tions, at  a  compensation  of  40  cents  for  each  man  thus  examined. 

Such  of  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  842  and  1458  of  the  Army  Regula- 
tions, and  of  Circular  Letters,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  May  25, 1896.  and 
June  3,  1898,  as  are  inconsistent  with  the  foregoing  are  suspended  during 
the  war. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  72.  )  Washington,  June..'!, 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  orders  are  promul- 
gated to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

1.  After  every  battle  or  engagement  with  the  enemy,  written  reports 
thereof  will  be  made  by  commanders  of  regiments,  separate  battalions  or 
squadrons,  companies  or  detachments,  and  by  all  commanders  of  a  higher 
grade,  each  in  what  concerns  his  own  command,  which  reports  will  be  for- 
warded, through  the  proper  channel,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

2.  Commanding  officers  of  all  detached  or  independent  batteries,  troops, 
or  companies,  in  the  field,  will  forward  a  monthly  company  return  direct 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

3.  In  order  that  the  War  Department  may  be  in  possession  of  the  latest 
information  respecting  the  Army,  all  returns,  muster  rolls,  etc.,  will  be 
promptly  forwarded  when  due.     (A.  R. ,  790, 797, 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  74.  )  Washington,  June  22,  1898. 

The  attention  of  the  Department  having  been  called  to  the  fact  that 
efforts  have  been  made  to  cause  the  condemnation  of  Springfield  rifles, 
caliber  .45,  because  in  some  cases  they  require  cleaning  or  slight  repairs 
that  can  be  made  in  the  field,  and  that  many  of  these  arms  have  had  but 
little  service  of  a  kind  that  could  injure  their  accuracy  or  firing  qualities, 
the  Secretary  of  War  directs  that  when  arms  are  presented  for  inspection 
with  a  view  to  condemnation  strict  attention  be  paid  to  paragraph  884  of 
the  Regulations,  which  prescribes  that  public  property  in  use  will  not 


APPENDIX.  351 

be  reported  as  unserviceable  nor  condemned  by  an  inspector  merely 
because  worn  or  shabby  in  appearance,  when  really  strong  and  serviceable. 
(A.R.,884.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No- 77-  )  Washington,  June  23,  1898. 

I.  The  following  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  is  published  for  the  infor- 
mation and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  commander  of  a  volunteer  regiment  will  appoint  the  adjutant  and 
the  quartermaster  thereof,  and  will  report  such  appointments  at  once, 
when  made,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  Such  appointments 
will  not  be  antedated,  and  the  officers  appointed  will  be  entitled  to  the  pay 
pertaining  thereto  from  the  date  they  assume  their  duties  under  such 
appointment,  respectively.  Paragraph  233  of  the  Regulations  is  modified 
accordingly  in  respect  to  volunteer  regiments  mustered  into  the  service  of 
the  United  States. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  syllabus  of  the 
opinion  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  relative  to  extra  or  special  duty 
pay.  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  act  of  Congress,  approved  April  26,  1898,  increased  the  pay  proper  of 
all  enlisted  men  in  war  time,  and  then  provided  that  it  should  not  be  further 
increased  by  what  is  known  as  extra  pay  for  extra  or  special  duty,  thus 
cutting  off  the  extra-duty  pay  of  all  soldiers,  no  matter  where  they  may  be 
employed. 

The  act  of  May  4,  1898,  making  an  appropriation  for  extra-duty  pay  for 
certain  enlisted  men  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  does  not  author- 
ize their  pay  for  extra  duty  in  war  time,  and  therefore  the  appropriation 
for  extra-duty  pay  in  said  act  can  not  be  used  for  extra  or  special  duty  dur- 
ing such  time. 

After  the  war  ceases,  should  it  cease  before  the  time  in  which  the  appro- 
priation shall  continue  available,  to  wit,  January  1,  1899,  it  will  then,  and 
then  only,  be  available  for  the  payment  of  extra-duty  pay  for  such  extra 
duty  as  may  be  performed  after  the  war  ceases.  (A.  R.,  165.) 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  paragraph  is 
added  to  the  Army  Regulations: 

225cc.  No  ensign,  pennon,  streamer,  or  other  banner  of  any  kind,  other 
than  the  flags,  colors,  standards,  pennants,  and  guidons  prescribed  by  the 
Army  Regulations,  will  be  used  by  the  Army,  or  by  any  regiment  or  other 
organization  thereof. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  78-  )  Washington.  June  24, 1898. 

I.  The  following  instructions  of  the  Secretary  of  War  are  published  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Commanders  of  military  departments  in  which  United  States  Volunteer 
troops  are  serving,  in  rendering  the  monthly  returns  of  their  departments, 
under  the  requirements  of  paragraph  789  of  the  Regulations,  will  make 


352  APPENDIX. 

separate  returns  each  month  of  the  volunteer  troops  and  those  of  the  United 
States  Army,  respectively,  serving  in  their  commands. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  46  of  the  Regulations 
(General  Orders,  No.  46,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  July  14,  1897)  is 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 

46.  A  division  commander  may  grant  leaves  for  ten  days,  a  corps  or 
department  commander  for  one  month,  and  the  Commanding  General  of 
the  Army  for  four  months;  or  they  may  extend  to  such  periods  those 
granted  by  subordinate  commanders.  Applications  for  leaves  of  more  than 
four  months'  duration,  or  from  officers  of  the  staff  corps  and  departments 
for  more  than  one  month,  or  from  department  commanders  desiring  leaves 
of  absence  to  pass  beyond  the  territorial  limits  of  their  commands,  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the  action  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  79-  J  Washington,  June  ,^'>,  /,y0,s'. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  879  of  the  Regulations 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

879.  Officers  will  prepare  and  sign  in  triplicate,  on  blank  forms  furnished 
by  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  inventories  of  public  property  requir- 
ing inspection,  and  present  them,  with  the  property,  to  the  inspector-gen- 
eral or  acting  inspector-general  at  the  time  of  his  annual  visit.  In  the 
case  of  property  in  the  field,  of  rapidly  deteriorating  subsistence  stores,  or 
of  unserviceable  public  animals,  such  inventories  will  be  prepared  when 
necessary,  and  unless  the  time  of  the  visit  of  an  inspector  be  near  at  hand, 
one  copy  will  be  forwarded  to  the  commander  of  the  department  or  army 
corps  or  division  in  the  field.  Public  animals  will  be  inventoried  singly, 
with  a  brief  description  of  color,  sex,  age,  and  distinguishing  marks. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  80-  ;  Washington,  June  ,J7,  1S08. 

The  following  act  of  Congress  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

AN  ACT  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  promote  the  administration  of  justice  in  the 
Army,"  approved  October  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  and  for  other  purposes. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  Anieriru  /,/  <  '„,/- 
yr ess  assembled,  That  the  Act  entitled  "An  Act  to  promote  the  administration  of  justice  in 
the  Army,"  approved  October  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  as  supplemented  and 
amended  by  subsequent  legislation,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  so  as  to  read  r,s 
follows: 

"That  the  commanding  officer  of  each  garrison,  fort,  or  other  place,  regiment  or  corps, 
detached  battalion,  or  company,  or  other  detachment  in  the  Army,  shall  have  power  to 
appoint  for  such  place  or  command,  or  in  his  discretion  for  each  battalion  thereof,  a  sum- 
mary court  to  consist  of  one  officer  to  be  designated  by  him,  before  whom  enlisted  men  who 
are  to  be  tried  for  offenses,  such  as  were  prior  to  the  passage  of  the  Act '  to  promote  the  admin- 
istration of  justice  in  the  Army,'  approved  October  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  cog- 
nizable by  garrison  or  regimental  courts-martial,  and  offenses  cognizable  by  field  officers 
detailed  to  try  offenders  under  the  provisions  of  the  eightieth  and  one  hundred  and  tenth 


APPENDIX.  353 

articles  of  war,  shall  be  brought  to  trial  within  twenty-four  hours  of  the  time  of  the  arrest,  or 
as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  except  when  the  accused  is  to  be  tried  by  general  court- 
martial;  but  such  summary  court  maybe  appointed  and  the  officer  designated  by  superior 
authority  when  by  him  deemed  desirable;  and  the  officer  holding  the  summary  court  shall 
have  power  to  administer  oaths  and  to  hear  and  determine  such  cases,  and  when  satisfied  of 
the  guilt  of  the  accused  adjudge  the  punishment  to  be  inflicted,  which  said  punishment  shall 
not  exceed  confinement  at  hard  labor  for  one  month  and  forfeiture  of  one  month's  pay,  and, 
in  the  case  of  a  noncommissioned  officer,  reduction  to  the  ranks  in  addition  thereto;  that 
there  shall  be  a  .summary  court  record  kept  at  each  military  post  and  in  the  field  at  the  head- 
quarters of  the  proper  command,  in  which  shall  be  entered  a  record  of  all  cases  heard  and 
determined  and  the  action  had  thereon;  and  no  sentence  adjudged  by  said  summary  court 
shall  be  executed  until  it  shall  have  been  approved  by  the  officer  appointing  the  court,  or  by 
the  officer  commanding  for  the  time  being:  Provided,  That  when  but  one  commissioned  officer 
is  present  with  a  command  he  shall  hear  and  finally  determine  such  cases:  And  provided 
further,  That  no  one  while  holding  the  privileges  of  a  certificate  of  eligibility  to  promotion 
.shall  be  brought  before  a  summary  court,  and  that  noncommissioned  officers  shall  not,  if.  they 
object  thereto,  be  brought  to  trial  before  summary  courts  without  the  authority  of  the  officer 
competent  to  order  their  trial  by  general  court-martial,  but  shall  in  such  cases  be  brought  to 
trial  before  garrison,  regimental,  or  general  courts-martial,  as  the  case  may  be." 

SEC.  2.  That  articles  eighty  and  one  hundred  and  ten  of  the  Rules  and  Articles  for  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  Armies  of  the  United  States  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 

SEC.  3.  That  the  commanding  officers  authorized  to  approve  the  sentences  of  summary  courts 
and  superior  authority  shall  have  power  to  remit  or  mitigate  the  same. 

SEC.  4.  That  post  and  other  commanders  shall,  in  time  of  peace,  on  the  last  day  of  each 
month,  make  a  report  to  the  department  headquarters  of  the  number  of  cases  determined  by 
summary  court  during  the  month,  setting  forth  the  offenses  committed  and  the  penalties 
awarded,  which  report  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  judge  advocate  of  the  department, 
and  may  be  destroyed  when  no  longer  of  use. 

SEC.  5.  That  soldiers  sentenced  by  court-martial  to  dishonorable  discharge  and  confinement 
shall,  until  discharged  from  such  confinement,  remain  subject  to  the  Articles  of  War  and 
other  laws  relating  to  the  administration  of  military  justice, 

SEC.  6.  That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any  civil  officer  having  authority  under  the  laws  of  the 
United  States,  or  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  District,  to  arrest  offenders,  to  summarily  arrest 
a  deserter  from  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  and  deliver  him  into  the  custody  of 
the  military  authority  of  the  General  Government. 

SEC.  7.  That  this  Act  shall  take  effect  sixty  days  after  its  passage. 

Approved,  June  18,  1898. 

By  the  foregoing  act  the  field  officer's  court  is  abolished  and  the  summary 
court  substituted  for  it,  to  take  effect  August  17, 1898.  The  summary 
court  will  thereafter  be  legal,  both  in  time  of  peace  and  war. 

Summary  court  blanks  will  be  issued  by  the  Adjutant-General's  Office. 

(A.  W.,80,  110.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  81-  )  Washington,  June  27, 189S. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions  relating 
to  the  inspection  service  of  the  armies  in  the  field  are  published  for  the  infor- 
mation and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

1.  Inspecting  officers,  selected  when  practicable  from  the  inspectors-gen- 
eral of  the  Regular  or  Volunteer  Army,  are  assigned  by  the  War  Department 
to  the  headquarters  of  geographical  departments,  and  to  the  headquar- 
ters of  armies  and  army  corps  in  the  field,  and  by  the  commanding  generals 
thereof  to  divisions. 

In  the  absence  of  such  assignment,  and  to  fill  temporary  vacancies,  com- 
manding generals  of  armies,  army  corps,  divisions,  and  geographical  depart- 
ments may  detail  officers  from  their  commands  for  such  duty,  reporting 
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354  APPENDIX. 

their  action  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the  information  of 
the  War  Department,  subsequently  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Inspector-Gen- 
eral of  the  Army  for  record. 

2.  In  order  to  discharge  his  duties  efficiently,  an  inspector  should  make 
himself  familiar  with  everything  relating  to  the  different  branches  of  the 
service  within  the  scope  of  his  investigations.     Industrious  attention  must 
therefore  be  given  by  him  to  the  study  of  the  regulations  and  laws  for  the 
government  of  the  Army,  the  systems  of  instruction,  and  the  general  prin- 
ciples of  the  military  profession.     The  sphere  of  inquiry  of  an  inspector 
includes  every  branch  of  military  affairs  except  when  specially  limited  in 
orders,  or  by  the  Army  Regulations. 

3.  Upon  arriving  at  his  station  an  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector- 
general  will  report  to  the  commanding  general  in  person  and  by  letter  to 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  and  thereafter  will  report  to  him 
monthly  the  inspections  and  investigations  made  by  him:  to  this  end  he 
will  keep  a  record  of  the  various  services  performed  and  the  dates  thereof. 
The  attention  of  inspectors  is  especially  called  to  Articles  LVIT.  LVIII,  and 
LXXII,  Army  Regulations. 

4.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  make  known  his 
orders  or  instructions  to  commanding  or  other  officers,  whose  troops  and 
affairs  he  is  directed  to  inspect,  and  these  officers  will  see  that  every  facility 
and  assistance,  including  clerical  aid  and  the  use  of  an  orderly,  are  pro- 
vided if  requested.    If  ordered  to  investigate  accusations  prejudicial  to  the 
character  of  an  officer,  he  will  make  known  their  nature  to  the  officer  and 
give  him  an  opportunity  to  make  his  own  statement  in  writing,  which  he 
will  append  to  his  report.     Harmony  as  well  as  justice  to  the  individual 
and  the  public  require  that  such  reports  be  maintained  inviolably  confi- 
dential and  that  they  should  not  of  themselves  be  made  the  basis  of  official 
proceedings.     In  the  investigation  of  misconduct  or  attempt  to  defraud  the 
Government  on  the  part  of  any  officer  or  agent  of  the  United  States,  the 
inspector  is  authorized  to  administer  oaths  to  witnesses.     Inspection  reports 
of  troops,  of  disbursements,  money  accounts,  and  unserviceable  property 
will  be  rendered  on  the  prescribed  forms  and  will  be  submitted  to  the  officer 
ordering  the  inspection. 

5.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  not  give  orders 
unless  specially  authorized  to  do  so,  and  then  only  in  the  name  of  the  supe- 
rior giving  such  authority.     He  will  report  with  strict  impartiality  all  irreg- 
ularities coming  under  his  notice,  as  well  as  the  remedies  applied  to  correct 
them,  and  will  refrain  from  informal  conversation  or  comment  upon  sub- 
jects of  inspection  or  investigation.     When  in  the  course  of  an  inspection 
an  inspector  obtains  confidential  information  respecting  matters  affecting  the 
public  service,  he  will  communicate  such  information  in  an  oral  or  written 
special  report. 

6.  All  nonconfidential  inspection  reports  will  be  forwarded  through  regu- 
lar channels  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  for  transmittal  to  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army.     When  irregularities,  deficiencies,  or  mis- 
conduct are  reported,  the  several  commanders  will  state,  in  for  warding  the 
reports,  what  remedies  have  been  or  will  be  applied  to  correct  them. 

7.  Inspectors  will  make  written  memoranda  on  the  spot  of  every  defect, 
irregularity,  or  neglect  observed  during  their  inspections;  also  any  particu- 
lar excellence  which  may  strike  their  attention. 


APPENDIX.  355 

INSPECTION   OF  TROOPS. 

8.  Inspection  of  troops  will  be  conducted  as  prescribed  in  the  authorized 
drill  regulations  and,  when  the  command  consists  of  more  than  one  company, 
will  be  preceded  by  a  review  when  practicable. 

All  officers  and  enlisted  men,  except  the  guard,  the  sick,  and  one  cook  per 
company,  will  be  present  at  inspection  under  arms. 

The  inspector  will  ascertain  and  report  whether  there  be  any  officers  or 
enlisted  men  in  excess  of  the  prescribed  organizations;  absentees  will  be 
accounted  for  and  the  precise  status  of  all  officers  stated;  he  will  critically 
observe  and  report  upon  the  military  bearing  and  appearance  of  the  troops 
and  their  discipline;  whether  regularly  mustered  and  paid  and  the  date  of 
last  payment;  whether  parades,  guard  mounting,  and  roll  calls  are  in  proper 
form;  whether  company,  battalion,  and  regimental  inspections  are  fre- 
quently and  regularly  made,  and  by  whom;  the  condition  of  the  arms, 
accoutermeiits,  field  equipments,  and  uniforms;  the  gun  carriages,  imple- 
ments, equipments  of  batteries;  of  riding  equipments  and  harness,  and 
whether  well  fitted:  of  horses,  whether  well  treated,  shod,  and  cared  for, 
and  free  from  disease;  whether  troops  are  fully  equipped  for  field  service, 
and  blanket  bags  uniformly  and  properly  packed;  the  police  of  tents, 
grounds,  kitchens,  and  sinks;  whether  camps  are  well  located,  properly 
drained,  and  thoroughly  policed;  the  condition  of  the  water  supply;  the 
composition  and  instruction  of  camp  guards,  and  number  of  prisoners; 
whether  the  troops  are  proficient  in  the  different  drills,  advance  guard,  and 
outpost;  in  target  practice,  signaling,  pitching  shelter  tents,  first  aid  to  the 
injured,  and  whether  every  officer  and  enlisted  man  has  a  first-aid  packet; 
whether  the  required  books,  records,  and  reports  are  kept  and  rendered, 
and  company  and  all  public  funds  legitimately  expended  and  accounted 
for;  whether  the  transportation,  including  ambulances,  stretchers,  and 
travois,  the  quartermaster's,  commissary's,  medical,  and  ordnance  supplies 
are  sufficient  and  in  good  condition;  the  police  and  capacity  of  the  hospital: 
number  of  sick  and  wounded,  and  whether  they  receive  proper  attention; 
the  prevalance  of  epidemic  or  other  diseases;  whether  all  officers  are  zeal- 
ous and  intelligent,  reporting  any  who  are  addicted  to  intemperance  and 
gambling,  or  who  frequent  low  company,  or  are  incapacitated  in  any  way 
for  active  service. 

9.  In  the  inspection  of  heavy  artillery  the  inspector  will  report  whether 
the  batteries  are  assigned  to  guns;  whether  the  guns,  carriages,  appliances, 
ammunition,  platforms,  magazines,  parapets,  etc.,  are  preserved  in  good 
order;  whether  magazines  are  frequently  aired  and  the  means  prescribed 
for  locating  objects  and  the  control  of  the  fire  are  in  good  working  order. 

10.  In  the  inspection  of  cavalry  the  inspector  will  classify  cavalry  horses 
thus: 

a.  Those  to  be  condemned  as  unfit  for  any  use  whatever  in  any  branch  of 
the  service.     These  will  be  disposed  of  according  to  Army  Regulations. 

b.  Those  unfit  for  cavalry  service,  but  fit  for  team  or  draft  horses. 
These  will  be  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

c.  Those  unfit  for  service  but  susceptible  of  recuperation  by  timely  treat- 
ment. 

d.  Servicable  horses. 

The  number  of  each  class  will  be  given  in  every  report  of  inspection. 

11.  Bearing  in  mind  the  specialties  of  each  arm.  the  inspector  will  test 


356  APPENDIX. 

the  infantry  and  cavalry  in  making  an  attack  over  a  distance  of  at  least 
1,000  to  1,500  yards,  against  an  enemy,  either  indicated  or  represented;  in 
the  proper  disposition  of  advance  and  rear  guards,  on  the  march,  at  a  halt, 
and  when  attacked;  in  the  formation  of  an  outpost  according  to  the  cordon 
or  group  system,  or  both. 

In  the  inspection  of  field  batteries  they  should  be  required  to  advance 
rapidly  and  take  up  a  position  to  attack  or  defend  some  point;  the  inspector 
will  note  whether  the  batteries  are  properly  subdivided  for  marching  and 
action,  and  whether  the  reserve,  train,  etc.,  are  judiciously  located.  Simi- 
larly, in  the  inspection  of  the  heavy  artillery  the  entire  garrison  should  be 
disposed  for  battle,  a  squadron  of  the  enemy  will  be  assumed,  the  leading 
ship  being  represented  by  some  vessel  approaching  or  leaving  the  harbor; 
skill  in  aiming,  the  efficiency  of  fire  control,  supply  of  ammunition,  and 
all  the  appliances  of  the  defense  will  be  tested,  the  object  of  this  and  the 
other  inspections  of  troops  being  to  determine  the  degree  of  their  prepara- 
tion for  active  service. 

These  exercises  being  of  paramount  importance  will  have  precedence  over 
the  drills  when  time  is  pressing. 

In  the  inspection  of  permanent  posts  and  garrisons  the  scope  of  the 
inspection  and  report  will  conform  to  the  requirements  of  prescribed  mem- 
oranda and  the  Army  Regulations  covering  that  subject. 

INSPECTION   OF   ADMINISTRATION,    DISBURSEMENTS,    AND   ACCOUNTS. 

12.  In  making  these  inspections  the  inspector  will  inquire  as  to  the  neces- 
sity, economy,  and  propriety  of  all  disbursements,  their  strict  conformity 
to  the  law  appropriating  the  money  and  whether  the  disbursing  officers 
comply  with  the  law  and  regulations  in  keeping  the  public  funds,  their 
accounts,  and  making  their  disbursements  and  deposits.    The  disbursing 
officer  will  prepare  a  statement  of  his  accounts  on  Form  3,  Inspector-Gen- 
eral's Department,  together  with  a  list  of  outstanding  checks,  Form  3a. 
The  inspector  will  verify  the  statement  from  the  cash  book,  treasury  receipts, 
vouchers,  etc.,  and  compare  the  vouchers  with  the  check  stubs  and  deposi- 
tory statements,  and  will  count  the  cash  on  hand.    It  will  be  observed 
whether  or  not  disbursing  officers  are  familiar  with  their  duties,  and  are 
prompt,  accurate,  and  courteous  in  conducting  their  business;  whether 
issues  and  payments  are  made  strictly  in  compliance  with  law,  and  whether 
any  unauthorized  funds  are  kept.    Persons  employed  and  things  hired  will 
be  seen  as  far  as  practicable  and  the  necessity  for  their  employment  and  hire 
established. 

INSPECTION   OF   PROPERTY   FOR  CONDEMNATION. 

13.  This  duty  will  be  performed  by  inspectors-general  or  acting  inspectors- 
general,  assisted  when  necessary  by  such  officers  as  may  be  specially 
detailed  for  the  purpose.     The  attention  of  inspectors  is  directed  to  para- 
graphs 878-889,  Army  Regulations,  which  will  govern  in  making  these 
inspections.    Whenever  a  want  of  proper  care  in  the  preservation  of  Gov- 
ernment property  comes  to  the  knowledge  of  the  inspector,  he  will  report 
the  fact.    All  reports  of  inspection  of  property  will  be  submitted  by  the 
inspector  through  his  immediate  commander  to  the  officer  empowered  to 
order  final  disposition  of  the  property. 

Inspectors  will  state  in  their  reports  of  damaged  or  inferior  quartermaster, 


APPENDIX.  357 

commissary,  or  medical  stores,  the  source  from  which  they  were  obtained, 
and,  when  practicable,  the  names  of  the  officers  or  inspectors  who  fur- 
nished and  passed  the  articles  so  reported. 

The  necessary  blank  forms,  which  have  the  force  and  effect  of  Army 
Regulations,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army. 
(A.  R.,874,  Art.  LVII.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS, 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 


ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

S2'  Washington,  June  27,  1898. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to 
the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

During  the  existing  war  the  commanding  officers  of  engineer  companies, 
who  are  serving  with  their  companies  away  from  the  headquarters  of  the 
Battalion  of  Regular  Engineers,  are  authorized  to  appoint  sergeants,  corpo- 
rals, and  first-class  privates  of  their  companies,  and,  when  necessary,  to 
reduce  such  enlisted  men  to  the  lower  grades.  This  authority,  however, 
will  not  affect  the  status  of  enlisted  men  who  are  not  serving  with  these 
companies. 

Noncommissioned  officers  of  permanent  independent  volunteer  batteries 
or  companies  will  be  appointed  by  the  commanding  officers  thereof,  and 
will  be  furnished  with  a  certificate  of  rank  signed  by  the  battery  or  com- 
pany commander.  When  these  organizations  are  independent  only  tem- 
porarily, the  commanding  officer  will  make  temporary  appointments  of 
noncommissioned  officers  and  the  permanent  appointments  will  be  made  in 
the  regular  way  when  they  are  formed  into  regiments.  (A.  R.,  257.) 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  men  who  are  sick  in  the 
division  or  brigade  hospitals  of  their  command,  at  date  of  muster,  will  be 
mustered  on  the  muster  rolls  and  the  pay  rolls  of  the  organization  to  which 
they  belong  as  "  present,"  with  the  remark  "sick  in  division  or  brigade 
hospital."    If  the  organization  to  which  they  belong  be  detached  from  the 
corps,  division,  or  brigade,  they  will  be  mustered  on  detachment  rolls 
(Form  No.  2) ,  a  separate  roll  being  prepared  for  each  regiment.    See  Note 
1  on  the  rolls  and  A.  R.  785,  the  provisions  of  which  must  be  strictly  observed. 

IV.  The  following  decision  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information 
of  all  concerned: 

COLORS  AND  STANDARDS. — It  being  found  impracticable  to  embroider  the 
colors  and  standards  for  the  several  volunteer  organizations,  as  required  by 
paragraphs  215,  216,  217,  and  218,  Army  Regulations,  so  as  to  be  available 
at  an  early  period,  the  colors  and  standards  shall  be  inscribed  either  in  gold 
or  painted  in  imitation  of  embroidery. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  87-  Washington,  July  2, 1898. 

******* 

II.  With  a  view  to  avoid  extreme  suffering  among  wounded  horses  or 
mules  on  the  field  of  battle,  it  is  hereby  ordered  that  a  veterinary  surgeon, 


358  APPENDIX. 

or  some  other  person  detailed  by  the  commanding  officer,  will  accompany 
troops  in  an  engagement,  whose  duty  it  will  be  to  put  an  end  to  the  agonies 
of  all  horses  or  mules  that  in  his  judgment  are  suffering  to  a  degree  requir- 
ing such  action  on  his  part.  (A.R.,  708.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  91-  )  Washington,  July  8,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  878,  882,  and  888  of  the 
Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

878.  Inspections  having  in  view  the  condemnation  of  property  will  be 
made  by  inspectors-general,  acting  inspectors-general,  or  officers  specially 
designated  by  the  commander  of  a  department,  the  commander  of  an  army 
corps  or  army  in  the  field,  or  higher  authority.  Officers  designated  for  the 
foregoing  purpose  shall  not  be  in  any  way  connected  with  the  staff  depart- 
ment or  corps,  the  post,  or  particular  organization  to  which  the  property 
to  be  inspected  pertains,  except  in  case  of  unserviceable  public  animals  or 
of  small  quanties  of  rapidly  deteriorating  subsistence  stores  unfit  for  sale 
or  issue  to  troops,  but  not  worthless,  if  delay  would  entail  loss  to  the  Gov- 
ernment. 

882.  Inspectors  will  examine  all  property  properly  presented  for  condemna- 
tion. When  all  property  presented  has  been  destroyed  in  the  presence  of 
the  inspector,  one  inventory  will  be  forwarded  by  the  inspecting  officer 
through  department  or  army  corps  headquarters  to  the  Inspector-General 
of  the  Army  and  the  others  will  be  delivered  to  the  accountable  officer.  In 
cases  in  which  the  inspector  recommends  the  sale  of  any  property  or  its 
transfer  to  depots,  he  will  forward  all  the  inventories  to  department  or 
army  corps  headquarters,  and  if  the  inspector's  action  is  approved  by  the 
department  or  army  corps  commander,  except  as  provided  in  paragraphs 
1525  and  1526,  two  will  be  returned  to  the  accountable  officer  and  the  other 
forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  to  be  transmitted  to  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  and,  in  similar  cases,  when  the  accountable 
officer  is  not  serving  under  the  department  or  army  corps  commander  and 
all  the  property  has  been  destroyed  in  the  presence  of  the  inspector,  one 
copy  of  the  inventory  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the 
Army  and  two  to  the  accountable  officer,  or  if  sale  or  transfer  of  the  property 
is  recommended,  the  inspecting  officer  will  forward  all  the  inventories  to  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  who  will  forward  them  to  the  Secretary  of 
War,  through  the  chief  of  bureau  concerned;  one  copy  will  be  returned  to 
the  Inspector-General  and  two  to  the  accountable  officer. 

888.  Department  commanders,  the  commander  of  an  army  corps  or  army 
in  the  field,  or  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army,  may  give  orders,  on 
the  reports  of  authorized  inspectors,  to  sell,  destroy,  or  make  such  other 
disposition  of  condemned  property  as  the  case  may  require,  except  the  sale 
of  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  and  the  destruction  of  saddles  issued  by 
the  Ordnance  Department,  for  which  the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  Wai- 
must  be  given.  If  the  property  be  of  considerable  value,  and  there  be  good 
reason  to  suppose  that  it  can  be  more  advantageously  applied  or  disposed  of 
elsewhere  than  within  the  command,  the  matter  will  be  referred  to  the  Wai- 
Department  through  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 


APPENDIX.  359 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  94.  )  Washington,  July  12,  1898. 

I.  The  following  act  of  Congress  is  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

AN  ACT  directing  the  enlistment  of  cooks  in  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  armies  of  the  United 

States. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Con- 
.<//•'»•  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  and  directed  to 
cause  to  be  enlisted  in  each  company,  battery,  and  troop  in  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  armies 
of  the  United  States,  as  a  part  of  the  authorized  enlisted  strength  thereof,  under  rules  to  be 
prescribed  by  him,  a  competent  person  as  cook,  who  shall  take  rank  as  and  be  allowed  the 
pay  of  a  corporal  of  the  arm  of  the  service  to  which  he  belongs,  and  whose  duties  in  con- 
nection with  the  preparation  and  serving  of  the  food  of  the  enlisted  men  of  the  company, 
battery,  or  troop,  and  with  the  supervision  and  instruction  of  enlisted  men  hereby  authorized 
to  be  detailed  to  assist  him,  shall  be  prescribed  in  the  regulations  for  the  government,  of  the 
Army. 

Approved,  July  7,  1898. 

II.  The  following  instructions  are  published  to  govern  the  enlistment  of 
army  cooks,  under  the  provisions  of  the  act- of  Congress  approved  July  7, 
1898: 

1.  A  candidate  for  enlistment  as  cook  will  be  first  subjected  to  the  required 
medical  examination,  and  when  found  qualified  for  enlistment,  both  as 
regards  his  physical  condition  and  his  general  character,  the  recruiting  offi- 
cer will  examine  him  thoroughly  as  to  his  knowledge  of  methods  and  his 
skill  in  caring  for,  preparing,  and  serving  food,  particularly  as  to  the 
amount  of  experience  he  has  had  in  cooking  for  large  bodies  of  men.    The 
candidate  will  then  be  required  to  give  a  practical  exhibition  of  his  ability 
to  cook,  and  for  this  purpose  articles  of  the  ration,  in  suitable  amounts, 
will  be  issued  to  the  recruiting  officer  by  the  nearest  commissary  upon 
requisitions  signed  by  the  recruiting  officer.    No  candidate  will  be  enlisted 
as  a  cook  unless  the  recruiting  officer  be  fully  satisfied  that  he  is  competent 
to  perform  the  duties  required  of  him;  and  in  the  case  of  every  person  thus 
enlisted  his  enlistment  paper  will  be  plainly  indorsed,  "  Enlisted  as  a  cook." 
Men  thus  enlisted  will  be  accounted  for  as  cooks  in  the  tables  on  the  second 
and  third  folds  of  the  trimonthly  reports  of  the  recruiting  service. 

2.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  regiment  or  other  organization,  in  either 
the  Regular  or  the  Volunteer  Army,  is  authorized  to  cause  the  enlistment  of 
one  competent  cook  for  each  company,  troop,  or  battery  of  his  command. 
Such  enlistments  will  be  made,  whenever  practicable,  by  the  recruiting  (or 
mustering)  officer  authorized  by  existing  orders  and  instructions  to  recruit 
for  the  command.    Men  thus  enlisted  will  be  included  in  the  authorized 
maximum  enlisted  strength  of  their  companies,  troops,  or  batteries. 

3.  General-service  recruiting  officers  of  the  Regular  Army,  in  addition  to 
making  enlistments  of  cooks  for  their  own  regiments  upon  the  request  of 
the  commanding  officers  thereof,  will,  whenever  practicable,  enlist  as  cooks 
for  general  assignment  men  possessing  the  requisite  qualifications  and 
report  them  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  assignment  to  com- 
panies, troops,  or  batteries  needing  their  services. 

4.  Mustering  officers  who  are  authorized  to  make  enlistments  in  the  field 
for  volunteer  organizations  already  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States  (Sec.  II,  Circular  Letter,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  June  3,  1898) 
may  make  enlistments  of  competent  cooks  to  fill  actual  vacancies  in  such 


360  APPENDIX. 

organizations,  with  the  approval  of  the  department,  corps,  division,  or  dis- 
trict commander;  and  they  will  be  guided  in  making  such  enlistments  by 
the  instructions  prescribed  in  this  order  to  govern  recruiting  officers. 

5.  The  commanding  general  of  a  department  or  corps  may,  when  found 
necessary,  authorize  officers  detailed  from  his  command  to  recruit  for  one 
volunteer  organization  serving  therein,  to  make  enlistments  of  cooks  to  fill 
actual  vacancies  in  other  volunteer  organizations  of  his  command.    Depart- 
ment and  corps  commanders  may,  at  the  request  of  commanding  officers 
concerned,  transfer  cooks  from  one  organization  to  another  within  their 
respective  commands,  for  the  purpose  of  preventing  a  surplus  in  one 
organization  and  of  filling  vacancies  in  another. 

6.  An  enlisted  man  already  in  service  and  desiring  to  serve  as  a  cook  may 
be  appointed  and  rated  as  such  upon  his  own  application,  if  in  the  opinion 
of  his  immediate  commanding  officer,  as  the  result  of  a  practical  test,  he  is 
sufficiently  proficient.    Such  appointments  will  be  made  in  the  same  man- 
ner as  those  of  company  noncommissioned  officers. 

7.  Only  one  cook  is  authorized  by  law  for  each  company,  troop,  or  bat- 
tery, and  every  care  must  be  exercised  by  commanding  officers,  through 
communication  with  their  recruiting  officers  and  with  department  or  corps 
headquarters,  to  prevent  exceeding  this  allowance.    Should  there  be  an 
excess  of  cooks  from  any  cause  in  an  organization,  the  fact  will  be  at  once 
reported  to  the  department  or  corps  commander,  with  a  view  to  the  transfer 
of  the  surplus  cooks  to  other  organizations  in  which  there  may  be  vacancies 
therefor. 

8.  Cooks  will  be  duly  accounted  for  as  such  on  all  muster  rolls  and  returns. 
The  number  required  by  an  organization  beyond  the  power  of  its  own 
officers  to  supply  will  be  reported  to  the  proper  department  or  corps  com- 
mander, who  will  report  such  vacancies  as  can  not  be  filled  under  his  orders 
to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

9.  The  commanding  officer  of  each  company,  troop,  or  battery  will  super- 
vise the  cooking  and  messing  of  his  men;  will  see  that  at  least  two  copies 
of  the  Manual  for  Army  Cooks  are  provided  for  his  command;  and  that  suit- 
able men  in  sufficient  numbers  are  regularly  detailed  as  assistants  to  the 
cook  and  are  fully  instructed  by  the  latter  in  managing,  cooking,  and  serv- 
ing the  ration  in  the  field;  also  that  necessary  utensils  in  serviceable  condi- 
tion are  always  on  hand,  together  with  the  field  mess  furniture  for  each 
man. 

10.  Each  cook  will  be  required  to  attend  such  drills  and  exercises  as  will 
qualify  him  for  the  performance  of  the  duty  of  a  soldier  under  arms  when 
necessity  requires.  (A.R.  280,  2S3,  3o..\] 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  99.  )  Washington.  July  15,  1898. 

When  the  land  forces  of  the  United  States  are  organized  into  army  corps, 
divisions,  and  brigades,  the  same  will  be  designated  by  the  following  sym- 
bols, flags  and  pennants,  and  badges,  made  according  to  description  and 
designs  in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General: 

SYMBOLS. 

Cavalry  Corps,  a  winged  horsefoot. 

Artillery  Corps,  crossed  conical  projectiles,  with  round  shot  above  center. 


APPENDIX.  361 

First  Corps,  a  circle  over  the  letter  "  I,"  of  special  design.  » 

Second  Corps,  a  four-leaf  clover. 

Third  Corps,  a  three-tooth  clutch. 

Fourth  Corps,  a  caltrop. 

Fifth  Corps,  a  five-bastion  fort. 

Sixth  Corps,  a  six-spoke  hub. 

Seventh  Corps,  a  seven-pointed  star. 

Eighth  Corps,  two  circles  overlaping  each  other  one-third  radius,  resem- 
bling the  figure  "8." 

Ninth  Corps,  a  buzz-saw  with  nine  teeth. 

Tenth  Corps,  two  triangles,  point  to  point,  resembling  the  letter  "X." 

Eleventh  Corps,  badge  of  Tenth  Corps,  with  horizontal  bar  through  cen- 
ter, representing  "  XI." 

Twelfth  Corps,  a  square,  with  clover  leaf  at  each  corner,  thereby  showing 
12  small  circles. 

Thirteenth  Corps,  a  palm  leaf  with  13  spikes. 

Fourteenth  Corps,  a  square,  with  half  circles  on  each  side. 

Fifteenth  Corps,  a  bugle. 

Sixteenth  Corps,  a  spearhead. 

Seventeenth  Corps,  a  battle-ax. 

Eighteenth  Corps,  an  arch. 

The  divisions  of  the  corps  will  be  represented  by  the  color  of  the  symbol 
as  follows: 

First  Division,  red. 

Second  Division,  white. 

Third  Division,  blue. 

FLAGS   AND   PENNANTS. 

Corps  headquarters  will  be  designated  by  a  swallowtail  flag  of  yellow,  6 
x'eet  on  the  staff  and  9  feet  fly,  with  a  swallowtail  2  feet  deep,  bearing  in  the 
center  the  corps  symbol,  4  feet  high,  or  occupying  a  space  4  feet  square; 
the  symbol  to  be  in  red,  bordered  in  white  3  inches  and  edged  in  blue  1-J- 
inches. 

Division  headquarters  will  be  designated  by  a  flag  4  feet  on  the  staff  and 
6  feet  fly,  with  the  corps  symbol  in  the  center,  2  feet  high,  or  occupying  a 
space  2  feet  square,  as  follows: 

First  Division:  A  white  flag;  corps  symbol  in  red. 

Second  Division.  A  blue  flag;  corps  symbol  in  white. 

Third  Division:  A  red  flag;  corps  symbol  in  blue. 

Brigade  headquarters  will  be  designated  by  triangular  pennants  4  feet  on 
the  staff  and  4  feet  fly,  divided  vertically  into  three  parts  with  the  stripe 
next  the  staff  of  a  color  to  represent  the  number  of  the  brigade  in  the 
division,  as  follows: 

First  Brigade,  red. 

Second  Brigade,  white. 

Third  Brigade,  blue. 

The  stripe  next  to  the  staff,  12  inches  wide;  stripe  in  center,  18  inches 
wide,  bearing  in  the  center  corps  symbol  1  foot  high,  or  occupying  a  space 
1  foot  square,  in  the  color  designating  the  division  to  which  the  brigade 
belongs,  and  a  triangle  at  the  point  18  inches  measured  on  the  fly. 

Colors  of  the  pennants  to  be  as  follows,  reading  from  the  staff  to  the  point. 


362  APPENDIX. 

*  First  division. 

First  Brigade:  Red,  white,  and  bine;  corps  symbol  in  red. 
Second  Brigade:  White,  bine,  and  red;  corps  symbol  in  red. 
Third  Brigade:  Bine,  white,  and  red;  corps  symbol  in  red. 

Second  division. 

First  Brigade:  Red,  bine,  and  white;  corps  symbol  in  white. 
Second  Brigade:  White,  bine,  and  red;  corps  symbol  in  white. 
Third  Brigade:  Bine,  red,  and  white;  corps  symbol  in  white. 

Third  division. 

First  Brigade:  Red,  white,  and  bine;  corps  symbol  in  bine. 

Second  Brigade:  White,  red,  and  bine;  corps  symbol  in  bine. 

Third  Brigade:  Blue,  white,  and  red;  corps  symbol  in  bine. 

The  corps  engineers  will  be  designated  by  a  swallowtail  flag  5  feet  on  the 
staff  and  5  feet  fly,  with  swallowtail  1  foot  deep;  flag  to  be  divided  into 
two  horizontal  stripes  of  eqnal  width,  the  lower  stripe  to  be  of  bine,  bear- 
ing the  castle,  symbolical  of  the  engineers,  in  white,  occupying  a  space  2 
by  3  feet;  the  upper  stripe  to  be  white,  bearing  the  corps  symbol  in  red, 
bordered  in  white  2  inches  and  edged  in  blue  14-  inches,  2  feet  high,  or  occu- 
pying a  space  2  feet  square. 

The  divisional  engineers  will  be  designated  by  a  swallowtail  flag  4  feet 
on  the  staff  and  4  feet  fly,  with  swallowtail  9  inches  deep;  the  flag  to  be 
divided  in  two  horizontal  stripes  of  eqnal  width,  the  lower  stripe  to  be  blue, 
the  upper  stripe  white  (with  exception  of  that  for  the  Second  Division, 
which  will  be  red),  bearing  the  corps  symbol,  18  inches  high,  or  occupying 
a  space  18  inches  square,  in  the  color  of  the  division  to  which  the  command 
belongs. 

The  corps  cavalry  will  be  designated  by  a  swallowtail  flag  5  feet  on  the 
staff  and  5  feet  fly,  with  swallowtail  1  foot  deep;  flag  to  be  divided  in  two 
horizontal  stripes  of  equal  width,  the  lower  stripe  to  be  of  yellow,  bearing 
cross  sabers  in  blue,  occupying  a  space  2  by  3  feet;  the  upper  stripe  to  be 
of  white,  bearing  the  corps  symbol  in  red,  bordered  in  white  2  inches  and 
edged  in  blue  1  inch,  2  feet  high,  or  occupying  a  space  2  feet  square. 

The  divisional  cavalry  will  be  designated  by  a  swallowtail  flag  4  feet  on 
the  staff  and  4  feet  fly,  with  swallowtail  9  inches  deep;  flag  to  be  divided  in 
two  horizontal  stripes  of  equal  width,  the  lower  stripe  yellow  and  the  upper 
white  (with  the  exception  of  that  for  the  Second  Division,  which  will  be 
blue),  bearing  the  corps  symbol,  18  inches  high,  or  occupying  a  space  18 
inches  square,  in  the  color  designating  the  division  to  which  the  command 
belongs. 

The  corps  artillery  will  be  designated  by  a  swallowtail  flag  5  feet  on  the 
staff  and  5  feet  fly,  with  swallowtail  1  foot  deep;  flag  to  be  divided  in  two  hori- 
zontal stripes  of  equal  width,  the  lower  stripe  to  be  of  red,  bearing  crossed 
cannon  in  yellow,  occupying  a  space  2  by  3  feet;  the  upper  stripe  to  be  white, 
bearing  the  corps  symbol  in  red,  bordered  in  white  2  inches  and  edged  in 
bine  1  inch,  2  feet  high,  or  occupying  a  space  2  feet  square. 

The  divisional  artillery  will  be  designated  by  a  swallowtail  flag  4  feet  on 
the  staff  and  4  feet  fly,  with  a  swallowtail  9  inches  deep;  flag  to  be  divided 
in  two  horizontal  stripes  of  equal  width,  the  lower  stripe  to  be  of  red  and  the 


APPENDIX.  363 

upper  white  (with  the  exception  of  that  for  the  Second  Division,  which  will 
be  blue),  bearing  the  corps  symbol,  18  inches  high,  or  occupying  a  space  18 
inches  square,  in  the  color  designating  the  division  to  which  the  command 
belongs. 

BADGES. 

The  corps  symbol,  to  be  habitually  worn  in  the  form  of  a  small  badge  on 
the  front  of  the  hat  or  in  the  center  of  the  crown  of  the  forage  cap  by  enlisted 
men,  and  upon  the  left  breast  by  officers,  will  be  of  felt,  of  the  color  desig- 
nating the  division  to  which  the  wearer  belongs;  the  badge  to  be  1|  inches 
high,  or  occupying  a  space  1|  inches  square.  Officers  and  enlisted  men 
belonging  to  a  corps  and  not  attached  to  a  division  will  wear  the  corps  sym- 
bol of  the  size  above  described  in  red,  bordered  in  white  one-sixteenth  of  an 
inch  and  edged  in  blue  one  thirty-second  of  an  inch. 

If  preferred,  officers  and  enlisted  men  are  authorized  to  wear  the  proper 
badge  made  of  gold  or  yellow  metal  enameled  in  the  proper  colors. 

The  members  of  the  provost  guard  when  on  duty  may  wear  on  the  left 
breast,  as  a  badge  of  authority,  the  corps  symbol,  3  inches  high,  or  occupy- 
ing a  space  3  inches  square,  made  of  tin  or  white  metal.  (A.  R.  225a,  1551. 
Art.  XXX.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT  GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  10°-  )  Washington,  July  16,  1S98. 

The  following  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance 
of  all  concerned: 

Information  having  reached  the  War  Department  that  notwithstanding 
the  medical  examination  prior  to  muster-in,  men  have  been  enlisted  in  the 
volunteer  army  who  should  have  been  rejected  at  that  examination  as  unfit 
for  military  service,  the  attention  of  chief  surgeons  is  directed  to  this  sub- 
ject as  one  of  great  importance.  Systematic  inquiry,  with  a  view  to  elimi- 
nating such  men,  should  be  made  in  the  various  regiments  and  other  com- 
mands by  the  medical  officers  on  duty  with  them.  A  board  of  medical 
officers  should  be  appointed  in  each  division  to  carefully  examine  and  make 
recommendation  in  each  of  the  cases  submitted  by  individual  or  regimental 
medical  officers.  In  every  case  where  discharge  from  service  is  recom- 
mended, it  should  be  seen  that  the  certificates  of  disability  embody  a  state- 
ment to  the  effect  that  the  cause  of  the  disqualification  for  the  military  serv- 
ice existed  prior  to  the  enlistment  of  the  man,  if  such  is  found  to  be  the 
fact.  Department  and  corps  commanders  are  authorized  to  order  dis- 
charges on  certificates  of  disability,  such  orders  to  be  carried  out  by  the 
regimental,  independent  battalion,  battery,  or  detachment  commanders  as 
the  case  may  be.  Such  provisions  of  paragraph  140  of  the  Regulations  as 
are  inconsistent  with  the  foregoing,  are  suspended  during  the  war. 

In  the  examination  of  certificates  of  disability  for  discharge,  it  is 
enjoined  upon  the  chief  surgeons,  and  others  accountable,  to  observe  that 
there  is  no  conflict  between  the  reports  of  company  commanders,  medical 
and  other  officers  thereon,  as  to  whether  disability  was  incurred  in  line  of 


364  APPENDIX. 

duty,  or  not  in  line  of  duty.  If  any  discrepancies  exist  in  this  particular, 
every  possible  means  will  be  employed  to  harmonize  the  reports  before  finally 
forwarding  the  papers  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  (A.  R.,140.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No- 106-  )  Washington,  July  23, 1898. 

#**#•*## 

III.  Paragraphs  1252  and  1284  of  the  Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as 
follows: 

1252.  Enlisted  men,  hospital  matrons,  and  female  nurses  are  each  entitled 
to  one  ration  per  day.  When  the  rate  of  pay  of  a  civilian  employed  with 
the  Army  does  not  exceed  $60  per  month,  and  the  circumstances  of  his 
service  make  it  necessary,  and  the  terms  of  his  engagement  provide  for  it. 
there  may  be  issued  to  him  one  ration  in  kind  per  day,  on  ration  returns 
signed  and  certified  as  necessary  by  the  officer  in  charge,  and  ordered  by 
the  commanding  officer. 

1284.  Civilians  at  rates  of  pay  of  sixty  dollars  or  more  per  month, 
employed  with  the  Army  at  remote  places  or  in  the  field  where  food  can 
not  otherwise  be  procured,  may  be  allowed  to  purchase  from  the  Subsist- 
ence Department,  in  limited  quantities  for  their  own  use,  for  cash  at  cost 
price,  such  articles  of  the  ration  or  of  stores  kept  for  sales  to  officers  and 
enlisted  men  as  can  be  spared  from  the  supplies  on  hand. 

*  *  *  •*  *  *  * 

V.  The  following  instructions  are  published  for  the  guidance  of  all  con- 
cerned: 

When  veese  employed  in  the  transport  service  of  the  Army  have  been 
fitted  up  for  the  transportation  of  men  or  animals,  the  fittings  upon  them 
will  not  be  removed  or  alterations  made  upon  such  vessels  for  other  trans- 
portation purposes,  unless  previously  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 
(A.  R.,  1081.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  109.  )  Washington,  July  30,  1S9S. 

To  provide  for  the  inspections  required  by  paragraphs  868,  870,  and  871 
of  the  Army  Regulations,  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army  will  keep  the 
inspectors-general  of  the  military  geographical  departments  informed, 
through  the  department  commanders,  of  the  inspections  under  these  para- 
graphs and  such  other  inspections  which  the  Secretary  of  War  desires 
shall  be  made  by  them;  and  that  each  of  these  inspectors  will,  at  the 
proper  time,  submit  for  the  consideration  of  his  immediate  commander  a 
plan  for  making  the  inspections  so  desired  in  the  most  advantageous 
and  economical  manner  in  connection  with  the  other  inspections  they 
may  be  required  to  make.  If  the  plan  be  approved,  the  department  com- 
mander will  then  give  such  orders  as  may  be  required  tor  the  necessary 
travel.  (A.  R.,  868,  870,  871.) 


APPENDIX.  365 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  110.  )  Washington,  August  1,  1898. 

In  order  to  introduce  uniformity  into  the  work  of  rationing  the  enlisted 
men  now  organized  into  brigades,  divisions,  and  corps,  the  following  instruc- 
tions are  promulgated  for  the  guidance  of  all  persons  concerned: 

1.  The  chief  commissary  of  an  army  corps,  under  the  direction  of  the 
corps  commander,  will  have  general  supervisory  direction  and  control  over 
the  division  and  brigade  commissaries  of  the  corps.     The  division  commis- 
saries will  have  supervision  over  the  brigade  commissaries  of  their  respec- 
tive divisions. 

2.  Ration  returns  (Form  No.  53,  Subsistence  Department)  will  be  sub- 
mitted by  commanding  officers  of  companies,  troops,  batteries,  and  other 
organizations  with  the  morning  report  on  the  10th,  20th,  and  last  day  of 
each  month,  when  practicable;  that  of  the  20th  to  include  the  remaining 
days  of  the  calendar  month,  the  others  ten  days  each.     In  making  up  such 
returns  due  attention  must  be  given  by  commanding  officers  to  the  duty  of 
adding  or  deducting  rations  on  account  of  men  joining  or  leaving  since  the 
date  when  rations  were  last  drawn  for  the  command. 

3.  Ration  returns  of  the  company  commanders,  and  others,  of  a  regiment 
will,  after  each  has  been  approved  by  the  regimental  commander,  be  con- 
solidated by  the  regimental  adjutant  upon  a  regimental  ration  return  (Form 
No.  66,  herewith) ,  which,  after  approval  by  the  regimental  commander, 
will  be  forwarded  with  the  ration  returns  on  which  founded  to  the  brigade 
commissary  of  the  command,  who  will  consolidate  the  regimental  ration 
returns  of  each  brigade  on  a  separate  brigade  ration  return  (Form  No.  67, 
herewith) .     When  approved  by  the  brigade  commander,  the  brigade  ration 
returns  only  will  be  forwarded  for  the  information  and  supervision  of  the 
chief  commissary  of  the  army  corps,  who  will  refer  them  to  the  depot  com- 
missary for  invoice  and  transfer  of  the  rations  in  bulk  to  the  respective 
brigade  commissaries  (Form  No.  68,  herewith).     In  order  to  prevent  accu- 
mulation of  surplus  ration  articles  in  the  hands  of  brigade  commissaries, 
arising  from  savings  and  other  causes,  the  final  ration  return  of  the  brigade 
each  month  (or  any  brigade  ration  return,  if  occasion  requires)  will  give  a 
list  of  such  articles  on  hand  as  should  be  deducted  by  the  depot  commissary 
from  the  quantities  called  for  by  the  brigade  ration  return. 

4.  Should  a  brigade  be  separated  from  the  division  of  which  it  is  a  part, 
the  brigade  ration  return,  approved  by  the  brigade  commander,  will  be  for- 
warded direct  by  the  brigade  commissary  to  the  depot  commissary  for  issue. 
Should  a  division  be  separated  from  its  corps,  the  brigade  ration  returns, 
after  approval  by  the  brigade  commanders,  will  be  referred  by  the  division 
commissary  to  the  depot  commissary  for  invoice  and  transfer  of  the  rations 
in  bulk  to  the  brigade  commissaries  (Form  No.  68). 

5.  Brigade  commissaries,  on  receipt  of  the  stores  furnished  from  depot 
on  the  brigade  ration  returns,  will  issue  rations,  in  accordance  with  the 
ration  returns  of  the  separate  organizations  forwarded  by  the  regimental 
adjutants  and  retained  in  their  possession,  with  such  frequency  as  to  the 
respective  organizations  as  the  brigade  commander  may  direct. 

6.  Separate  regimente,  companies,   detachments,  hospitals,   and  other 
organizations  not  brigaded,  will  draw  their  rations  from  the  depot  commis- 
sary on  proper  ration  returns. 


366  APPENDIX. 

7.  The  ration    for  issue  to  troops    of  the   Cuban   army  and  to  Cuban 
destitutes  will  consist  of  the  following  articles: 

8  ozs.  bacon, 
12  ozs.  flour,  or  16  ozs.  corn  meal, 

6  Ibs.  coffee  (green) , 
10  Ibs.  sugar, 

2  qts.  vinegar. 

4  Ibs.  salt,  To  100  rations. 

4  ozs.  pepper, 
4  Ibs.  soap. 

8.  Separate  abstracts  of  issues  (Form  No.  40,  Subsistence  Department)  will 
be  made  of  issues  to  troops  of  the  Cuban  army,  to  Cuban  destitutes,  and 
to  prisoners  of  war. 

9.  Compliance  with  the  requirements  of  printed  notes  6  and  8   on  the 
abstract  of  issues  (Form  No.  40,  Subsistence  Department)  and  with  the 
following  requirements  of  Army  Regulations  is  hereby  suspended  during 
the  period  of  the  existing  war: 

(a)  The  requirement  of  that  part  of  A.  R.  1262  directing  the  indorsement 
upon  travel  orders  of  enlisted  men  the  time  to  which  they  were  last 
rationed,  and  directing  the  turning  over  of  the  orders  so  indorsed  to  the 
commissary  from  whom  rations  are  next  drawn  for  file  with  his  abstract  of 
issues  or  receipt  roll  of  commutation  paid. 

(6)  The  requirement  of  that  part  of  A.  R.  1262  directing  that  a  ration 
certificate  of  troops  detached  (Form  No.  41)  shall  be  furnished  to  detach- 
ments of  enlisted  men  and  civil  employees  leaving  a  post  or  command,  and 
the  filing  of  such  certificate  with  his  abstract  of  issues  by  the  commissary 
from  whom  rations  are  next  drawn. 

(c)  The  requirement  of  that  part  of  A.  R.  1275  directing  that  the  retained 
copy  of  the  travel  orders  of  enlisted  men  paid  commutation  in  advance 
shall  be  indorsed  and  delivered  to  the  commissary  from  whom  rations  are 
next  drawn  for  file  with  his  abstract  of  issues.  (A.  -R..  1257,  126S,  1876; 
A.  W.,  80.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  \  WAR  DEPARTMENT. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington.  August  9,  7,s.'/,s>. 

I.  Sick  and  wounded  soldiers  sent  to  United  States  general  or  field  hos- 
pitals will  when  able  to  travel  be  granted  by  the  surgeons  in  charge  one 
month's  furlough  and  transportation  to  their  homes.  There  will  be  noted 
on  the  furlough:  By  the  surgeon,  the  post,  or  camp  nearest  to  the  home  of 
the  soldier;  by  the  quartermaster,  the  issue  of  transportation;  by  the  com- 
missary, the  days  for  which  commutation  of  rations  while  traveling  is  paid. 
Weekly  reports  will  be  made  by  the  surgeons  to  the  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Army  of  furloughs  so  granted,  giving  names,  rank,  regiments,  and 
places  to  which  transportation  has  been  issued;  also  post-office  address. 

Soldiers  granted  furloughs  in  accordance  with  the  foregoing  will  be 
instructed  by  the  surgeons  that  on  the  expiration  of  their  furloughs,  if  fit 
for  duty,  they  must  report  at  the  nearest  army  post,  camp,  or  hospital,  for 
the  purpose  of  being  either  sent  to  their  regiments,  or  as  provided  for  in 
Paragraph  II. 


APPENDIX.  367 

Those  not  fit  for  duty  will  be  required  to  forward  their  furloughs,  five 
days  before  expiration,  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  accompanied 
by  the  certificate  of  a  reputable  physician  showing  clearly  their  physical 
condition  and  the  probable  time  required  for  their  recovery. 

The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  furnish  the  necessary  transporta- 
tion to  the  homes  of  the  furloughed  soldiers  and  the  Subsistence  Depart- 
ment commutation  of  rations  at  the  rate  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per 
day  for  the  necessary  number  of  days'  travel.  Sleeping-car  accommoda- 
tions when  the  travel  is  by  rail  and  staterooms  when  the  travel  is  by  boat 
(other  than  Government  transport)  will  be  furnished  under  A.  R.  1109. 
Neither  the  cost  of  transportation  nor  commutation  of  rations  while  travel- 
ing will  be  charged  against  the  soldier.  This  order  will  not  apply  to  sol- 
diers on  ordinary  furloughs.  (A.  R.,  106,  1109.) 

*****  *  * 

III.  If  the  soldier  has  been  paid  or  drawn  clothing  while  in  a  hospital  it 
will  be  noted  on  his  descriptive  list,  if  he  has  one,  and  if  not,  his  company 
commander,  or  the  officer  to  whom  he  may  be  ordered  to  report,  will  be 
furnished  this  information  by  letter.  (A.  R..  1439.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  119-  )  Washington,  August  11,  1898. 

Paragraph  1301  of  the  Regulations  as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No. 
65,  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  June  7,  1898,  is 
further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

PAYMENTS   TO   OFFICERS. 

1301.  The  following  officers,  in  addition  to  those  whose  pay  is  fixed  by 
law,  are  entitled  to  pay  as  mounted  officers:  Officers  of  the  staff  corps 
below  the  rank  of  major,  officers  serving  with  troops  of  cavalry,  officers 
of  a  light  battery  duly  organized  and  equipped,  authorized  aids  duly 
appointed,  officers  serving  as  military  attaches  to  the  embassies  and  lega- 
tions of  the  United  States  at  foreign  capitals,  officers  serving  with  compa- 
nies of  mounted  infantry,  and  officers  on  duty  which,  in  the  opinion  of  the 
Secretary  of  War  or  the  department  or  corps  commander,  requires  them 
to  be  mounted  and  so  certified  by  him  on  their  pay  vouchers. 

Acting  judge-advocates  of  military  departments  duly  detailed  are  enti- 
tled while  so  serving  to  the  rank,  pay,  and  allowances  of  captains  of  cav- 
alry. Battalion  adjutants  are  entitled  to  mounted  pay  upon  the  certificate 
of  their  regimental  commanders  that  they  are  on  duty  which  requires  them 
to  be  mounted. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  121<  Washington,  August  18,  1S98. 

I.  In  addition  to  the  instructions  xmblished  in  General  Orders,  No.  114, 
August  9,  1898,  from  this  office,  regarding  furloughs  to  sick  and  wounded 
soldiers,  division  commanders,  when  separated  from  the  corps  to  which 


368  APPENDIX. 

they  belong,  are  authorized  to  grant  furloughs  to  enlisted  men  upon  the 
recommendation  of  the  division  surgeon  and  to  order  transportation  to 
their  homes  of  the  men  so  furloughed.  ( A.  R.,  106.) 

II.  Paragraphs  507  and  1309  of  the  Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as 
follows: 

507.  Vouchers  covering  bills  for  advertising  in  newspapers  must,  prior  to 
payment,  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War.  They  will  be  prepared  by 
the  publisher,  in  duplicate,  upon  prescribed  forms,  and  each  will  have 
attached  a  copy  of  the  advertisement  cut  from  the  newspaper.  No  voucher 
will  contain  the  account  of  more  than  one  newspaper,  nor  for  more  than 
one  advertisement.  The  date  of  first  and  subsequent  insertions;  number  of 
lines,  squares,  or  folios;  number  of  insertions  charged  and  ordered;  and  the 
amount  charged  will  be  entered  in  the  proper  columns.  The  column  headed 
"Amount  allowed  "will  be  left  blank.  The  receipt  should  be  signed  in 
duplicate  by  the  publisher  or  proprietor,  or  other  person  authorized  to 
receipt  for  money  in  the  name  of  the  paper.  Indorsed  on  the  voucher  will 
appear  a  copy  of  the  authority  of  the  War  Department  for  the  publication, 
stating  its  number.  The  accounts  thus  prepared  will  be  forwarded  by  the 
certifying  officer  direct  to  the  Chief  Clerk  of  the  War  Department,  with  an 
indorsement  describing  the  inclosures,  preferably  on  letter  of  authority,  or 
if  the  letter  of  authority  is  not  in  the  hands  of  the  officer,  then  by  a  letter 
of  transmittal. 

1309.  An  officer  placed  upon  the  retired  list  will  receive  active  pay  to 
include  the  date  of  receipt  by  him  of  notice  of  his  retirement,  and  the  pay 
of  a  retired  officer  thereafter. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  124-  )  Washington,  August  20,  1S98. 

*  ****** 

IV.  Upon  an  honorable  muster  out  and  discharge  from  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  all  volunteer  soldiers,  desiring  to  do  so,  are  hereby  authorized 
to  retain  their  arms  and  accouterments  upon  the  value  thereof  being 
charged  to  them  on  the  muster-out  rolls  at  the  following  rates: 

Springfield  breech-loading  rifle  or  carbine,  caliber  .45 £10. 00 

Colt's  revolver,  caliber  .38 10. 00 

Colt's  revolver,  caliber  .45 10. 00 

Saber 3. 60 

Blanket  bags  with  straps  complete 1. 15 

Bayonet  scabbard  for  rifle 50 

Cartridge  belt  (single  row  of  loops) , 7-"> 

Cartridge  belt  (double  row  of  loops) 1. 00 

Canteen  with  strap 43 

Gun  sling 24 

Haversack  and  strap 72 

Waist  belt  and  plate 30 

Meat  can 14 

Tin  cup 08 

Knife 04 

Fork 03 

Spoon 01 

Revolver  holster 50 

Cartridge  box 50 

(Art.  LXXXIIL) 


APPENDIX.  369 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  125.  )  Washington.  August  23,  1898. 

Under  the  provisions  of  an  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of 
the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1899,  approved  March  15, 1898, 
published  in  General  Orders,  No.  9,  March  19, 1898,  from  this  office,  and  of 
an  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  30, 1894,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  February  27, 1893, 
published  in  General  Orders,  No.  20,  of  March  11, 1893,  from  this  office,  and 
in  acc&rdance  with  the  decision  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  of 
August  11,  1898,  officers  traveling  on  Government  transports,  where  sub- 
sistence is  not  furnished,  will  be  paid  mileage  at  the  rate  of  4  cents  per  mile, 
and  paymasters'  clerks  traveling  under  like  conditions  will  be  paid  at  the 
rate  of  4  cents  per  mile.  (A.  R.,  733.} 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  126.  Washington,  August  25, 1898. 

I.  Commanders  of  independent  brigades  and  other  small  independent 
commands  are  authorized  to  grant  leaves  of  absence  and  furloughs  to  not 
more  than  5  per  cent  of  their  force,  under  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  44 
and  106  of  the  Regulations. 

-:*  *  *  *  -x-  *  # 

II.  The  demand  for  Hospital  Corps  privates  for  the  care  of  the  sick  in 
various  commands  being  greater  than  can  be  supplied  by  transfer  and 
enlistment,  corps  commanders  and  commanders  of  camps  not  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  corps  commanders  are  authorized  and  directed  to  detail  a 
sufficient  number  of  enlisted  men  to  meet  the  emergency,  the  number  of 
men  and  the  length  of  detail  to  be  determined  by  the  chief  surgeon.    (Art. 
LXXXI.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  |  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  August  27,  1893. 

All  public  records  and  papers,  such  as  letters  and  telegrams  received, 
books  of  general  and  special  orders  and  circulars,  books  of  letters  received 
and  sent,  guard  report,  morning  report,  descriptive  and  clothing,  sick 
reports,  etc.,  are  the  property  of  the  United  States  and  will  be  required  by 
the  War  Department  in  the  settlement  of  claims  against  the  Government 
and  for  other  official  purposes.  Whenever  posts,  districts,  geographical 
departments,  corps,  divisions,  brigades,  regiments,  and  companies  are  dis- 
continued, all  such  records  will  be  carefully  labeled  and  packed,  and 
marked,  showing  the  command  to  which  they  pertain,  and  forwarded  by 
express  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  (A.  R.,  800.} 


370  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

o  ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  August  27,  1898. 

General  Orders,  No.  125,  August  23,  1898,  from  this  office,  are  amended 
to  read  as  follows: 

Under  the  provisions  of  an  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of 
the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30, 1899,  approved  March  15, 1898, 
published  in  General  Orders,  No.  9,  March  19,  1898,  from  this  office,  and  of 
an  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal 
year  ending  June  30,  1894,  and  for  other  purposes,  approved  February  27, 
1893,  published  in  General  Orders,  No.  20,  of  March  11,  1893,  from  this 
office,  and  in  accordance  with  the  decision  of  the  Comptroller  of  the 
Treasury  of  August  11,  1898,  officers  traveling  on  duty,  under  orders, 
without  troops,  on  Government  transports,  where  subsistence  is  not  fur- 
nished, will  be  paid  mileage  at  the  rate  of  4  cents  per  mile,  and  paymasters' 
clerks  traveling  under  like  conditions  will  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  4  cents  per 
mile.  (A.  R.,  733.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  135«  )  Washington,  September  3,  1898. 

******  -je- 

ll. The  following  rules  will  govern  the  award  of  medals  of  honor  under 
the  resolution  of  Congress  approved  July  12,  1862,  and  under  the  act 
approved  March  3,  1863,  for  such  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army, 
regular  and  volunteer,  as  may  "have  most  distinguished  themselves  in 
action: " 

(a)  Medals  of  honor  will  not  be  awarded  to  officers  or  enlisted  men  except 
for  distinguished  bravery  or  conspicuous  gallantry,  which  shall  have  been 
manifested  in  action  by  conduct  that  distinguishes  a  soldier  above  his  com- 
rades, and  that  involves  risk  of  life  or  the  performance  of  more  than  ordi- 
narily hazardous  duty.    Recommendations  for  the  award  will  be  governed 
by  this  interpretation  of  extraordinary  merit. 

(b)  Recommendations  should  be  made  only  by  the  officer  in  command  at 
the  time  of  the  "  action,"  or  by  an  officer  having  personal  cognizance  of  the 
specific  act  for  which  the  medal  is  granted.     The  recommendation  must  be 
accompanied  by  a  detailed  recital  of  the  circumstances  and  by  certificates 
of  officers  or  affidavits  of  enlisted  men  who  were  eyewitnesses  of  the  act. 
The  testimony  must,  when  practicable,  embrace  that  of  at  least  two  eye- 
witnesses, and  must  describe  specifically  the  act  or  acts  by  which  the  per- 
son in  whose  behalf  the  recommendation  is  made  "most  distinguished" 
himself ,  and  the  facts  in  the  case  must  be  further  attested  by  the  official 
reports  of  the  action,  record  of  events,  muster  rolls  and  returns,  and 
descriptive  lists.     (.4.  R.,  177,  Art.  XXV.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  139-  )  Washington,  September  7,  1898. 

I.  The  following  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

It  is  ordered  that  a  quartermaster  be  stationed  at  each  general  hospital 


APPENDIX.  371 

for  the  purpose  of  giving  transportation  to  soldiers  who  are  sent  home  on 
sick  furlough,  and  in  every  instance  when  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  hos- 
pital issues  a  furlough  he  should  state  on  the  furlough  that  under  General 
Orders,  No.  114,  August  9,  1898,  this  office,  the  soldier  so  furloughed  is 
entitled  to  transportation,  and  if  in  the  judgment  of  the  surgeon  the  soldier 
should  be  furnished  with  sleeping-car  accommodations,  that  fact  will  be 
stated,  and  when  it  so  appears  on  the  furlough  the  quartermaster  must  not 
only  issue  transportation  but  sleeping-car  accommodations  as  well.  (A.  R.  , 


III.  In  addition  to  the  instructions  contained  in  paragraphs  596  and  597 
of  the  Regulations,  and  Circular  No.  18,  September  2,  1897,  from  this  office, 
relative  to  the  issue  of  checks,  it  is  required  that  hereafter  each  check  drawn 
by  a  disbursing  officer  shall  have  placed  on  it  the  address  of  the  officer 
•drawing  it. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  141«  )  Washington,  September  12,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  162  of  the  Regulations  is 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 

162.  The  remains  of  deceased  soldiers  will  be  inclosed  in  coffins  and  trans- 
ported by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  the  nearest  military  post  or 
national  cemetery,  or,  if  so  desired  by  their  relatives,  to  their  homes  for 
burial,  unless  the  commanding  officer  deem  burial  at  place  of  death  to  be 
proper,  when  a  full  report  of  the  facts  and  reasons  will  be  made  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  The  expense  of  transporting  the  remains 
is  payable  from  the  appropriation  for  Army  transportation,  or  from  funds 
specially  appropriated  for  that  purpose.  The  cost  of  expense  of  burial  other 
than  the  cost  of  transportation  will  be  limited  to  $35  for  each  enlisted  man. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  142-  Washington,  September  14, 1898. 

I.  The  Acting  Secretary  of  War  authorizes  the  sale  of  horse  equipments 
to  volunteer  soldiers  discharged  from  the  service,  who  are  desirous  of  pur- 
chasing the  same  because  they  have  used  them  in  service,  at  the  following 
reduced  prices: 

Saddle $10. 00 

Bridle 2. 00 

Halter 1. 00 

Watering  bridle 75 

Saddle  blanket 2. 50 

Saddlebags 2. 50 

Surcingle 50 

Spurs  and  straps,  per  pair 50 

(A.R.,  501.) 
******* 


372  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OP  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  145.  )  Washington,  September  16,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  quartermaster  stationed  at  a  general  hospital  under  paragraph  1, 
General  Orders  No.  139,  September  7,  1898,  War  Department,  Adjutant- 
General's  Office,  for  the  purpose  of  giving  transportation  to  soldiers  sent 
home  on  sick  furlough,  will  act  as  commissary  of  subsistence  for  paying 
commutation  of  rations  to  such  soldiers  under  General  Orders  No.  114, 
August  9, 1898,  War  Department,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  and  will  obtain 
subsistence  funds  for  the  purpose  by  requisition  on  the  chief  commissary 
of  the  department  in  which  the  hospital  is  .situated.  For  the  purpose  of 
making  payments  of  commutation  of  rations  in  convenient  form  to  those 
entitled,  quartermasters  on  duty  as  above  at  general  hospitals  are  author- 
ized to  keep  subsistence  funds  at  their  own  risk  in  their  personal  possession 
to  an  amount  not  exceeding  three  thousand  dollars  at  any  one  time;  and 
the  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  furnish  transportation 
from  time  to  time  from  the  public  depository  to  the  hospital  for  such 
amounts  of  subsistence  funds  in  currency  as  the  quartermaster  on  duty  as 
acting  commissary  thereat  may  call  for.  (A.  R.,  1109,  1J73.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  147-  )  1 1  '(ithington,  September  17, 1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published 
for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Members  of  volunteer  organizations  who  after  muster  out  or  discharge 
therefrom  enlist  in  the  Regular  Army  will  be  credited  with  their  service 
in  the  Volunteer  Army  and  their  enlistment  papers  will  be  indorsed  as 
directed  in  paragraph  836  of  the  Regulations.  The  enlistment  in  the  Reg- 
ular Army  will  be  for  three  years  from  date  of  such  enlistment,  without 
condition  regarding  discharge,  and  will  be  preceded  by  the  usual  medical 
examination  at  the  recruiting  station.  Examination  forms  and  figure  cards 
will  be  prepared  and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  gov- 
erning other  enlistments  in  the  Regular  Army. 

Soldiers  of  volunteer  organizations  ordered  to  be  mustered  out,  who  desire 
to  enlist  in  the  Regular  Army  without  availing  themselves  of  furloughs,  may 
be  subjected  to  the  usual  examination  at  a  recruiting  station,  and  if  they 
meet  all  requirements  be  discharged  from  the  Volunteers  to  enable  them 
to  enlist  in  the  Regulars,  upon  application  to  this  office,  which  the  recruit- 
ing officer  may  telegraph,  clearly  stating  the  facts.  (A.  R.,836.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  148-  )  Washington,  September  19,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

I.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  under  General  Orders,  No.  114,  August  9, 1898, 
from  this  office,  granting  §1.50  a  day  to  sick  soldiers  while  traveling  to  their 


APPENDIX.  373 

homes  on  furlough,  the  commissary  paying  this  commutation  was  required 
to  note  on  the  furlough  ' '  the  days  for  which  commutation  of  rations  while 
traveling  is  paid"  by  him,  and  by  the  concluding  part  of  Paragraph  I  of 
the  same  order  the  $1.50  per  day  thus  paid  was  not  to  be  repaid  to  the 
United  States  by  the  soldier,  it  is  ordered  that  when  any  of  the  days  at  $1.50 
per  day  are  shown  by  the  notation  on  the  furlough  to  have  been  days  cov- 
ered by  the  period  of  the  furlough  the  officer  paying  furlough  commuta- 
tion under  clause  1  of  paragraph  1272  of  the  Regulations  will  refuse  to 
allow  25  cents  per  day  for  those  same  days  when  computing  the  amount 
due  the  soldier  on  reporting  at  the  expiration  of  the  furlough.  (^4.  .R., 
127S.) 

II.  Claims  of  soldiers  alleging  failure  on  their  part  to  receive,  at  initial 
points  of  journeys,  the  commutation  of  rations  at  $1.50  per  day  while  trav- 
eling to  their  homes  on  furloughs  granted  under  General  Orders,  No.  114, 
August  9,  1898,  from  this  office,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Commissary- 
General  of  Subsistence,  accompanied  (a)  by  the  furlough,  or  (6)  by  a  state- 
ment of  the  name  of  the  disbursing  officer  who  took  up  the  furlough  and 
paid  commutation  of  rations  thereon  at  25  cents  per  day.     Claims  thus 
presented  will  be  transmitted  by  the  Commissary-General  of  Subsistence  to 
the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  with  a  statement  of  the  names  of  the 
disbursing  commissaries  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  initial  points  of  the  jour- 
neys, in  order  that  examination  may  be  made  by  the  Auditor  of  the  accounts 
of  those  commissaries  and  the  accuracy  of  the  claim  of  failure  to  receive 
the  commutation  verified  before  settlement  by  him.     Claims  for  such 
commutation  alleging  loss  of  furlough  will  not  be  entertained.     (A.  R., 
U7S.) 

III.  Commanding  officers  of  organizations  ordered  to  be  mustered  out  of 
the  service  are  authorized  to  extend  the  leaves  of  absence  and  furloughs 
granted  officers  and  men  prior  to  the  receipt  of  orders  for  muster  out  to 
cover  the  period  for  which  leaves  and  furloughs  are  granted  under  the  pro- 
visions of  General  Orders,  No.  130,  August  29, 1898,  from  this  office.     (A.  R. , 
44,106.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  15°-  )  Washington,  September  21,  1898. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  soldiers  of  volunteer 
organizations  ordered  to  be  mustered  out  of  the  service  who  are  undergo- 
ing sentences  of  confinement  imposed  by  courts-martial,  but  not  dishonor- 
ably discharged,  will  be  paroled  during  the  period  for  which  the  organiza- 
tion is  on  furlough,  and  the  unexecuted  parts  of  their  sentences  will  stand 
as  remitted  on  the  date  of  the  muster  out  of  their  companies,  with  which 
they  will  be  discharged.  (A.  -R.,  150  and  916.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  151.  )  Washington,  September  22,  1898. 

******* 
II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  85  and  886 
of  the  Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
85.  The  remains  of  officers  killed  in  action,  or  who  die  when  on  duty  in 


374  APPENDIX. 

the  field  or  at  military  posts,  or  when  traveling  under  orders,  will  be  inclosed 
in  coffins,  and  unless  claimed  by  relatives  or  friends  will  be  transported  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  the  nearest  military  post  or  national 
cemetery,  or,  if  so  desired  by  their  relatives,  to  their  homes,  for  burial. 
The  expense  of  transporting  the  remains  is  payable  from  the  appropriation 
for  Army  transportation  or  from  funds  specially  appropriated  for  that 
purpose;  other  expenses  of  burial  are  limited  to  $75.  If  buried  at  the  place 
of  death,  the  fact  will  be  reported  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 

886.  Inspectors  will,  when  practicable,  cause  the  destruction  in  their 
presence  of  all  property  found  to  be  worthless  and  which  is  without  money 
value  at  or  near  the  place  of  inspection,  and  will  state  in  their  reports  that 
"  the  articles  recommended  to  be  destroyed  have  no  money  value  at  or  near 
the  post."  The  action  of  an  inspector  on  property  of  this  character  will  be 
final,  and  his  report  will  be  a  valid  voucher  for  the  responsible  officer. 
Inspectors  will  be  held  responsible  for  their  action  in  this  particular.  When 
property  thus  condemned  is  not  destroyed  in  the  presence  of  the  inspector, 
the  responsible  officer  will  certify  to  the  fact  of  subsequent  destruction  in 
his  presence. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  152.          )  Washington,  September  S2, 1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  paragraphs 
of  the  Army  Regulations  are  published  for  the  information  and  guidance 
of  all  concerned,  and  attention  invited  to  the  directions  therein  contained, 
which  will  be  strictly  adhered  to,  as  follows: 

1206.  The  telegraph  will  be  used  only  in  cases  of  urgent  and  imperative 
necessity,  in  which  the  delay  consequent  upon  transmission  by  mail  would 
be  prejudicial  to  the  public  interests. 

1209.  Telegrams  making  application  for  leave  of  absence  or  extension  of 
leave,  or  of  inquiry  whether  leave  has  been  granted,  and  the  replies  made 
thereto  by  telegraph,  will  not  be  sent  or  paid  for  as  public  dispatches. 

1210.  In  framing  telegrams  all  words  not  important  to  the  sense  will  be 
omitted.     The  last  name  of  the  officer  addressed  or  his  title  and  the  last 
name  of  the  sender  are  generally  sufficient. 

1211.  In  counting  the  words  of  telegraphic  messages  the  following  rules 
will  be  observed:  Names  of  cities  and  places  when  used  to  designate  such 
cities  or  places  and  words  properly  connected  by  a  hyphen  will  be  counted 
as  one  word.    Numerals  will  be  expressed  in  words  and  will  not  be  counted 
as  hyphened  words.     Names  of  places  and  persons  when  given  to  things 
will  be  counted  according  to  the  number  of  distinct  words  in  each.    Names 
such  as  Van  Vliet  or  St.  Nicholas  will  be  counted  as  one  word.     All  words 
contained  in  an  official  telegram  will  be  counted,  including  name  and  title 
of  party  addressed  and  of  the  sender,  but  excluding  the  name  of  the  place 
from  which  sent,  date,  and  the  words  "official  business,''  which  should 
appear  on  each  telegram. 


APPENDIX.  375 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  150.  )  Washington,  September  28,  1S98. 

*  *  ***** 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  891  of  the 
Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

891.  The  judge-advocate  of  each  department,  or  the  officer  acting  as  such, 
will,  as  soon  as  practicable  after  June  30  of  each  year,  render  to  the  Judge- 
Advocate-General  a  report  for  the  year  terminating  on  that  date,  giving 
the  number  and  character  of  cases  tried  by  courts-martial  in  the  department 
during  the  period.  This  report  will  separately  classify  the  trials  of  officers 
and  enlisted  men,  and  show  whether  by  general,  garrison,  or  summary 
courts,  the  number  of  acquittals  in  each  class,  and  the  number  of  different 
men  tried  by  inferior  courts,  and  contain  his  recommendations  and  remarks 
touching  the  administration  of  military  justice. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  164-  )  Washington,  October  11,  1898. 

******* 

V.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  mustering  officers  are  hereby 
designated  to  act  as  inspectors  of  property  submitted  to  them  for  con- 
demnation for  which  officers  of  organizations  ordered  to  be  mustered 
out  of  the  service  are  responsible,  and  they  are  authorized  to  order,  "  by 
direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,"  final  disposition  to  be  made  of  con- 
demned property,  except  that  mentioned  in  paragraphs  888  and  1463  of  the 
Regulations. 

VI.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  view  of  circular  No.  31, 
August  12,  1898,  from  this  office,  and  paragraph  141  of  the  Regulations,  it 
is  ordered  that  at  each  military  post  or  camp  a  competent  officer  will  be 
charged  with  the  duty  of  seeing  that  all  final  statements  are  in  proper 
form,  as  required  by  orders  and  regulations,  before  they  pass  to  the  soldier, 
and  that  proper  notifications  have  been  sent  the  paymasters. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  167.  )  Washington,  October  13, 1898. 

The  following  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  is  published  for  the  infor- 
mation and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Leaves  of  absence  granted  to  officers  of  the  Army  serving  at  stations 
beyond  the  limits  of  the  United  States,  for  the  purpose  of  returning  to  this 
country,  will  be  regarded  as  taking  effect  on  the  dates  they  reach  the  United 
States,  respectively,  and  as  terminating  on  the  respective  dates  of  their 
departure  therefrom  in  returning  to  their  commands.  The  dates  of  arrival 
in  and  departure  from  the  United  States  will,  in  every  case,  be  reported  to 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  (A.  R. ,  53. ) 


376  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  169.  )  Washington,  October  17, 


II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  all  officers  detailed  for  duty 
in  connection  with  the  muster  out  of  troops  in  States  will  be  paid  commu- 
tation of  quarters  at  established  rates  from  the  dates  on  which  they  assumed 
such  duties  in  the  States  to  which  they  have  been  ordered,  and  for  the  time 
actually  absent  from  their  stations  performing  such  duties.     (A.  R.,  1336.) 

III.  By    direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  civilian  clerks  employed 
by  mustering  officers,  under  the  orders  of  the  War  Department,  will  be 
directed  by  them  to  make  such  journeys  in  the  performance  of  their  duties 
as  may  be  necessary,  and  while  on  such  journeys  will  be  entitled  to  trans- 
portation and  allowances  provided  for  by  paragraphs  739  and  730,  Army 
Regulations. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  173.  )  Washington,  October  $6, 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  it  is  announced  that  paragraph 
II,  General  Orders,  No.  40,  May  10,  1898,  from  this  office,  will  not  govern 
in  the  cases  of  men  hereafter  enlisted  or  reenlisted  in  the  Regular  Army. 
(A.R.,106.) 

******* 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  addition  to  the  instructions 
published  in  paragraph  1,  General  Orders,  No.  121,  August  18,  and  circular 
No.  41,  October  13,  1898,  the  provisions  of  General  Orders.  No.  114,  August 
9,  1898,  from  this  office,  are  extended  so  as  to  authorize  a  regimental  com- 
mander, when  the  regiment  is  serving  as  a  separate  command,  to  grant  fur- 
loughs to  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
regimental  surgeon,  and  to  order  transportation  to  their  homes  of  the  men 
so  f urloughed.     (A.R.,106, 1109. ) 

IV.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  637  of  the  Regu- 
lations is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

637.  The  giving  or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  for  public  money  is  prohib- 
ited, except  the  receipts  to  vouchers  for  publishing  advertisements,  which 
will  be  receipted  prior  to  audit. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  174-  )  Washington,  November 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  so  much  of  paragraph  994  of  the 
Regulations  as  allows  contract  surgeons  commutation  of  quarters  is  revoked. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  all  sentences  of  summary  courts- 
martial  approved  from  April  21,  1898,  to  August  16,  1898,  inclusive,  are  set 
aside,  as  the  summary  court  was  not  a  legal  court  during  said  period  of  the 
war.    Soldiers  still  in  the  service  will  be  credited  on  the  current  pay  rolls 
with  the  forfeitures  collected  under  such  illegal  sentences.    (A.  W. ,  SO,  110. ) 


APPENDIX.  377 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  175.  )  Washington,  November  3,  1898. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  officers  accountable  on  returns 
for  public  property  to  one  or  more  bureaus,  but  not  to  others,  are  authorized 
with  respect  to  these  others  to  submit  to  paymaster,  in  lieu  of  certificate 
of  nonindebtedness  from  chiefs  of  such  bureaus,  affidavits  of  nonaccounta- 
bility  or  responsibility  thereto,  when  countersigned  by  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  regiment  or  independent  command. 

Except  in  case  of  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  officers  who  have  been 
responsible  for  public  property  on  memorandum  receipt  are  authorized  to 
submit  to  paymaster,  in  lieu  of  certificate  of  nonindebtedness  from  chief  of 
bureau  concerned,  affidavit,  countersigned  by  commanding  officer  of  regi- 
ment or  independent  command,  that  he  has  properly  accounted  for  all  public 
property  for  which  he  has  at  any  time  been  so  responsible  to  said  bureau. 
The  memorandum  receipt  of  the  officer  to  whom  the  property  has  been 
transferred  by  him  will  be  attached  to  the  affidavit.  In  case  of  ordnance 
property,  memorandum  receipts  are  not  allowed.  (A.  R.  657,  Art.  LVIIL) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  178-  )  Washington,  November  8,  1898. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  the  provisions  of  General  Orders, 
No.  58,  May  31,  1898,  from  this  office,  under  which  the  commander  of  an 
array  corps  or  of  a  division  or  brigade  acting  independently  of  a  corps  is 
charged  with  the  full  control  of  the  transfer  from  the  line,  the  enlistment, 
reenlistment,  and  discharge  of  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  of  his  com- 
mand, with  the  detail  of  acting  hospital  stewards  and  the  appointment  of 
hospital  stewards,  are  extended  so  that  the  commanding  officers  of  military 
departments  outside  of  the  limits  of  the  United  States  are  charged  with 
the  same  authority.  (Art.  LXXXI,  A.  R.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  179-  )  Washington,  November  17,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  paragraphs  533,  633,  709  (amended 
by  General  Orders,  No.  10,  of  1897),  716,  and  878  of  the  Regulations  are 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 

533.  Guaranties  signed  by  two  responsible  parties  or  by  a  qualified  surety 
company  will  be  required  to  accompany  proposals  whenever,  in  the  opin- 
ion of  the  officer  authorized  to  make  the  contract,  they  are  necessary  to 
protect  the  public  interests,  and  when  so  required  no  proposal  unaccompa- 
nied by  a  guaranty,  made  in  manner  and  form  as  directed  in  the  advertise- 
ment or  specifications,  will  be  considered. 

633.  Every  voucher  in  support  of  a  payment  for  supplies  or  for  services 
other  than  by  the  day  or  month,  whether  it  be  made  pursuant  to  a  formally 


378  APPENDIX. 

prepared  contract,  an  accepted  bid,  or  a  purchase  without  advertising 
(unless  it  conies  within  the  excepted  cases  provided  for  in  the  following 
paragraph),  must  have  attached  to  it  an  original  bill  furnished  by  the 
creditor,  dated  and  signed  by  him  or  his  authorized  representative,  giving 
his  place  of  business  or  residence,  and  stating  (if  for  supplies  furnished) 
the  date  of  the  purchase,  the  quantity  and  price  of  each  article,  and  the 
amount  or  (if  for  services  other  than  by  the  day  or  month)  the  character  of 
the  services,  the  date  or  dates  on  which  rendered,  and  the  amount.  A 
voucher  so  accompanied  will  be  made  out  in  favor  of  the  creditor,  giving 
his  address,  and  may  state  the  account  in  general  terms,  with  the  aggregate 
amount  only  extended,  and  the  words  "as  per  bill  hereto  attached,"  or 
words  of  like  import,  added.  Where  a  purchase  under  an  accepted  bid 
after  public  notice  is  made  in  the  Quartermaster's  or  Subsistence  Depart- 
ment, the  voucher,  besides  being  subject  to  the  foregoing  requirements, 
will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  public  notice,  the  accepted  bid,  and  a 
copy  of  the  letter  accepting  the  bid,  and  must  contain  a  certificate  that  the 
award  was  made  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  for  the  best  and  most 
suitable  articles,  and  that  the  needs  of  the  service  required  the  purchase  to 
be  made  in  the  manner  indicated  by  the  public  notice.  Where  papers 
relating  to  two  or  more  vouchers  are  required  to  accompany  accounts,  they 
must  be  filed  with  the  first  voucher  paid  and  reference  thereto  made  on 
the  other  vouchers.  A  voucher  for  services  by  the  day  or  month  must 
state  the  nature  of  the  service,  the  inclusive  dates  of  service,  the  time  for 
which  payment  is  made,  the  rate  of  pay,  and  the  amount.  All  original 
bills  when  practicable  will  be  rendered  in  the  English  language,  but  if  ren- 
dered in  a  foreign  language  a  translation  of  the  same  must  accompany  the 
bill  attached  to  the  voucher. 

709.  A  board  of  survey  will  be  called  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
regiment,  post,  or  station.  Such  boards  may,  however,  be  convened  by  the 
commanding  officer  of  a  department,  an  army  corps,  division,  or  brigade. 
It  will  be  composed  of  three  officers,  exclusive  of  the  commanding  officer 
and  those  who  are  interested,  if  that  number  be  present  for  duty;  other- 
wise, of  as  many  as  are  so  present,  exclusive  of  the  commanding  and  inter- 
ested officers;  or  if  none  but  the  commanding  officer  and  interested  officers 
be  present  for  duty,  then  of  the  commanding  officer.  When  Diily  the  respon- 
sible or  interested  officer  is  present,  he  will  not  constitute  himself  a  board 
of  survey,  but  will  furnish  the  next  higher  commander  authorized  to  con- 
vene such  boards  his  certificate  of  facts  and  circumstances,  supported  by 
affidavits  of  enlisted  men  or  others  who  are  cognizant  thereof.  Should  the 
case  thus  presented  not  be  considered  satisfactory,  or  in  a  case  in  which 
only  interested  officers  with  opposing  interests  are  present  for  duty  at  the 
post  or  station,  the  next  higher  commander  authorized  to  convene  boards 
of  survey  may  make  the  necessary  investigation.  In  cases  where  the  prop- 
erty in  question  has  been  previously  acted  upon  by  a  board  of  survey  the 
order  convening  the  board  will  so  state  and  require  that  the  proceedings  of 
any  previous  board  or  boards  be  considered. 

716.  Should  the  proceedings  be  disapproved  by  the  convening  authority, 
or  should  the  value  of  the  property  submitted  for  survey  or  the  loss  or  dam- 
age to  be  inquired  into  exceed  $500,  or,  whatever  the  amount  involved, 
should  the  officer  pecuniarily  interested  request  it,  the  proceedings  in  tripli- 
cate will  be  forwarded  to  the  next  higher  commander  authorized  by  para- 


APPENDIX.  37  £ 

graph  709  to  convene  boards  of  survey  for  review,  and  with  his  action  are 
complete.  One  copy  will  then  be  filed  at  his  headquarters  and  the  others 
sent  to  the  accountable  officer;  but  all  proceedings  of  boards  of  survey, 
whatever  their  nature  or  the  amounts  involved,  are  subject  on  call  to  the 
approval  or  disapproval  of  the  next  higher  commander  authorized  to  con- 
vene such  boards  or  such  other  action  on  his  part  as  the  merits  of  the  case 
or  the  interests  of  the  Government  may  in  his  opinion  require. 

878.  Inspections  having  in  view  the  condemnation'  of  property  will  be 
made  by  inspectors-general,  acting  inspectors-general,  or  officers  specially 
designated  by  the  commander  of  a  department,  the  commander  of  an  army 
in  the  field,  or  higher  authority. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  180.  )  Washington,  November  26,  1898. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  deserters  from  volunteer  organ- 
izations that  have  been  mustered  out,  or  are  being  prepared  for  muster  out 
of  the  service,  who  may  surrender  or  be  apprehended,  when  it  is  impracti- 
cable to  bring  them  to  trial  before  a  general  court-martial  will  be  discharged 
without  honor,  with  forfeiture  of  traveling  allowances,  as  soon  after  surren- 
der or  appehension  as  practicable  by  commanding  officers  of  posts  or  mus- 
tering officers.     In  such  cases,  when  muster-out  rolls  have  not  been  closed, 
the  deserters  will  be  taken  up  on  the  rolls  under  the  heading  ';  Discharged," 
and  their  full  record  of  service  will  be  given,  as  required  by  paragraph 
1381,  Army  Regulations.     When  the  muster-out  rolls  of  the  organization 
have  been  closed,  a  special  report  of  action  taken  in  each  case  will  be  made 
by  the  officer  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.     (A.  R.,  129,  132.) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  enlisted  men  discharged  in  Cuba, 
Porto  Rico,  Hawaii,  the  Philippines,  or  other  places  outside  of  the  United 
States  will  be  provided  free  transportation  to  the  United  States  on  Govern- 
ment transports  upon  direction  of  the  commanding  officers  in  the  several 
localities,  and  will  be  subsisted  by  the  Subsistence  Department  to  the  port 
of  destination,  and  will  not  be  entitled  to  travel  pay  from  port  of  embarka- 
tion to  the  United  States,  nor  to  commutation  of  rations  for  the  time  so  sub- 
sisted on  the  transports.     Upon  arrival  in  the  United  States  they  will  be 
furnished  with  travel  pay  by  the  Pay  Department  to  the  places  of  their 
enlistment,  as  in  all  other  cases  of  soldiers  discharged  on  final  statements. 

The  fact  that  such  transportation  and  subsistence  have  been  furnished 
must  be  noted  on  the  final  statements.     (A.  R.,  141  and  153.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  182-  J  Washington,  December  1,  1898. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  68  of  the  Regulations 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

68.  Orders  contemplating  the  payment  of  mileage  must  state  the  special 
duty  enjoined  and  that  the  travel  directed  is  necessary  for  the  public  service. 
They  will  not  direct  travel  beyond  the  limits  of  the  command  of  the  officer 


380  APPENDIX. 

who  issues  them,  except  that  commanders  of  departments  or  corps  outside 
the  present  limits  of  the  United  States  may  order  officers  of  their  commands 
to  return  to  the  United  States  in  cases  of  emergency,  in  which  the  travel 
directed  is  manifestly  for  the  public  interest  or  is  necessary  to  save  life. 
When  a  general  is  ordered  on  duty  beyond  the  limits  of  his  command,  he 
may  order  an  officer  of  his  staff  to  accompany  him;  if  ordered  to  change 
station,  he  may  order  the  necessary  change  of  station  of  his  personal  staff. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  183.  )  Washington,  December  8,  189S. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1363  of  the  Regulations 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1363.  Payments  to  enlisted  men  will  be  made  on  muster  and  pay  rolls, 
with  the  following  exceptions:  Enlisted  men,  retired,  and  men  of  the  post 
noncommissioned  staff,  or  acting  as  such,  and  sergeants,  corporals,  and 
privates  of  the  Signal  Corps  on  duty  where  there  are  no  other  troops.  These 
will  be  paid  on  their  descriptive  lists  by  the  chief  paymaster  of  the  depart- 
ment, or  a  paymaster  designated  by  him;  if  not  under  the  orders  of  the 
department  commander,  they  will  be  paid  by  a  paymaster  designated  by 
the  Paymaster-General.  Payments  to  discharged  soldiers  will  be  made  by 
any  paymaster,  under  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  1382  to  1388. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  185.  )  Washington,  December  !>',. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1,  General  Orders,  No. 
44,  May  13,  1898,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  all  volunteer  officers  serving  with 
their  regiments  or  companies  shall  be  paid  on  the  rolls  thereof;  the  regi- 
mental field  and  staff,  noncommissioned  staff,  and  band  on  one  roll,  known 
as  the  field,  staff,  and  band  roll,  and  company  officers  on  the  rolls  of  their 
respective  companies.  Volunteer  officers  paid  on  field,  staff,  and  band,  or 
company  rolls  will  each  enter  upon  the  rolls  at  time  of  payment  the  sum 
of  all  credit  sales  of  subsistence  stores  made  to  him,  and  not  paid  for  at 
date  of  the  roll,  which  sum  will  be  collected  by  the  paymaster  and  trans- 
ferred in  the  manner  directed  by  A.  R.,  1290. 

General  officers  and  their  staffs  and  officers  detached  from  their  com- 
mands shall  be  paid  on  the  usual  individual  (officer's)  voucher.  Officers  so 
paid  will  make  the  notation  on  the  pay  account  required  by  A.  R.,  1288. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  189-  )  Washington,  December  27,  1S98. 

Commanders  of  divisions  or  separate  brigades  convening  general  courts- 
martial  pursuant  to  the  seventy-third  Article  of  War,  or  acting  as  review- 


APPENDIX.  381 

ing  authority  on  proceedings  thereof,  will  forward  the  same  to  the  Judge- 
Advocate-General  of  the  Army  through  their  respective  corps  commanders. 
If  errors  are  found  in  the  proceedings  demanding  it  the  corps  commander 
may  return  them  to  the  reviewing  authority  for  any  necessary  action  before 
forwarding  them  to  the  Judge-Advocate-General  of  the  Army.  (A.  R. ,  892. } 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  194.  )  Washington,  December  31,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

A  sanitary  inspection  of  all  military  camps,  including  regimental,  brig- 
ade, and  division  hospitals,  will  hereafter  be  made  on  Saturday  of  each 
week,  and  on  the  last  Saturday  of  each  month  a  medical  inspection  will 
also  be  made.  A  similar  inspection  will  be  made  on  the  last  day  of  each 
month  of  all  military  posts  and  general  hospitals. 

The  senior  medical  officer  present  will  make  these  inspections  for 
detached  commands,  military  posts,  and  general  hospitals;  brigade  sur- 
geons will  make  them  for  troops  that  are  organized  into  and  serving  as 
brigades,  and  when  special  occasion  requires,  and  the  general  commanding 
orders,  division,  corps,  or  department  chief  surgeons  will  make  them. 

A  report  of  these  inspections,  with  such  recommendations  as  are  deemed 
proper,  will  be  made  to  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  return  it  after 
indorsing  thereon  his  views  and  action  or  his  objections.  The  medical  offi- 
cer will  then  forward  the  report  through  military  channels  to  the  Surgeon- 
General  of  the  Army.  All  commanding  officers  are  directed  to  facilitate 
the  prompt  transmission  of  these  reports  to  their  proper  destination. 

The  sanitary  inspection  will  consist  of  an  examination  of  the  quarters, 
their  cubic  air  space  per  man,  space  between  tents,  ventilation,  lighting, 
drainage,  and  general  police;  of  the  clothing  and  bedding,  its  sufficiency, 
adaptability,  and  general  condition;  of  the  food  supply,  its  quality,  variety, 
and  quantity,  its  preparation,  cooking,  and  method  of  serving;  of  the  water 
supply,  its  quality  and  quantity,  for  cooking,  bathing,  and  laundry  pur- 
poses; of  the  disposal  of  excreta,  by  what  methods,  character  of  disinfec- 
tion and  cleanliness;  of  the  habits,  exercise,  and  recreations  of  the  men,  and 
of  the  site  of  the  cainp,  hospital,  or  post  with  reference  to  its  healthfulness. 

The  medical  inspection  will  include  an  examination  of  the  records  of  the 
hospitals  as  to  there  completeness  and  accuracy,  and  the  promptness  in  for- 
warding them;  of  the  medical,  surgical,  and  hospital  supplies;  their  quality, 
quantity,  condition,  whether  properly  used,  and  if  timely  requisitions  are 
made  to  avoid  deficiencies;  of  the  food  supply  for  the  hospital,  especially 
with  reference  to  light  diet  for  the  sick:  of  the  management  of  the  diet 
kitchens;  of  the  methods  of  day  and  night  messing  for  attendants,  male  and 
female;  of  the  public  funds  provided  by  existing  regulations  for  the  pur- 
chase of  food;  of  the  tentage,  wheel  transportation,  and  other  articles  fur- 
nished to  the  hospital  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  their  amount, 
usage,  and  condition  as  to  repairs;  of  public  animals,  their  number  and  con- 
dition. 

Inquiry  will  be  made  into  the  character  and  causes  of  prevailing  diseases, 
and  what  steps  have  been  taken  to  prevent  them;  into  the  attention  to  duty 


382  APPENDIX. 

of  medical  officers,  contract  surgeons,  enlisted  men,  and  female  nurses,  and 
into  the  discipline,  instruction,  and  efficiency  of  the  Hospital  Corps. 

Recommendations  will  be  made  for  the  correction  of  unsanitary  condi 
tions  or  of  abuses  that  may  exist,  and  note  made  on  the  next  report  of  the 
action  that  has  been  taken  regarding  them. 

Special  report  will  be  made  of  professional  incompetency,  neglect  of  duty, 
or  general  inefficiency  of  any  medical  officers. 

Forms  for  the  inspection  reports  will  be  supplied  by  the  Surgeon-General. 
(A.  R.,  874,  1393.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  1.  )  Washington,  January  G,  1899. 

*  *  ***** 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1266  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  revoked. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  January  0,  1S99. 
By  direction  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision 
of  the  Assistant  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Wuitfiiniitoti,  D.  C.,, October  15,  1S98. 
The  honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  I  have  received  your  letter  of  the  24th  ultimo,  inclosing  several  bills  for  advertising  in 
certain  newspapers  in  North  Carolina,  Florida,  and  Wyoming,  for  recruits  and  supplies  fur 
the  Army.  You  state  that  this  advertising  was  procured  by  officers  of  the  Army  without  t he- 
previous  written  authority  of  the  head  of  the  War  Department  as  required  by  section  :N>, 
Revised  Statutes,  and  paragraph  503,  Army  Regulations,  1895,  and  submit  for  my  decision  the 
following  questions: 

1.  Were  these  advertisements  such  as  come  within  the  provisions  <>f  section  :>xj\  Hi-vised 
Statutes? 

2.  If  section  3828  applies  to  these  advertisements,  will  the  subsequent  approval  of  the 
vouchers,  and  ratification  by  you  of  the  acts  of  your  subordinates,  be  sufficient  to  authorize 
the  payment  of  the  bills? 

Section  3828,  Revised  Statutes,  provides: 

"  No  advertisement,  notice,  or  proposal  for  any  Executive  Department  of  the  Government, 
or  for  any  Bureau  thereof,  or  for  any  office  therewith  connected,  shall  be  published  in  any 
newspaper  whatever,  except  in  pursuance  of  a  written  authority  for  such  publication  from 
the  head  of  such  Department;  and  no  bill  for  such  advertising,  or  publication,  shall  be  paid, 
unless  there  be  presented  with  such  bill  a  copy  of  such  written  authority." 

Paragraph  503,  Army  Regulations,  1895,  merely  repeats  the  prohibition  found  in  section 
3828,  and  need  not  be  further  considered. 

Does  section  3828  apply  to  these  advertisements? 

The  notices  were  for  recruits  and  supplies  for  the  Army,  and  were  published  at  the  instance 
of  army  officers,  who,  if  they  had  any  authority  at  all,  were  acting  as  the  agents  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War.  It  does  not  seem  to  me  there  can  be  any  doubt  that  the  advertisements  were  for 
an  Executive  Department,  or  bureau  thereof,  or  office  therewith  connected.  The  Attorney- 
General,  in  16  Opin.  A.  G.,  616,  held  that  section  3828  applies  to  all  offices  connected  with  an 
Executive  Department,  no  matter  where  located.  See  1  Comp.  Dec.,  567. 

Reference  is  made  by  you  to  a  decision  of  First  Comptroller  Lawrence  (5  Lawrence  Comp. 
Dec.,  389,  390),  wherein  it  was  held  that  section  3828  did  not  apply  to  advertisements  published 


APPENDIX.  383 

by  order  of  a  collector  of  internal  revenue  under  authority  of  section  3460,  Revised  Statutes. 
The  Comptroller  said: 

"  But,  evidently,  section  3828  can  not  apply  to  such  notices.  The  statute  expressly  requires 
the  collector  to  give  the  notices.  The  discretion  is  generally  vested  in  him  to  select  the 
newspaper  in  which  to  publish,  but  the  statute  permits  no  discretion  to  omit  the  publication. 
Section  3828  can  only  apply  when^by  law  the  head  of  a  Department  can  exercise  a  discretion, 
either  in  the  selection  of  a  newspaper  in  which  to  publish  or  in  determining  whether  a  notice 
shall  or  shall  not  be  published." 

It  is  not  necessary  to  determine  whether  or  not  this  view  of  the  law  is  correct,  it  being 
sufficient  to  say  that  the  facts  upon  which  it  was  based  are  essentially  different  from,  and  the 
decision  has  no  bearing  on,  the  cases  now  under  consideration,  and  I  am  compelled  to  hold 
that  section  &S28  does  apply  to  the  cases  now  before  me. 

The  second  question  for  consideration  is  whether  a  subsequent  approval  and  ratification  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  advertising  done  without  the  previous  written  authority  required  by  sec- 
tion 3828  will  so  legalize  the  transaction  as  to  warrant  the  payment  of  the  bills. 

The  law  is  too  clear  and  unambiguous  to  require  or  admit  of  construction.  It  is  expressed 
in  positive  terms  of  prohibition.  It  not  only  prohibits  the  publication  of  any  advertisement, 
notice,  or  proposal  in  any  newspaper  whatever  except  in  pursuance  of  the  written  authority 
for  such  publication  from  the  head  of  Department,  but  it  prohibits  the  payment  of  any  bill 
for  such  advertising  unless  there  be  presented  with  such  bill  a  copy  of  such  written  authority. 
If  any  statute  is  mandatory  this  is,  and  it  has  been  so  held.  The  Second  Comptroller,  in  a 
decision  of  December  11,  1876  (Digest  of  Second  Comp.  Dec., paragraph  18),  held: 

"The  written  authority  for  the  publication  of  advertisements,  etc.,  under  section  3828,  Rev. 
Stat.,  must  precede  such  publication.  No  subsequent  approval  or  authorization  can  legalize 
advertising  done  without  such  written  authority,  so  as  to  warrant  payment  for  the  same." 

It  is  a  matter  of  history  that  this  law  was  enacted  for  the  express  purpose,  in  part,  of  cor- 
recting a  well-known  abuse  of  the  doctrine  of  ratification  as  applied  to  advertising  done  with- 
out authority,  and  it  should  be  administered,  as  far  as  it  reasonably  can  be,  so  as  to  suppress 
the  mischief  and  advance  the  remedy  intended. 

I  have  therefore  to  advise  you  that  no  subsequent  approval  or  ratification  can  legalize  this 
advertising  so  as  to  warrant  payment  of  the  vouchers. 

The  inclosures  are  herewith  returned. 

Respectfully,  yours,  L.  P.  MITCHELL, 

Assistant  Comptroller. 

(A.  JR.,  503.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  5.  )  Washington,  January  11,  1899. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  II,  General  Orders, 
No.  180,  November  26, 1898,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  enlisted  men  discharged  in  Cuba, 
Porto  Rico,  Hawaii,  the  Philippines,  or  other  places  outside  of  the  United 
States  will  be  provided  free  transportation  to  the  United  States  on  Gov- 
ernment transports  upon  direction  of  the  commanding  officers  in  the  several 
localities,  and  will  be  subsisted  by  the  Subsistence  Department  to  the  port 
of  destination.  They  will  not  be  entitled  to  travel  pay  from  port  of  em- 
barkation to  the  United  States,  nor  to  commutation  of  rations  for  the  time 
so  subsisted  on  the  transports. 

The  fact  that  such  transportation  and  subsistence  have  been  furnished 
must  be  noted  on  the  final  statements. 

Paymasters,  when  paying  final  statements  of  soldiers  discharged  under 
above  conditions,  will  include  in  such  payments  travel  allowances  from 
station  to  port  of  embarkation  and  from  port  of  arrival  in  the  United  States 
to  place  of  enlistment  or  enrollment.  (A.  R.,141,  150,  153,  1109,  1273,  1274, 
1385.) 


384 


APPENDIX. 


GENERAL  ORDERS, 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  January  14,  1S99. 
By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  paragraph  1119,  Army  Regulations, 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1119.  The  baggage  to  be  transported  at  public  expense,  including  mess 
chests  and  personal  baggage,  upon  change  of  station,  will  not  exceed  the 
following  weights: 


Rank. 

In  the 
field. 

Changing 
station. 

Major-general                                                               

1'oil/K/ti. 

1,000 

Pounds. 

3,500 

Brigadier-general 

700 

•>  soo 

Field  officer  .  .  .                                  

500 

•2,  400 

Captain 

200 

0  OCX) 

First  lieutenant                .             

150 

1,700 

Second  lieutenant 

150 

1  500 

Acting  assistant  surgeon                                    

150 

1  '200 

Veterinary  surgeon 

150 

630 

Post  and  regimental  noncommissioned  staff  officer,  hospital  steward, 
chief  musician,  and  sergeant  of  the  Signal  Corps,  each  ... 

600 

For  officers,  when  embarking  under  orders  for  extended  service  over  the 
sea  for  duty,  the  allowance  of  baggage  to  be  transported  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department  from  initial  point  to  port  of  embarkation  and  from 
port  of  destination  to  garrison  station  will  be  three  times  the  allowance 
prescribed  above  for  change  of  station. 

These  allowances  are  in  excess  of  the  weights  transported  free  of  charge 
under  the  regular  fares  by  public  carriers.  They  may  be  reduced  pro  rata 
by  the  commanding  officer,  if  necessary,  and  may,  in  special  cases,  be 
increased  by  the  War  Department  on  transports  by  water.  Shipments  of 
officers'  allowance  of  baggage  will  in  all  cases  be  made  at  carrier's  risk, 
including  those  over  roads  where  tariffs  provide  for  extra  charge  therefor. 
(A.  R.,  1100,  1119.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  9-  )  Washington,  January  16,  1899. 

I.  To  curtail  the  large  expense  incident  to  cable  communication,  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  directs  that  only  such  words  be  used  in  cable  dispatches  as 
are  necessary  to  a  clear  comprehension  of  their  contents.  Hereafter  mes- 
sages by  cable  from  abroad  to  officials  at  the  War  Department  will  be 
addressed  with  the  following  abbreviations: 

Sec  war  (Secretary  of  War). 

Asecwar  (Assistant  Secretary  of  War). 

Gen  war  (Commanding  General  Army). 

Agwar  (Adjutant-General). 

Inspecwar  (Inspector-General,  War  Department). 

Jagwar  (Judge- Advocate-General). 

Quagwar  ( Quartermaster-General ) . 


APPENDIX  385 

Comwar  (Commissary-General). 

Signals  (Chief  Signal  Officer). 

Pay  war  (Paymaster-General). 

Cengwar  (Chief  of  Engineers). 

Cord  war  (Chief  of  Ordnance). 

Surgwar  (Surgeon-General,  War  Department). 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the 
Army  is  charged  with  the  preparation  of  a  suitable  telegraphic  cable  code 
for  the  official  use  of  the  Army,  and  until  such  code  is  perfected  the 
"Western  Union  Telegraphic  Code  "  is  adopted  as  a  supplement  to  the 
' '  Telegraphic  Code  to  Insure  Secrecy  in  the  Transmission  of  Telegrams  " 
(War  Department  code  now  used),  and  will  be  furnished  on  requisition. 
Extra  sheets  containing  sentences  peculiarly  suited  for  military  use  will  be 
prepared  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  and  forwarded  from  time  to  time  for 
insertion  in  this  code.  Such  special  vocabularies  and  instructions  as  may 
be  incorporated  in  this  code  must  be  closely  followed.  The  two  codes  must 
not  be  used  conjointly.  (.4.  E.,  1210, 1211, 1545.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  January  17, 1899. 

The  following  act  of  Congress  is  published  for  the  information  and  gov- 
ernment of  all  concerned: 

AN  ACT  making  appropriations  to  supply  urgent  deficiencies  in  the  appropriations  for  the 
support  of  the  military  and  naval  establishments  for  the  last  six  months  of  the  fiscal  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-nine,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Con- 

i/rt  ,s'x  assembled, 

*  ****** 

WAR  DEPARTMENT. 

******* 
That  the  time  for  the  examination  of  monthly  accounts  by  the  bureaus  and  offices  of  the 
War  Department  after  the  date  of  their  actual  receipt  and  before  transmitting  the  same  to 
the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  as  limited  by  section  twelve  of  the  legislative,  execu- 
tive, and  judicial  appropriation  act,  approved  July  thirty-first,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety- 
four,  is  hereby  extended  from  twenty  days  to  sixty  days  for  the  period  of  one  year  from  the 
date  of  the  passage  of  this  act. 


(A.  K.,  687.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  January  77,  1899. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1006  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  by  inserting  in  the  nineteenth  line,  from  foot  of  page  140, 
after  the  words,  "signal  sergeant f,"  the  following:  "enlisted  man  of  the 
Signal  Corps  when  employed  as  signal  sergeant  f. " 

16686—01 25 


386  .  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  30-  )  Washington,  January  27, 1899. 

I.  The  attention  of  the  War  Department  having  been  called  to  the  exist- 
ing delays  in  securing  discharges  of  enlisted  men  on  surgeon's  certificate  of 
disability  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  General  Orders,  No.  100, 
July  10, 1898,  from  this  office,  the  Secretary  of  War  directs  that  department 
and  corps  commanders  issue  the  necessary  instructions  to  insure  the  prompt 
discharge  of  enlisted  men  unfit  for  service  by  reason  of  physical  disability. 

(A.R.,140*) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  the  following  paragraph  is 
added  to  the  Army  Regulations: 

149a.  The  discharge  of  a  soldier  takes  effect  on  the  date  of  notice  to  him 
of  such  discharge,  either  actual,  by  delivery  of  the  certificate  of  discharge. 
or  constructive,  as  where  such  delivery  can  not  be  made  owing  to  his 
absence  through  his  own  fault,  in  which  case  the  receipt  of  the  discharge 
at  the  station  where  he  ought  to  be  will  be  deemed  sufficient  notice.  The 
date  of  discharge  on  the  final  statements  must  be  the  same  date  as  that  on 
the  discharge  certificate. 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  paragraph  lot)?  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1397.  No  person  will  be  appointed  a  hospital  steward  until  he  has  served 
a  year  as  acting  hospital  steward;  nor  will  a  steward  be  appointed  or  an 
acting  steward  be  detailed  until  he  has  passed  a  satisfactory  examination, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Surgeon- General.  Privates  who  have  served  at 
least  three  months  in  the  Hospital  Corps  may  be  recommended  to  the 
Surgeon-General  for  promotion  by  the  senior  medical  officer  of  the  com- 
mand. From  those  thus  recommended  acting  stewards  will  be  detailed. 
after  passing  the  required  examination.  These  examinations  will  be  con- 
ducted by  a  board  composed  of  three  medical  officers  of  the  station  at 
which  the  applicant  may  be  serving,  or  of  such  a  number  of  medical  officers 
less  than  three  as  maybe  present,  and  if  no  medical  officer  is  there  on  duty, 
the  candidate  will  be  sent  for  examination  to  the  nearest  station  provided 
with  such  an  officer.  The  report  of  the  board  will  be  forwarded  direct  t<  > 
the  Surgeon-General. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  21.  )  Washington,  February  1.  ;,s'.r/. 

•*##*#•>:-  -:•:- 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  223  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

223.  Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  a  commanding  officer,  the  condition  of 
any  silken  color,  standard,  or  guidon  in  the  possession  of  his  command  has 
become  unserviceable,  a  board  of  survey  will  be  appointed  to  report  for  the 
information  of  the  Secretary  of  War  its  condition  and  as  to  the  necessity 
of  supplying  a  new  one.  If  requiring  repair,  application  to  have  it  placed 
in  a  serviceable  condition  should  be  made  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 
Service  colors  and  guidons  will  be  submitted  to  the  action  of  an  inspector 
when  unfit  for  further  use.  Upon  receipt  of  new  silken  colors,  standards, 


APPENDIX.  387 

or  guidons,  commanding  officers  will  cause  those  replaced  to  be  suitably 
labeled  and  sent  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  preservation,  but 
organizations  which  participated  in  the  war  with  Spain  will  be  allowed  to 
retain  the  colors,  standards,  or  guidons  carried  by  them  during  the  contin- 
uance of  hostilities. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  22.  )  Washington,  February  3,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions 
relating  to  the  functions  of  the  ' '  fiscal  agents  of  the  Government  of  the 
United  States  "  in  the  islands  of  Cuba  and  of  Porto  Rico  are  published  to 
the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

1.  The  North  American  Trust  Company,  of  New  York,  and  the  firm  of 
De  Ford  &  Co.,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  have  been  designated  by  the  President 
of  the  United  States  as  "fiscal  agents  of  the  Government  of  the  United 
States,"  the  former  as  agents  at  Santiago,  Habana,  and  other  places  in  the 
island  of  Cuba,  and  the  latter  as  agents  in  the  island  of  Porto  Rico.  As 
expressed  in  their  bonds,  these  agents  have  been  designated — 

For  such  service  as  the  Government  may  require,  upon  the  following  agreement,  terms,  and 
conditions,  which  have  been  duly  accepted  and  entered  into  by  the  said  [agents] ;  that  is  to 
say,  that  the  said  [agents]  will,  while  they  continue  such  agents  of  the  said  Government, 
accept,  protect,  and  pay  all  bills  and  drafts  drawn  upon  them  by  the  Government,  or  on  its 
account  by  its  officers  or  other  persons  duly  authorized  for  that  purpose,  and  properly  pre- 
sented or  coming  to  them  for  acceptance,  protection,  or  payment,  charging  therefor  commis- 
sions of  one-half  of  1  per  centum,  and  will  promptly  account  for  and  pay  over  to  the  said 
Government,  when  required  so  to  do,  all  moneys  and  balances  of  said  Government  at  any 
time  remaining  in  their  hands.  The  said  Government  agreeing  on  its  part  to  furnish  the 
money  to  the  said  [agents]  for  the  payment  of  said  bills  and  drafts  from  time  to  time  as  the 
same  may  be  required. 

Money  is  furnished  to  said  fiscal  agents  by  warrants  drawn  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury  on  assistant  treasurers  and  designated  depositaries  in 
the  United  States,  and  with  the  proceeds  these  agents  establish  credits  at 
their  respective  business  houses  in  Cuba  and  in  Porto  Rico  in  favor  of  dis- 
bursing officers  of  the  War  Department  for  such  amounts  (subject  to  cur- 
rent charges  for  exchange)  as  may  be  requested  by  the  War  Department. 
Each  disbursing  officer  authorized  to  draw  checks  against  a  credit  so  estab- 
lished is  given  official  notice  of  the  amount  of  the  credit,  the  appropriation, 
the  name  of  the  fiscal  agents,  and  the  place.  On  receiving  notice  from  the 
fiscal  agents  of  the  establishment  of  such  a  credit,  the  disbursing  officer 
debits  himself  with  the  full  amount  of  the  credit  and  pays  the  agents  the 
charges  for  exchange  at  rates  current  at  the  time,  taking  a  receipt  for  such 
payment  showing  the  specific  credit  on  which  the  exchange  was  paid.  The 
charges  of  one-half  of  1  per  centum  for  disbursement  of  funds  advanced  to 
the  fiscal  agents  on  Government  account  are  settled  through  the  accounting 
officers  of  the  Treasury,  and  are  not  paid  by  the  disbursing  officers.  The 
obligations  of  the  agents  do  not  require  them  to  accept  from  holders,  at  par, 
at  their  business  houses  in  Cuba  and  in  Porto  Rico,  checks  of  disbursing 
officers  drawn,  not  on  them,  but  on  the  Treasurer,  or  an  assistant  treasurer, 
or  designated  depositary  located  in  the  United  States.  Such  checks  in  the 
hands  of  holders  in  those  countries  are  subject  to  the  local  discounts  or 
charges  for  collection. 


388  APPENDIX. 

2.  A  disbursing  officer  stationed  in  Cuba  or  Porto  Rico  having  a  credit 
with  said  fiscal  agents  is  authorized  to  transfer  any  unused  portion  of  his 
credit  (unexpended  balance)  by  drawing  his  check  directing  the  fiscal  agents 
to  place  a  stated  amount  to  the  official  credit  of  the  officer  named  therein 
and  sending  it  to  the  agents,  and  sending  invoices  of  the  funds  to  the  receiv- 
ing officer. 

3.  Disbursing  officers  of  the  War  Department  stationed  in  Cuba  and  Porto 
Rico,  being  far  remote  from  the  designated  depositaries,  are  specially  author- 
ized by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  keep,  at  their  own  risk,  money  received 
in  coin  or  currency  which  they  may  be  authorized  to  disburse  and  such 
moneys  as  may  be  officially  intrusted  to  them  for  disbursement.     The  obliga- 
tions of  the  fiscal  agents  in  Cuba  and  in  Porto  Rico  are  set  forth  in  their 
bonds  hereinabove  quoted,  but  they  are  not  designated  depositaries  of  the 
United  States,  and  public  moneys  will  not  be  deposited  with  them,  under 
A.  R.,  608  and  609,  to  be  carried  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United 
States;  nor  will  the  amount  of  credit  of  any  disbursing  officer  with  them  be 
increased  by  any  deposit  by  him  of  funds  to  be  held  for  disbursement. 

4.  Disbursing  officers  in  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico  having  coin  or  currency  or 
both  in  their  possession  in  excess  of  needs,  or  which  for  any  reason  should 
be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  may  ex- 
change the  same  for  official  checks  of  U.  S.  disbursing  officers  drawn  against 
the  Treasurer  or  any  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States  in  favor  of  the 
depositing  officers  themselves  or  of  public  creditors,  and  may  use  such  checks 
for  making  deposits  under  A.  R.,  608  and  609,  by  indorsing  them  "  Pay  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,"  adding  their  official  signatures,  and  for- 
warding them  by  mail  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  Washington, 
D.  C.,  with  a  letter  requesting  that  the  amount  thereof  be  deposited  in  the 
Treasury  and  carried  to  the  credit  of  the  appropriation  to  which  the  funds 
should  go,  naming  it, or  to  that  of  "miscellaneous  receipts,"  as  the  case 
may  require.     Depositing  officers  using  such  checks  for  the  purpose  herein 
described  will  be  held  strictly  responsible  for  the  genuineness  and  suffici- 
ency of  all  indorsements  on  the  same  preceding  their  own.    Should  it  be 
impracticable  to  obtain  United  States  disbursing  officers'  checks  for  the  pur- 
pose, the  money  (U.S. coin  or  currency)  will  be  forwarded  through  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  under  A.  R.,  1128,  to  the  Treasurer  of  the 

United  States  with  letter  of  advice,  as  in  the  case  of  checks.  The  Quar- 
termaster's Department  will  furnish  transportation  upon  application  of  the 
depositing  officer  to  the  chief  quartermaster  of  the  department  in  which  he 
is  serving  (A.  R.,  608,  609,  1128,  1349,  1350.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  23-  )  Washington,  February  7,  1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  action  of  corps,  division,  and  brigade  commanders,  heretofore  taken 
in  granting  furloughs  to  enlisted  men  of  their  command  and  extending  the 
the  limit  of  the  same,  is  hereby  confirmed  and  commutation  of  rations  will 
be  paid  accordingly. 

The  commanding  officer  of  a  regiment  or  a  detached  troop,  battery,  or 


APPENDIX.  389 

company  in  the  field  may  grant  furloughs,  not  exceeding  twenty  days  at  one 
time,  to  five  per  centum  of  the  enlisted  men  (present  therewith) ,  but  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  brigade  commander  or  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
forces  of  which  said  enlisted  men  form  a  part. 

Brigade  commanders  may  approve  furloughs  issued  by  the  commanding 
officer  of  a  regiment,  detached  troop,  battery,  or  company  in  the  field  under 
his  command,  and  may  grant  furloughs  to  enlisted  men  of  any  organiza- 
tion under  their  command,  or  extend  furloughs  already  given,  for  a  period 
not  to  exceed,  in  all,  twenty  days. 

Division  commanders  may  grant  furloughs  to  enlisted  men  belonging  to 
organizations  under  their  command  for  thirty  days  or  extend  to  such  period 
furloughs  already  granted. 

The  commanding  officer  of  a  corps  or  of  a  separate  command  in  the  field 
may  suspend  the  granting  of  furloughs  in  any  or  all  organizations  within  his 
command  whenever,  in  his  opinion,  circumstances  may  render  it  neces- 
sary or  advisable  or  for  the  best  interests  of  the  service. 

The  foregoing  regulations  shall  not  be  construed  to  affect  existing  orders 
and  regulations  regarding  furloughs  given  to  men  about  to  be  discharged, 
or  to  furloughs  to  enlisted  men  on  account  of  sickness.  (A.  R.,  106-108.} 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  107  and  1257  of  the 
Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

107.  Corps  or  department  commanders  may  grant  furloughs  to  enlisted 
men,  sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  excepted,  for  two  months, 
and  the  Commanding  General  of  the  Army  for  four  months,  or  they  may 
extend  to  such  periods  furloughs  already  granted.  For  a  longer  period 
than  four  months  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War  is  necessary.  Per- 
mission to  delay  may  be  granted  to  enlisted  men  traveling  under  orders  as 
authorized  for  furloughs.  The  conditions  under  which  furloughs  to  sol- 
diers on  reenlistment  are  authorized  will  be  announced  from  time  to  time 
in  orders. 

1257.  When  enlisted  men  supplied  with  cooked  or  travel  rations  travel 
unaccompanied  by  an  officer,  funds  for  the  purchase  of  liquid  coffee  in  lieu 
of  the  coffee  and  sugar  portion  of  the  travel  ration,  at  the  rate  of  21  cents 
per  day  for  the  anticipated  number  of  days'  travel,  may,  on  the  order  of  the 
commanding  officer  who  directs  the  journey,  be  paid  to  each  man.  and  his 
receipt  therefor  taken  on  a  receipt  roll,  which  must  be  accompanied  by  a 
copy  of  the  order.  When  enlisted  men  supplied  with  cooked  or  travel 
rations  travel  under  command  of  an  officer,  funds  at  the  same  rate  for  the 
same  purpose  will  be  transferred  to  him  to  be  disbursed  and  accounted  for. 
At  the  end  of  the  journey  the  unexpended  balance,  if  any,  will  be  trans- 
ferred to  company  commanders  pro  rata,  to  be  taken  up  by  them  as  part  of 
the  company  fund. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  2Q-  Washington,  February  9,  1899. 

::•#*###* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  the  following  is  published  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 
The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  furnish  transportation  for  the  pri- 


390  APPENDIX. 

vate  horses  of  officers  of  volunteers  who  may  be  mustered  out  of  the  service 
on  account  of  the  muster  out  of  their  organizations,  or  by  reason  of  their 
services  being  no  longer  required,  from  the  places  where  they  are  mustered 
out  to  the  places  where  they  were  enrolled  or  entered  the  volunteer  service, 
respectively,  provided  it  be  shown  that  such  private  horses  were  obtained 
at  the  latter  places.  (A.  jR.,  1069.} 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  31-  )  Washington,  February  21,  1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  the  commanding  general,  Divi- 
sion of  Cuba,  is  authorized  to  determine  the  rate  of  comnmtation  of  rations 
to  be  allowed  enlisted  men  in  the  island  of  Cuba  who  may  be  detailed  on 
special  duty  which  separates  them  from  messing  facilities  with  the  troops, 
such  commutation  to  be  allowed  only  in  cases  of  necessity,  and  in  no  case 
to  exceed  the  rate  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per  day.    All  such  allowances 
will  be  announced  in  special  orders  from  the  headquarters  of  the  Division 
of  Cuba,  the  order  giving  in  each  case  the  name  of  the  enlisted  man,  the 
place  and  special  duty  on  which  engaged,  the  rate  of  the  allowance  and  the 
date  on  which  it  is  to  begin.     (A.  R.,  1272,  1273.} 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1439  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1439.  When  a  soldier  in  hospital  is  detached  from  his  company,  his  com- 
pany commander  will  send  to  the  hospital  his  descriptive  list.  The  surgeon 
in  charge  will  enter  thereon  all  payments,  stoppages,  and  the  money  value 
of  all  clothing  issued,  and  when  the  soldier  is  returned  to  duty,  transferred, 
discharged,  dies,  or  deserts,  a  new  descriptive  list  containing  a  complete 
statement  of  his  accounts  will  be  sent  to  his  company  or  other  commander, 
and  the  original  will  be  retained  by  the  officer  in  command  of  the  hospital 
for  his  own  protection.  If  the  soldier  is  discharged  from  the  service  while 
in  hospital,  the  surgeon  will  furnish  him  with  final  statements  and  notify 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  and  the  company  commander  of  the 
date,  place,  and  cause  of  discharge.  If  the  soldier  die  in  hospital,  the  sur- 
geon will  take  charge  of  his  effects  and  make  the  reports  required  in  para- 
graph 158. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  34.  )  Washington,  March  2,  1899. 

******* 
II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  377  and  1301  of  the 
Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

377.  Light  and  siege  batteries  serving  with  other  troops  will  perform  their 
own  guard,  police,  and  fatigue  duty,  and  officers  and  men  will  be  exempt 
from  detail  for  other  duty  of  like  character,  except  when  in  the  judgment 
of  the  post  commander  the  necessities  of  the  service  will  not  permit  such 
exemption,  in  which  case  he  will  immediately  report  his  action  and  the 
circumstances  to  the  department  commander. 


APPENDIX.  391 

1301.  The  following  officers,  in  addition  to  those  whose  pay  is  fixed  by  law, 
are  entitled  to  pay  as  mounted  officers:  Officers  of  the  staff  corps  below  the 
rank  of  major,  officers  serving  with  troops  of  cavalry,  officers  of  a  light  or 
siege  battery  duly  organized  and  equipped,  authorized  aids  duly  appointed, 
officers  serving  with  companies  of  mounted  infantry,  and  officers  on  duty 
which  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  commander  requires  them  to  be 
mounted,  and  so  certified  by  the  latter  on  their  pay  vouchers.  Acting 
judge-advocates  of  military  departments,  duly  detailed,  are  entitled,  while 
so  serving,  to  the  rank,  pay,  and  allowances  of  captains  of  cavalry. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  March  4,  1899. 
The  following  act  of  Congress  is  published  for  the  information  and  gov- 
ernment of  all  concerned: 

AN  ACT  for  increasing  the  efficiency  of  the  Array  of  the  United  States,  and  for  other  pur- 
poses. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Con- 
gress assembled,  That  from  and  after  the  date  of  approval  of  this  act  the  Army  of  the  United 

States  shall  consist  of 

*  ****** 

SEC.  3.  *  *  *  In  addition  to  the  enlisted  men  specified,  there  shall  be  one  electrician 
sergeant  to  each  post  garrisoned  by  coast  artillery  having  electrical  appliances,  who  shall  have 
the  pay  and  allowances  of  an  ordnance  sergeant.  (A.  R.,  91. ) 

******* 

SEC.  9.  That  the  cooks  authorized  by  this  act  shall  have  the  pay  and  allowances  of  sergeants 
of  infantry.  (A.  R.,  302.) 

******* 

SEC.  16.  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  permit  enlisted  men 
of  the  United  States  Army  to  make  allotments  of  their  pay,  under  such  regulations  as  he  may 
prescribe,  for  the  support  of  their  families  or  relatives,  for  their  own  savings,  or  for  other  pur- 
poses, during  such  time  as  they  may  be  absent  on  distant  duty,  or  under  other  circumstances 
warranting  such  action.  (A.  R.,  131&.) 

SEC.  17.  That  no  officer  or  private  soldier  shall  be  detailed  to  sell  intoxicating  drinks,  as  a 
bartender  or  otherwise,  in  any  post  exchange  or  canteen,  nor  shall  any  other  person  be 
required  or  allowed  to  sell  such  liquors  in  any  encamjpment  or  fort  or  on  any  premises  used 
for  military  purposes  by  the  United  States;  and  the  Secretary  of  War  is  hereby  directed  to 
issue  such  general  order  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  the  provisions  of  this  section  into  full 
force  and  effect.  (Art.  XXXIX,  A.  R.) 

SEC.  18.  That  all  laws  or  parts  of  laws  which  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  March  2,  1899. 


GENERAL  ORDERS.  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  March  10,  1899. 

The  following  acts  of  Congress  are  published  for  the  information  and 
government  of  all  concerned: 

******* 

III.  AN  ACT  to  permit  volunteer  regiments  to  retain  their  colors. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Con- 
i/i-f  .-•*  assembled,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  permit  vol- 
unteer regiments,  on  being  mustered  out  of  the  service  of  the  United  States,  to  retain  all 
of  their  regimental  colors.  Said  colors  shall  be  turned  over  to  the  State  authorities  to  which 


392  APPENDIX. 

said  regiments  belong,  and  the  regimental  quartermaster  in  making  his  returns  may,  in  lieu 
of  said  colors  and  in  full  release  therefor,  file  with  the  proper  official  of  the  War  Department 
a  receipt  from  the  quartermaster-general  of  said  State  that  said  colors  have  been  delivered  to 
said  State  authorities. 

Approved,  February  25,  1899. 
*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

(Art.  XXX,  A.  R.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 
No- 40-  )  Washington,  March  10,  1S99. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Disbursing  officers  of  the  Army  may  deposit  public  moneys  appropriated 
by  Congress  that  are  to  be  disbursed  in  the  island  of  Cuba,  as  the  same  may 
be  needed,  with  the  assistant  treasurer  in  New  York,  to  the  credit  of  the 
North  American  Trust  Company  as  fiscal  agent  of  the  United  States  for 
the  island  of  Cuba,  in  order  that  proper  credits  therefor  may  be  given,  by 
means  of  exchange,  at  the  proper  branch  banks  of  the  said  North  American 
Trust  Company  in  the  said  island,  in  favor  of  the  respective  disbursing  offi- 
cers under  the  agreement  of  said  fiscal  agent  and  as  the  public  service  may 
require;  and  officers  having  in  their  custody,  care,  or  control  moneys  col- 
lected as  revenues  of  said  island,  from  whatever  source,  may  deposit  the 
same  with  said  branch  banks  to  the  credit  of  themselves,  respectively,  as 
such  officers  so  in  custody  or  control  of  the  same  and  subject  to  their  own 
respective  orders. 

Disbursing  officers  of  the  Army  may  deposit  public  moneys  appropriated 
by  Congress  that  are  to  be  disbursed  in  the  island  of  Porto  Rico,  as  the  same 
may  be  needed,  with  the  assistant  treasurer  in  Boston,  Mass..  to  the  credit 
of  De  Ford  &  Co.,  of  Boston,  as  fiscal  agent  of  the  United  States  for  the 
island  of  Porto  Rico,  in  order  that  proper  credits  therefor  may  be  given,  by 
means  of  exchange,  at  the  proper  branch  banks  of  the  said  De  Ford  &  Co., 
in  the  said  island  in  favor  of  the  respective  disbursing  officers  under  the 
agreement  of  said  fiscal  agent  and  as  the  public  service  may  require;  and 
officers  having  in  their  custody,  care,  or  control  moneys  collected  as  rev- 
enues of  said  island,  from  whatever  source,  may  deposit  the  same  with  said 
branch  banks  to  the  credit  of  themselves,  respectively,  as  such  officers  so  in 
custody  or  control  of  the  same  and  subject  to  their  own  respective  orders. 

(A.  R.,  580, 583, 584.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  41.  )  Washington,  March  11, 1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  823, 825,  and  826  of  the 
Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows; 

823.  Any  male  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  person  who  has  legally 
declared  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen,  if  above  the  age  of  21  and  under 
the  age  of  35  years,  able-bodied,  free  from  disease,  of  good  character  and 
temperate  habits,  may  be  enlisted  under  the  restrictions  contained  in  this 
article.  In  regard  to  age  or  citizenship  this  regulation  shall  not  apply  to 


APPENDIX.  393 

soldiers  who  have  served  honestly  and  faithfully  a  previous  enlistment 
in  the  Army. 

825.  The  enlistment  of  persons  of  any  of  the  following  classes  is  pro- 
hibited: Former  soldiers  whose  service  during  last  term  of  enlistment  was 
not  honest  and  faithful,  insane  or  intoxicated  persons,  deserters  from  the 
military  or  naval  service  of  the  United  States,  persons  who  have  been  con- 
victed of  felony  or  who  have  been  imprisoned  under  sentence  of  a  court  in 
a  reformatory,  jail,  or  penitentiary;  also  for  original  enlistment,  persons 
under  18  or  over  35  years  of  age,  and,  for  first  enlistment  in  time  of  peace, 
any  person  (except  an  Indian)  who  is  not  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or 
who  has  not  made  legal  declaration  of  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen 
of  the  United  States,  or  who  can  not  speak,  read,  and  write  the  English 
language. 

826.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  very  particular  to  ascertain  the  true  age 
of  the  recruit.    If  any  doubt  exists  as  to  the  applicant's  statement  regard- 
ing his  age,  his  oath  will  not  be  taken  as  conclusive  evidence  of  the  fact, 
and  if  he  can  not  furnish  competent  proof  to  support  his  statement  he  will 
be  rejected.    Minors  between  the  ages  of  18  and  21  years  may  be  enlisted 
with   the  written   consent  of   father,  only  surviving  parent,  or  legally 
appointed  guardian.     When  a  minor  presents  himself  for  enlistment  under 
the  provisions  of  this  paragraph,  his  parents  or  guardian,  should  he  have 
any,  will  be  found  and  informed  of  the  application;  should  he  be  without 
parents  or  guardian,  the  recruiting  officer  must  reject  him  unless  the  appli- 
cant shall  procure  the  legal  appointment  of  a  guardian  and  obtain  his  writ- 
ten consent. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GrENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  42-  )  Washington,  March  13,  1899. 

The  following  act  of  Congress  is  published  for  the  information  and  gov- 
ernment of  all  concerned: 

An  Act  Making  appropriation  for  the  support  of  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  Army  for  the 

fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Represenatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Con- 
gress assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any 
money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

******* 
For  mileage  to  officers  and  contract  surgeons,  when  authorized  by  law,  five  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars:  Provided,  That  hereafter  the  maximum  sum  to  be  allowed  and  paid  to  any 
officer  of  the  Army  shall  be  seven  cents  per  mile,  distances  to  be  computed  over  the  shortest 
usually  traveled  routes:  Provided  further,  That  when  any  officer  so  traveling  shall  travel  in 
whole  or  in  part  on  any  railroad  on  which  the  troops  and  supplies  of  the  United  States  are 
entitled  to  be  transported  free  of  charge,  or  over  any  of  the  bond-aided  Pacific  railroads,  or 
over  the  railroad  of  any  railroad  company  which  is  entitled  to  receive  only  fifty  per  centum 
of  the  compensation  earned  by  such  company  for  transportation  services  rendered  to  the 
United  States,  he  shall  be  furnished  with  a  transportation  request  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  for  such  travel;  and  the  cost  of  the  transportation  so  furnished  shall  be  a  charge 
against  the  officer's  mileage  account  for  such  travel,  to  be  deducted  by  the  paymaster  who 
pays  the  account,  at  rates  paid  by  the  general  public  for  travel  over  such  roads:  Provided 
further.  That  officers  who,  by  reason  of  the  decision  of  the  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury, 
have  been  compelled  to  pay  from  their  own  means  one-half  of  the  cost  of  their  travel  fare 


394  APPENDIX. 

over  railroads  known  as  fifty  per  centum  railroads,  shall  be  reimbursed  the  same  by  the  Pay 
Department,  and  paymasters  against  whom  disallowances  have  been  made  by  the  accounting 
officers  of  the  Treasury  under  such  decision  shall  have  the  amount  so  disallowed  passed  to 
to  their  credit:  Provided  further,  That  actual  expenses  only  shall  be  paid  to  officers  when 
traveling  to  and  from  our  island  possessions  in  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans. 

For  traveling  expenses  and  commutation  of  quarters  for  civilian  physicians  employed  by 
the  Surgeon-General,  one  thousand  dollars. 

For  four  hundred  contract  surgeons,  seven  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dollars. 

For  two  months'  extra  pay  to  the  enlisted  men  who  served  in  the  Astor  Battery,  and  who 
have  been  honorably  discharged  therefrom,  two  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty-four  dol- 
lars and  forty  cents. 

All  the  money  hereinbefore  appropriated,  except  the  appropriation  "  for  mileage  to  officers 
when  authorized  by  law. "  ( A .  R. ,  1321 . ) 

******  * 

QUARTERMASTER'S  DEPARTMENT. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

INCIDENTAL  EXPENSES:  *  *  *  For  the  apprehension,  securing,  and  delivering  of  desert- 
ers, and  the  expenses  incident  to  their  pursuit,  and  no  greater  sum  than  fifty  dollars  for  each 
deserter  shall  in  the  discretion  of  the  Secretary  of  War  be  paid  to  any  officer  or  citizen  for 
such  services  and  expenses.  (A.  R.,  128.) 

******* 
That  all  enlisted  men  in  the  Regular  Army  who  enlisted  subsequent  to  the  declaration  of 
war  and  for  the  war  only  and  mustered  out  of  the  service  who  have  served  honestly  and 
faithfully  beyond  the  limits  of  the  United  States  shall  be  paid  two  months'  extra  pay  on 
muster  out  and  discharge  from  the  service,  and  all  enlisted  men  in  the  Regular  Army  who 
enlisted  subsequent  to  the  declaration  of  war  for  the  war  only  and  mustered  out  of  the  serv- 
ice who  have  served  honestly  and  faithfully  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States  shall  be 
paid  one  month's  extra  pay  on  muster  out  and  discharge  from  the  service  from  any  money  in 
the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  said  moneys  to  be  immediately  available. 

That  the  act  of  January  twelfth,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-nine,  be,  and  it  is  hereby, 
amended  so  as  to  authorize  the  payment  to  the  legal  heirs  or  representatives  of  the  officers 
and  enlisted  men  who  died  or  were  killed  or  who  may  die  in  the  service,  the  extra  pay  pro- 
vided for  in  that  act  for  officers  and  enlisted  men  who  have  been  or  are  to  be  mustered  out. 
(A.R.,  1382-1388.) 

*****  *  * 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  45.  )  Washington,  March  13,  1899. 

#  #  #  #  *  #  -se- 

ll. By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  the  following  is  added  to  the 
table  of  articles  for  issue  in  paragraph  1265  of  the  Regulations: 

7.  Towels,  buck : 

For  use  in  the  offices  of  the  adjutant,  quartermaster,  and  commissary — 

Such  number  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order,  not  to  exceed  12  per  year,  for 
each  of  the  above  offices.  To  be  issued  on  memorandum  receipts  to  the  com- 
missary. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  47.  )  Washington,  March  15,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions  are  pub- 
lished to  govern  until  further  orders,  and  General  Orders,  No.  71,  June  17, 
1898,  from  this  office,  is  amended  accordingly: 
In  the  absence  of  a  commissioned  medical  officer  or  contract  surgeon, 


APPENDIX.  395 

recruiting  officers  are  authorized  to  employ  a  civilian  physician  to  make 
the  examination  of  recruits  preceding  enlistment  required  by  Army  Regu- 
lations, at  the  following  rates  of  compensation: 

For  the  examination  of  a  single  recruit,  $1;  of  two  recruits  on  the  same 
day,  $1.50;  of  three  on  the  same  day,  $2;  of  four  on  the  same  day,  $2.50,  and 
40  cents  for  each  recruit  over  four  examined  on  any  one  day. 

At  recruiting  stations  where  a  large  number  of  recruits  are  to  be  examined, 
or  when  a  recruiting  officer  goes  from  place  to  place  for  the  purpose  of 
securing  recruits,  application  will  be  made  to  the  Surgeon-General  for 
authority  to  employ  a  physician  by  the  month  under  contract. 

When  a  recruiting  officer  who  has  employed  a  contract  surgeon  under 
proper  authority  is  ordered  from  place  to  place  to  make  enlistments,  he  will 
give  the  contract  surgeon  proper  written  orders  in  advance  to  accompany 
him  for  the  purpose  of  examining  recruits,  naming  the  places  to  be  visited, 
and  stating  in  the  order  that  the  travel  enjoined  is  necessary  for  the  public 
service.  (A.R.,842, 1458.)  ' 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  48-  )  Washington,  March  15,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Arrny  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  "all  concerned: 
The  Army  appropriation  bill,  approved  March  3,  1899,  provides — 

That  all  enlisted  men  in  the  Regular  Army  who  enlisted  subsequent  to  the  declaration  of 
war  for  the  war  only  and  mustered  out  of  the  service  who  have  served  honestly  and  faith- 
fully beyond  the  limits  of  the  United  States  shall  be  paid  two  months'  extra  pay  on  muster 
out  and  discharge  from  the  service,  and  all  enlisted  men  in  the  Regular  Army  who  enlisted 
subsequent  to  the  declaration  of  war  for  the  war  only  and  mustered  out  of  the  service  who 
have  served  honestly  and  faithfully  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States  shall  be  paid  one 
month's  extra  pay  on  muster  out  and  discharge  from  the  service,  from  any  money  in  the 
Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  said  moneys  to  be  immediately  available. 

In  order  to  enable  paymasters  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  the  above  act, 
officers  signing  final  statements  will  hereafter  in  all  cases  note  thereon 
whether  the  soldier  has  served  honestly  and  faithfully  outside  or  only 
within  the  limits  of  the  United  States,  and  whether  he  is  entitled  to  one  or 
two  months'  extra  pay,  as  the  case  may  be.  (A.  R.,  148,  1382-1388.} 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  \  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  52-  )  Washington,  March  20,  1899. 

*  *  *  *  #  *  # 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1203  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1203.  A  monthly  allowance  of  six  brooms  and  four  scrubbing  brushes 
will  be  issued  to  each  company,  and  an  annual  allowance  of  six  scrubbing 
brushes  to  each  post  bakery  is  authorized.  They  will  habitually  be  drawn 
quarterly,  but  may  be  drawn  when  needed.  If  less  than  the  maximum 
allowance  is  drawn  in  one  quarter,  credit  can  not  be  given  in  another. 
The  allowance  for  each  noncommissioned  staff  officer  will  be  three  brooms 
and  two  scrubbing  brushes  per  annum. 


396  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  53-  )  Washington,  March  21,  1899. 

1.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  2,  General  Orders,  No. 
110,  August  1, 1898,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

2.  Ration  returns  (Form  No.  53,  Subsistence  Department)  will,  when- 
ever practicable,  be  made  and  submitted  with  the  morning  reports  on  the 
following  dates  and  will  cover  the  following  ration  periods:  On  the  day 
preceding  the  first  day  of  the  month,  for  the  ration  period  from  the  first  to 
the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  both  days  inclusive;  on  the  tenth  day  of  the 
month,  for  the  ration  period  from  the  eleventh  to  the  twentieth  day  of  the 
month,  both  days  inclusive;  on  the  twentieth  day  of  the  month,  for  the 
ration  period  from  the  twenty-first  to  the  last  day  of  the  month,  both  days 
inclusive;  and  will  be  based  upon  the  full  strength  present  on  the  days  of 
submission,  as  shown  by  the  accompanying  morning  reports  for  those  days. 
Commanding  officers  of  organizations  will  give  special  attention  to  the 
duty  of  adding  and  deducting  rations  on  the  returns  on  account  of  men 
joining  and  leaving  during  the  immediately  preceding  ration  periods,  and 
post  and  regimental  commanders,  before  approving  such  returns  for  issue, 
will  cause  the  additions  and  deductions  thereon  to  be  verified  from  the 
morning  reports  on  file.     The  days  for  drawing  the  rations  from  the  com- 
missary will  be  fixed  by  the  post  or  brigade  commander.    (A.  R. ,  1258,  W>,.\ ) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1301  of  the  Regula- 
tions (General  Orders,  No.  65,  June  7, 1898;  General  Orders,  No.  119,  August 
11,  1898,  and  General  Orders,  No.  34,  March  2,  1899,  Adjutant-General's 
Office)  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1301.  The  following  officers,  in  addition  to  those  whose  pay  is  fixed  by  law, 
are  entitled  to  pay  as  mounted  officers:  Officers  of  the  staff  corps  below  the 
rank  of  major,  officers  serving  with  troops  of  cavalry,  officers  of  a  light  or 
siege  battery  duly  organized  and  equipped,  authorized  aids  duly  appointed, 
officers  serving  as  military  attaches  to  the  embassies  and  legations  of  the 
United  States  at  foreign  capitals,  officers  serving  with  companies  of 
mounted  infantry,  and  officers  on  duty  which  in  the  opinion  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  or  the  department  or  corps  commander  requires  them  to  be 
mounted  and  so  certified  by  him  on  their  pay  vouchers. 

Acting  judge-advocates  of  military  departments,  duly  detailed,  are  enti- 
tled, while  so  serving,  to  the  rank.  pay.  and  allowances  of  captains  of  cavalry. 
Battalion  adjutants  are  entitled  to  mounted  pay  upon  the  certificate  of  their 
regimental  commanders  that  they  are  on  duty  which  requires  them  to  be 
mounted. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 
No.  54.  )  Washington,  March  22,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  the  following  instructions  are  pub- 
lished for  the  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

When  volunteer  organizations  serving  in  Cuba.  Porto  Rico.  Hawaii,  and 
the  Philippine  Islands  receive  orders  to  proceed  to  the  United  States  for 
muster  out  of  service,  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  such  organizations  whose 
service  has  been  honest  and  faithful,  who  desire  to  remain  in  those  islands, 
may  be  discharged  by  commanding  generals  of  departments  upon  written 


APPENDIX.  397 

applications  approved  by  their  respective  company  and  regimental  com- 
manders. 

Officers  and  soldiers  discharged  under  this  order  will  be  entitled  to  travel 
allowances  for  the  land  travel  involved  from  the  place  of  their  discharge  to 
the  place  of  their  enlistment.  For  the  sea  travel  the  special  orders  issued 
by  the  commanding  generals  of  the  departments  for  the  discharge  of  officers 
will  state  in  each  case  that  the  officer  is  entitled  to  free  transportation  and 
in  the  cases  of  enlisted  men  to  free  transportation  and  subsistence  on  any 
United  States  transport  leaving  the  island  for  the  United  States  within  one 
year  from  the  date  of  discharge.  When  transportation  or  subsistence  are 
furnished  on  such  orders,  the  fact  will  be  noted  thereon,  and  also  on  the 
discharge  certificate,  by  the  quartermaster. 

The  discharge  certificate  for  officers  and  men  and  the  final  statements 
will  cite  this  order  as  the  cause  of  discharge,  and  the  final  statements  of 
enlisted  men  must  show  clearly  the  place  from  which  land-travel  allow- 
ance is  due,  if  any,  to  the  port  of  embarkation  and  from  the  port  of  debark- 
ation in  the  United  States  to  the  place  of  enlistment. 

The  physical  examination  required  to  be  made  of  officers  and  men  before 
discharge  will  be  conducted  under  the  supervision  of  the  proper  mustering 
officers  detailed  for  the  purpose  by  department  commanders,  and  they  will 
also  be  charged  with  the  examination  of  final  statements  before  they  are 
delivered  to  the  men. 

Soldiers  of  the  Regular  Army  when  discharged  by  reason  of  expiration 
of  term  of  service  or  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government,  who  desire  to 
remain  on  the  island  where  discharged,  will  be  entitled  to  the  same  travel 
allowances  and  to  free  transportation  and  subsistence  as  provided  for  in 
this  order. 

(^1.  R.  140,150,  1385.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  57-  )  Washington,  March  28,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  order  is  published  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

With  the  concurrance  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  the  following  regu- 
lations are  established  regarding  the  procedure  in  interchanging  visits 
between  naval  officers  and  officials  connected  with  the  administration  of 
the  islands  or  groups  of  islands  now  occupied  by  the  United  States  forces. 

The  term  governor-general  shall  be  taken  to  mean  an  administrative 
officer  under  whom  officials  with  the  title  of  governor  are  acting. 

The  salute  of  a  governor-general  shall  be  seventeen  guns. 

All  naval  officers  in  command  shall  make  first  visit  upon  the  governor- 
general,  whatever  the  latter's  military  grade.  Officers  of  the  Army  holding 
commands  under  a  governor:general,  or  acting  as  governors  of  provinces, 
departments,  or  cities,  shall  make  the  first  visit  upon  a  naval  commander 
in  chief,  if  the  latter  is  of  equal  or  superior  grade,  as  shall  also  civilian 
governors  of  provinces,  departments,  or  cities. 

If  not  a  commander  in  chief,  the  first  visit  shall  be  made  by  the  senior 
naval  officer  upon  officers  of  the  Army  holding  command  under  a  governor- 
general  or  acting  as  governors  of  provinces,  departments,  or  cities,  if  the 


398  APPENDIX. 

• 

latter  are  equal  or  superior  in  grade,  and  upon  civilian  governors  of  prov- 
inces, departments,  or  cities. 

Should  the  governor-general  be  a  civilian,  and  therefore  not  holding  direct 
military  command,  the  naval  commander  in  chief  shall  make  the  first  visit 
both  upon  the  governor  and  the  Army  officer  in  chief  command  of  troops  in 
the  island  or  group  of  islands,  if  the  latter  is  of  equal  or  superior  grade. 

Visits  should  be  exchanged  under  the  above  rules  between  a  naval 
commander  in  chief  or  senior  naval  officer:  (1)  With  the  governor;  (2)  the 
governor  of  a  province,  department,  or  city;  (3)  the  Army  officer  in  chief 
command  at  a  place  where  there  is  a  civil  governor. 

Should  the  governor-general  or  any  other  officer  administering  the  gov- 
ernment of  an  island  find  that  from  indisposition  or  pressure  of  important 
business  he  is  unable  to  pay  or  return  these  visits  in  person,  he  will  depute 
his  aid-de-camp  or  some  other  officer  to  do  so.  In  like  manner,  should  a 
naval  commander  in  chief  from  indisposition  or  pressing  occupation  be 
precluded  from  paying  or  returning  these  visits,  he  will  depute  an  officer 
not  below  the  rank  of  flag  lieutenant  to  do  so.  In  each  case  the  officer 
failing  to  pay  the  required  visit  in  person  will  report  the  circumstances, 
and  assign  the  reasons  which  led  to  the  omission  to  the  department  under 
which  he  is  acting. 

(A.  R.,  421-425.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  63-  ;  Washington,  April  5,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  959,  Army  Regu- 
lations, is  amended  to  read  as  follows; 

959.  When  a  reporter  is  employed  under  section  1203,  Revised  Statutes, 
he  shall  be  paid  upon  the  certificate  of  the  judge-advocate  not  to  exceed  $1 
an  hour  for  the  time  occupied  in  court  by  himself  or  a  competent  assistant 
necessarily  employed  for  him  by  the  judge-advocate,  and  15  cents  per  100 
words  for  the  first  and  5  cents  per  100  words  for  each  additional  copy  of  the 
transcript  of  notes  and  of  exhibits  copied;  and  in  case  the  court  is  held 
more  than  10  miles  from  the  place  of  employment  of  himself  and  assistants 
they  shall  each  be  allowed  mileage  over  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route 
at  the  rate  of  8  cents  per  mile  going  to  the  place  of  holding  the  colirt  and 
$3  a  day  for  expenses  while  necessarily  kept  by  the  judge-advocate  away 
from  the  place  of  employment. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  63-  )  Washington,  April  7,  1899. 

*  *  *  #        .  •#  *  # 

HI.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  233  of  the 
Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

233.  The  staff  of  a  regiment  consists  of  the  adjutant,  quartermaster,  and 
commissary,  and  they  will  be  so  designated.  They  will  be  appointed  by  the 
regimental  commander,  who  will  at  once  report  his  action  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  by  telegraph;  the  appointment  of  the  quartermaster  and  commis- 


APPENDIX.  399 

sary  is  made  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Each  appoint- 
ment will  take  effect  the  day  on  which  it  is  made,  and  the  officer  appointed 
will  be  entitled  to  the  pay  pertaining  thereto  from  the  date  when  he  assumes 
the  duties  under  such  appointment.  The  regimental  commanders  of  cavalry 
and  infantry  regiments  will  appoint  the  squadron  and  battalion  adjutants. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  65.  )  Washington,  April  10,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published 
for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Paragraph  635  of  the  Regulations  requires  that  the  money  accounts  of 
disbursing  officers  of  the  United  States  Army  shall  be  rendered  in  terms  of 
dollars  and  cents,  and  to  secure  uniformity  in  the  preparation  and  rendition 
of  their  accounts,  the  following  illustration  of  the  method  of  stating  the 
value  of  foreign  silver  or  gold  in  the  islands  now  occupied  by  the  United 
States  forces  is  published: 

The  accounts,  whether  for  purchases  or  services,  will  be  stated  in  the 
currency  under  which  the  indebtedness  is  incurred,  i.  e.\  foreign  silver  or 
gold  or  United  States  currency. 

If  the  agreement  calls  for  either  foreign  silver  or  gold,  the  account  shall 
be  stated  in  those  currencies  respectively.  When  in  silver,  the  total  amount 
will  be  reduced  to  its  equivalent  in  the  gold  currency  in  use  in  the  country 
in  which  the  indebtedness  is  incurred,  at  the  rate  of  exchange  which  may 
govern  at  the  time,  and  from  this  gold  currency  into  United  States  cur- 
rency at  the  current  rate  of  exchange  at  date  of  payment.  If  the  account 
is  stated  in  the  gold  currency  in  use,  but  the  one  reduction — into  United 
States  currency — will  be  necessary. 

The  amount  in  United  States  currency  having  been  arrived  at,  authority 
is  hereby  given  for  checks  to  be  drawn  therefor  by  disbursing  officers  to 
their  own  orders  in  United  States  currency  and  by  them  exchanged  at 
local  fiscal  agencies  of  the  United  States  where  possible,  or  at  local  banks, 
for  the  necessary  amount  in  the  coin  required  to  pay  the  creditor  in  the 
money  originally  agreed  upon,  and  authority  is  hereby  given  for  such 
exchange  where  the  creditor  declines  to  accept  check  payable  in  currency 
of  the  United  States. 

The  vouchers  for  accounts  will  be  made  to  show  the  debt  as  actually 
incurred,  in  the  coin  in  which  payment  is  made,  and  the  reduction  from 
this  coin  to  United  States  currency,  the  rate  of  exchange  being  stated  on 
the  voucher,  and  the  amounts  stated  on  abstracts  and  account  current  in 
United  States  currency,  as  prescribed  by  paragraph  635  of  the  Regulations. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  provisions  of  General  Orders,  No.  22,  February 
3, 1899,  from  this  office,  relating  to  the  functions  of  fiscal  agents  of  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  68.  )  Washington,  April  11,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War  and  conformably  to  a  deci- 
sion of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  dated  March  30,  1899,  the  follow- 


400  APPENDIX. 

ing  regulations  governing  that  portion  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
March  3,  1899  (General  Orders,  No.  42,  March  13,  1899,  from  this  office, 
page  8,  lines  24, 25,  and  26) ,  which  provides  "  that  actual  expenses  only  shall 
be  paid  to  officers  when  traveling  to  and  from  our  island  possessions  in  the 
Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans,"  are  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

Officers  when  traveling  to  and  from  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico,  in  the  Atlantic, 
and  the  Hawaiian,  Philippine,  and  other  islands  in  the  Pacific  Ocean,  under 
orders  and  without  troops,  will  be  allowed  actual  expenses  only,  an  itemized 
statement  of  which  must  be  filed  with  each  voucher  for  payment,  as  follows: 

1.  Fares  upon  railroads,  steamers,  or  other  usual  modes  of  conveyance. 

2.  Cost  of  seat  in  parlor  car,  one  double  berth  in  sleeping  car,  or  custom- 
ary accommodations  on  steamer,  where  the  same  is  not  included  in  the 
travel  fare. 

3.  Hire  of  special  transportation,  either  by  land  or  water,  where  there  are 
no  regular  means  of  conveyance.    Ferriage,  tolls,  driver's  service,  and  horse 
keeping,  when  transportation  is  hired.     Subvouchers,  properly  receipted, 
will  be  required  for  these  items  when  the  total  cost  exceeds  $1.     When  not 
practicable  to  obtain  such  subvouchers,  the  officer  will  so  certify. 

4.  Transfer  coach  fare  en  route  to  and  from  depots  and  hotels;  or,  when 
there  are  no  conveyances,  moderate  and  necessary  hack  hire  not  exceeding 
legal  rates,  and  baggage  fees  to  porters.    Items  for  hack  hire  and  porterage 
require  explanation  as  to  the  distances  and  necessity  for  the  same. 

5.  In  addition  to  the  above,  the  actual  cost  of  meals  and  rooms,  not  to 
exceed  $4.50  per  day  for  the  time  actually  and  unavoidably  consumed  in 
the  journey,  will  be  allowed  when  the  same  is  not  included  in  the  travel 
fare. 

(A.  R.,1100,  1321-1335.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  69-  )  Washington,  April  12,  1899. 

1.  The  following  opinion  of  the  Attorney -General  and  orders  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  based  thereon  are  published  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

DEPARTMENT  OF  JUSTICE, 

Washington,  D.  C.,  Aprils,  1899. 
The  honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR: 

SIR:  Section  17  of  the  act  entitled  "  An  act  for  increasing  the  efficiency  of  the  Army  of  the 
United  States,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  March  2,  1899,  provides  as  follows: 

"  That  no  officer  or  private  soldier  shall  be  detailed  to  sell  intoxicating  drinks,  as  a  barten- 
der or  otherwise,  in  any  post  exchange  or  canteen,  nor  shall  any  other  person  be  required  or 
allowed  to  sell  such  liquors  in  any  encampment  or  fort  or  on  any  premises  used  for  military 
purposes  by  the  United  States;  and  the  Secretary  of  War  is  hereby  directed  to  issue  such  gen- 
eral order  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  the  provisions  of  this  section  into  full  force  and  effect." 

You  request  my  opinion  as  to  whether  the  statute  above  quoted  prohibits  the  continuance 
of  the  sale  of  beer  by  the  Government  in  the  canteen  sections  of  the  post  exchanges,  which 
are  organized  and  maintained  at  the  various  Army  posts  and  encampments  throughout  the 
United  States.  I  presume  that  by  "  beer  "  you  mean  a  particular  kind  of  intoxicating  drink, 
and  what  I  shall  have  to  say  will  refer  to  that  as  well  as  to  other  "  intoxicating  drinks,"  that 
being  the  phrase  used  by  the  act  in  question. 

In  practice  the  Government  commissary  stores  constituting  the  regulation  ration  allowed 
for  the  soldiers  in  each  company  are  required  by  the  War  Department  to  be  issued  by  the  com- 
missary officer  to  the  commander  of  the  company,  and  the  commander  of  the  company  is  (by 


APPENDIX.  401 

the  same  authority)  required  to  have  prepared  for  the  mess  table  of  the  soldiers  only  such  por- 
tion of  the  same  as  is  found  to  be  necessary  at  the  time,  and  to  sell  the  remainder  and  thereby 
constitute  a  "  company  fund  "  from  which  to  supply  the  soldiers' mess  table  with  desirable 
food  not  contained  in  the  commissary  stores  drawn  by  him  as  regulation  rations  from  thecom- 
ini>s;i  ry  officer  as  above  stated. 

At  every  post  where  it  is  practicable  the  War  Department  requires  the  post  commander  to 
institute  a  post  exchange,  the  capital  stock  of  which  to  be  made  up  of  contributions  from  the 
said  funds  arising  out  of  the  said  sales  of  commissary  stores  and  held  by  the  company  com- 
rnanders,  as  above  stated,  and  known  as  company  funds.  The  post  exchange  is  an  establish- 
ment in  which  all  articles  are  sold  such  as  soldiers  usually  buy  with  the  money  they  spend 
from  their  pay,  and  the  establishment  is  divided  up  into  the  following  sections: 

"(a)  A  well-stocked  general  store  in  which  such  goods  are  kept  as  are  usually  required  at 
military  posts,  and  as  extensive  in  number  and  variety  as  conditions  will  justify;  (b)  a  well- 
kept  lunch  counter  supplied  with  as  great  a  variety  of  viands  as  circumstances  permit,  such 
us  tea,  coffee,  cocoa,  nonalcoholic  drinks,  soup,  fish,  cooked  and  canned  meats,  sandwiches, 
pastries,  etc.;  (c)  a  canteen  at  which,  under  the  conditions  hereinafter  set  forth,  beer  and 
light  wines  by  the  drink,  and  tobacco,  may  be  sold;  (d)  reading  and  recreation  rooms,  sup- 
plied Avith  books,  periodicals,  and  other  reading  matter,  billiard  and  pool  tables,  bowling 
alley,  and  facilities  for  other  proper  indoor  games,  as  well  as  apparatus  for  outdoor  sports  and 
exercises,  such  as  cricket,  football,  baseball,  tennis,  etc.;  a  well-equipped  gymnasium,  pos- 
sessing also  the  requisite  paraphernalia  for  outdoor  athletics.  At  small  posts  it  may  be 
impracticable  to  maintain  all  of  these  sections,  but  at  every  exchange  there  should  be  no  less 
than  two  departments:  The  refreshment,  embracing  store,  lunch  counter,  and  canteen;  and 
the  recreation,  which  includes  all  the  other  branches." 

The  net  profits  arising  from  the  whole  business  go  to  the  company  funds  from  which  the 
capital  stock  was  contributed  as  above  stated,  and  then  are  used  with  the  rest  of  the  funds,  of 
course,  to  improve  the  soldiers'  mess  table.  All  of  these  transactions  are  carried  on  by  the 
Government  through  the  War  Department  under  a  branch  of  the  Army  Regulations  promul- 
gated as  Post  Exchange  Regulations.  Under  these  regulations  it  becomes  the  official  duty  of 
certain  officers  at  the  post  to  attend  to  the  general  direction  of  the  business  affairs  of  the  post 
exchange,  including  all  its  sections,  and  the  post  commander  and  other  officers  are,  of  course, 
officially  responsible  to  the  Government  for  the  management,  discipline,  and  order  of  the 
whole  matter.  Also  the  Post  Exchange  Regulations  provided  for  enlisted  men  to  be  detailed, 
under  certain  circumstances,  as  salesmen,  etc.,  in  all  sections  of  the  post  exchange,  including 
the  canteen  section.  * 

Officers  in  command  of  camps,  forts,  reservations,  or  other  premises  used  for  military  pur- 
poses have  usually  exercised  the  authority  (when  people  desired  to  sell  to  soldiers)  to  allow 
them  to  come  on  the  premises  to  do  so,  or  to  refuse  to  allow  them  such  privileges,  in  their  dis- 
cretion, and  also  to  dictate  or  determine  what  those  should  or  should  not  sell  who  were  per- 
mitted to  come  on  the  premises. 

The  post  exchange,  thus  organized  and  conducted,  is,  in  effect,  a  voluntary  association, 
similar  to  an  unincorporated  club,  the  officers  and  men  composing  the  garrison  constituting 
the  members  thereof,  and  the  rules  and  conduct  of  the  exchange  being  under  the  regulation, 
and  supervision  of  the  War  Department. 

The  section  of  the  statute  referred  to  consists  of  three  parts  or  clauses,  namely: 

1.  That  no  officer  or  private  soldier  shall  be  detailed  to  sell  intoxicating  drinks,  as  a  bar- 
tender or  otherwise,  in  any  post  exchange  or  canteen; 

2.  Nor  shall  any  other  person  be  required  or  allowed  to  sell  such  liquors  in  any  encamp- 
ment or  fort  or  on  any  premises  used  for  military  purposes  by  the  United  States; 

3.  And  the  Secretary  of  War  is  hereby  directed  to  issue  such  general  order  as  may  be 
necessary  to  carry  the  provisions  of  this  section  into  full  force  and  effect. 

The  question  to  be  decided  is  whether  this  enactment  absolutely  prohibits  the  sale  of  intox- 
icating drinks  in  any  manner  or  by  any  person  in  any  post  exchange  or  canteen,  or  whether 
its  effect  is  merely  to  modify  and  regulate  sales  of  intoxicating  drinks  in  those  places  by 
discontinuance  of  the  custom  heretofore  followed  of  detailing  enlisted  men  as  salesmen  in 
the  canteens. 

In  order  to  solve  this  question  and  determine  which  is  the  proper  construction,  it  is  not 
permissible  to  resort  to  the  debates  in  Congress,  nor  to  refer  to  any  particular  remarks  made 
by  members  of  Congress  at  the  time  this  provision  was  before  that  body  for  action.  It  is  a 
rule  of  construction  that  what  may  be  called  the  parliamentary  history  of  an  enactment  is 
wisely  inadmissible  to  explain  its  meaning.  Its  language  can  be  regarded  only  as  the  lan- 
guage of  the  three  branches  of  the  legislative  establishment,  namely,  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, the  Senate,  and  the  President,  and  the  meaning  attached  to  it  by  its  framers,  or 

10686—01 26 


402  APPENDIX. 

by  the  members  of  either  House,  can  not  control  the  construction  of  it.  The  opinion  held  or 
expressed  by  one  or  more  members  of  Congress  may  or  may  not  have  been  those  entertained 
by  the  more  than  four  hundred  members  who  gave  no  such  expression.  The  declaration  of 
some  and  the  assumed  acquiescence  of  others  therein  can  not  be  adopted  as  a  true  interpre- 
tation of  the  statute.  Endlich  on  the  Interpretation  of  Statutes,  p.  41. 

This  doctrine  of  construction  has  frequently  been  stated  and  applied  by  the  Supreme  Court 
of  the  United  States.  See  United  States  r.  Freight  Association.  106  U.S. ,290,  318.  where  the 
earlier  cases  in  that  court  are  cited,  and  the  following  language  is  used  by  Mr.  Justice 
Peckham: 

"  Debates  in  Congress  are  not  appropriate  sources  of  information  from  which  to  discover 
the  meaning  of  the  language  of  a  statute  passed  by  that  body.  The  reason  is  that  it  is  impos- 
sible to  determine  with  certainty  what  construction  was  put  upon  an  act  by  the  members  of 
a  legislative  body  that  passed  it  by  resorting  to  the  speeches  of  individual  members  thereof. 
Those  who  did  not  speak  may  not  have  agreed  with  those  who  did.  and  those  who  spoke 
might  differ  from  each  other,  the  result  being  that  the  only  proper  way  to  construe  a  legisla- 
tive act  is  from  the  language  used  in  the  act,  and.  upon  occasion,  by  a  resort  to  the  history 
of  the  times  when  it  was  passed." 

Another  rule  of  interpretation  that  must  be  applied  in  the  construction  of  this  statute  is 
that  no  part  of  an  act  shall  be  regarded  as  meaningless  or  superfluous  if  a  construction  can 
be  legitimately  found  which  will  preserve  it  and  inakeii  effectual.  A  construction  of  a  statute 
which  would  leave  without  effect  any  ] >art  of  the  language  should  not  be  made,  unless  it  is 
otherwise  impossible  to  give  a  reasonable  and  consistent  construction  to  the  act.  li  is  to  be 
presumed  that  in  enacting  a  law  the  legislature  means  ]irecisely  what  it  says,  and  the  effort 
of  the  interpreter  should  be  to  give  force  and  effect  to  every  word,  paragraph,  and  section  of 
the  act.  (Endlich  on  the  Interpretation  of  Statutes,  p.  29.) 

If  this  act  was  intended  to  be  entirely  prohibitory  of  the  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  in  post 
exchanges  or  canteens,  as  well  as  in  encampments,  forts,  and  other  premises  used  for  military 
purposes,  then,  to  say  the  least.  <  'oninv-s  used  a  very  circuitous  route  to  reach  that  point,  and 
employed  many  superfluous  words  to  enact  a  simple  provision,  which  could  have  been  stated 
in  a  single  sentence  declaring  that  hen-after  no  intoxicating  drinks  should  be  dealt  in  or  sold 
in  any  post  exchange  or  canteen  or  any  premises  used  for  military  purposes  by  the  United 
States.  The  act  does  not  make  any  such  declaration.  On  the  contrary,  the  first  clause  merely 
forbids  the  detail  of  an  officer  or  private  soldier  to  act  as  a  bartender  or  otherwise  in  the  sale 
of  intoxicating  drinks  in  any  POM  exchange  or  canteen.  Why  specify  officers  and  private 
soldiers  as  forbidden  if  it  was  intended  to  forbid  the  traffic  by  all  other  persons'.'  The  desig- 
nation of  one  class  of  individuals  as  forbidden  to  do  a  certain  thing  raises  a  just  inference 
that  all  other  classes  ,mt  mentioned  are  not  forbidden.  A  declaration  that  soldiers  shall  not 
be  detailed  to  sell  intoxicating  drink-  in  post  exchanges  necessarily  implies  that  such  sale-  is 
not  unlawful  when  conducted  by  others  than  soldiers.  If  a  statute  wen-  to  provide  that  no 
liquors  should  be  sold  to  minors  in  any  saloon,  would  not  everyone  infer  that  the  enactment 
was  predicated  upon  a  state  of  law  which,  as  to  others  than  minors,  allowed  the  sale  of  liquor 
in  saloons?  As  all  parts  of  the  act  must  be  given  effect  according  to  their  natural  sense  and 
meaning,  if  possible,  it  becomes  nece^ary  to  attach  to  this  lir-t  clause,  then-fore,  a  significa- 
tion which  implies  that  the  sale  of  liquor  in  post  exchanges  is  not  unlawful  when  conduct"d 
by  others  than  soldiers.  Certainly,  standing  by  itself,  it"  can  receive  no  other  or  broader 
meaning  than  that  officers  or  private  soldiers  are  not  to  be  detailed  to  sell  intoxicating  drinks. 

But  the  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  in  poM  exchanges  and  canteens  is  not  the  only  method 
in  which  those  commodities  are  supplied  upon  premises  used  for  military  purposes.  As  is 
stated  above,  officers  in  command  of  encampments,  forts,  reservations,  and  other  premises 
have  usually  exercised  the  authority  to  allow  persons  to  come  upon  the  premises  and  sell 
intoxicating  drinks  to  soldiers,  or  have  exercised  the  discretion  of  refusing  such  privilege. 
The  second  clause  would  seem  to  relate  particularly  to  this  class  of  persons  and  to  this  custom. 
Given  its  full  effect,  it  forbids  any  such  license  or  permission  to  be  granted  hereafter  by  any 
military  officer.  I  do  not  think  that  the  second  clause  of  the  section  is  intended  to  modify  or 
affect  in  any  way  the  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  in  the  post  exchanges  or  canteens.  That  is 
dealt  with  and  covered  by  the  first  clause.  The  second  clause  relates  entirely  to  a  different 
matter. 

Strength  is  given  to  this  proposition  by  the  third  clause,  which  directs  the  Secretary  of  War 
to  issue  such  general  order  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  the  provisions  of  this  section  into  full 
force  and  effect.  If  the  section  was  intended  to  be  an  absolute  prohibitory  act,  preventing 
the  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  on  all  Government  premises  occupied  for  military  purposes, 
then  it  would  execute  itself  and  would  require  no  general  order  from  the  Secretary  of  War  or 
from  anyone  else.  In  the  face  of  a  general  prohibitory  section  of  that  kind,  such  sales  would 
be  unlawful,  and  the  order  of  the  Secretary  would  not  in  any  way  enhance  their  illegality.  If, 


APPENDIX.  403 

however,  that  interpretation  be  adopted  which  separates  the  first  and  second  clauses  and 
makes  the  second  refer  only  to  sales  by  persons  not  connected  with  post  exchanges  or  canteens, 
then  the  third  clause  of  the  section  becomes  intelligible  and  appropriate,  and  applies  to  the 
future  sales  in  post  exchanges  or  canteens.  The  act  having  forbidden  the  employment  of 
soldiers  as  bartenders  or  salesmen  of  intoxicating  drinks,  it  would  be  lawful  and  appropriate 
for  the  managers  of  the  post  exchanges  to  employ  civilians  for  that  purpose.  Of  course, 
employment  is  a  matter  of  contract,  and  not  of  requirement  or  permission.  The  regulation  of 
the  post  exchanges  and  canteens  being  within  the  power  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  act 
means  that  lie  shall  by  order  modify  the  regulations  upon  that  subject  so  as  to  make  them 
consistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act.  To  that  end,  it  will  be  requisite  that  he  shall 
determine  the  question  of  the  persons  who  may  be  employed  in  the  post  exchanges,  and  such 
other  conditions  and  requirements  in  connection  therewith  as  his  good  judgment  may  dictate. 
The  result  of  these  reflections  is,  then,  that  this  section  does  not  prohibit  the  continuance 
of  the  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  through  the  canteen  sections  of  the  post  exchanges,  as  here- 
tofore organized  and  carried  on,  except  that,  of  course,  no  officer  or  soldier  can  be  put  on  duty 
in  the  canteen  section  to  do  the  selling,  either  directly  or  indirectly.  This  latter  the  law 
clearly  prohibits. 

Very  respectfully,  JOHN  \V.  GRIGGS,  , 

Attorney-General. 

2.  The  provision  of  paragraph  3  of  the  Post  Exchange  Regulations  (Gen- 
eral Orders,  No.  46,  1895,  from  this  office),  to  the  effect  that  "in  establish- 
ing a  new  exchange,  and  at  posts  where  the  business  is  small,  the  steward 
and  attendants  may  be  enlisted  men,"  is  revoked  so  far  as  the  canteen  sec- 
tion is  concerned,  so  that  the  said  paragraph  will  hereafter  be  authority  for 
the  employment  of  civilians  only  in  the  canteen.     So  much  of  paragraph 
10  of  the  said  Exchange  Regulations  as  requires  that  "the  canteen  must  be 
in  a  room  used  for  no  other  purpose,  and,  when  practicable,  in  a  building 
apart  from  that  in  which  the  recreation  and  reading  rooms  are  located;  the 
sale  of  beer  must  be  limited  to  week  days  and  the  beer  consumed  upon  the 
premises;"  and  that  "the  practice  known  as  'treating'  will  not  be  per- 
mitted," is  amended  by  the  addition  thereto  of  the  provisions  that  no  officer 
shall  be  assigned,  nor  any  private  soldier  detailed,  to  sell  intoxicating  drinks, 
as  a  bartender  or  otherwise,  in  any  post  exchange,  or  canteen,  and  that  such 
sales  shall  be  made  only  by  civilians  employed  for  that  purpose;  and  the 
requirement  of  said  paragraph  10  of  the  Exchange  Regulations,  to  the  effect 
that  "  the  sale  or  use  of  ardent  spirits  in  any  branch  of  the  exchange  is 
strictly  prohibited."  is  emphasized,  and  also  extended  so  as  to  apply  to  any 
encampment  or  fort  or  premises  used  for  military  purposes. 

3.  No  person  shall  be  required,  permitted,  or  allowed  to  sell  liquors  of 
any  kind,  character  or  description  in  any  encampment  or  fort  or  any  prem- 
ises used  for  military  purposes  by  the  United  States;  and  commanding 
officers  are  especially  enjoined  to  see  that  this  prohibition  is  strictly 
enforced,  and  that  the  sales  of  liquors  in  the  canteen  are  confined  to  the  sales 
of  beer  and  light  wines  by  civilians  employed  in  the  canteen  for  the  pur- 
pose by  the  proper  Government  authorities. 

(Art.  XXXIX,  A.  R.) 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  73-  )  Washington,  April  17,  1899. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1257,  Army  Regu- 
lations, is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1257.  When  enlisted  men  supplied  with  cooked  or  travel  rations  travel 
unaccompanied  by  an  officer,  funds  for  the  purchase  of  liquid  coffee  in  lieu 


404  APPENDIX. 

of  the  coffee  and  sugar  portion  of  the  travel  ration,  at  the  rate  of  21  cents 
per  day  for  the  anticipated  number  of  days'  travel,  may,  on  the  order  of 
the  commanding  officer  who  directs  the  journey,  be  paid  to  each  man  and 
his  receipt  therefor  taken  on  a  receipt  roll,  which  must  be  accompanied  by 
a  copy  of  the  order.  When  enlisted  man  supplied  with  cooked  or  travel 
rations  travels  under  command  of  an  officer,  funds  at  the  same  rate  for  the 
same  purpose  will  be  transferred  to  him  to  be  disbursed  and  accounted  for. 
At  the  end  of  the  journey  all  money  in  excess  of  21  cents  per  day  per  man 
for  the  actual  number  of  days  traveled  will  be  transferred  to  the  nearest 
commissary.  Should  any  part  of  the  21  cents  per  day  per  man  for  the 
actual  number  of  days  traveled  be  unexpended,  it  will  be  transferred  to 
company  commanders  pro  rata,  to  be  taken  up  by  them  as  part  of  the 
company  fund. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  April  Jl,  1899. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to 
the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

By  authority  of  the  President,  under  section  1146,  Revised  Statutes,  the 
Commissary-General  of  the  Army  is  authorized  to  reduce,  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  chief  commissary  of  the  various  departments,  the  amount 
of  beef  issued,  and,  in  lieu  thereof,  to  issue  the  equal  money  value  of  the 
quantity  of  beef  thus  reduced  in  ham  or  other  articles  of  sales.  The 
restrictions  now  existing  in  regard  to  the  issue  of  fish  when  meat  can  not 
be  furnished  is  removed,  and  the  ration  of  fish  will  hereafter  be  issued  in 
lieu  of  the  ordinary  beef  ration  when  desired,  and  to  the  present  ration  2 
ounces  of  dried  fruits  are  added.  Paragraph  1253  of  the  Regulations  is 
accordingly  amended  as  follows: 

Meat  components  in  lieu  of  the  ordinary  beef  ration  when  desired. 

Dried  fish — 14  ounces  per  ration,  87  pounds  8  ounces  per  100  rations; 
Pickled  fish — 18  ounces  per  ration,  112  pounds  8  ounces  per  100  rations; 
Fresh  fish — 18  ounces  per  ration,  112  pounds  8  ounces  per  100  rations. 

Fruit  components. 
Dried  fruits — 2  ounces  per  ration,  12  pounds  8  ounces  per  100  rations. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

*"'  81<  Washington,  April  .?4,  1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  the  following  decision  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  and  the  orders  of  the  War  Department  thereon 
are  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  con- 
cerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT,  April  4,  1898. 

Respectfully  returned  to  the  honorable  the  Secretary  of  War.  In  compliance  with  above 
request  and  by  virtue  of  the  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  by  sec- 
tion 3620,  R.  S.,  U.  S.,  authority  is  hereby  given  to  all  officers  engaged  in  receiving  and  dis- 


APPENDIX.  405 

bursing  public  moneys  of  the  Subsistence  Department  at  military  posts  and  stations  in  places 
where  mere  is  no  Treasurer  or  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States,  while  discharging  the 
duties  of  commissaries  to  keep  on  hand  at  their  own  risk  moneys  pertaining  to  the  appropria- 
tion "  Subsistence  of  the  Army,"  in  such  restricted  amounts  for  facilitating  payments  to  pub- 
lic creditors  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  announced  by  the  Secretary  of  War  in  orders  from 
the  War  Department. 

L.  J.  GAGE,  Secretary. 

Officers  doing  subsistence  duty  at  other  places  than  where  the  Treasurer 
or  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States  is  located  will  make  applica- 
tion to  the  Secretary  of  War  through  proper  military  channels,  if  they  have 
not  already  been  authorized  to  keep  public  money  in  their  personal  posses- 
sion, for  authority  to  so  keep  at  their  own  risk  such  specified  sums  as  in 
their  opinion  may  be  necessary  to  enable  them  to  make  at  their  posts  cash 
payments  to  enlisted  men  from  time  to  time  for  commutation  of  rations 
while  traveling,  on  furlough,  etc.,  and  for  paying  them  coffee  money  indi- 
vidually when  ordered  to  travel  without  an  officer. 

When  it  may  be  necessary  to  draw  a  check  for  obtaining  money  to  be 
kept  in  personal  possession  for  the  purposes  herein  set  forth,  the  disbursing 
officer  will  draw  it  in  his  own  favor,  and  enter  under  the  heading  thereon 
"  Object  for  which  drawn,"  or  "  On  account  of,"  the  following:  "  To  hold 
funds  in  personal  possession.  Authority  S.  W.,  —  — ,  189—."  Such  checks 
will  not  be  stated  to  be  for  •'  payments  under  $20.'' 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  circular  from  the 
Treasury  Department  containing  instructions  to  United  States  disbursing 
officers,  in  connection  with  Treasury  Department  circular  of  August  14, 
1897,  published  in  General  Orders,  No.  53,  August  25,  1897,  from  the 
Adjutant-General's  Office,  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance 
of  all  concerned,  and  officers  of  the  Army  disbursing  public  funds  will  be 
held  accountable  for  a  strict  compliance  with  its  requirements: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 

OFFICE  OF  THE  SECRETARY, 

Washington,  D.  C.,  April  17,  1899. 

Hereafter  any  check  drawn  by  a  United  States  disbursing  officer  payable  to  himself,  or 
"bearer,"  or  "order,"  "to  make  payments  of  amounts  not  exceeding  §20,"  under  the  pro- 
visions of  Treasury  Department  regulations  of  August  14,  1897,  should  bear  indorsed  thereon 
the  names  of  the  persons  to  whom  the  amount  drawn  is  to  be  paid,  or  be  accompanied  by  a 
list  or  schedule  made  a  part  of  the  check  containing  the  same  information. 

The  object  or  purpose  to  which  the  avails  are  to  be  applied  in  case  of  any  check  drawn  by 
a  disbursing  officer  of  the  Army  for  an  amount  to  be  retained  in  his  possession  by  authority  of 
the  Secretary  of  War,  given  under  the  provisions  of  Treasury  Department  circular  regula- 
tions above  mentioned,  or  by  any  disbursing  officer  given  such  special  authority  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury,  under  the  provisions  of  section  3620,  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United 
stairs,  must  be  clearly  indicated  by  a  statement  on  the  check  that  it  is  to  obtain  cash  to  hold 
in  personal  possession,  and  date  of  authority  to  so  hold  funds  given. 

Department  circular  regulations  of  August  14, 1897,  No.  125,  concerning  United  States  dis- 
bursing officers'  checks,  are  hereby  amended  accordingly. 

O.  L.  SPAULDING,  Acting  Secretary. 
( A.  R., 584,  596,  597.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  83-  Washington,  April  28,  1899. 

*  *  ***** 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  section  4,  paragraph  838,  of  the 

Regulations  is  revoked;  and  paragraph  828  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

828.  The  enlistment  or  reenlistment  of  married  men  for  the  line  of  the 


406  APPENDIX. 

Army  is  to  be  discouraged,  and  will  be  permitted  only  for  some  good  reason 
in  the  public  interest,  the  efficiency  of  the  service  to  be  the  first  considera- 
tion. Applications  for  such  enlistments  or  reenlistments  will  be  finally 
determined  by  the  regimental  commander,  or  other  proper  commanding 
officer  if  there  be  no  regimental  organization. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  86.  ;  Washington,  May  2,  1S99. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  I,  General 
Orders,  No.  58,  May  31,  1898;  paragraph  I.  General  Orders,  No.  82,  June  27, 
1898;  paragraph  I,  and  so  much  of  paragraph  III  as  prescribes  the  regi- 
mental allowance  of  acting  hospital  stewards  and  privates  of  the  Hospital 
Corps,  General  Orders,  No.  178,  November  8, 1898,  from  this  office,  are  hereby 
revoked. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  officers  commanding  the  Divi- 
sion of  Cuba,  the  Department  of  Porto  Rico,  the  Department  of  the  Pacific, 
and  the  troops  in  Hawaii  are  charged  with  the  full  control  of  the  transfer 
from  the  line,  enlistment,  reenlistmeiit.  and  discharge  of  members  of  the 
Hospital  Corps  of  their  commands,  and  with  the  detail  of  acting  hospital 
stewards,  provided  that  the  allowance  of  acting  hospital  stewards  and  pri- 
vates of  the  Hospital  Corps,  as  fixed  for  each  of  these  commands,  be  not 
exceeded,  except  by  special  authority;  and  provided  also,  that  privates  shall, 
whenever  practicable,  be  required  to  pass  a  satisfactory  examination,  under 
regulations  prescribed  by  the  respective  chief  surgeons  of  the  commands 
above  specified,  before  they  are  detailed  as  acting  hospital  stewards.     The 
provisions  of  Army  regulation  1397,  as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  20, 
January  27,  1899,  from  this  office,  so  far  as  they  conflict  with  this  order,  are 
hereby  suspended;  but  hospital  stewards  will  be  appointed  as  provided  by 
existing  regulations,  after  examination  under  direction  of  the  Surgeon- 
General. 

The  Hospital  Corps  detachment  allowed  a  regiment  serving  in  divisions 
and  departments  of  the  insular  possessions  of  the  United  States  is  fixed  at 
one  hospital  steward,  three  acting  hospital  stewards,  and  twelve  privates  of 
the  Hospital  Corps. 
(A.  -R.,  1397,  1403.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  88.  )  Washington,  May  4, 1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1301  of  the 
Regulations  (General  Orders,  No.  65,  June  7,  1898;  General  Orders,  No.  119, 
August  11,  1898;  General  Orders,  No.  34,  March  2,  1899,  and  General 
Orders,  No.  53,  March  21,  1899,  from  this  office)  is  amended  to  read  as 
follows: 

1301.  The  following  officers,  in  addition  to  those  whose  pay  is  fixed  by 
law,  are  entitled  to  pay  as  mounted  officers:  Officers  of  the  staff  corps  below 
the  rank  of  major,  officers  serving  with  troops  of  cavalry,  officers  of  a  light 


APPENDIX.  407 

or  siege  battery  duly  organized  and  equipped,  authorized  aids  duly 
appointed,  officers  serving  as  military  attaches  to  the  embassies  and  lega- 
tions of  the  United  States  at  foreign  capitals,  officers  serving  with  com- 
panies of  mounted  infantry,  and  officers  on  duty  which  in  the  opinion  of 
the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  department  or  corps  commander  requires  them 
to  be  mounted  and  so  certified  by  him  on  their  pay  vouchers. 

Acting  judge-advocates  of  military  departments,  duly  detailed,  are 
entitled,  while  so  serving,  to  the  rank,  pay,  and  allowances  of  captains  of 
cavalry. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  all  sentences  of  field 
officers'  courts,  approved  after  August  16,  1898,  are  set  aside,  as  the  field 
officers'  court  was  not  a  legal  court  after  that  date.  Soldiers  still  in  the 
service  will  be  credited  on  the  current  pay  rolls  with  the  forfeitures  col- 
lected under  such  illegal  sentences.  (A.  W.,  SO.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  89.  )  Washington,  May  5, 1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  authority  granted  in 
General  Orders,  No.  22,  from  this  office,  February  8,  1899,  to  disbursing 
officers  of  the  War  Department  stationed  in  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico,  who, 
being  far  remote  from  designated  depositaries,  are  authorized  to  keep,  at 
their  own  risk,  money  received  in  coin  or  currency  which  they  may  be 
authorized  to  disburse  and  such  moneys  as  may  be  officially  intrusted  to 
them  for  disbursement,  is  extended  so  as  to  grant  the  same  authority  to 
such  officers  in  the  Philippine  Islands.  (A.  R.,608.  609.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-90-  )  Washington,  May  5,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1109  of  the  Reg- 
ulations, as  amended  by  paragraph  II,  General  Orders,  No.  40,  June  24, 
1897,  from  this  office,  is  further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1109.  The  following  persons  are  entitled,  at  public  expense,  to  a  double 
berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  or  to  the  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on 
steamers  where  extra  charge  is  made  for  the  same:  Officers  of  the  Army 
traveling  on  duty  with  troops,  Army  nurses,  civilian  clerks,  and  agents  in 
the  military  service  when  traveling  under  orders  on  public  business;  ser- 
geant-majors, ordnance,  commissary,  and  quartermaster-sergeants  (post  or 
regimental),  hospital  stewards,  chief  musicians,  principal  musicians,  chief 
trumpeters,  saddler  sergeants,  and  sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps,  when 
traveling  under  orders  on  public  business  without  troops;  also  invalid  sol- 
diers when  so  traveling  on  the  certificate  of  a  medical  officer  showing  the 
necessity  therefor. 

When  the  number  of  officers  traveling  with  troops  is  too  small  to  justify 
the  hire  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  of  a  standard  sleeping  car  for 
their  accommodation,  they  shall  be  furnished  with  such  part  of  a  tourist 


408  APPENDIX. 

sleeping  car,  or  other  suitable  sleeping  car,  properly  curtained  off  for  their 
accommodation,  as  the  Quartermaster's  Department  may  provide  for  their 
use  during  the  journey. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  93-  )  Washington,  May  1".  1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  General  Orders,  No.  2'2.  of  April 
12,  1897,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

On  Memorial  Day.  May  30,  at  all  Army  posts  and  stations,  the  national 
flag  will  be  displayed  at  half  staff  from  sunrise  till  midday,  and  immedi- 
ately before  noon  the  band,  or  field  music,  will  play  a  dirge,  "  Departed 
Days,"  or  some  appropriate  air,  and  the  national  salute  of  21  guns  will  be 
fired  at  12  m.  at  all  posts  and  stations  provided  with  artillery.  At  the  con- 
clusion of  this  memorial  tribute,  at  noon,  the  flag  will  be  hoisted  to  the  top 
of  the  staff  and  will  remain  there  until  sunset.  When  hoisted  to  the  top  of 
the  staff  the  flag  will  be  saluted  by  playing  one  or  more  of  the  national  airs. 
In  this  way  fitting  testimonial  of  respect  for  the  heroic  dead  and  honor  to 
their  patriotic  devotion  will  be  appropriately  rendered.  (A.  JR.,  450.) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  paragraph  12(11  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1201.  There  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  all 
duly  authorized  bands  of  the  Army  the  following-named  musical  instru- 
ments, viz:  Db  piccolo,  terz  and  concert  flutes,  Eb  and  Bb  cornets.  Eb 
trumpets,  Eb  and  Bb  clarionets,  Eb  altos,  Bb  trombones  (valve  or  slide), 
Bb  baritones.  Eb,  Bb,  and  BBb  bassos:  bass  and  snare  drums,  cymbals,  tri- 
angles, music  stands,  and  extra  parts  for  the  repair  of  the  instruments: 
also  batons  with  suitable  cords  and  tassels  for  use  of  drum  majors  of  all 
dismounted  bands.  Mounted  bands  may  be  supplied  with  a  pair  of  kettle 
drums  in  lieu  of  the  bass  and  tenor  drums,  cymbals,  and  triangles;  and  also 
with  altos,  trombones,  and  bassos  of  helicon  shape.  This  property  will  be 
accounted  for  by  the  quartermaster  of  the  regiment.  When  any  instrument 
has  become  unserviceable  it  will  be  submitted  to  a  board  of  survey.  A  copy 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  board  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster 
General,  with  a  view  to  having  the  instrument  repaired,  if  practicable,  or 
otherwise  disposed  of. 


GENERAL  ORDERS.  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  96-  )  Washington.,  May  19,  1S09. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

1.  An  enlisted  man  traveling  on  duty  under  orders  on  a  vessel  of  the  U. 
S.  transport  service  will  not  be  allowed  commutation  of  rations  for  the 
time  he  is  aboard.  He  will  be  quartered  with  the  enlisted  men  aboard  and 
will  mess  with  them,  and  the  proper  transport  officer  will  indorse  upon  the 
travel  order  in  the  possession  of  the  soldier  the  dates  between  which  sub- 
sistence was  so  furnished.  The  travel  order  so  indorsed  will  be  turned  over 


APPENDIX.  409 

by  the  enlisted  man  at  the  end  of  the  journey  to  the  commissary  by  whom 
commutation  of  rations  for  any  portion  of  the  journey  is  paid,  who  will  file 
it  with  the  voucher  on  which  payment  is  made.  If  commutation  of  rations 
is  ordered  paid  in  advance  the  probable  time  on  shipboard  must  be  taken 
into  account  in  determining  the  number  of  days'  commutation  to  be  allowed, 
and  the  paying  officer  will  indorse  the  original  order  and  make  payment  on 
a  certified  copy  thereof  in  the  manner  directed  in  Army  Regulations  1275  for 
paying  commutation  of  rations  in  advance. 

2.  An  enlisted  man  granted  a  furlough  with  permission  to  travel  on  a  ves- 
sel of  the  U.  S.  transport  service  will  be  quartered  with  the  enlisted  men 
aboard  and  will  mess  with  them.     The  transport  officer  will  certify  upon 
the  enlisted  man's  furlough  the  dates  between  which  subsistence  was  so 
furnished.     In  paying  commutations  of  rations  on  the  furlough  these  days 
will  be  deducted. 

3.  The  medical   officer  on  a  vessel  or  the  U.  S.  transport  service  will 
purchase  from  the  proper  transport  officer  on  such  vessel,  paying  for  the 
same  from  the  appropriation  "Subsistence  of  the  Army."  such  articles  of 
subsistence  stores  as  he  shall  certify  are  actually  needed  for  the  special 
diet  of  the  sick  on  board.     These  stores  will  be  accounted  for  by  the  med- 
ical officer  in  the  same  way  as  are  other  articles  of  diet  procured  by  him 
for  the  sick. 

4.  An  enlisted  man  a  resident  of  the  United  States  serving  in  the  islands 
of  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  Hawaii,  or  the  Philippines,  who,  on  being  honorably 
discharged  the  service  in  those  islands  by  reason  of  expiration  of  enlistment, 
is  desirous  of  returning  to  the  United  States,  will  be  allowed  by  the  Pay 
Department  the  usual  travel  allowances  for  the  land  travel  involved,  and 
free  transportation  and  subsistence  by  the  U.  S.  transport  service,  the 
same  as  prescribed  for  discharged  soldiers  in  General  Orders,  No.  54. 
March  22,  1899,  from  this  office.     No  traveling  allowances  will  be  made  to 
enlisted  men  in  those  islands  who  are  honorably  discharged  to  enable  them 
to  accept  promotion. 

5.  An  enlisted  man  a  resident  of  the  United  States  serving  in  the  islands 
mentioned  in  paragraph  4  hereof,  who  is  discharged  the  service  in  those 
islands  by  transfer  to  another  branch  of  the  service;  or  on  his  own  applica- 
tion, whether  by  way  of  favor  or  by  purchase:  or  because  of  confinement 
by  the  civil  authorities;  or  by  way  of  punishment  for  an  offense  or  for  dis- 
ability caused  by  his  own  misconduct;  or  on  account  of  fraudulent  enlist- 
ment, is,  by  the  operation  of  section  1290,  Revised  Statutes,  and  the  act  of 
March  16, 1896,  (29  Stat.  L.,  63),  prevented  from  being  allowed  the  usual 
traveling  allowances  to  the  place  of  his  enlistment,  enrollment,  or  original 
muster  into  the  service,  but  he  will  be  brought  by  the  Government  to  the 
United  States  on  a  transport  free  of  charge.     (A.  R.,  113, 1275,  1385, 1386.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  98-  )  Washington,  May  26,  1899. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  amending  his  decision  of  May  4,  1898,  published 


410  APPENDIX. 

in  paragraph  2,  General  Orders.  No.  36,  May  7,  1898,  from  this  office,  is 
published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT,  May  17, 1899. 
Respectfully  returned  to  the  honorable  Secretary  of  War. 

The  provisions  of  the  order  of  this  Department  of  May  4, 1898,  relaxing  the  requirements  as 
to  rendition  of  accounts  of  disbursing  officers  of  the  War  Department  for  expenses  pertaining 
to  the  military  establishment  are  hereby  extended  to  the  close  of  the  current  year  of  1899. 

L.  J.  GAGE,  Secretary. 
(A.R.,G>7.} 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is 
published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Furloughs  granted  to  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  serving  at  stations 
beyond  the  limits  of  the  United  States  for  the  purpose  of  returning  to  this 
country  will  be  regarded  as  taking  effect,  respectively,  on  the  dates  they 
reach  the  United  States,  and  as  terminating  on  the  respective  dates  of  their 
departure  therefrom  in  returning  to  their  commands.  The  dates  of  arrival 
in  and  departure  from  the  United  States  will,  in  every  case,  be  reported  to 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  (A.  R. ,  106. 107,  Art.  XVII,  A.  R. ) 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  106-  )  Washington,  June  13,  1S99. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  9  and  91  of  the 
Regulations  are  amended  and  paragraph  1109  (General  Orders,  No.  40, 
June  24,  1897,  and  General  Orders,  No.  90,  May  5,  1899,  from  this  office)  is 
futher  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

9.  The  following  are  the  grades  of  rank  of  officers  and  noncommissioned 
officers: 

1.  Major-general.  12.  Ordnance-sergeant,  couimissary- 

2.  Brigadier-general.  sergeant,  post  quartermaster- 

3.  Colonel.  sergeant,  electrician-sergeant, 

4.  Lieutenant-colonel.  hospital  steward,  first-class  ser- 

5.  Major.  geant  of  the  Signal  Corps,  chief 

6.  Captain.  musician,  principal  musician, 

7.  First  lieutenant.  chief  trumpeter,  and  saddler 

8.  Second  lieutenant.  sergeant. 

9.  Cadet.  13.  First  sergeant. 

10.  Sergeant-major  (regimental).          14.  Sergeant    and    acting    hospital 

11.  Quartermaster-sergeant   (regi-  steward. 

mental).  15.  Corporal. 

In  each  grade,  date  of  commission,  appointment,  or  warrant  determines 
the  order  of  precedence. 

91.  The  post  noncommissioned  staff  consists  of  ordnance,  commissary, 
post  quartermaster,  and  electrician  sergeants.  They  are  appointed  by  the 
Secretary  of  War.  after  due  examination,  from  sergeants  in  the  line  of  the 
Army;  ordnance-sergeants  from  those  who  have  served  at  least  eight  years 
in  the  Army,  including  four  years  as  noncommissioned  officers,  and  who 
are  less  than  45  years  of  age;  commissary-sergeants  from  those  who  have 
served  five  years  in  the  Army;  including  three  years  as  noncommissioned 
officers;  post  quartermaster-sergeants  from  those  who  have  served  four 
years  in  the  Army;  electrician-sergeant,  as  a  rule,  from  those  who  have 
served  three  years  in  the  Army  and  about  one-third  of  that  time  as  non- 


APPENDIX.  411 

commissioned  officers,  exceptions  being  made  only  in  cases  of  particularly 
well-equipped  applicants  from  civil  life. 

1100.  The  following  persons  are  entitled,  at  public  expense,  to  a  double 
berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  or  the  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on 
steamers  where  extra  charge  is  made  for  the  same:  Officers  of  the  Army 
traveling  on  duty  with  troops;  army  nurses,  civilian  clerks  and  agents  in 
the  military  service,  when  traveling  under  orders  on  public  business; 
sergeant-majors,  ordnance,  commissary,  quartermaster,  and  electrician 
sergeants  (post  or  regimental),  hospital  stewards,  chief  musicians,  princi- 
pal musicians,  chief  trumpeters,  saddler  sergeants,  and  sergeants  of  the 
Signal  Corps,  when  traveling  under  orders  on  public  business  without 
troops;  also  invalid  soldiers,  when  so  traveling  on  the  certificate  of  a 
medical  officer  showing  the  necessity  therefor. 

When  the  number  of  officers  traveling  with  troops  is  too  small  to  justify 
the  hire  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  of  a  standard  sleeping  car  for 
their  accommodation,  they  shall  be  furnished  with  such  part  of  a  tourist 
sleeping  car,  or  other  suitable  sleeping  car,  properly  curtained  off  for  their 
accommodation,  as  the  Quartermaster's  Department  may  provide  for  their 
use  during  the  journey. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  rules  and 
regulations  for  the  appointment  of  electrician  sergeants  authorized  by  the 
act  of  Congress  approved  March  2,  1899  (General  Orders, No.  36.  Adjutant- 
General's  Office,  1899),  are  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  men  selected  for  this  duty  must  not  only  have  the  requisite  techni- 
cal ability,  but  should,  as  a  rule,  be  trained  soldiers  of  good  habits  and  have 
some  knowledge  of  property  responsibility.  Appplications  of  enlisted  men 
will  be  forwarded  through  military  channels,  and,  as  far  as  practicable 
after  appointment,  they  will  be  assigned  to  posts  where  serving.  They 
will  be  examined  in  accordance  with  paragraphs  94.  95,  and  96  of  the  Reg- 
ulations, at  one  of  the  principal  seacoast  artillery  stations  where  electrical 
and  power  plants  and  apparatus  are  available,  by  a  board  of  artillery  offi- 
cers, one  member,  at  least,  of  which  should  have  practical  knowledge  of 
electricity,  electrical  instruments,  machinery,  and  power  plants.  The  exam- 
ination will  be  practical  in  character,  and  will  include  in  its  scope  the 
operation  of  oil  and  steam  engines,  dynamos,  and  motors,  the  general  sub- 
ject of  electrical  wiring,  the  use  of  electrical  instruments  and  apparatus, 
and  such  other  instruments  and  appliances  as  are  ordinarily  found  at  an 
artillery  post  when  properly  equipped  for  fire  control.  The  examination 
may  be  either  oral  or  written,  but  will  be  sufficiently  thorough  to  deter- 
mine the  practical  qualifications  of  the  applicant  for  the  duties  of  the  post. 
The  proceedings  will  be  sent  through  military  channels  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  for  the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  by  whom  the 
appointments  will  be  made.  Before  assignments  to  posts  electrician  ser- 
geants will,  when  practicable,  be  sent  to  Fort  Monroe,  Virginia,  or  some 
other  well-equipped  artillery  post,  for  temporary  duty  and  instruction. 
Changes  in  station  of  electrician  sergeants  will  be  made,  upon  recom- 
mendation of  the  post  commander,  by  the  Adjutant-General.  (A.  R.,  91.) 


412  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  108-  )  Washington,  June  14, 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War.  paragraph  1285  of  the 
Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1285.  Sales  may  be  made  on  credit  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  who  have 
not  been  regularly  paid,  or  who  are  in  the  field.  Officers  will  certify  that 
the  stores  are  for  their  own  use,  and  receipt  for  them.  Enlisted  men  will 
obtain  permits  from  their  company  commanders,  approved  by  the  com- 
manding officer,  for  purchases  on  credit.  Permits  will  not  be  given  to  a 
soldier  in  excess  of  the  unencumbered  pay  due  him,  nor  in  any  month  in 
excess  of  his  monthly  pay.  A  recruit  may  be  furnished  on  credit  with  such 
of  the  following  articles  as  may  be  needed  by  him.  viz:  A  hand  basin,  a 
piece  of  soap,  a  toothbrush,  two  towels,  a  comb,  a  hairbrush,  a  shoebrush. 
and  a  box  of  shoe  blacking,  and  not  to  exceed  one  pound  of  tobacco. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
N°.  111.  )  \\'<tshington,  June  17,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War.  paragraph  0  of  the  Regu- 
lations, as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  106.  June  12.  1899.  from  this 
office,  and  paragraph  1109  of  the  Regulations,  as  amended  by  General 
Orders.  No.  40,  June  24,  1897;  No.  90,  May  5,  1899,  and  No.  106,  June  12, 
1899,  from  this  office,  are  further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

9.  The  following  are  the  grades  of  rank  of  officers  and  noncommissioned 
officers: 

1.  Major-general.  13.  Ordnance-sergeant,  commissarv- 

2.  Brigadier-general.  sergeant,  post  quartermaster- 

3.  Colonel.  sergeant,  electrician  sergeant, 

4.  Lieutenant-colonel.  hospital    steward,    first-class 

5.  Major.  sergeant  of  the  Signal  Corps, 

6.  Captain.  chief  musician,  chief  trump- 

7.  First  lieutenant.  eter,  and  principal  musician. 

8.  Second  lieutenant.  14.  Squadron  or  battalion  sergeant- 

9.  Cadet.  major. 

10.  Sergeant-major  (regimental).  15.  First  sergeant  and  drum  major. 

11.  Quartermaster  -  sergeant    (regi-      16.  Sergeant    and    acting   hospital 

mental) .  steward. 

12.  Commissary-sergeant    (regi-      17.  Corporal. 

mental). 

In  each  grade,  date  of  commission,  appointment,  or  warrant  determines 
the  order  of  precedence. 

1109.  The  following  persons  are  entitled,  at  public  expense,  to  a  double 
berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  or  to  the  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on 
steamers  where  extra  charge  is  made  for  the  same:  Officers  of  the  Army 
traveling  on  duty  with  troops;  army  nurses,  civilian  clerks  and  agents  in 
the  military  service,  when  traveling  under  orders  on  public  business; 
sergeant-majors,  ordnance,  commissary  (post  or  regimental),  quartermas- 


APPENDIX.  413 

ter  (post  or  regimental),  and  electrician  sergeants,  hospital  stewards,  chief 
musicians,  chief  trumpeters,  principal  musicians,  and  sergeants  of  the 
Signal  Corps  when  traveling  under  orders  on  public  business  without  troops; 
also  invalid  soldiers,  when  so  traveling  on  the  certificate  of  a  medical  offi- 
cer showing  the  necessity  therefor. 

When  the  number  of  officers  traveling  with  troops  is  too  small  to  justify 
the  hire  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  of  a  standard  sleeping  car  for 
their  accommodation,  they  shall  be  furnished,  with  such  part  of  a  tourist 
sleeping  car,  or  other  suitable  sleeping  car,  properly  curtained  off  for  their 
accommodation,  as  the  Quartermaster's  Department  may  provide  for  their 
use  during  the  journey. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEAQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  112.  )  Washington,  June  19, 1899. 

-::-****** 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  911  of  the 
Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

911.  Prisoners  will  be  forwarded  from  places  where  tried  to  posts  at 
which  they  are  sentenced  to  serve  confinement  only  on  orders  of  depart- 
ment commanders  or  higher  authority.  The  strength  of  guards  to 
accompany  them  will  be  limited  to  the  necessities  of  safe  delivery.  The 
commanding  officer  of  a  post  from  which  a  prisoner  is  transferred  will 
send  under  seal  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  where  the  sentence 
of  confinement  is  to  be  executed  the  following  papers  in  his  case,  viz:  Dis- 
charge papers,  if  discharged;  descriptive  list,  orders  promulgating  and  modi- 
fying sentences,  copy  of  charges  and  specifications  upon  which  convicted, 
statement  of  conduct  while  under  sentence  to  date  of  transfer,  and  a  list  of 
clothing  in  possession  of  the  prisoner  when  forwarded. 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1  of  Gen- 
eral Orders,  No.  68,  A$ril  11,  1899,  from  this  office,  relative  to  fares  upon 
railroads,  steamers,  or  other  usual  modes  of  conveyance,  is  amended  to  read 
as  follows: 

1.  Fares  upon  railroads,  steamers,  or  other  usual  modes  of  conveyance, 
including  actual  cost  of  transportation  of  personal  baggage  not  in  excess 
of  150  pounds  to  each  purchased  ticket,  whenever  an  extra  charge  therefor 
is  made  by  any  railroad  company.  (A.  E.,  1100  and  1321.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  114.  )  Washington.  June  J2.  1899. 

1.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1544  of  the 
Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1544.  Department  commanders  will  supplement  the  operations  of  the 
Signal  Corps  of  the  Army  by  such  instruction  in  practice  in  military  signal- 
ing as  they  deem  necessary  for  the  public  service.  Instruction  in  the  line 
of  the  Army  contemplates  that  each  independent  command  should  have  at 
least  two  officers  and  two  enlisted  men  able  to  exchange  messages  in  the 
Army  and  Navy  Code  at  short  distance  by  day  and  night. 


414  APPENDIX. 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  General  Orders,  No. 
114,  August  9,  1898.  from  this  office,  relating  to  furloughs  and  transporta- 
tion of  sick  and  wounded  soldiers  to  their  homes,  is  revoked.  (A.  R. ,  106  and 
1109.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  116.  )  Washington,  June  24, 1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  233  (General 
Orders,  No.  63,  April  17,  1899.  from  this  office).  234.  235,  238,  239.  241.  and 
245  of  the  Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

233.  The  staff  of  a  regiment  consists  of  the  adjutant,  the  quartermaster, 
and  the  commissary,  and  they  will  be  so  designated,  respectively.     They 
will  be  appointed  by  the  regimental  commander,  who  will  at  once  report 
his  action  to  the  Adjutant-General  by  telegraph;  the  appointment  of  the 
quartermaster  and  the  commissary  to  be  made  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Secretary  of  War.     These  appointments  will  not  be  antedated  and  will 
take  effect  the  day  on  which  actually  made.     An  officer  will  be  entitled  to 
the  pay  pertaining  to  his  appointment  from  the  date  he  enters  upon  duty 
under  it.     Squadron  and  battalion  adjutants  of  cavalry  and  infantry  regi- 
ments will  be  appointed  by  the  regimental  commander,  upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  squadron  and  battalion  commanders. 

234.  The  adjutant,  quartermaster,  and  commissary  may  hold  office  for 
four  years,  and  the  squadron  and  battalion  adjutants  for  two  years,  and  no 
longer.     They  will  not  be  eligible  for  a  second  tour  of  such  duty,  nor  for 
appointment  or  reappointment  to  either  position,  except  to  serve  an  unex- 
pired  term  of  four  or  two  years;  but  the  time  an  adjutant  or  quartermaster 
of  a  regiment  may  have  previously  served  as  such  with  the  rank  of  lieuten- 
ant, and  any  period  an  officer  may  have  served  as  squadron  or  battalion 
adjutant  will  not  be  included  in  computing  the  four  years  for  which  he  may 
hold  the  office  of  a  regimental  staff  officer. 

235.  Staff  appointments  in  a  regiment  are  restricted  to  officers  on  duty 
with  the  regiment  and  who  are  not  serving  at  a  school  of  instruction  nor 
with  light  batteries.     Should  the  regimental  commander  desire  to  appoint 
an  officer  absent  from  the  regiment  he  may  make  application  for  orders  for 
such  officer  to  join;  but  the  officer  must  join  before  the  appointment  can 
be  made. 

238.  The  adjutant,  quartermaster,  and  commissary  are.  under  the  regi- 
mental commander,  responsible  for  the  discipline  and  efficiency  of  the 
noncommissioned  staff  and  band. 

239.  The  quartermaster  is  responsible  for  all  quartermaster's  supplies  of 
the  regiment,  and  may  be  required  to  perform  the  duties  of  quartermaster 
of  the  post  where  he  is  stationed.    The  commissary  is  responsible  for  all 
subsistence  supplies  of  the  regiment,  and  may  be  required  to  perform  the 
duties  of  commissary  of  the  post  where  he  is  stationed. 

241.  The  regimental  commander  appoints  the  noncommissioned  staff  of 
the  regiment,  which  consists  of  the  sergeant-major  and  quartermaster 
sergeant;  also  for  each  cavalry  and  infantry  regiment  the  commissary- 
sergeant  and  three  squadron  or  battalion  sergeant-majors,  the  latter  upon 
the  recommendation  of  the  squadron  or  battalion  commanders;  each  non- 


APPENDIX.  415 

commissioned  officer  will  be  furnished  with  a  warrant  (his  personal 
property),  signed  by  the  regimental  commander  and  countersigned  by  the 
adjutant.  The  appointment  takes  effect  the  day  upon  which  it  is  .made, 
and  the  warrant  may  be  continued  in  force  upon  discharge  and  reenlist- 
ment,  if  reenlistment  be  made  on  the  day  following  discharge;  every  such 
reenlistment  to  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the  regimental  commander. 
Regimental  noncommissioned  staff  officers  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by 
the  sentence  of  a  court-martial  or  by  the  order  of  the  regimental  commander. 

245.  Each  regimental  band  will  consist  of  one  chief  musician,  one  chief 
trumpeter,  one  principal  musician,  one  drum  major,  four  sergeants,  eight 
corporals,  one  cook,  and  eleven  privates,  except  that  each  infantry  band 
will  have  twelve  privates  and  no  chief  trumpeter.  The  noncommissioned 
officers  of  the  band  will  be  appointed  by  the  regimental  commander  upon 
the  recommendation  of  the  regimental  adjutant,  under  the  same  conditions 
provided  for  the  noncommissioned  staff  of  the  regiment. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  246  of  the 
Regulations  is  revoked. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  118.  )  Washington,  June  24,  1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War  the  following  paragraph 
is  added  to  the  Army  Regulations: 

1020a.  Civilians  employed  expressly  for  their  services  with  the  Army, 
such  as  tailors,  shoemakers,  and  laundrymen.  may  be  allowed  to  purchase 
from  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  at  remote  posts  where  supplies  are 
difficult  to  procure,  in  limited  quantities  for  their  own  use,  for  cash  at  cost 
prices,  such  articles  as  can  be  spared  from  the  supplies  on  hand. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1284  of  the 
Regulations  (General  Orders,  No.  106,  July  23,  1898,  from  this  office)  is 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1284.  Civilians  employed  with  the  Army  at  rates  of  pay  of  sixty  dollars 
or  more  per  month,  and  civilians  such  as  tailors,  shoemakers,  and  laundry- 
men,  expressly  employed  for  their  services  with  the  Army,  may  be  allowed 
at  remote  places  or  in  the  field  where  food  can  not  otherwise  be  procured, 
to  purchase  from  the  Subsistence  Department,  in  limited  quantities  for  their 
own  use,  for  cash  at  cost  prices,  such  articles  of  the  ration  or  of  stores  kept 
for  sales  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  as  can  be  spared  from  the  supplies  on 
hand. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  125-  )  Washington,  July  8,  1S99. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to 
the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 
Medical  officers  in  charge  of  general  hospitals,  hospital  ships,  and  trans- 


416  APPENDIX. 

ports  carrying  patients,  will  be  allowed  from  the  appropriation  "Subsist- 
ence of  the  Army  "  for  the  diet  of  enlisted  men  while  undergoing  hospital 
treatment  under  their  charge  at  the  rate  of  not  exceeding  40  cents  per  man 
per  day  for  the  period  each  is  undergoing  treatment.  This  allowance  can 
not  be  drawn  for  any  patient  for  whom  the  medical  officer  has  drawn  a 
ration. 

Medical  officers  will  call  upon  the  subsistence  officer  from  whom  rations 
are  drawn  for  their  hospital  for  such  articles  of  diet  as  in  their  discretion 
may  be  required  for  patients  too  sick  to  use  the  ration,  being  careful  on 
their  calls  not  to  exceed  the  allowance  of  40  cents  per  day  per  man.  All 
purchases  to  be  made  by  officers  of  the  Subsistence  Department. 

Savings  will  be  allowed  as  heretofore  on  the  rations  drawn  for  members 
of  the  Hospital  Corps  and  patients  who  do  not  require  the  special  diet. 
Rations  can  not  be  drawn  for  patients  for  whom  the  medical  officer  has 
made  requisition  for  articles  of  a  special  diet. 

There  will  be  rendered  monthly,  by  medical  officers  concerned,  to  the  sub- 
sistence officers  who  make  the  issues  and  purchases,  tabular  statements 
(Form  No.  69,  Subsistence  Department)  showing  the  number  of  patients 
present  during  the  month  who  are  too  sick  to  use  the  ration. 

The  paying  officer  will  enter  on  his  abstract  of  disbursements  in  one  group 
all  payments,  designating  them  thereon  in  the  column,  "  On  what  Account 
as  Hospital  Supplies."  (A.  R..  •'><'><'>.  669, 1258, 1259, 1269, 1270, 1433, 1483.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  136.  )  Wash! lit/ton,  July  24,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1203  of  the  Regulations, 
as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  52,  March  20,  1899,  from  this  office,  is 
further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1203.  The  allowance  of  corn  brooms  and  scrubbing  brushes  will  be  as 
follows: 

Six  brooms  and  four  brushes  per  month  to  each  troop,  battery,  or 
company. 

Two  brooms  and  one  brush  per  month  to  each  regimental  band. 

Three  brooms  and  two  brushes  per  annum  for  each  noncommissioned  staff 
officer,  including  those  of  regiments,  squadrons,  and  battalions. 

Six  brushes  per  annum  to  each  post  bakery. 

They  will  habitually  be  drawn  quarterly,  but  may  be  drawn  when  needed. 
If  less  than  the  maximum  allowance  is  drawn  in  one  quarter,  credit  can 
not  be  given  in  another. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  137.  )  Washington,  July  26, 1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  2,  General  Orders,  No. 
125,  July  8, 1899,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows,  and  is  pub- 
lished to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Medical  officers  in  charge  of  general,  post,  and  camp  hospitals,  hospital 
ships,  and  transports  carrying  patients,  will  be  allowed  from  the  appropria- 


APPENDIX.  417 

tion  "  Subsistence  of  the  Army  "  for  the  diet  of  enlisted  men  while  under- 
going hospital  treatment  under  their  charge  at  the  rate  of  not  exceeding  40 
cents  per  man  per  day  for  the  period  each  is  undergoing  treatment.  This 
allowance  can  not  be  drawn  for  any  patient  for  whom  the  medical  officer 
has  drawn  a  ration. 

Medical  officers  will  call  upon  the  subsistence  officer  from  whom  rations 
are  drawn  for  their  hospital  for  such  articles  of  diet  as  in  their  discretion 
may  be  required  for  patients  too  sick  to  use  the  ration,  being  careful  on 
their  calls  not  to  exceed  the  allowance  of  40  cents  per  day  per  man;  all  pur- 
chases to  be  made  by  officers  of  the  Subsistence  Department. 

Savings  will  be  allowed  as  heretofore  on  the  rations  drawn  for  members 
of  the  Hospital  Corps  and  patients  who  do  not  require  the  special  diet. 
Rations  can  not  be  drawn  for  patients  for  whom  the  medical  officer  has 
made  requisition  for  articles  of  a  special  diet. 

There  will  be  rendered  monthly,  by  medical  officers  concerned,  to  the 
subsistence  officers  who  make  the  issues  and  purchases,  tabular  statements 
(Form  No.  69,  Subsistence  Department)  showing  the  number  of  patients 
present  during  the  month  who  are  too  sick  to  use  the  ration. 

The  paying  officer  will  enter  on  his  abstract  of  disbursements  in  the  col- 
umn "ON  WHAT  ACCOUNT"  all  payments,  in  one  group,  as  HOSPITAL  SUP- 
PLIES. (A.  R. ,  566, 569, 1258, 1259, 1269, 1210,  1433,  11,33. ) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  138-  )  Washington,  July  27,  1899. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  paragraph 
is  added  to  the  Army  Regulations: 

152a.  When  a  soldier  is  sentenced  by  court-martial  to  confinement  with- 
out dishonorable  discharge  for  a  period  extending  beyond  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  enlistment,  he  will  be  discharged  without  honor  on  the  date 
of  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  enlistment,  but  will  be  held  to  serve  out  his 
sentence,  the  certificate  of  discharge  being  delivered  to  him  on  his  release 
from  confinement.  When,  however,  a  soldier's  term  of  enlistment  expires 
while  he  is  waiting  trial  or  sentence,  he  will  be  discharged  (honorably, 
without  honor,  or  dishonorably,  according  to  the  circumstances)  on  the 
date  of  the  receipt  of  an  order  publishing  the  case  or  otherwise  disposing  of 
it,  and  the  discharge  will  be  dated  accordingly. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  139-  J  Washington,  August  3,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1284  of  the  Regulations 
(General  Orders,  No.  106,  July  23,  1898,  and  General  Orders,  No.  118,  June 
24,  1899,  from  this  office)  is  further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1284.  Civilians  employed  with  the  Army,  including  those  expressly 
employed  for  their  services  as  tailors,  shoemakers,  and  laundrymen,  may 
be  allowed,  at  remote  places  or  in  the  field  where  food  can  not  otherwise 

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418  APPENDIX. 

be  procured,  to  purchase  from  the  Subsistence  Department,  in  limited 
quantities  for  their  own  use,  for  cash,  at  cost  prices  with  10  per  cent  added, 
such  articles  of  the  ration  or  of  stores  kept  for  sale  to  officers  and  enlisted 
men  as  can  be  spared  from  the  supplies  on  hand. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  141-          )  Washington,  August  4,  1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  General  Orders,  No.  185,  Decem- 
ber 16, 1898,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  all  volunteer  officers  serving  with 
their  regiments  or  companies  in  the  United  States  shall  be  paid  on  the  rolls 
thereof;  the  regimental  and  battalion  field  and  staff,  noncommissioned  staff 
and  band  on  one  roll,  known  as  the  field,  staff,  and  band  roll,  and  company 
officers  on  the  rolls  of  their  respective  companies.  Volunteer  officers  paid 
on  field,  staff,  and  band,  or  company  rolls  will  each  enter  upon  the  rolls  at 
time  of  payment  the  sum  of  all  credit  sales  of  subsistence  stores  made  to 
him  and  not  paid  for  at  date  of  the  roll,  which  sum  will  be  collected  by  the 
paymaster  and  transferred  in  the  manner  directed  by  A.  R.  1290. 

When  officers  of  volunteers,  serving  beyond  the  limits  of  the  United  States, 
desire  to  assign  their  pay  to  other  parties  within  the  limits  of  the  United 
States,  they  may  make  such  assignments  by  months. 

For  such  months  as  they  wish  to  assign  they  may  be  paid  on  Form  3, 
Paymaster-General's  Office,  reporting  to  the  Paymaster-General  the  months 
of  the  fiscal  year  so  assigned.  .  They  will  also  make  out  the  assigned  accounts 
and  forward  them  to  the  Paymaster-General,  indorsed  as  follows: 

"  When  due,  paymaster  will  please  pay  this  account  to  —     — . 

(Signed)  "-  —  ." 

Or— 

"  When  due,  paymaster  will  please  place  this  amount  to  the  credit  of 

(Signed)  — ." 

The  officer  assigning  his  accounts  in  accordance  with  the  above  shall  also 
notify  his  company  or  regimental  commander,  as  the  case  may  be,  of  such 
assignment,  and  for  each  of  thsse  months  the  following  remark  shall  be 
entered  on  the  muster  and  pay  roll  in  the  column  of  Remarks  opposite  his 
name:  "  Paid  on  Form  3,  P.  M.  G.  O.,  Assigned." 

General  officers  and  their  staffs  and  officers  detached  from  their  com- 
mands shall  be  paid  on  the  usual  individual  (officer's)  voucher.  Officers 
so  paid  will  make  the  notation  on  the  pay  account  required  by  A.  R.  1288. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  transportation  of  persons  and 
materials  required  for  the  service  of  the  civil  government  in  Cuba  and  Porto 
Rico  shall  be  by  commercial  lines,  and  transportation  furnished  on  army 
transport  ships  shall  be  limited  to  persons  and  supplies  required  for  service 
in  the  military  establishment,  except  such  as  are  authorized  by  the  Secretary 
of  War.     (A.  R. ,  1080, 1298, 1299, 1300. ) 


APPENDIX.  419 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  146.  )  Washington,  August  9, 1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1301  of  the  Regu- 
lations (General  Orders,  No.  65,  June  7, 1898;  General  Orders,  No.  119,  August 
11, 1898;  General  Orders,  No.  34,  March  2, 1899;  General  Orders,  No.  53,  March 
21, 1899,  and  General  Orders,  No.  88,  May  4, 1899,  from  this  office)  is  amended 
to  read  as  follows: 

1301.  The  following  officers,  in  addition  to  those  whose  pay  is  fixed  bylaw, 
are  entitled  to  pay  as  mounted  officers:  Officers  of  the  staff  corps  below  the 
rank  of  major,  officers  serving  with  troops  of  cavalry,  officers  of  a  light  or 
siege  battery  duly  organized  and  equipped,  authorized  aids  duly  appointed, 
officers  serving  as  military  attaches  to  the  embassies  and  legations  of  the 
United  States  at  foreign  capitals,  officers  serving  with  companies  of  mounted 
infantry,  and  officers  on  duty  which  requires  them  to  be  mounted  and  which 
is  so  certified  to  by  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  department  or  corps  com- 
mander on  their  first  pay  vouchers  while  on  such  duty— the  certificate  being 
cited  by  the  officers  on  their  subsequent  vouchers.  Officers  ceasing  to  draw 
mounted  pay  will  file  with  the  last  pay  voucher  a  copy  of  the  order  relieving 
them  from  duty  which  required  them  to  be  mounted.  Acting  judge-advo- 
cates of  military  departments,  duly  detailed,  are  entitled  while  so  serving  to 
the  rank,  pay,  and  allowances  of  captains  of  cavalry. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  149.  }  Washington,  August  17,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  under  section  16  of  the  act  of 
Congress  entitled  "An  act  for  increasing  the  efficiency  of  the  Army  of  the 
United  States  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  March  2,  1899,  the  follow- 
ing system  of  rules  under  which  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  may  make 
allotments  of  their  pay  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
all  concerned: 

1.  Every  soldier  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  absent  on  distant 
duty,  shall  be  allowed  to  allot  such  portion  of  his  pay  as  he  may  desire  for 
the  support  of  his  family  or  relatives,  for  his  own  savings,  or  for  any  other 
purpose. 

2.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  receipt  of  an  order  for  distant  duty  the 
commanding  officers  of  troops,  batteries,  companies,  bands,  noncommis- 
sioned staff,  signal  and  hospital  corps,  or  any  other  detachments  affected 
by  this  order,  shall  report  to  the  Paymaster-General,  United  States  Army, 
on  prescribed  blanks,  the  names   of  all  men  of  their  organizations  who 
desire  to  make  allotments,  and  thereafter,  on  the  last  day  of  each  month, 
said  commanding  officers  shall  report  on  prescribed  blanks  to  the  Paymaster- 
General,  United  States  Army,  the  names  of  all  men  of  their  organizations 
who,  during  the  month,  begin  an  allotment  period.    These  reports  shall  be 
forwarded  by  registered  mail,  and  on  their  receipt  the  Paymaster-General 
shall  make  acknowledgment  to  the  respective  commanding  officers,  stating 
the  names  of  grantors  and  the  amounts  and  periods  of  the  allotments. 

3.  All  allotments  shall  be  executed  in  duplicate  and  witnessed  by  the 


420  APPENDIX. 

respective  commanding  officers  specified  in  paragraph  2;  one  copy  to  be 
retained  by  said  commanding  officers  and  the  other  to  be  forwarded  imme- 
diately to  the  Paymaster-General,  United  States  Army.  An  allotment  shall 
be  made  payable  on  the  last  day  of  each  month  and  for  a  stated  period. 

4.  The  death,  discharge,  or  desertion  of  a  soldier  who  has  an  allotment 
running  will  be  cause  for  stopping  the  same.     In  case  of  forfeiture  by  sen- 
tence of  a  court-martial  the  allotment,  or  so  much  thereof  as  is  required  to 
meet  said  forfeiture,  shall  be  suspended  during  the  period  of  the  sentence, 
and  the  commanding  officers  specified  in  paragraph  2  shall  report  in  the 
most  expeditious  manner  to  the  department  or  corps  commander  the  names 
of  grantors  whose  allotments  thus  cease  or  are  suspended,  and  the  depart- 
ment or  corps  commander  shall  promptly  telegraph  this  notification  to  the 
Paymaster-General. 

5.  On  the  last  day  of  each  month  the  commanding  officers  specified  in 
paragraph  2  shall  submit  to  the  Paymaster-General,  on  prescribed  blanks, 
a  report  of  allotments,  if  any,  to  be  discontinued  in  the  month  next  suc- 
ceeding, and  such  allotments  as  are  to  be  discontinued  by  the  act  of  the 
grantor  or  by  reason  of  paragraph  10  shall  be  payable  for  one  month  after 
the  date  of  such  report.     Upon  the  receipt  of  this  report  the  Paymaster- 
General  shall  at  once  acknowledge  same  to  the  said  commanding  officers. 

6.  Payment  to  allottees  shall  be  made  by  one  or  more  paymasters,  to  be 
designated  by  the  Paymaster-General,  United  States  Army. 

7.  In  case  of  the  capture  of  soldiers  who  have  made  allotments  which 
may  expire  after  their  capture,  the  monthly  payments  of  the  same  shall  be 
continued  until  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

8.  In  case  of  the  transfer  of  a  soldier  whose  period  of  allotments  still  con- 
tinues, all  the  data  respecting  said  allotments  shall  be  entered  on  his 
descriptive  list,  and  the  commanding  officer  of  the  troop,  battery,  or  com- 
pany from  which  he  is  transferred  shall  at  once  report  such  transfer  to  the 
Paymaster-General,  United  States  Army. 

9.  The  date,  period,  an$  amount  of  allotment  shall  be  entered  as  a  part 
of  the  soldier's  record  in  the  descriptive  book,  and  also  noted  on  each  mus- 
ter roll  during  the  period  of  allotment.     The  discontinuance  or  suspension 
of  an  allotment  shall  be  similarly  entered  and  noted. 

10.  When  the  grantor  of  an  allotment  is  soon  entitled  to  discharge  and  is 
so  much  in  debt  to  the  United  States  that  it  will  require  the  whole  or  a  part 
of  his  allotted  pay  to  cancel  his  obligation,  this  allotment  shall  be  terminated 
in  the  prescribed  manner. 

11.  Upon  receiving  information  of  the  death  of  any  person  to  whom  an 
allotment  is  payable  by  him,  the  paymaster  properly  designated  to  pay  this 
allotment  shall  at  once  report  this  fact  to  the  Paymaster-General,  United 
States  Army,  who  shall  forthwith  inform  the  grantor's  immediate  com- 
manding officer. 

12.  When  an  allotment  is  discontinued,  at  the  request  of  the  person 
making  it,  before  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  it  is  granted,  it  shall 
not  be  renewed  within  that  term  except  by  permission  of  the  regimental  or 
post  commander,  on  satisfactory  reasons  being  given  for  such  discontinuance 
and  renewal.     (A.  R.,  113,  114, 1182, 1348.} 


APPENDIX.  421 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  153.  )  Washington,  August  21,  1899. 

******* 
III.  Commanders  of  depot  battalions  will,  upon  recommendation  of  their 
company  commanders,  appoint  the  noncommissioned  officers  of  their  bat- 
talions, and  paragraph  260  of  the  Regulations  is  amended  accordingly. 
(A.  R.,260.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  157.  )  Washington,  August  25, 1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1069  of  the  Regulations, 
as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  38,  June  15,  1897,  from  this  office,  is 
further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1069.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  transport  for  officers  chang- 
ing station  the  number  of  horses  for  which  they  are  legally  entitled  to  for- 
age, and  an  attendant  to  accompany  the  horses  when  necessary,  subject  to 
the  following  restrictions: 

1.  That  the  expense  paid  by  the  United  States  shall  not  exceed  $100  for 
each  horse  transported.     The  cost  of  such  shipment  will  be  ascertained  in 
advance,  and  if  found  to  exceed  $100  for  each  horse,  including  transporta- 
tion of  attendant,  if  any,  the  excess  must  be  prepaid  by  the  owner,  who 
must  also  pay  all  the  expenses  of  the  attendant  other  than  his  transportation. 

2.  That  the  horses  are  owned  by  the  officer  and  were  used  by  him  in  the 
public  service  at  the  station  from  which  he  is  ordered  to  move,  and  are 
intended  to  be  so  used  by  him  at  his  new  station. 

3.  The  horses  of  retired  officers  or  officers  ordered  to  their  homes  to  await 
retirement,  or  officers  ordered  on  recruiting  service  or  college  detail,  or  to 
effect  a  voluntary  transfer,  or  to  attend  schools  of  instruction  as  student 
officers,  except  when  ordered  to  duty  as  students  at  the  United  States 
Infantry  and  Cavalry  School,  Fort  Leaven  worth,  Kans.,  will  not  be  trans- 
ported at  public  expense. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  16°-  )  Washington,  August  31,  1899. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  124  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

124.  A  reward  of  $30  will  be  paid  to  any  civil  officer  having  authority  for 
the  apprehension  and  delivery  to  the  proper  military  authorities  at  a  mili- 
tary station  (or  at  some  convenient  point  as  near  thereto  as  may  be  agreed 
upon)  of  any  deserter  from  the  military  service,  except  such  as  can  claim 
exemption  from  trial  under  the  statute  of  limitations,  and  such  officer  will 
also  be  reimbursed  for  actual  cost  of  tickets  over  the  shortest  usually 
traveled  route  for  himself  to  and  from  such  station  or  point  and  for  the 
deserter  to  such  station  or  point  not  to  exceed  $20.  The  reward  and  actual 
cost  of  tickets  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  and  will  be 


422  APPENDIX. 

in  full  satisfaction  of  all  expenses  for  arresting,  keeping,  and  delivering  the 
deserter.  The  payment  will  be  reported  to  the  commander  of  the  company 
or  detachment  to  which  the  deserter  belongs. 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  reward  authorized  to  be 
paid  for  the  apprehension  of  deserters,  by  paragraph  124  of  the  Regulations, 
as  amended  by  Paragraph  II  of  this  order,  will  not  be  paid  for  the  appre- 
hension and  delivery  of  deserters  from  volunteer  organizations  mustered 
out  of  service. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  164-  )  Washington,  September  5,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  no  written  or  pictorial  description 
of  tests  by  this  Government  of  arms  or  munitions  of  war  will  be  made  for 
publication  without  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  nor  will  any 
information,  written  or  verbal,  concerning  them  which  is  not  contained  in 
the  printed  reports  and  documents  of  the  War  Department  be  given  to  any 
unauthorized  person. 

Except  by  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  no  persons  other 
than  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  and  members  of 
Congress  in  their  official  capacity,  and  persons  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  employed  in  direct  connection  with  such  tests,  will  be  allowed  to 
witness  the  same.  (A.  R.,  334.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  171.  )  Washington,  September  26,  1899. 

*  *  #  *  #  *  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  all  officers  whose  duty  it  is  to 
report  to  the  Paymaster-General  deposits  by  soldiers  of  their  command  will 
include  in  each  report  only  the  deposits  with  a  single  paymaster  on  a  given 
date. 

Different  months  or  different  paymasters  should  not  appear  on  the  same 
report,  as  it  is  impossible  to  file  one  report  with  several  paymasters'  abstracts 
of  deposits.  (A.  R.,  1371  and  1374-) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

No.  173.  )  Washington,  September  30,  1899. 

*  *  *  *  #  *  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  sales  of  subsistence  stores  to 
civilians  are  hereby  restricted  to  those  contemplated  by  paragraph  1284 
of  the  Regulations,  as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  139,  August  3, 
1899,  and  by  Circular  No.  33,  July  8, 1899,  from  this  office.  Subparagraph 
1  of  paragraph  1  of  Circular  No.  49,  November  16,  1898,  from  this  office, 
is  revoked. 


APPENDIX.  423 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  176.  )  Washington,  October  7,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  1208  (as 
amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  17,  April  22,  1896,  from  this  office)  and 
1212  of  the  Regulations,  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1208.  Accounts  for  telegrams  on  military  business  prepared  on  the  pre- 
scribed form  in  the  name  of  the  telegraph  comppny  rendering  the  service 
and  accompanied  by  the  original  telegrams,  in  the  case  of  telegrams  sent 
checked  "  paid,"  and  in  the  case  of  telegrams  received  checked  "  collect,"  by 
the  impression  copies  thereof,  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment, with  the  following  exceptions: 

1.  Accounts  for  reimbursement  of  amounts  paid  by  officers  for  tele- 
graphic service,  which  will  be  prepared  upon  prescribed  forms. 

2.  Accounts  for  telegrams  on  public  business  of  a  confidential  nature 
when  in  the  opinion  of  the  officer  receiving  or  sending  them  it  is  improper 
that  copies  should  accompany  the  accounts,  or  where  copies  can  not  be  pro- 
cured.   When  it  is  questionable  whether  the  telegrams  are  on  official  busi- 
ness or  that  the  telegraph  should  have  been  used,  such  accounts  will  be 
accompanied  by  full  explanations  from  the  officer  who  sends  or  receives 
the  telegrams. 

The  accounts  excepted  in  this  paragraph  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quar- 
termaster-General for  settlement. 

In  settling  accounts  for  telegrams  which  pass  over  the  lines  of  more  than 
one  company  (bond  aided  excepted) ,  payment  may  be  made  on  the  original 
telegram,  to  the  initial  company,  for  the  entire  service. 

1212.  Except  in  cases  of  loss  or  destruction  of  original  messages,  where 
satisfactory  evidence  is  submitted  showing  that  payment  has  not  already 
been  made  and  no  charge  will  hereafter  be  made,  no  settlement  will  be 
made  with  the  telegraph  office  from  which  a  telegram  is  sent  unless  the 
original  telegram  is  marked  or  checked  "  paid,"  and  no  settlement  will  be 
made  with  the  telegraph  office  at  which  a  telegram  is  received  unless  the 
telegram  received  is  marked  or  checked  "  collect." 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  179.  )  Washington,  October  13,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  General  Orders,  No.  164,  Septem- 
ber 5, 1899.  from  this  office,  is  amended  so  far  as  to  permit,  until  further 
orders,  inventors  and  manufacturers,  or  their  properly  accredited  repre- 
sentatives, to  be  present  at  tests  of  and  experiments  with  their  own  inven- 
tions. 

Commanding  officers  of  ordnance  establishments  and  other  military  posts 
are  authorized  to  pass  into  them  such  persons  when  they  present  the 
necessary  credentials,  but  only  for  the  purpose  stated.  Access  to  parts  of 
commands  not  involved  in  the  tests  and  experiments  and  to  any  war 
material,  or  to  any  means  of  obtaining  knowledge  of  the  same,  is  prohib- 
ited. (A.  R.,334.] 


424  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  181-  )  Washington,  October  19, 1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  607  of  the  Regulations 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

607.  Mutilated  or  spoiled  official  checks  upon  the  U.  S.  Treasurer  or 
assistant  treasurer  will  be  forwarded  promptly  to  the  depository  to  which 
they  pertain,  but  mutilated  or  spoiled  checks  upon  a  national-bank  deposi- 
tory will  be  forwarded  promptly  for  preservation  and  future  reference  to 
the  chief  of  bureau  by  whom  issued,  who  will  acknowledge  the  receipt 
of  such  checks.  In  either  case  a  record  of  the  dates  of  both  cancellation 
and  transmission  will  be  entered  on  the  stub. 


GENERAL  ORDERS.  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  182-  )  Washington,  October  20,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  General  Orders,  No.  137,  July  26, 
1899,  from  this  office,  amending  paragraph  2,  General  Orders,  No.  125,  July 
8,  1899,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows,  and  is  published  to 
the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

1.  The  medical  officer  in  charge  of  a  general,  post,  or  camp  hospital,  hos- 
pital ship,  or  transport  carrying  patients  is  authorized  to  purchase,  under 
the  laws  and  regulations  relating  to  purchases  of  subsistence  stores,  such 
articles  of  food,  both  solid  and  liquid,  not  carried  in  stock  by  the  subsist- 
ence officer  who  issues  rations  to  the  hospital,  and  to  call  upon  such  subsist- 
ence officer  for  the  issue  of  such  quantities  of  articles  from  the  stock  already 
on  hand,  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  medical  officer  are  required  for  the  diet 
of  enlisted  patients  under  his  charge  who  are  too  sick  to  be  subsisted  on  the 
ration  as  ordinarily  issued;  the  total  combined  money  value  of  the  stores 
hereby  authorized  to  be  purchased  and  issued  as  above  in  any  month  not  to 
exceed  the  rate,  calculated  on  the  month's  transactions,  of  40  cents  per  man 
per  day  for  those  actually  requiring  special  diet.     Subsistence  officers  are 
authorized  to  pay  all  duly  certified  bills  of  purchases  made  by  medical 
officers  under  the  provisions  of  this  order,  or  to  make  the  purchases  them- 
selves at  the  request  of  the  medical  officers  and  to  make  issues  for  special 
diet  hereunder  from  stores  on  hand  at  their  request,  provided  the  rate  of 
40  cents  per  man  per  day  for  those  enlisted  men  actually  requiring  special 
diet  is  not  exceeded  in  any  month. 

2.  When  a  ration  has  been  drawn  by  the  hospital  for  an  enlisted  patient 
for  a  ration  period  and  it  becomes  necessary  during  that  period  to  put  him 
upon  special  diet,  due  deductions  will  be  made  by  the  surgeon  in  charge  on 
the  next  ration  return  of  the  hospital  for  the  rations  unused  by  him;  and 
reciprocally,  when  a  patient  on  special  diet  has  been  restored  in  a  ration 
period  to  regular  diet,  the  necessary  additions  will  be  made  on  the  next 
ration  return  of  the  hospital  for  the  rations  used  by  him.     The  object  of 
this  rule  is  to  prevent  the  hospital  from  having  the  benefit  of  the  rations  of 
enlisted  men  for  the  period  they  may  be  put  upon  special  diet,  and  to  give 
the  benefit  of  an  issue  of  rations  where  men  have  been  restored  to  regular 
diet  when  rations  had  not  been  drawn  for  them. 

3.  Medical  officers  having  enlisted  patients  on  special  diet  will  make 


APPENDIX.  425 

return  of  such  patients  at  the  end  of  each  month  on  Form  No.  69,  Subsist- 
ence Department,  and  send  the  same  to  the  subsistence  officer.  After  the 
subsistence  officer  has  entered  the  vouchers  for  purchases  and  the  articles 
issued  for  special  diet,  and  deduced  the  rate  per  man  per  day  which  the 
special  diet  for  the  month  has  cost,  the  certificates  at  the  foot  of  the  form 
will  be  duly  executed  by  the  medical  officer  and  the  subsistence  officer;  and 
the  medical  officer  will  file  with  the  subsistence  officer  Form  No.  69,  and 
with  it  the  report  required  by  paragraph  569  of  the  Regulations,  of  emer- 
gency or  open-market  purchase  of  subsistence  stores  made  by  him,  which 
will  be  made  out  on  Form  No.  9  or  9£,  Subsistence?  Department,  and  signed 
by  him.  As  articles  of  special  diet  authorized  by  this  order  are  immedi- 
ately expendable  by  the  medical  officers,  Form  No.  69,  when  duly  executed, 
will  be  accepted  by  the  Commissary  General  of  Subsistence  as  the  return  of 
the  medical  officer  for  the  subsistence  stores  involved.  Purchase  vouchers 
certified  by  medical  officers  will  state  that  the  stores  will  be  accounted  for 

* '  on  Form  No.  69,  to  be  filed  with  the  account  current  of for  the  month 

of ,189..." 

4.  The  formation  of  a  hospital  fund  from  articles  purchased  for  special 
diet  for  enlisted  men  too  sick  to  use  the  army  ration,  or  the  application  of 
such  articles  to  uses  other  than  those  for  which  intended,  is  prohibited. 
Such  articles  will  as  far  as  practicable  be  procured  in  quantities  sufficient 
for  the  needs  of  specific  patients  only,  and  no  large  accumulations  will  be 
made.     Nothing  in  this  order  will  be  construed  to  prevent  the  maintenance 
of  a  hospital  fund  from  savings  of  the  rations  of  the  Hospital  Corps  and  the 
patients  who  do  not  require  special  diet. 

5.  The  subsistence  officer  who  pays  for  purchases  of  articles  of  special 
diet  under  this  order  will  enter  in  a  group  on  his  abstract  of  disbursements 
(Form  No.  5)  all  such  payments  made  in  the  month,  and  will  enter  the 
articles  as  "Hospital  supplies,"  in  the  column  headed  "On  what  account." 

6.  The  return  of  enlisted  patients  and  abstract  of  issues,  etc.  (Form  No. 
69) ,  will  be  filed  with  the  monthly  account  current  of  the  subsistence  offi- 
cer.    The  articles  issued  from  stock  on  hand  thereon  reported  will   be 
properly  entered  on  his  return  of  subsistence  stores  as  "Special  diet  in 
hospital. "     (A.  R. ,  566, 569, 1258, 1259, 1269, 1270, 1433,  1483. ) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  \  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  183-  Washington,  October  23,  1899. 

*  *  #  *  #  •*  * 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1518  of  the  Regu- 
lations is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1518.  On  arrival  of  recruits  at  their  destination  the  clothing  bags,  haver- 
sacks, meat  cans,  tin  cups,  knives,  forks,  spoons,  and  canteens  in  their 
possession  will  be  immediately  turned  over  to  an  officer,  to  be  designated 
by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  to  which  the  recruits  are  sent  for 
assignment,  who  will  receipt  to  the  responsible  officer  for  the  property  in 
the  hands  of  such  recruits  and  cause  the  same  to  be  properly  packed  and 
turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  transportation  to  such 
arsenal  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  for  repairs  and 
subseqiient  issue  to  recruiting  stations  and  recruiting  rendezvous. 


426  APPENDIX. 

Should  any  of  these  stores  be  needed  for  the  proper  equipment  of  the 
organization  to  which  the  recruits  are  sent,  the  officer  designated  to  receipt 
for  such  property  will,  with  the  approval  of  the  post  commander,  transfer 
them  and  immediately  report  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  what  articles  are  so 
transferred. 

In  all  cases  where  no  officer  accompanies  the  recruits  the  officer  respon- 
sible for  the  property  in  their  hands  will  forward  invoices  for  the  stores  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  to  which  the  recruits  are  sent  for  asign- 
ment.  In  case  of  any  loss  or  discrepancy  the  responsibility  will  be  at  once 
investigated. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  193-  )  Washington,  November  2,  1899. 

*  *  #  #  *  *  # 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

In  order  to  avoid  delay  of  action,  as  far  as  practicable,  in  the  cases  men- 
tioned in  the  last  part  of  section  3,  paragraph  140,  of  the  Regulations, 
department  commanders,  after  thorough  investigation,  may  by  telegraph 
submit  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  for  the  action  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  the  cases  of  soldiers  recommended  for  discharge  on  account 
of  disease  contracted  before  enlistment  or  by  their  own  misconduct  or  bad 
habits. 

In  such  cases  the  fourth  indorsement  on  the  certificate  of  disability  will 
be  amended  by  inserting  after  the  words  "Approved  and  discharge  ordered  " 
the  words  "  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.''  (A.  R.,  140.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No- 193-  )  Washington,  November  2,  1899. 

******  # 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  289  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

289.  The  junior  member  of  each  council  will  record  in  an  appropriate  book 
its  proceedings,  to  include  a  written  certificate  of  the  responsible  officer  that 
the  funds  are  on  deposit  in  a  reputable  banking  institution  named  in  the  cer- 
tificate, or  a  statement  that  they  have  been  exhibited  to  the  council,  which  pro- 
ceedings ivill  be  signed  by  the  president  and  recorder.  The  post  or  other 
commander  will  require  the  proceedings  to  be  kept  as  this  regulation  pre- 
scribes and  will  decide  disagreements  in  those  of  company  councils.  Those 
of  the  post,  exchange,  and  mess  councils  will  be  submitted  to  the  post  or 
other  commander,  who  will  sign  his  approval  or  objection  in  the  council 
book.  Should  the  post  or  other  commander  disapprove  the  proceedings,  and 
the  council,  after  reconsideration,  adhere  to  its  conclusions,  a  copy  of  the 
proceedings  will  be  sent  by  the  commanding  officer  to  the  department  com- 
mander, whose  decision  thereon  upon  all  questions  not  involving  pecuniary 
responsibility  will  be  final.  Upon  such  questions  appeal  may  be  taken  to 
the  Secretary  of  War.  The  final  orders  in  each  case  will  be  entered  in  the 
council  book. 


APPENDIX. 
GENERAL  ORDERS, 


ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

196-  )  Washington,  November  16,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  all  officers  of  the  Army  will  be  paid 
within  the  limits  of  their  departments  and,  as  far  as  practicable,  by  the 
same  paymaster,  unless  they  be  on  leave  of  absence  or  on  detached  duty 
beyond  the  limits  of  their  departments,  or  shall  have  transferred  or  assigned 
their  accounts  as  provided  for  in  General  Orders,  No.  141,  August  4,  1899, 
from  this  office,  or  have  the  authority  of  the  Paymaster-General  for  pay- 
ment elsewhere.  Officers  on  leave  of  absence  will  in  all  cases  present  their 
leave  orders  to  the  paymaster  to  whom  application  for  payment  is  made, 
who  will  indorse  thereon,  over  his  signature,  the  amount  paid  and  the 
period  paid  for.  Retired  officers,  as  a  rule,  will  be  paid  in  the  departments 
in  which  they  reside,  unless  they  shall  elect  to  be  paid  elsewhere,  when  they 
will  notify  the  Paymaster-General.  (A.  R. ,  -1299, 1300, 1316. ) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL,'S  OFFICE, 

No-  197-  )  Washington,  November  20,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  order  of  the  Presi- 
dent, amending  section  12  of  Executive  order  of  August  25,  1892,  as  pro- 
mulgated in  General  Orders,  No.  60,  September  3,  1892,  from  this  office,  is 
published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

EXECUTIVE  MANSION,  Washington,  November  17,  1899. 

In  accordance  with  the  law  that  prescribes  that  the  Army  and  Navy  General  Hospital  at 
Hot  Springs,  Arkansas,  "shall  be  subject  to  such  rules,  regulations,  and  restrictions  as  shall 
be  provided  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,"  the  following  amendment  of  the  rules  and 
regulations  provided  for  its  government  in  Executive  order  of  August  25, 1892,  is  authorized, 
to  date  from  July  1, 1899: 

Enlisted  men  on  the  active  list  while  under  treatment  or  on  duty  in  the  hospital  shall  have 
the  usual  allowance  of  rations  commuted  at  the  rate  of  not  to  exceed  forty  cents  a  day  for 
enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  and  thirty  cents  a  day  for  enlisted  men  of  the  Navy,  to  be  paid  to 
the  senior  medical  officer  by  the  proper  officers  of  the  War  and  Navy  Departments  upon 
the  receipt4  of  monthly  statements  of  amounts  duly  certified  by  the  Surgeon-General  of  the 
Army. 

WILLIAM  MCKINLEY. 
(A.  R.,  1272.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  303-  J  Washington,  December  8,  1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  II,  General  Orders, 
No.  9,  January  16,  1899,  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  Adjutant-General's 
Office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  War  Department  Tele- 
graphic Code  prepared  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army  will  be 
used  for  official  telegraphic  code  messages  of  the  Army  on  and  after  Janu- 
ary 15, 1900.    This  code  will  be  supplemented  when  necessary  by  the  West- 
ern Union  Telegraphic  Code  now  in  use.     The  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the 
Army  will  f  umish  on  requisition  such  copies  of  these  codes  as  are  needed 
for  official  purposes.    Such  special  military  vocabularies  and  instructions 


428  APPENDIX. 

as  may  from  time  to  time  be  added  to  the  War  Department  Telegraphic 
Code  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army  must  be  closely  followed. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  "  Telegraphic  Code  to  Insure 
Secrecy  in  the  Transmission  of  Telegrams"  will  on  and  after  January  15, 
1900,  only  be  used  for  correspondence  in  such  cases  as  may  be  specially 
authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War.  Such  copies  of  this  Code  to  Insure 
Secrecy  as  are  no  longer  needed  will  be  returned  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army.  (A.  R.,  1545.} 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  210-  )  Washington,  December  27, 1899. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  such  of  the  articles  of  war  as 
relate  specially  to  the  duties  and  rights  of  enlisted  men  and  the  penalties 
for  military  crimes  will  be  plainly  read  and,  so  far  as  necessary,  explained 
to  each  recruit  just  before  administering  to  him  the  oath  of  enlistment. 
(A.R.,832;  A.  W.,2.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No  211-  )  Washington,  December  29,  1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  amending  his  decisions  of  May  4,  1898,  as  pro- 
mulgated in  paragraph  II,  General  Orders,  No.  36,  May  7,  1898,  from  this 
office,  and  of  May  17,  1899,  as  promulgated  in  paragraph  II,  General 
Orders,  No.  98,  May  26,  1899,  from  this  office,  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  ana  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT,  December  26,1899. 

*  ****** 

The  provisions  of  the  orders  of  this  Department  of  May  4,  1898,  and  May  17,  1899,  relaxing 
the  requirements  as  to  rendition  of  accounts  of  disbursing  officers  of  the  War  Department  for 
expenses  pertaining  to  the  military  establishment  are  hereby  extended  to  the  close  of  the 
calendar  year  ending  December  31, 1900. 

L.  J.  GAGE,  Secretary. 
(A.R.,627.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

N°-  4-  )  Washington,  January  9,  1900. 

The  following  circular  from  the  Division  of  Customs  and  Insular  Affairs, 
War  Department,  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guid- 
ance of  all  concerned: 

CIRCULAR  No.  35,         ^  WAK  DEPARTMENT, 

DIVISION  OF  CUSTOMS  AND  V 

INSULAR  AFFAIRS.        J  Washington,  January  4,  1900. 

The  following  order  of  the  President,  relative  x>  quarantine  regulations  for  ports  in  the 
Philippine  Islands,  is  hereby  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

"EXECUTIVE  MANSION.  \\'<i*hin<!tnn.  Jminari/  3,  1900. 

"To  prevent  the  introduction  of  epidemic  disease,  it  is  ordered  that  the  provisions  of  the 
act  of  Congress  approved  February  15, 1893,  entitled  'An  act  granting  additional  quarantine 


APPENDIX.  429 

powers  and  imposing  {additional  duties  upon  the  Marine-Hospital  Service,'  and  all  rules  and 
regulations  heretofore  or  hereafter  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  under  that 
act  are  to  be  given  full  force  and  effect  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  in  so  far  as  they  are  appli- 
cable, and  the  following  additional  rules  and  regulations  are  hereby  promulgated: 

"  The  examination  in  ports  of  the  Philippine  Islands  of  incoming  and  outgoing  vessels  and 
the  necessary  surveillance  over  their  sanitary  condition,  as  well  as  of  cargo,  passengers,  crew, 
and  of  all  personal  effects,  is  vested  in  and  will  be  conducted  by  the  Marine-Hospital  Service, 
and  medical  officers  of  that  Service  will  be  detailed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  as 
quarantine  officers  at  the  ports  of  Manila  and  Iloilo  immediately,  and  at  other  ports  in  the 
Philippine  Islands  as  soon  as  practicable  or  necessary. 

"Quarantine  officers  shall  have  authority  over  incoming  vessels,  their  wharfage  and 
anchorage,  in  so  far  as  is  necessary  for  the  proper  enforcement  of  the  quarantine  regulations, 
including  vessels  of  the  army  transport  service  and  noncombatant  vessels  of  the  Navy. 

"  Collectors  of  customs  at  ports  of  entry  will  not  permit  entry  without  quarantine  cer- 
tificate's. 

"Any  vessel  leaving  any  port  in  the  Philippine  Islands  for  any  port  in  the  United  States,  or 
its  dependencies,  shall  obtain  a  bill  of  health  from  the  quarantine  officer,  when  such  officer  is 
on  duty;  said  bill  of  health  to  correspond  to  the  consular  bill  of  health  now  required  by 
Treasury  Regulations;  and  the  bill  of  health  shall  not  be  given  to  an  outgoing  vessel  unless 
all  quarantine  regulations  have  been  complied  with.  At  ports  where  no  medical  officer  is 
detailed  the  bills  of  health  will  be  signed  by  the  collector  of  customs  or  other  officer  to  whom 
such  duty  has  been  legally  delegated.  Special  regulations  relating  to  the  bills  of  health  to 
be  obtained  by  vessels  of  the  United  States  Navy  will  be  promulgated  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury. 

'•The  medical  officer  detailed  under  this  order  as  quarantine  officer  at  the  port  of  Manila 
shall  be  the  chief  quarantine  officer  for  the  Philippine  Islands.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  make 
appointments  and  removals  from  the  service  in  the  Philippines  (subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury),  and  shall  authorize  necessary  expenditures,  under  such  regu- 
lations as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  may  prescribe. 

"  The  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Marine-Hospital  Service  shall,  so  far  as  practi- 
cable, have  force  and  effect  in  the  management  of  the  quarantine  service  in  the  Philippine 
Islands. 

"The  expenses  of  the  quarantine  service  will  be  charged  against  the  revenue  of  the  islands, 
and  a  sum  not  to  exceed  $300,000  in  each  fiscal  year  is  hereby  set  aside  from  the  revenues  col- 
lected in  said  islands  for  this  purpose.  The  expenses  shall  be  paid  therefrom  upon  the  cer- 
tificate of  a  detailed  quarantine  officer,  and  upon  the  approval  of  the  chief  quarantine  officer 
for  the  Philippine  Islands. 

"The  chief  quarantine  officer  shall  render  a  report  on  the  last  day  of  each  month  to  the 
Supervising  Surgeon-General  of  the  Marine-Hospital  Service,  who  will  issue  to  him  necessary 
instructions. 

"  The  epidemic  fund  will  be  reimbursed  from  the  revenues  of  the  islands  for  the  cost  of  dis- 
infecting appliances  and  materials  ordered  to  be  forwarded  to  the  islands  prior  to  the  date  of 
this  order. 

"WILLIAM   McKlNLEY." 

This  order  to  be  duly  proclaimed  and  enforced  at  ports  in  the  Philippine  Islands. 

ELIHU  ROOT,  Secretary  of  War. 
(See  A.  R.,  437.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  5.  Washington,  January  10,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1551  of  the  Regulations 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

1551.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  who,  in  their  own  right  or  by  right  of 
inheritance,  are  members  of  military  societies  of  men  who  served  in  the 
armies  and  navies  of  the  United  States  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution,  the 
war  of  1812,  the  Mexican  war,  and  the  war  of  the  rebellion,  or  are  members 


430  APPENDIX. 

of  the  Regular  Army  and  Navy  Union  of  the  United  States,  may  wear  on 
all  occasions  of  ceremony  the  distinctive  badges  adopted  by  such  societies; 
badges  to  be  worn  on  the  left  breast  of  the  coat  suspended  by  a  ribbon  from 
a  bar  of  metal  passed  through  their  upper  ends,  and  tops  of  the  ribbons 
forming  a  horizontal  line,  the  outer  end  of  which  will  be  from  3  to  4  inches 
below  the  top  of  the  shoulder  according  to  height  of  wearer.  Medals  of 
honor  and  the  several  distinctive  marks  given  for  excellence  in  rifle  prac- 
tice, as  well  as  army  corps  badges,  may  also  be  worn  in  the  same  manner 
by  officers  and  enlisted  men  upon  all  occasions  of  ceremony.  Insignia 
"  buttons  "  will  not  be  worn. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  6-  )  Washington,  January  12,  1900. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1256  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1256.  When  troops  travel  otherwise  than  by  marching,  or  when  for  short 
periods  they  are  separated  from  cooking  facilities  and  do  not  carry  cooked 
rations,  the  following  articles  will  be  issued  in  lieu  of  all  components  of  the 
ordinary  ration.  They  constitute  the  travel  ration: 


Articles. 

Per  100 
rations. 

Soft  bread.             

pound* 

112| 

Or  hard  bread 

do 

100 

Beef,  canned  

do 

75 

Baked  beans  1-pound  cans 

number 

33 

Or  baked  beans,  3-pound  cans  

do 

15 

Coffee  roasted 

pound* 

g 

Sugar 

do 

15 

After  troops  have  been  subsisted  upon  the  travel  ration  for  four  consecu- 
tive days,  they  may  be  allowed  canned  tomatoes,  in  addition  to  the  travel 
ration,  at  the  rate  of  1  pound  of  tomatoes  per  man  per  day.  When  they 
arrive  at  their  destination  or  rejoin  their  station,  subsistence  upon  the  ordi- 
nary ration  will  be  resumed  immediately,  and  the  travel  rations  remaining 
on  hand  in  good  condition,  which  were  issued  in  excess  of  the  time  actually 
consumed  by  the  journey,  will  be  exchanged  by  the  commissary  for  the 
regular  ration  issued  at  the  station. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

N°-  H-  )  Washington,  January  23,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  order  to  conform  to  a  decision 
of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  dated  February  8,  1889,  paragraph  1385 
of  the  Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
1385.  Traveling  allowances  to  discharged  soldiers  are  computed  by  taking 


APPENDIX.  431 

the  distance  in  miles  by  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route  from  place  of 
discharge  to  that  of  enlistment  and  allowing  one  day's  pay  and  subsistence 
at  the  rate  of  30  cents  for  every  20  miles  of  travel,  and  this  allowance  will 
be  calculated  for  the  exact  distance,  and  where  the  distance  is  not  an  exact 
multiple  of  20  the  remainder,  after  dividing  by  20,  will  be  allowed  for  as 
entitling  to  the  proper  proportion  of  one  day's  pay.  If  transportation  has 
been  furnished  for  any  part  of  the  distance,  that  part  will  be  excluded  from 
the  computation  of  travel-pay,  but  subsistence  for  the  full  distance  will  be 
allowed. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1538  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1538.  Vacancies  in  the  grade  of  first  lieutenant  in  the  Signal  Corps  are 
filled  by  transfer  from  the  line  of  the  Army.  To  be  eligible,  an  officer 
must  be  less  than  30  years  of  age,  have  served  at  least  two  years  as  an  officer  in 
the  line,  and  have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination  before  a  board  of  offi- 
cers of  the  Signal  Corps:  Provided,  That  the  age  limit  may  be  raised  to  not 
exceeding  40  years,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  the  case  of 
any  officer  who  has  distinguished  himself  by  war  service.  Applications  for 
examination  will  be  made  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.  Should 
the  applicant  be  directed  to  appear  before  a  board,  he  will,  after  passing  a 
satisfactory  examination  as  to  his  physical  qualifications,  be  examined  upon 
the  following  subjects,  or  such  others  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  pre- 
scribe: Theoretical  and  practical  electricity,  modern  languages,  chemistry 
and  optics,  military  surveying,  and  reconnoissance.  The  board  will  inquire 
into  and  consider  the  special  military  fitness  for  the  Signal  Corps  of  the 
candidate  and  require  from  him  an  essay  on  a  military  subject. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  12-  )  Washington,  January  27,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  paragraph  2,  General  Orders, 
No.  192,  November  2,  1899,  from  this  office,  is  modified  to  read  as  follows: 

The  commander  of  a  Territorial  department  or  army  in  the  field,  after 
thoroughly  investigating  cases  of  soldiers  recommended  for  discharge  on 
account  of  disease  contracted  before  enlistment  or  by  their  own  miscon- 
duct or  bad  habits,  is  authorized  to  issue  orders  in  the  name  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  for  the  discharge  of  such  enlisted  men  after  determining  each 
case  on  its  merits. 

So  much  of  section  3,  paragraph  140,  of  the  Regulations,  as  conflicts  here- 
with is  amended  accordingly. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  19-  )  Washington,  February  17, 1900. 

•  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  the  following  articles  of  clothing 
are  added  to  the  annual  clothing  allowance  for  each  of  the  enlisted  men 


432  APPENDIX. 

serving  in  the  Department  of  Alaska,  to  take  effect  April  1,  1900,  and  they 
will  be  charged,  until  otherwise  directed,  at  the  following  prices: 

1  southwester  hat each. .  SO.  15 

1  fur  cap do...     1.15 

1  pair  fur  gauntlets _ per  pair . .     1 . 68 

1  mackinaw  overcoat .each. .  12.  75 

1  oilskin  coat _ . . _ .do. . .     1 . 48 

1  pair  oilskin  trousers per  pair.  _       .  73 

1  pair  buckskin  gloves do. . .     1. 08 

1  pair  buckskin  mittens  _ . . do. . .     1.10 

1  pair  moccasins do. ..     3. 40 

1  pair  German  socks .do. . .      .87 

1  pair  shoe  pacs _ do...     1.25 

1  sweater _.  .  _eacn..     4.00 

The  clothing-money  allowances  of  each  of  the  enlisted  men  serving  in  the 
Department  of  Alaska  will,  until  the  publication  of  a  new  price  list  of 
clothing  and  equipage,  be  $30  per  annum,  in  addition  to  that  fixed  by  Gen- 
eral Orders,  No.  165,  September  8, 1899,  from  this  office.  The  value  of  such 
of  the  above-specified  articles  as  may  be  the  property  of  the  United  Statrs 
and  in  the  possession  of  the  enlisted  men  on  the  date  on  which  this  order 
will  go  into  effect  will  be  appraised  by  commanding  officers  and  charged 
against  their  clothing-money  allowance.  (See  A.R.,  1191.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  20.  )  Washington,  February  19,  1900. 

******* 
II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  paragraph  158  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

158.  When  a  soldier  is  killed  in  action  or  dies  at  any  post,  hospital,  or  sta- 
tion, it  shall  be  the  duty  of  his  immediate  commander  to  secure  his  effects 
and  to  prepare  the  inventory  required  by  the  one  hundred  and  twenty-sixth 
article  of  war,  according  to  prescribed  form,  and  to  notify  nearest  relative 
of  the  fact  of  death.  Duplicates  of  the  inventory,  with  final  statements, 
will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  22.  )  Washington,  February  24,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  indorsement  from 
the  honorable  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  so  far  modifying  Treasury 
Department  Circular  No.  7,  as  published  in  paragraph  3,  General  Orders, 
No.  12,  January  27,  1900,  from  this  office,  as  to  authorize  the  use  of  rubber 
stamps  to  indicate  "  purpose  for  which  drawn  M  or  rank  of  officer  drawing 
the  checks,  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 

all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT,  February  12,  1900. 

Respectfully  returned  to  the  honorable  the  Secretary  of  War,  with  the  information  that 
the  provisions  of  the  circular  within  referred  to  were  intended  to  prohibit  the  use  of  a  stamp 


APPENDIX.  433 

or  typewriter  in  filling  in  the  date,  payee's  name,  and  amount  of  checks.  No  objection  has 
been  raised  to  their  use  to  indicate  "purpose  for  which  drawn"  or  rank  of  officer  drawing 
the  checks,  and  until  found  to  be  seriously  objectionable  their  use  for  such  purpose  may  be 
continued. 

O.  L.  SPAULDING,  Acting  Secretary. 
(See  A.  R.  596.) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Toilet  paper,  as  an  article  of  issue,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Subsistence 
Department  until  June  30,  1900,  for  the  use  of  the  enlisted  men  stationed 
at  such  military  posts  and  camps  as  are  provided  with  modern  water-closets 
with  sewer  connections. 

Issues  at  such  posts  and  camps  will  be  made  upon  special  requisitions  of 
the  commanding  officers  of  organizations,  approved  by  commanding  officers 
of  posts  and  camps,  at  the  rate  of  one  package  of  1,000  sheets  for  each  two 
enlisted  men  per  month. 

Commanding  officers  of  organizations  and  post  and  camp  quartermasters 
will  make  report,  through  military  channels,  on  June  15,  1900,  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  from  which  it  may  be  determined  whether 
the  issue  of  toilet  paper  at  such  places  is  a  measure  of  economy  and  whether 
the  continuance  of  the  issue  after  June  30,  1900,  will  be  advantageous  and 
desirable.  (See  A.  R.  1265.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  24.  )  Washington,  February  28,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Paragraph  I,  General  Orders,  No. 
31,  February  21, 1899,  from  this  office,  authorizing  the  payment  of  commuta- 
tion of  rations  to  enlisted  men  in  the  island  of  Cuba,  who  may  be  detailed 
on  special  duty  which  separates  them  from  messing  facilities  with  the  troops 
at  the  rate  of  $1.50  per  diem  is  revoked,  and  hereafter  commutation  of 
rations  will  be  paid  at  the  rate  of  75  cents  per  day,  as  authorized  by  section 
3  of  paragraph  1272  of  the  Regulations. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  326  of  the  Regula- 
tions, and  so  much  of  the  Post  Exchange  Regulations  published  Mayl, 
1899,  from  this  office,  as  is  covered  thereby  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

326.  On  June  30  and  December  31  of  each  year  the  commanding  officer  of 
a  post  at  which  an  exchange  is  conducted  will  submit  to  the  Adjutant-Gen- 
eral of  the  Army,  through  military  channels,  a  detailed  report  of  the  opera- 
tions and  financial  condition  of  the  exchange,  accompanied  by  such  remarks 
touching  its  effect  upon  the  welfare  of  his  command  as  he  may  deem  it 
necessary  to  make  for  the  information  of  the  Commanding  General  of  the 
Army  and  the  Secretary  of  War;  and  when  no  exchange  has  been  main- 
tained at  a  post  such  fact  will  also  be  communicated  to  the  Adjutant-Gen- 
eral of  the  Army,  through  military  channels,  on  the  dates  hereinbefore 
specified. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  26-  Washington,  March  6,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  5,   General 
Orders,  No.  96,  May  19, 1899,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
5.  An  enlisted  man  a  resident  of  the  United  States  serving  in  the  'islands 

16686—01 28 


434  APPENDIX. 

mentioned  in  paragraph  4  hereof  who  is  discharged  the  service  in  those 
islands  by  transfer  to  another  branch  of  the  service;  or  on  his  own  applica- 
tion, whether  by  way  of  favor  or  by  purchase;  or  because  of  confinement 
by  the  civil  authorities;  or  by  way  of  punishment  for  an  offense  or  for  dis- 
ability caused  by  his  own  misconduct;  or  on  account  of  fraudulent  enlist- 
ment, is,  by  the  operation  of  section  1290.  Revised  Statutes,  and  the  act  of 
March  16,  1896  (29  Stat.  L.,  63),  prevented  from  being  allowed  the  usual 
traveling  allowances  to  the  place  of  his  enlistment,  enrollment,  or  original 
muster  into  the  service,  but  he  will  be  brought  by  the  Government  to  the 
United  States  on  a  transport  free  of  charge :  Provided,  That  an  enlisted 
man  discharged  because  of  confinement  by  civil  authorities,  or  by  way  of 
punishment  for  an  offense,  or  for  disability  caused  by  his  own  misconduct, 
shall  be  required  to  leave  the  islands  by  the  first  transport  departing  for  the 
United  States  or  forfeit  the  privilege  of  being  sent  to  the  United  States  at 
the  expense  of  the  Government.  (See  A.  R.,  141.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  30-  )  Washington,  March  12,  1900. 

The  following  instructions  are  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information 
and  guidance  of  all  troops  serving  as  coast  artillery: 

ARTILLERY   INSTRUCTION. 

Artillery  instruction,  including  the  care  and  preservation  of  all  artillery 
material  and  accessories,  platforms,  emplacements,  magazines,  storerooms, 
communications,  etc.,  will  have  allotted  to  it  two  hours  and  a  half  daily 
(weather  permitting  and  Sundays  excepted)  during  the  active  drill  season, 
and  two  hours  daily  (Sundays  excepted)  during  the  rest  of  the  year. 

When  the  weather  is  too  inclement  for  outdoor  work,  theoretical  and, 
as  far  as  possible,  practical  artillery  instruction  will  be  given  under  cover 
during  the  prescribed  hours  for  the  season. 

Saturday  and  monthly  inspections  will  be  held  as  prescribed  in  Drill 
Regulations. 

Artillery  target  practice  will  be  held  as  prescribed  in  Drill  Regulations 
at  such  periods  of  the  year  as  may  be  announced  in  orders  from  depart- 
ment headquarters  and  at  such  hours  of  the  day  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
proper  authority  (preferably  fortress  or  district  commander) . 

The  works  will  occasionally  be  manned  at  Anight  for  the  operations  laid 
down  in  Drill  Regulations  for  Coast  Artillery  under  the  head  of  "  Night 
practice,"  page  122. 

The  command  will  be  exercised  in  "fire  direction"  and  " fire  control"  at 
least  once  each  week,  and  all  details  of  this  drill  will  be  carried  out  as  thor- 
oughly as  the  equipment  at  hand  will  permit.  This  exercise  may  take  the 
place  of  one  of  the  regular  drills. 

Pending  the  supply  of  subcaliber  tubes  an  arrangement  may  be  impro- 
vised using  the  infantry  rifle  properly  centered  and  practice  had  at  fixed 
and  moving  targets.  Exercises  herein  prescribed  in  fire  discipline  will  be 
considered  a  compliance  with  General  Orders,  No.  53,  Adjutant-General's 
Office,  series  of  1896,  for  the  coast  artillery. 

The  mounting  and  dismounting  of  guns,  mortars,  and  carriages  will  be 
classified  as  fatigue  duty. 


APPENDIX.  435 

INFANTRY   INSTRUCTION. 

Recruits  will  receive  thorough  instruction  in  the  school  of  the  soldier 
before  they  are  turned  in  to  the  battery  for  duty. 

When  the  weather  and  other  conditions  are  suitable  there  will  be  a  daily 
dress  parade  (Saturdays  and  Sundays  excepted),  with  a  drill  immediately 
thereafter  not  to  exceed  fifteen  minutes'  duration,  and  including  instruction 
in  close  order,  in  firing,  and  in  the  elementary  movements  in  open  order. 

Small-arms  target  practice  will  be  limited  to  300  yards,  as  now  prescribed, 
and  when  no  range  is  available  gallery  practice  will  be  had. 

The  period  for  small-arms  target  practice  will  not  be  limited,  but  may  be 
extended  throughout  the  year,  except  during  the  season  of  artillery  target 
practice. 

SIGNALING. 

See  Army  Regulations,  1544,  amended  by  paragraph  1,  General  Orders, 
No.  114,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  1899. 

CALISTHENICS. 

Ten  minutes  daily  (Saturdays  and  Sundays  excepted)  during  the  active 
drill  season. 

Whenever  in  the  judgment  of  the  commanding  officer  extra  cleaning 
material  is  necessary  a  special  requisition  will  be  made  therefor. 

In  his  quarterly  report,  paragraph  VII,  General  Orders,  No.  68,  Adjutant- 
General's  Office,  series  of  1897,  the  post  or  battalion  commander  will  include 
a  statement  of  exercises  and  drills  prescribed  that  have  not  been  fully  com- 
plied with  and  state  reasons  therefor.  (See  also  A.  R.,  352.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  31-  )  Washington,  March  15,  1900. 

****** 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  pub- 
lished to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

1.  Whenever  the  contract  of  an  acting  assistant  surgeon  is  annulled,  the 
fact  and  date  of  annulment  will  be  noted  in  writing  on  his  contract,  and 
when  an  acting  assistant  surgeon  is  ordered  to  his  home  for  annulment  of 
contract,  such  fact  will  also  be  noted  thereon  by  the  officer  under  whose 
orders  he  may  at  the  time  be  serving. 

2.  Acting  assistant  surgeons  must  present  their  contracts  to  paymasters 
when  applying  for  payment  of  salaries,  and  paymasters  will  indorse  thereon 
date  and  period  for  which  paid.     (See  A.  JR.,  1464.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  33-  Washington,  March  19,  1900. 

*  *****  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  877  of  the 
Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
877.  When  an  officer  ceases  to  act  as  a  disbursing  officer,  or  closes  his 


436  APPENDIX. 

account  on  change  of  station,  he  will  submit  to  the  officer  to  whom  the 
inspection  of  his  accounts  has  been  assigned  a  statement  of  his  money 
accounts  from  date  of  last  inspection  to  and  including  the  closing  of  his 
accounts,  with  a  list  of  outstanding  checks.  If  an  inspection  be  impracti- 
cable the  statement  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  34.  )  Washington,  March  21,  1900. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  clothing  drawn  in  excess  of 
allowance  by  soldiers  discharged  without  honor  will  be  taken  up  again  on 
the  returns  of  the  quartermaster  of  the  post  at  which  the  soldier  may  be 
serving,  and  if  new  will  be  reissued;  otherwise,  it  will  be  transferred  to  the 
nearest  clothing  depot  for  use  of  general  prisoners,  unless  the  particular 
post  may  be  the  one  at  which  prisoners  are  confined,  in  which  case  the  cloth- 
ing will  be  allowed  to  remain  for  use  of  such  prisoners.  (See  A.  R.,  1193 
and  1386.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  35-  )  Washington,  March  27,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1020aof  the  Regulations, 
as  published  in  General  Orders,  No.  11 8,  June  24,  1899,  from  this  office,  is 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1020a.  Civilians  employed  with  the  Army  at  remote  posts  or  stations  where 
it  is  impossible  to  procure,  at  reasonable  rates,  such  articles  of  clothing  and 
other  quartermaster's  supplies  (except  uniforms)  as  they  may  need  for  their 
health  and  comfort  may  be  allowed  to  purchase  same  from  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department  in  limited  quantities  for  their  own  use,  for  cash  at  cost 
prices,  with  10  per  cent  added  to  cover  transportation. 

Such  sales  will,  however,  be  made  only  upon  the  written  approval  of  the 
commanding  officer  setting  forth  the  necessity  for  such  action.  This  author- 
ity to  be  filed  with  the  return  of  the  officer  making  such  sales. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  39-  )  Washington,  April  2,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1412  of  the  Regula- 
tions, as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  60,  October  28,  1897,  from  this 
office,  is  further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1412.  Special  instruction  in  the  duties  of  litter  bearers  and  the  methods 
of  rendering  first  aid  to  the  sick  and  wounded  will  be  given  to  all  enlisted 
men  of  the  Army  by  their  company  officers  for  at  least  four  hours  in  each 
month,  except  that  such  instruction  for  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the 
seacoast  artillery  will  be  limited  to  one  hour  per  month.  Company  com- 
manders will  be  supplied  from  the  Surgeon- General's  Office  with  the  Drill 


APPENDIX.  437 

Regulations  for  the  Hospital  Corps,  and  the  surgeon  of  the  post,  under  the 
direction  of  the  post  commander,  will  thoroughly  instruct  all  company 
officers  serving  with  troops  in  the  professional  knowledge  required. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  41.  )  Washington,  Aprils,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  223  of  the  Regulations, 
amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  21,  February  1,  1899,  from  this  office,  is 
further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

223.  Whenever  in  the  opinion  of  a  commanding  officer  the  condition  of 
any  silken  color,  standard,  or  guidon  in  the  possession  of  his  command  has 
become  unserviceable,  a  board  of  survey  will  be  appointed  to  report  for  the 
information  of  the  Secretary  of  War  its  condition  and  as  to  the  necessity  of 
supplying  a  new  one.  If  requiring  repair,  application  to  have  it  placed  in 
a  serviceable  condition  should  be  made  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 
Service  colors  and  guidons  will  be  submitted  for  the  action  of  an  inspector 
when  unfit  for  further  use.  Upon  receipt  of  new  silken  colors,  standards, 
or  guidons  commanding  officers  will  cause  those  replaced  to  be  numbered 
and  retained  by  the  organizations  to  which  they  belong  as  mementos  of 
service,  a  synopsis  of  which,  bearing  the  same  number,  will  be  filed  with 
the  records  of  the  organization. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  574  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

574.  Before  a  corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  there  must  be  filed 
with  the  Secretary  of  War  or  attached  to  the  bond  a  copy  of  the  record  of 
the  selection  of  the  officers  who  have  authority  to  execute  the  bond  or 
bonds  on  behalf  of  the  company,  as  well  as  a  copy  of  the  by-laws  or  other 
records  showing  their  authority;  these  copies  to  be  duly  certified  by  the 
custodian  of  such  records,  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation,  to  be  correct 
copies.  There  will  also  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  War  an  itemized 
statement  of  the  financial  condition  of  the  company,  showing  its  assets  and 
liabilities,  signed  and  sworn  to  by  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  com- 
pany. The  financial  statement  will  be  furnished  quarterly  without  being 
called  for,  and  the  evidence  as  to  the  selection  of  the  officers  of  the  com- 
pany will  be  furnished  immediately  after  their  election,  and  whenever  any 
change  is  made  in  their  authority  to  execute  bonds  evidence  thereof  will 
be  immediately  furnished. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  42.  Washington,  April  3,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Section  12  of  the  act  of  July  31,  1894  (28  Stat.  L.,  209),  prescribes: 
SEC.  12.  All  monthly  accounts  shall  be  mailed  or  otherwise  sent  to  the  proper  officer  at 
\Viishington  within  ten  days  after  the  end  of  the  month  to  which  they  relate,  and  quarterly 


438  APPENDIX. 

and  other  accounts  within  twenty  days  after  the  period  to  which  they  relate,  and  shall  be 
transmitted  to  and  received  by  the  auditors  within  twenty  days  of  their  actual  receipt  at  the 
proper  office  in  Washington  in  the  case  of  monthly  and  sixty  days  in  the  case  of  quarterly  and 
other  accounts. 

Permission  has  been  given  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  in  pursuance 
of  authority  vested  in  him  by  law,  for  relaxing  the  requirement  of  mailing 
or  otherwise  sending  accounts,  and  he  has  extended  the  period  of  such 
relaxation  to  December  31,  1900.  (See  General  Orders,  No.  211,  Head- 
quarters Army,  December  29,  1899,  and  the  orders  therein  cited.)  Under 
this  permission  the  date  of  mailing  as  fixed  by  Army  Regulations,  627,  has 
been  temporarily  changed  to  the  20th  day  of  each  month  for  all  accounts, 
whether  rendered  in  this  country  or  in  the  island  possessions. 

The  exigency  which  required  this  temporary  change  having  now  ceased  in 
the  Subsistence  Department  at  all  depots,  posts,  and  stations  in  the  United 
States,  except  at  the  purchasing  depots  at  New  York,  Chicago,  and  San 
Francisco,  the  relaxation  of  the  law  as  to  time  of  rendition  of  accounts  is 
hereby  withdrawn  to  take  effect  May  1,1900,  from  all  but  the  excepted 
depots,  and  accounts  will  thereafter  be  mailed  on  or  before  the  10th  day  of 
the  month  as  required  by  Army  Regulations,  627.  At  the  excepted  depots 
the  mailing  of  accounts  may  continue  to  be  delayed  until  the  20th  day  of 
the  month  until  further  orders,  or  until  December  31, 1900. 

In  the  island  possessions  of  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  and  Hawaii  the  relaxation 
is  hereby  withdrawn  as  of  date  May  1, 1900,  from  all  officers  in  those  islands 
engaged  in  the  receipt  or  disbursement  of  subsistence  funds,  and  their 
accounts  will  thereafter  be  mailed  on  or  before  the  10th  day  of  the  month, 
as  required  by  Army  Regulations,  627. 

The  mailing  of  the  accounts  of  officers  receiving  and  disbursing  subsist- 
ence funds  in  the  Philippines  may  continue  to  be  delayed  until  the  20th  day 
of  the  month  until  further  orders,  or  until  December  31,  1900. 

Officers  receiving  and  disbursing  subsistence  funds  on  United  States  trans- 
ports will,  after  May  1,  1900,  mail  their  accounts  and  returns  at  the  port  at 
which  they  may  be  when  the  ten  days'  limit  will  expire,  or  if  they  should 
be  at  sea  when  the  ten  days' limit  expires,  they  will  mail  their  accounts  and 
returns  at  the  next  United  States  or  island  port  at  which  a  stop  is  made. 

Returns  of  subsistence  stores  and  subsistence  property  will  be  rendered 
and  mailed  at  all  places  concurrently  with  the  rendering  and  mailing  of 
accounts  current  and  vouchers. 

An  officer  delinquent  in  mailing  his  subsistence  account  current  and 
vouchers,  or  his  returns,  within  the  time  hereinabove  limited  will  transmit 
with  them  at  the  time  of  mailing  a  full  explanation  of  the  causes  of  delay, 
for  the  action  of  the  proper  authorities.  (A.  R.,  627.} 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  45.  )  Washington,  April  6,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1201  of  the  Regula- 
tions, as  amended  by  Paragraph  II  of  General  Orders,  No.  92,  May  10, 1899, 
from  this  office,  is  further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1201.  There  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  all 
duly  authorized  bands  of  the  Army  the  following-named  musical  instru- 


APPENDIX.  439 

ments,  viz:  Db  piccolo,  terz  and  concert  flutes,  Eb  and  Bb  cornets,  Eb 
trumpets,  Eb  and  Bb  clarionets,  Eb  altos,  Bb  trombones  (valve  or  slide),  Bb 
baritones,  Eb,  Bb,  and  BBb  bassos,  bass  and  snare  drums,  cymbals,  trian- 
gles, music  stands,  and  extra  parts  for  the  repair  of  the  instruments;  also, 
batons  with  suitable  cords  and  tassels  for  use  of  drum  majors  of  all  dis- 
mounted bands.  Mounted  band^  may  be  supplied  with  a  pair  of  kettle- 
drums in  lieu  of  the  bass  and  tenor  drums,  cymbals,  and  triangles,  and  also 
with  altos,  trombones,  and  bassos  of  helicon  shape.  A  fluglehorn  may  be 
furnished  in  lieu  of  the  Eb  trumpet,  a  euphonium  in  lieu  of  one  alto,  one 
Eb  alto  saxophone,  and  one  Eb  baritone  saxophone  in  lieu  of  two  cornets; 
but  under  no  circumstances  will  more  than  a  complete  instrumentation  for 
28  musicians  be  supplied.  In  making  requisition  for  band  instruments  a 
statement  showing  the  number  and  kind  on  hand  and  their  condition  should 
accompany  the  same.  All  the  property  specified  will  be  accounted  for  by 
the  quartermaster  of  the  regiment.  When  any  instrument  has  become 
unserviceable,  it  will  be  submitted  to  a  board  of  survey.  A  copy  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  board  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General 
with  a  view  of  having  the  instrument  repaired,  if  practicable,  or  otherwise 
disposed  of.  When  an  instrument  needs  minor  repairs,  involving  only  a 
slight  expense,  and  the  w^ork  can  be  done  in  a  workmanlike  manner  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  post,  it  will  not  be  necessary  to  submit  the  instrument  to  a 
board  of  survey.  Such  repair  may  be  secured  upon  the  written  order  of 
the  commanding  officer;  but  a  report  of  the  nature  of  the  work  and  cost 
involved  will  be  made  to  the  Quartermaster-General  through  proper  mili- 
tary channels. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1280  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1280.  Subsistence  stores  (except  forage  for  beef  cattle)  will  be  sold  for 
cash  to  an  officer  of  the  Army,  or  to  a  contract  surgeon  or  veterinarian,  at 
cost  price,  on  his  certificate  that  they  are  for  his  personal  or  family  use  or 
for  the  use  of  an  officers'  mess  of  which  he  is  the  caterer.  They  will  also 
be  sold  during  the  absence  of  an  officer  to  a  member  of  his  family  author- 
ized by  him  to  purchase  in  his  name  upon  a  written  request  by  him  to  the 
commissary. 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  paragraph  is 
added  to  the  Army  Regulations: 

1457  a.  Accounts  for  the  payment  of  special  nurses  employed,  when  nec- 
essary for  the  proper  care  of  the  patient,  to  attend  sick  officers  or  soldiers 
on  duty  at  posts  or  stations  where  treatment  in  an  army  hospital  can  not  be 
obtained,  will  be  sent  to  the  Surgeon-General  for  settlement.  The  accounts 
will  set  forth  the  full  name  and  address  of  the  nurse,  the  full  name,  rank, 
company,  and  regiment  or  corps  of  the  patient,  the  disease  for  which  he 
was  treated,  the  dates  of  service  and  number  of  hours  per  day  service  was 
rendered,  and  the  rate  of  pay  per  week  or  per  month.  The  rate  shall  in 
no  case  exceed  $10  per  week.  The  nurse  will  certify  that  the  account  is  cor- 
rect and  just;  that  the  services  were  rendered  as  stated,  and  that  the 
patient  is  not  related  to  the  nurse.  The  attending  physician  will  certify 
that  the  services  of  a  nurse  were  indispensable  to  the  proper  care  of  the 
patient;  that  the  nurse  was  competent;  that  the  services  were  rendered  as 
claimed,  and  that  the  charges  do  not  exceed  those  customary  in  the  vicinity 
for  competent  nurses.  The  officer  will  certify,  or  if  no  officer  is  cognizant 


440  APPENDIX. 

of  the  facts,  the  enlisted  man  will  make  oath  to  the  correctness  of  the 
account,  stating  that  the  patient  was  on  duty  at  the  time  and  place  speci- 
fied, and  why  treatment  in  an  army  hospital  could  not  be  obtained.  When 
practicable,  the  patient  will  pay  the  account  and  transmit  it  properly 
receipted  to  the  Surgeon-General  for  reimbursement,  the  fact  of  payment 
by  the  patient  being  plainly  stated  both  by  the  patient  and  the  nurse.  No 
accounts  for  nurses  employed  in  inconsiderable  cases  will  be  paid. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  46-  )  Washington,  April  7,  1000. 

The  following  order  has  been  received  from  the  War  Department  and  is 
published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  W(i*hi»<it<»>,  Aprils,  1900. 

Under  the  authority  vested  in  him  by  section  1M(>,  Revised  Statutes,  the  President  hereby 
increases  the  allowance  of  the  following  component  parts  of  the  ration  for  the  troops  serving 
in  the  Department  of  Alaska,  such  increase  being  considered  necessary  on  account  of  the 
severity  of  the  climate  in  that  Department,  viz: 

Bacon,  issue— 1  pound  per  ration,  instead  of  $  pound  now  allowed. 

Fresh  vegetables — 1£  pounds  per  ration,  instead  of  1  pound  now  allowed. 

Sugar,  issue — 20  pounds  per  100  rations,  instead  of  15  pounds  now  allowed. 

ELIHU  ROOT,  Secretary  of  Wnr. 

(See  A.  R.,  1253.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  49-  Washington,  April  13,  WOO. 

*  *  ***** 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  609  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

609.  The  "  originals"  of  all  certificates  of  deposits  are  required  by  law  to 
be  forwarded  by  the  depositaries  direct  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury;  the 
"  duplicates  "  are  filed  by  the  depositing  officers  with  their  retained  papers. 
Immediately  upon  making  a  deposit  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the 
United  States  the  depositing  officer  will  notify  the  proper  chief  of  bureau 
of  the  fact,  stating  the  number  of  the  certificate  of  deposit,  the  name  of  the 
depository,  the  date  of  the  deposit,  the  amount,  the  appropriation  to  which 
the  money  pertains,  and  whether  the  amount  aros«  from  proceeds  of  sales 
or  is  a  repayment  of  an  unexpended  balance.  If  the  deposit  is  on  account 
of  the  indebtedness  of  any  person  other  than  the  depositing  officer,  the 
source  from  which  the  money  was  derived  and  the  object  of  the  payment 
will  be  distinctly  stated  and  reference  made  to  the  vouchers,  if  any,  to 
which  the  deposit  pertains. 

IV.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  requirements  of  subdivi- 
sion?), paragraph  10,  General  Orders,  No.  81,  June  27,  1898,  from  this  office, 
providing  for  the  turning  into  the  Qtiartermaster's  Department  of  cavalry 
horses  unfit  for  cavalry  service,  but  fit  for  team  or  draft  horses,  are  re- 
scinded within  the  limits  of  the  United  States.     (See  A.  R.,  874  and  1037.} 


APPENDIX.  441 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  52.  )  Washington,  April  19,  1900. 

******  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to 
the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

1.  Commissaries  on  United  States  transports  plying  between  the  United 
States  and  Cuba  or  Porto  Rico  will  not  keep  to  their  respective  credits  in 
public  depositories  a  greater  amount  of  subsistence  funds  than  $1,000;  those 
on  transports  plying  between  the  United  States  and  the  Philippine  Islands, 
via  the  Suez  Canal,  $2,000,  and  those  on  transports  plying  between  the  west- 
ern coast  of  the  United  States  and  the  Philippines  will  not  keep  any  funds 
to  their  credit  in  depositories. 

2.  Transport  commissaries  on  United  States  vessels  operating  between 
the  United  States  and  Cuba  or  Porto  Rico  are  authorized  to  keep  in 
their  personal  possession,  at  their  own  risk,  not  to  exceed  $500  subsistence 
funds;  those  on  transports  plying  between  the  United  States  and  the  Phil- 
ippine Islands,  not  to  exceed  $4,500  subsistence  funds.    All  money  received 
by  transport  commissaries  from  the  sale  of  subsistence  stores,  or  meals  fur- 
nished aboard,  in  excess  of  the  above  amounts,  will  be  transferred  to  such 
officer  of  the  Subsistence  Department  as  may  be  directed  by  the  Commis- 
sary-General of  Subsistence  at  the  end  of  each  journey.     (See  A.  R.,  608.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  April  19, 1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  under  instructions  from  the  Presi- 
dent, a  competitive  examination  of  enlisted  men  for  promotion  to  the  grade 
of  second  lieutenant,  United  States  Army,  will  be  held  in  each  geographical 
department  on  June  1,  1900,  in  lieu  of  the  usual  examination  in  September, 
with  a  view  to  filling  vacancies  which  may  exist  July  1,  1900. 

A  soldier  desiring  to  take  the  competitive  examination  must  have  com- 
pleted two  years  of  service,  as  defined  in  Circular  No.  7,  March  20, 1900,  from 
this  office,  on  or 'prior  to  June  1,  1900,  and  his  age  on  that  date  must  be 
under  30  years. 

A  board  will  be  convened  June  1,  1900,  by  each  department  commander, 
before  which  any  soldier  serving  within  the  department  and  possessing  the 
legal  qualifications  and  who  may  desire  to  take  the  examination  will  be 
ordered  to  appear.  Each  board  so  convened  will  conduct  the  examination 
according  to  the  provisions  of  Section  IV  of  General  Orders,  No.  79,  Novem- 
ber 26, 1892,  as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  32,  February  21,  1899,  and 
General  Orders,  No.  148,  August  15,  1899,  from  this  office,  and  will  prepare 
and  forward  its  report  as  directed  in  Section  V  thereof. 

Regimental  commanders  will  be  directed  to  report  at  once  to  department 
commanders  the  names  of  all  legally  qualified  enlisted  men  who  desire  to 
appear  before  the  board. 

For  the  purpose  of  appointment  and  of  relative  rank  after  appointment 
the  names  of  the  successful  candidates  will  be  arranged  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment on  a  list  in  order  of  merit  according  to  their  general  average  as 
reported  by  the  several  departmental  boards.  (See  A.  R.,  25.) 


442  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  56-  )  Washington,  April  23,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  115  of  the  Regulations, 
amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  45,  May  16,  1898,  from  this  office,  is  fur- 
ther amended  to  read  as  follows: 

115.  When  a  soldier  deserts,  a  board  of  survey  will  be  called  by  the  regi- 
mental commander  to  ascertain  whether  he  has  lost  or  abstracted  any  arti- 
cles of  Government  property,  and  if  so,  to  determine  the  money  value  of  the 
same.  The  value  of  the  articles  thus  found  to  be  missing  will  be  charged 
against  the  deserter  on  the  next  muster  and  payroll  of  his  company,  which 
will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  board's  report.  A  copy  of  so  much  of 
the  proceedings  as  relates  to  the  property  charged  on  any  roll  will  accom- 
pany the  return  to  which  the  property  pertains.  The  board  will  also  fully 
investigate  the  circumstances  attending  desertion,  especially  the  causes 
which  induced  it,  and  make  a  separate  report  in  each  case  of  its  investiga- 
tion and  conclusions  thereon,  which  will  be  transmitted  to  corps  or  depart- 
ment headquarters  through  intermediate  channels.  In  case  the  number  of 
officers  on  duty  with  the  command  is  limited  the  summary  court  officer  may 
be  called  upon  to  make  this  investigation  and  report.  (See  also  A.R.,  709. ) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  60-  Washington,  May  3,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  so  much  of  paragraph  805  of  the 
Regulations  as  relates  to  personal  reports  of  retired  officers  of  the  Army  is 
amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Every  officer  on  the  retired  list  will,  unless  specially  exempted,  report  his 
address  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  quarterly — March  31,  June 
30,  September  30,  and  December  31 — and  will  also  report  promptly  each 
change  of  address. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  May  17,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  599  of  the  Regulations 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

599.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  issue  to  any  creditor  of  the  United  States 
a  check  for  more  than  $2,500  to  be  transmitted  through  the  mails.  In  case 
the  amount  due  is  in  excess  of  $2,500  a  sufficient  number  of  checks  for 
$2,500,  or  less,  will  be  issued  as  may  be  necessary  to  discharge  the  claim. 

When  an  original  check  of  a  disbursing  officer,  not  exceeding  $2,600  in 
amount,  has  been  lost  or  destroyed,  a  duplicate  check  may  be  issued  by  him, 
after  six  months  and  within  three  years  of  the  date  of  the  original,  upon 
the  owner  filing  with  him  the  notice  and  proof  of  loss  and  the  indemnity 
bond  required  by  sections  3646  and  3647,  Revised  Statutes,  and  act  of  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1885.  In  case  the  disbursing  officer  who  issued  the  original  check 
is  no  longer  in  the  service,  the  notice  and  proof  of  loss  and  the  indemnity 


APPENDIX.  443 

bond  will  be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasusy  prior  to  the  issue  of  a 
duplicate  check.  The  proper  accounting  officer  of  the  Treasury  will  state 
an  account  in  favor  of  the  owner  of  said  check  and  charge  the  amount 
thereof  to  the  account  of  such  officer.  Instructions  for  the  execution  and 
use  of  the  affidavit  and  bond,  and  the  issue  of  the  duplicate  check,  accom- 
pany the  blank  form  furnished  by  the  Treasury  Department. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  72.  )  Washington,  May  24,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  General  Orders,  No.  68,  May 
17,  1900,  from  this  office,  amending  paragraph  599  of  the  Regulations,  is 
rescinded. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  73.  )  Washington,  May  29,  1900. 

******* 
III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  575  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as.  follows: 

575.  In  case  of  financial  embarrassment,  failure,  or  other  disqualifying 
cause  on  the  part  of  the  surety  to  a  bond,  the  Secretary  of  War  will  require 
the  bond  to  be  renewed  to  his  satisfaction,  upon  notification  to  the  principal. 
Official  bonds  may  not  be  renewed  at  the  will  of  the  principal  or  surety,  but 
only  by  direction  of  the  Secretary,  and  the  substitution  of  one  corporate 
company  for  another  as  surety  on  a  bond  will  not  be  permitted  except  by 
direction  of  the  Secretary,  or  after  the  bond  has  run  for  a  period  of  four 
years,  when  a  renewal  thereof  is  required  by  law. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No- 75.  )  Washington,  June  1,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  633  of  the  Regula- 
tions, as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  179,  November  17, 1898,  from  this 
office,  is  further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

633.  Every  voucher  in  support  of  a  payment  for  supplies  or  for  services, 
whether  it  be  made  pursuant  to  a  formally  prepared  contract,  an  accepted 
bid,  or  a  purchase  without  advertising,  will  be  made  out  in  favor  of  the 
creditor,  giving  his  address,  and  must  state  (if  for  supplies  furnished)  the 
date  of  the  purchase,  the  quantity  and  price  of  each  article,  and  the  amount; 
or  (if  for  services)  the  character  of  the  services,  the  date  or  dates  on  which 
rendered,  and  the  amount.  Where  a  purchase  under  an  accepted  bid  after 
public  notice  is  made  in  the  Quartermaster's  or  Subsistence  Department,  the 
voucher,  besides  being  subject  to  the  foregoing  requirements,  will  be  accom- 
panied by  a  copy  of  the  public  notice,  the  accepted  bid,  and  a  copy  of  the 


444  APPENDIX. 

letter  accepting  the  bid,  and  must  contain  a  certificate  that  the  award  was 
made  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  for  the  best  and  most  suitable  arti- 
cles, and  that  the  needs  of  the  service  required  the  purchase  to  be  made  in 
the  manner  indicated  by  the  public  notice.  Where  papers  relating  to  two 
or  more  vouchers  are  required  to  accompany  accounts,  they  must  be  filed 
with  the  first  voucher  paid,  and  reference  thereto  made  on  the  other  vouch- 
ers. A  voucher  for  services  by  the  day  or  month  must  state  the  nature  of 
the  service,  the  inclusive  dates  of  service,  the  time  for  which  payment  is 
made,  the  rate  of  pay,  and  the  amount,  and  the  receipt  of  a  creditor  to  a 
voucher  for  supplies  furnished  or  services  rendered  must  contain  the  words 
"  which  I  certify  to  be  correct  " 

All  vouchers  when  practicable  will  be  rendered  in  the  English  language, 
but  if  rendered  in  a  foreign  language  a  translation  of  the  same  must  accom- 
pany the  voucher. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  634  of  the  Regulations 
is  rescinded. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  76-  )  Washington,  June  1,  1900. 

The  following  act  of  Congress  is  published  for  the  information  and 
government  of  all  concerned: 

An  act  making  appropriation  for  the  support  of  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  Arrny  for  the 

fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  one. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  <  '»/>- 
gress  assembled,  That  the  following  sums  be,  and  they  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any 
money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the  Army  for  the  year 
ending  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  one. 

*  ****** 

RETIRED   ENLISTED  MEN. 

For  pay  of  the  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  on  the  retired  list,  six  hundred  thousand  dollars: 
Provided,  That  hereafter,  in  computing  length  of  service  for  retirement,  credit  shall  be  given 
the  soldier  for  double  the  time  of  his  actual  service  in  Porto  Rico,  Cuba,  or  in  the  Philippine 
Islands. 

(See  A.  R.,  135.} 
****** 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  83-  )  Washington,  June  13,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1109  of  the  Regulations, 
as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  40,  June  24,  1897;  No.  90,  May  5,  1899; 
No.  106,  June  12,  1899,  and  No.  Ill,  June  17,  1899,  from  this  office,  is  fur- 
ther amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1109.  The  following  persons  are  entitled,  at  public  expense,  to  a  double 
berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  or  to  the  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on 
steamers,  where  extra  charge  is  made  for  the  same:  Officers  of  the  Army 
traveling  on  duty  with  troops;  Army  nurses,  civilian  clerks,  and  agents 
in  the  military  service,  when  traveling  under  orders  on  public  business; 


APPENDIX.  445 

sergeant-majors  (regimental,  battalion,  or  squadron) ,  ordnance,  commissary 
(post  or  regimental),  quartermaster  (post  or  regimental),  and  electncian 
sergeants,  hospital  stewards,  chief  musicians,  chief  trumpeters,  principal 
musicians,  first  sergeants,  and  sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps,  when  travel- 
ing under  orders  on  public  business  without  troops;  also  invalid  soldiers, 
when  so  traveling  on  the  certificate  of  a  medical  officer  showing  the  neces- 
sity therefor. 

When  the  number  of  officers  traveling  with  troops  is  too  small  to  justify 
the  hire  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  of  a  standard  sleeping  car  for 
their  accommodation,  they  shall  be  furnished  with  such  part  of  a  tourist 
sleeping  car,  or  other  suitable  sleeping  car,  properly  curtained  off  for  their 
accommodation,  as  the  Quartermaster's  Department  may  provide  for  their 
use  during  the  journey. 


GENERAL  ORDERS  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  85.  )  Washington,  June  16,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  114  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows,  and  in  connection  therewith  attention 
is  invited  to  paragraph  8,  General  Orders,  No.  149,  August  17,1899,  from 
this  office: 

114.  A  transfer  will  take  effect  on  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  at 
the  post  where  the  soldier  is  serving  and  a  descriptive  list  and  account  of 
pay  and  clothing  showing  that  date  will  be  forwarded  to  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  company  or  detachment  to  which  the  soldier  is  transferred. 

NOTE. — The  actual  date  of  transfer  will  be  stated  on  the  roll  upon  which  the  soldier  is  first 
paid  after  transfer. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  commanding  generals  of  the 
following-named  military  divisions  and  departments  are  authorized  to  grant, 
until  further  orders,  leaves  of  absence  to  officers  for  the  periods  specified  or 
to  extend  to  such  periods  leaves  granted  by  subordinate  commanders: 

Division  of  the  Philippines,  three  months. 
Division  of  Cuba,  two  months. 

Departments  of  Porto  Rico  and  Alaska,  two  months. 
Department  of  California,  two  months — to  officers  serving  in  Hawaii, 
only.     (See  A.  R.,  46.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  88-  )  Washington,  June  27,  1900. 

*  *  #  *  *  *  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1385  of  the  Regula- 
tions, amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  11,  January  23,  1900,  from  this 
office,  is,  in  accordance  with  the  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support 
of  the  Army,  published  in  General  Orders,  No.  76,  June  1,  1900,  from  this 
office,  further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1385.  An  enlisted  man  when  discharged  from  the  service,  except  by  way 
of  punishment  for  an  offense,  shall  receive  4  cents  per  mile  from  the  place 
of  his  discharge  to  the  place  of  his  enlistment,  enrollment,  or  original  mus- 


446  APPENDIX. 

ter  into  the  service,  except  that  for  sea  travel  on  discharge  to,  from,  or 
between  our  island  possessions,  transportation  and  subsistence  only  shall  be 
furnished  to  him. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  89.  )  Washington,  July  6,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  3,  General  Orders, 
No.  98,  May  26,  1899,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Furloughs  granted  to  enlisted  men  serving  in  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  Hawaii, 
Guam,  Philippine  Islands,  Department  of  Alaska,  or  at  any  station  beyond 
the  limits  of  the  United  States,  for  the  purpose  of  returning  to  this  country, 
will  take  effect  on  the  dates  they  reach  the  United  States,  which  will  be 
indorsed  on  the  furloughs  by  the  transport  commissaries.  The  furloughs 
will  direct  the  soldier  to  report  for  duty  at  the  close  of  the  last  day  thereof 
at  the  military  post  nearest  the  particular  home  port  from  which  transports 
usually  sail  for  the  islands  or  stations  above  referred  to,  and  the  command- 
ing officers  of  these  posts  will  assign  such  enlisted  men  to  organizations 
under  their  command  for  the  purpose  of  subsistence  during  the  time  they 
are  detained  at  their  posts,  and  they  will  be  returned  to  their  proper 
stations  by  the  first  available  transport. 

Commanding  officers  will  cause  notation  to  be  made  on  the  furloughs 
showing  the  dates  when  the  men  report  at  their  posts,  and  at  the  proper 
time  will  issue  the  necessary  orders  directing  them  to  rejoin  their  stations, 
reciting  therein  the  date  of  their  arrival  in  the  United  States,  date  of  re- 
porting at  post,  and  whether  or  not  commutation  of  rations  has  been  paid. 
A  copy  of  the  order  will  be  furnished  to  the  soldier  and  to  the  commanding 
officers  concerned. 

The  commissary  of  the  transport  on  which  these  enlisted  men  return  will 
indorse  on  such  orders  the  dates  during  which  they  were  subsisted  aboard 
the  transport.  The  order  will  be  retained  by  the  enlisted  man,  who  will 
deliver  it  to  his  commanding  officer  as  evidence  of  his  authority  to  be 
absent  from  his  post  during  the  time  required  for  travel  in  rejoining  the 
same.  (See  Art.  XVII,  A.  R.) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  attention  of  the  Secretary  of  War  having  been  called  to  the  practice 
of  certain  officers  of  the  Army  of  using  printed  blank  forms  in  notifying 
paymasters  of  a  soldier's  discharge,  which  is  in  violation  of  paragraph  150 
of  the  Regulations,  he  directs  that  the  requirements  of  said  Regulations  be 
strictly  adhered  to. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  91.  )  Washington,  July  9,1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Toilet  paper,  as  an  article  of  issue,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Subsistence 
Department  until  June  30, 1901,  for  the  use  of  the  enlisted  men  stationed  at 


APPENDIX.  447 

such  military  posts  and  camps  as  are  provided  with  modern  water-closets 
with  sewer  connections. 

Issues  at  such  posts  and  camps  will  be  made  upon  special  requisitions  of 
the  commanding  officers  of  organizations,  approved  by  commanding  officers 
of  posts  and  camps,  at  the  rate  of  one  package  or  roll  of  1,000  sheets,  for 
each  two  enlisted  men  per  month.  (See  A.  R.,  1265.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  96.  )  Washington,  July  19,  1900. 

*  *  *  *•  *  *  * 

II.  The  Paymaster-General  of  the  Army  has  called  the  attention  of  the 
Secretary  of  War  to  the  fact  that  some  officers  of  the  Army  fail  to  require 
their  men  when  signing  pay  rolls  to  write  their  names  as  they  are  borne  on 
the  rolls,  which,  presumably,  is  as  given  on  their  descriptive  lists,  and  he 
directs  that  officers  charged  with  the  preparation  of  such  rolls,  and  with 
the  superintendence  of  the  enlisted  men  signing  the  same,  exercise  due 
care  that  the  signature  of  the  soldier  corresponds  exactly  with  the  name  as 
borne  on  the  rolls,  as  otherwise  it  will  result  in  endless  confusion  of  the 
records  if  the  men  be  allowed  to  sign  their  names  sometimes  one  way  and 
sometimes  another,  or  if  the  officer  fail  to  muster  them  exactly  by  the  same 
name  on  each  roll. 

Officers  making  returns  of  deposits,  as  required  by  paragraph  1371  of  the 
Regulations,  will  take  due  care  that  the  names  of  the  enlisted  men  reported 
thereon  correspond  exactly  with  the  names  as  borne  on  the  rolls.  (See  also 
A.  R.,  1364.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  97-  )  Washington,  July  20,  1900. 

*  *  *  #  *  *  .      * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1322  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1322.  Travel  allowances  will  be  paid  by  the  chief  paymaster  of  the  depart- 
ment in  which  the  journey  is  completed.  The  foregoing  will  not  apply  to 
journeys  in  which  delays  at  intermediate  points  occur  and  afford  opportu- 
nity for  the  collection  of  mileage  for  travel  performed  to  such  points. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  10°-  Washington,  July  25,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  General  Orders,  No.  167,  October 
13, 1898,  from  this  office,  regarding  leaves  of  absence,  is  revoked  in  view  of 
the  decision  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  published  in  Circular,  No. 
20,  June  30,  1900,  from  this  office.  (See  A.  R.,  58.) 


448  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  107.  )  Washington.  August  S,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1288  of  the  Regulations 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1288.  An  officer  purchasing  subsistence  stores  on  credit  will  furnish  the 
commissary  making  the  sale  with  a  receipt  in  duplicate  (on  Form  No.  73, 
Subsistence  Department),  setting  forth  the  place  and  date  of  purchase,  the 
name  of  the  commissary  who  made  the  sale,  and  the  money  value  of  the 
stores  so  purchased.  One  copy  of  the  receipt  will  be  forwarded  by  the  com- 
missary to  the  paymaster  who  pays  the  officer,  or  to  the  chief  paymaster  of 
the  department,  and  will  be  filed  with  the  pay  voucher  on  which  collection 
is  made;  the  duplicate  receipt  will  be  filed  by  the  commissary  with  his 
retained  abstract  of  sales.  The  names  of  the  officers  purchasing  subsistence 
stores  on  credit,  the  organizations  to  which  they  belong,  and  the  money 
value  of  the  stores  so  purchased  will  be  entered  on  the  abstract  of  sales. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  109-  J  Washington,  August  14,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to 
the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

In  conformity  with  the  act  of  Congress  approved  May  26,  1900,  and  in 
order  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  the  accounting  officers  of  the 
Treasury,  mileage  accounts  must  be  accompanied  by  the  original  order,  or 
a  certified  copy  thereof,  directing  the  journey,  and  when  transportation  in 
kind  has  been  furnished  for  the  whole  or  for  any  part  of  the  distance  actu- 
ally traveled  the  order  must  be  indorsed  by  the  quartermaster  issuing  the 
transportation,  showing  between  what  points  and  over  what  route  such 
transportation  was  furnished.  (See  A.  R.,  1082  and  1325.} 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  113.  )  Washington,  August ..'.'.  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  I,  General  Orders,  No. 
180,  November  26,  1898,  from  this  office,  is  revoked  and  the  following  is 
substituted  therefor: 

Deserters  from  volunteer  organizations  are  subject  to  arrest  and  to  trial  by 
general  court-martial  at  any  time  prior  to  the  disbandment  of  the  Volun- 
teer Army  of  which  those  organizations  form  a  part,  but  when  that  army 
passes  out  of  existence  deserters  from  it  are  no  longer  subject  to  the  opera- 
tion of  military  law.  The  Volunteer  Army  which  was  raised  and  main- 
tained during  the  war  with  Spain  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  April  22.  1898,  is  no  longer  in  existence,  and  deserters  from  it  are 
not  subject  to  the  exercise  of  military  authority.  Such  deserters  will  not 
be  taken  into  custody  or  under  military  control,  either  by  acceptance  of 
their  surrender  or  otherwise,  and  no  certificates  of  discharge  of  any  kind 
will  be  issued  to  them. 


APPENDIX.  449 

When  it  is  found  in  future  that  it  is  impracticable  to  bring  to  trial  desert- 
ers from  volunteer  organizations  that  are  being  prepared  at  that  time  for 
muster  out  of  service  or  that  have  been  mustered  out  of  service  previously, 
although  the  Volunteer  Army  of  which  the  mustered-out  organizations 
formed  a  part  may  still  be  in  existence,  such  deserters  will  not  be  taken  into 
custody  or  under  military  control,  either  by  acceptance  of  their  surrender 
or  otherwise;  no  change  on  the  muster  rolls  or  other  records  will  be  made 
with  regard  to  them  and  no  certificates  of  discharge  of  any  kind  will  be 
issued  to  them.  Those  who  claim  that  the  charges  of  desertion  standing 
against  them  are  erroneous  or  unfounded  will  be  advised  to  submit  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  written  statements,  under  oath,  of  the  facts 
in  their  respective  cases,  together  with  such  corroborative  testimony,  also 
under  oath,  as  they  may  be  able  to  obtain.  Mustering  officers  and  others 
having  cognizance  of  such  cases  will  make  special  reports  to  the  Adjutant- 
General  of  the  Army  in  those  cases  in  which  they  have  reason  to  believe 
that  the  charge  of  desertion  has  been  made  erroneously  or  improperly. 

It  is  to  be  understood  that  nothing  in  this  order  shall  be  held  to  apply  to 
the  cases  of  deserters  whom  it  is  practicable  to  bring  to  trial,  and  that  the 
order  only  applies  to  those  whom  it  is  clearly  impracticable  to  bring  to  trial 
without  delaying  the  muster  out  of  the  commands  to  which  they  belong  or 
for  other  equally  good  reasons. 

This  order  shall  not  be  construed  as  affecting  the  status  of  military  con- 
victs of  the  Volunteer  Army  under  sentences  of  general  courts-martial  for 
desertion  or  other  offenses.  Such  convicts  remain  liable  to  the  full  execu- 
tion of  their  sentences  notwithstanding  the  disbandment  of  the  army  to 
which  they  belonged.  (See  A.  R. ,  132, 133,  and  141.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No- 114-  )  Washington,  August  22,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions  are 
published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned, 
and  will  be  strictly  complied  with: 

In  all  cases  of  soldiers  discharged  outside  of  the  United  States  the  fact 
that  transportation  and  subsistence  have  or  have  not  been  furnished,  as  the 
case  may  be,  must  be  indorsed  on  the  final  statement,  in  order  not  only  to 
enable  paymasters  to  correctly  pay  the  travel  pay  for  land  travel  due  the 
soldier  from  place  of  discharge  to  port  of  embarkation  and  from  port  of 
debarkation  to  place  of  enlistment,  but  to  protect  the  rights  of  the  Gov- 
ernment and  the  soldier  as  well.  (See  A.  R.,141, 153,  and  1273.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  115.  )  Washington,  August  23,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  842,  843,  and  1458  of 
the  Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 
842.  The  recruiting  officer  will  be  present  at  the  physical  examination  of 

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450  APPENDIX. 

the  recruit  by  the  surgeon.  In  the  absence  of  a  commissioned  medical 
officer  or  acting  assistant  surgeon,  recruiting  officers  will,  whenever  practi- 
cable, employ  a  civilian  physician  to  make  the  physical  examination  pre- 
ceding enlistment  (see  par.  1458).  At  recruiting  stations,  where  a  large 
number  of  recruits  are  to  be  examined,  application  will  be  made  to  the 
Surgeon-General  for  authority  to  employ  a  physician  by  the  month  under 
contract.  When  a  recruiting  officer  who  has  employed  a  physician  by  the 
month  under  contract  under  proper  authority  is  ordered  from  place  to 
place  to  make  enlistments,  he  will  give  the  physician  proper  written  orders 
in  advance  to  accompany  him  for  the  purpose  of  examining  recruits,  nam- 
ing the  places  to  be  visited,  and  stating  in  the  order  that  the  travel  enjoined 
is  necessary  for  the  public  service.  When  there  is  no  medical  examiner  at 
the  station  the  recruiting  officer  will  make  the  required  examination. 

843.  Every  accepted  (sworn)  recruit  not  already  protected  will  be  vacci- 
nated at  the  recruiting  station  by  the  examining  surgeon  (see  par.  14.">s). 
Vaccine  virus  is  supplied  by  the  Surgeon-General.  As  soon  as  a  recruit 
joins  any  rendezvous,  regiment,  or  post  he  will  be  examined  by  the  sur- 
geon to  ascertain  whether  vaccination  is  required.  In  all  cases  where  there 
is  not  unmistakable  evidence  of  successful  vaccination  within  a  reasonable 
period  the  operation  will  be  performed  immediately. 

1458.  The  compensation  allowed  to  civilian  physicians  for  the  physical 
examination  of  recruits  will  be  at  the  following  rates:  For  a  single  recruit, 
$1;  for  two  recruits  on  the  same  day,  §1.50;  for  three  recruits  on  the  same 
day,  $2;  for  four  recruits  on  the  same  day.  s2.  .">(».  and  40  cents  for  each 
recruit  over  four  examined  on  any  one  day.  A  physician  employed  at  dif- 
ferent recruiting  stations  will  be  allowed  the  above  rates  in  full  for  the 
examinations  at  each  station.  He  will  be  allowed  50  cents  for  each  author- 
ized vaccination.  Accounts  for  examination  and  vaccination  of  recruits 
will  show  the  physician's  address  and  the  particular  location  of  the  recruit- 
ing station,  the  number  of  applicants  examined  each  day  and  the  charge, 
and  the  number  of  accepted  recruits  vaccinated  each  day  and  the  charge. 
The  physician  will  certify  that  the  men  vaccinated  were  not  already  pro- 
tected, and  the  recruiting  officer  that  they  were  accepted  (sworn)  recruits. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  paragraphs  are 
added  to  the  regulations: 

842a.  An  applicant  enlisted  at  a  post  where  there  is  no  surgeon  will  be 
reexamined  within  two  weeks  after  enlistment,  and  before  any  clothing  is 
issued  to  him.  by  a  medical  officer  or  acting  assistant  surgeon,  or  in  the 
absence  of  such  officer  by  the  civilian  physician  employed  by  the  Medical 
Department. 

1458a.  The  sick  at  recruiting  stations,  excepting  those  with  trivial  disa- 
bilities or  severe  injuries  which  render  their  removal  impracticable,  will 
be  sent  by  the  recruiting  officer  for  treatment  to  the  nearest  military  hos- 
pital. Accounts  of  civilian  physicians  for  medical  attendance  and  medi- 
cines furnished  to  recruits  assigned  or  unassigned  will  give  the  date  of 
enlistment  in  each  case. 

1458b.  Civilian  physicians  employed  in  the  absence  of  a  medical  officer 
or  acting  assistant  surgeon  to  physically  examine  or  vaccinate  enlisted  men, 
under  these  regulations  or  orders  from  competent  authority,  will  be  paid 
at  the  rates  prescribed  above  for  the  examination  and  vaccination  of 
recruits. 


APPENDIX. 


451 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTAXT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  116.  )  Washington,  August  24,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Owing  to  the  lack  of  prompt  and  uniform  marking  of  soldiers'  graves 
and  the  failure  when  reporting  deaths  to  state  precisely  the  locations  of 
such  graves,  much  difficulty  has  hitherto  been  experienced  in  many  instances 
by  the  Quartermaster's  corps  having  disinterments  in  charge  in  establish- 
ing identities. 

Where  conditions  make  it  possible,  every  grave  must  be  carefully 
marked  by  a  headboard,  with  the  name,  rank,  and  organization  of  the 
deceased,  and  the  company  commander  will  be  held  responsible  to  the 
extent  of  marking  the  graves  of  men  of  his  company  who  die  or  are  killed 
on  the  field.  He  will  report  through  the  proper  military  channels  the  date 
and  cause  of  death,  stating  the  location  of  grave  and  how  marked.  When 
a  soldier  dies  in  hospital  the  surgeon  in  charge  will  be  held  responsible  for 
similar  action  and  report.  (See  A.  R.,  162  and  493.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  118-  )  Washington,  August  31,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1265  of  the  Regula- 
tions (including  Paragraph  II,  General  Orders,  No.  45,  March  13, 1899,  from 
this  office)  is  amended  to  read  as  follows  : 

OTHER   ISSUES   OF  SUBSISTENCE  STORES. 

1265.  The  following  issues  are  made  when  necessary  for  the  public  service: 


Articles. 


Allowance. 


Quantity  in   Equivalent 
bulk'.          in  rations. 


Candles,  when  oil  for  illuminating  purposes  is  not  furnished  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department: 

To  headquarters  of  a  department,  per  month 30  pounds. 

To  headquarters  in  the  field — 

Of  each  separate  army,  when  composed  of  more  than  one 

corps,  per  month 40  pounds. 

Of  an  army  corps,  per  month 30  pounds. 

Of  a  division,  per  month 20  pounds. 

Of  a  brigade  or  regiment,  per  month 10  pounds. 

Of  a  battalion  or  squadron,  per  month 10  pounds. 

To  a  division  hospital,  per  month 40  pounds. 

To  a  brigade  hospital,  per  month 30  pounds. 

To  a  regimental  hospital,  per  month 20  pounds. 

To  offices  and  storerooms — 

Of  the  chief  quartermaster  or  chief  commissary  of  a  de- 
partment or  depot  of  supply,  from  Apr.  1  to  Sept.  30,  per 
month 10  pounds. 


2,000 


2,667 

2,000 

1,333 

667 

667 

2,667 

2,000 

1,333 


452 


APPENDIX. 


Allowance. 


Articles. 


Quantity  in    Equivalent 
bulk.          in  rations. 


1.  Candles,  when  oil  for  illuminating  purposes  is  not  furnished  by 

the  Quartermaster's  Department — Continued. 
To  offices  and  storerooms— Continued. 

Of  the  quartermaster  or  commissary  of  a  post,  from  Apr.  1 

to  Sept.  30,  per  month 

From  Oct.  1  to  Mar.  31,  not  exceeding  double  the  above 

quantities. 
To  guards— 

To  the  principal  guard  of  each  camp,  per  month 

2.  Lantern  candles: 

To  stables- 
Such  number  of  pounds  as  the  commanding  officer  may 
order  as  necessary. 

3.  Salt: 

For  public  animals— 

For  each  animal,  per  week 

Or,  when  in  the  opinion  of  the  commanding  officer  so 
much  is  necessary,  not  exceeding,  per  month 

4.  Vinegar: 

For  every  100  public  horses  or  mules  for  sanitary  purposes — 
Such  amount  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as 
necessary,  not  exceeding,  per  week 

5.  Flour: 

For  paste  used  in  target  practice — 

Such  quantity  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  ,-i> 
necessary,  not  to  exceed  50  pounds  for  each  troop, 
battery,  or  company  during  the  target-practice  season. 

6.  Matches: 

For  lighting  fires  and  lamps  for  which  fuel  and  illuminating 
supplies  are  issued— 

Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  ;i  < 
necessary. 

7.  Towels,  buck: 

For  use  in  the  offices  of  the  adjutant,  quartermaster,  and 
commissary- 
Such  number  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order,  not 
to  exceed  12  per  year,  for  each  of  the  above  offices. 

8.  Toilet  paper: 

For  use  of  enlisted  men  stationed  at  such  military  posts  and 
camps  as  are  provided  with  modern  water-closets  with 
sewer  connections — 

For  each  2  enlisted  men,  per  month,  1  package  or  roll  of 
1,000  sheets. 


5  pounds 


12  pounds. . . 


333 


800 


2  ounces 


12  ounces... 


2  gallons. 


19 


200 


The  issues  are  made  on  ration  returns  signed  by  the  officer  in  charge  and 
issues  ordered  by  the  commanding  officer,  the  latter  determining  what 
quantities  within  the  limits  above  prescribed  shall  be  issued.  Candles,  salt, 
vinegar,  and  flour  for  the  above  purposes  are  entered  on  the  ration  returns 
and  on  the  abstract  of  issues  in  terms  of  rations,  lantern  candles  in  pounds, 
and  matches  in  boxes.  The  returns  and  abstract  show  for  what  places  the 
candles,  towels,  and  toilet  paper  are  intended,  and  the  number  of  animals 
and  period  for  which  salt  and  vinegar  are  drawn,  giving  the  troop,  battery, 


APPENDIX.  453 

etc.,  to  which  they  belong.  Towels  will  be  issued  on  receipts  to  the  com- 
missary. They  will  not  be  accounted  for  on  the  returns  of  the  officers 
receiving  them,  but  will  be  continued  in  use  until  worn-out. 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  paragraph  1266  is  added  to  the 
regulations,  to  take  the  place  of  paragraph  1266,  revoked  by  General  Orders, 
No.  1.  January  6,  1899,  from  this  office,  to  read  as  follows: 

1266.  Issues  of  toilet,  barbers',  laundry,  and  tailors'  articles  for  general 
prisoners  confined  at  military  posts  without  pay  or  allowances,  and  recruits 
at  recruiting  stations  are  made,  viz: 

1.  Such  of  the  following  articles  as  may  be  necessary,  not  to  exceed  in 
value  50  cents  per  month  for  each  general  prisoner,  will  be  issued  by  com- 
missaries on  the  15th  day  of  each  month  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  prison- 
ers, viz: 

Beeswax.  Mugs,  shaving. 

Blacking,  shoe.  Needles. 

Brooms,  whisk.  Razors. 

Brushes,  blacking.  Razor  strops. 

Brushes,  hair.  Scissors. 

Brushes,  shaving.  Soap,  issue. 

Brushes,  tooth.  Soap,  shaving. 

Buttons.  Thread. 

Combs,  fine.  Toilet  paper. 

Combs,  horn.  Toweling,  unbleached. 

Requisitions  for  these  articles  must  set  forth  the  number  of  general 
prisoners  present  at  the  post  and  be  approved  by  the  post  commander. 
The  receipt  of  the  officer  in  charge  will  be  the  commissary's  voucher  for 
dropping  the  articles  from  his  return.  No  articles  issued  under  this  para- 
graph, except  toothbrushes,  fine  combs,  buttons,  and  thread,  will  be  carried 
away  by  prisoners  when  transferred  or  discharged.  Towels  used  by  pris- 
oners will  be  laundered  by  those  who  use  them.  When  specially  authorized 
by  the  Secretary  of  War.  the  Subsistence  Department  will  supply  to  posts 
where  thirty  or  more  general  prisoners  are  confined  a  sewing  machine  and 
other  necessary  tailors'  utensils  for  use  in  mending  prisoners'  clothing. 

2.  A  recruiting  officer  stationed  elsewhere  than  at  a  military  post  is 
authorized  to  purchase  such  of  the  following  articles  as  may  be  necessary 
for  the  use  of  all  the  recruits  at  his  station,  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  70 
cents  per  month,  namely: 

Blacking,  shoe.  Combs,  coarse  horn. 

Brooms,  whisk.  Toilet  paper. 

Brushes,  blacking.  Toweling,  unbleached. 

Brushes,  hair. 

If  the  officer  is  supplied  with  subsistence  funds,  he  will  pay  the  vouchers 
made  out  on  Form  No.  8,  the  certificate  thereon  being  properly  modified, 
and  will  report  the  purchase  on  Form  No.  9.  as  required  by  paragraph  569. 
If  not  supplied  with  funds,  he  will  send  the  duly  certified  vouchers  for  pay- 
ment to  the  chief  commissary  of  the  department  in  which  the  recruiting 
station  is  located,  accompanied  by  a  report  on  Form  No.  9.  The  towels  in 
use  by  recruits  at  recruiting  stations  will  be  laundered  at  the  expense  of 
the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

3.  At  a  recruiting  station  at  a  military  post  such  quantities  of  unbleached 
toweling,  not  exceeding  12  yards  for  a  six  months'  supply,  and  such  quan- 


454  APPENDIX. 

tity  of  issue  soap  as  may  be  necessary,  will  be  issued  to  the  recruiting 
officer  at  the  post  by  the  commissary,  upon  requisition  approved  by  the 
commanding  officer,  for  use  exclusively  by  applicants  for  enlistment, 
recruits  on  probation,  and  newly  enlisted  men  awaiting  transfer  to  perma- 
nent stations.  Towels  will  be  laundered  by  those  who  use  them.  The 
receipt  of  the  recruiting  officer  will  be  the  commissary's  voucher  for  drop- 
ping the  articles  from  his  return. 

4.  Such  quantities  of  toilet  paper  as  may  be  absolutely  necessary  for  the 
use  of  post  guardhouses  and  of  recruits  at  recruiting  rendezvous  will  be 
issued    by  the    commissaries    to    the    officers   in  charge  on  requisitions 
approved  by  the  post  commanders.     The  receipt  of  the  officer  in  charge 
will  be  the  commissary's  voucher  for  dropping  the  articles  from  his  return. 

5.  Articles  issued  in  pursuance  of  this  paragraph  will  not  be  accounted 
for  on  property  returns  by  officers  receiving  them,  but  will  be  continued  in 
use  until  worn  out. 

III.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1006  of  the  Regula- 
tions, as  amended  by  Paragraph  II,  General  Orders,  No.  12,  January  17, 
1899,  from  this  office,  is  further  amended  by  inserting  the  following  clause, 
commencing  on  the  twenty-second  line  from  the  foot  of  page  140: 

A  regimental,  squadron,  and  battalion  sergeant-major,  quartermaster- 
sergeant,  sergeant  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff,  hospital  steward, 
signal-sergeant. \  chief  musician,  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Signal  Corps 
when  employed  as  signal-sergeants,  each. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  119-          )  Washington,  September  6, 1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  468,  848,  and  1119, 
amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  7,  January  14,  1899,  and  paragraph  2,  Cir- 
cular No.  18,  June  16,  1900,  from  this  office,  and  paragraphs  1407,  1417,  and 
1447  of  the  Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

468.  The  Army  Medical  School,  at  Washington.  District  of  Columbia,  is 
governed  by  special  regulations,  and  will  have  the  following  organization: 

1.  The  faculty,  which  will  consist  of  four  or  more  professors  selected  from 
the  senior  officers  of  the  Medical  Department  stationed  in  or  near  the  city 
of  Washington  and  such  associate  professors  as  may  be  required.     The 
senior  officer  will  be  president  and  the  junior  secretary  of  the  faculty. 

2.  The  student  officers  will  be  selected  by  the  Surgeon-General  from  those 
medical  officers  who  have  been  appointed  since  the  last  preceding  term  of 
the  school  and  such  others  as  may  be  authorized  to  attend. 

848.  A  register  of  the  medical  examination  of  recmits  will  be  kept  at  each 
recruiting  station  and  rendezvous.  A  report  of  the  recruits  examined  dur- 
ing the  preceding  month  will  be  forwarded  not  later  than  the  6th  day  of 
every  month  to  the  Surgeon-General,  who  will  furnish  blanks  for  the  pur- 
pose, as  well  as  blank  registers  of  medical  examination.  When  a  register 
is  filled,  it  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Surgeon-General.  Cases  of  "recruits 
on  probation  "  who  have  failed  for  any  cause  to  complete  their  enlistment 
will  be  indicated  by  an  appropriate  entry  in  the  column  of  remarks,  both  on 
the  monthly  reports  to  the  Surgeon-General  and  in  the  register. 


APPENDIX. 


455 


1119.  The  baggage  to  be  transported  at  public  expense,  including  iness 
chests  and  personal  baggage,  upon  change  of  station,  will  not  exceed  the 
following  weights: 


Rank. 

In  the 
field. 

Changing 
station. 

Ma  jor-trencra'                                                               .              

Pounds. 
1,000 

Pounds.    . 
3,500 

700 

2  800 

Field  officer                                                                                 

500 

2,400 

200 

2  000 

Fir^t  lieutenant                                                                   .          ... 

150 

1,700 

Second  lieutenant  and  veterinarians,  first  class  

150 

1,500 

&.cting  assistant  surgeoo                          ..    .                             

150 

1,200 

Post  and  regimental  noncommissioned  staff  officer,  hospital  steward, 
chief  musician,  sergeant  of  the  Signal  Corps,  and  veterinarians,  sec- 
ond class,  each  

500 

For  officers  and  others  in  the  above  list  when  embarking  under  orders  for 
extended  service  over  the  sea  for  duty,  the  allowance  of  baggage  to  be 
ti  ansported  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  from  initial  point  to  port 
of  embarkation  and  from  port  of  destination  to  garrison  station  will  be 
three  times  the  allowance  prescribed  above  for  change  of  station. 

These  allowances  are  in  excess  of  the  weights  transported  free  of  charge 
under  the  regular  fares  by  public  carriers.  They  may  be  reduced  pro  rata 
by  the  commanding  officer,  if  necessary,  and  may,  in  special  cases,  be 
increased  by  the  War  Department  on  transports  by  water.  Shipments  of 
officers'  allowance  of  baggage  will  in  all  cases  be  made  at  carrier's  risk, 
including  those  over  roads  where  tariffs  provide  for  extra  charge  therefor. 

1407.  Accounts  of  pay  and  clothing  of  members  of  the  corps  will  be  kept 
by  the  surgeons  under  whose  immediate  direction  they  are  serving.  All 
members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  casually  at  a  post  are  under  the  immediate 
orders  of  the  surgeon.  If  discharged,  their  final  statements  will  be  pre- 
pared by  the  surgeon. 

1417.  At  posts  each  company  will  be  furnished  with  one  hand  litter  which 
will  be  kept  ready  at  all  times  for  use.  They  will  be  supplied  and  repaired 
by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

1447.  Hospital  charges  will  be  as  follows:  For  subsistence  of  a  retired 
enlisted  man,  M)  cents  per  day:  for  nursing,  medicines,  and  subsistence  of 
a  civilian  employee,  40  cents  per  day;  for  officers  of  the  Army,  seamen,  and 
river  boatmen  (admitted  only  on  permit  issued  by  medical  officer  of  the 
Marine-Hospital  Service  or  a  customs  officer),  and  civilians  admitted  as 
provided  in  the  preceding  paragraph,  $1  per  day.  The  money  received  will 
be  accounted  for  with  the  hospital  fund. 


456  APPENDIX. 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  120.  )  Washington,  September  7,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  letter  of  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

W'athiii'jtoii,  7>.  ('.,  Attf/tift  25,  1900. 
The  Honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  I  have  received  your  letter  of  the  llth  instant  transmitting  a  communication  from  the 
Acting  Commissary-General  of  Subsistence,  United  States  Army,  and  inclosing  a  blank  form 
of  "Contract  for  services  as  nurse,"  and  inviting  attention  to  paragraph  2  thereof  in  part  as 
follows: 

"That  during  the  continuance  of  this  contract  the  party  of  the  second  part  shall  receive  in 
full  payment  and  satisfaction  for  the  services  herein  agreed  to  be  rendered  the  sum  of  — 

($ )  dollars  per  month,  together  with  one  ration  in  kind  per  day  i  which  may  be  commuted 

at  the  rate  of  75  cents  per  day  when  on  duty  where  subsistence  is  not  furnished  by  the  United 
States,  and  25  cents  per  day  when  on  leave  of  absence)."    *    *    * 

The  question  submitted  for  my  decision  is — 

"  Whether  payment  of  commutation  of  rations  can  properly  be  made  them  from  such  funds 
(of  the  Subsistence  Department)  for  periods  when  stationed  at  places  where  the  ration  in  kind 
stipulated  for  in  their  contracts  can  not  be  obtained  from  the  Subsistence  Department,  or 
when  absent  with  leave." 

The  Acting  Commissary-General  submits  the  propositions  in  the  following  form: 

"As  the  form  of  contract  by  the  Medical  Department  herewith  assumes  to  bind  the  appro- 
priations of  the  Subsistence  Department  for  the  payment  of  commutation  of  rations  to  mem- 
bers of  the  Army  Nurse  Corps,  I  recommend  that  the  subject  of  such  payments  be  referred  to 
the  Comptroller  fordecision  upon  the  following  points: 

"1.  No  appropriation  having  been  made  in  the  appropriation  acts  for  the  support  of  the 
Army  for  paying  commutation  of  rations  to  the  members  of  the  Army  Nurse  Corps,  male  and 
female  (being  civil  employees),  from  funds  of  the  Subsistence  Department,  can  payment  of 
commutation  of  rations  be  properly  paid  them  from  such  funds  for  periods  when  stationed  at 
places  where  the  ration  in  kind  stipulated  for  in  their  contracts  can  not  be  obtained  from  tin- 
Subsistence  Department,  or  when  absent  on  leave'.' 

"2.  If  it  be  decided  that  they  are  to  be  paid  commutation  of  rations  by  the  Subsistence 
Department,  at  what  rates  are  they  to  be  allowed:  (a)  When  stationed  at  places  where  the 
ration  in  kind  can  not  be  obtained  from  the  Subsistence  Department;  (b\  when  absent  on 
leave? 

' '  3.  Are  those  in  receipt  of  more  than  SCO  pay  per  month  from  the  Medical  Department  entitled 
to  commutation  of  rations;  attention  being  invited  to  Army  Regulations  TJ.VJ,  as  amended  by 
General  Orders,  No.  106,  War  Department,  July  23,  1898,  and  to  the  fact  that  at  every  point 
where  rations  in  kind  can  be  obtained  by  issue  from  the  Subsistence  Department,  subsistence 
stores  can  there  be  purchased  by  the  civil  employees  of  the  Army  under  Army  Regulations 
1284,  as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  139,  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  1899"?  Of  course  such 
purchases  are  made  from  their  pay  proper." 

A  brief  review  of  the  laws  relating  to  army  nurses  seems  useful: 

"Women  may  be  employed,  instead  of  soldiers,  as  nurses  in  general  or  permanent  hospitals, 
at  such  times  and  in  such  numbers  as  the  Surgeon-General,  or  the  medical  officer  in  charge  of 
such  hospital,  may  deem  proper."  (Sec.  1238,  Rev.  Stat.) 

"  Hospital  matrons  and  nurses  maybe  employed  in  post  or  regimental  hospitals  in  such 
numbers  as  may  be  necessary."  (Id.,  1239.) 

"  Hospital  matrons  in  post  or  regimental  hospitals  shall  receive  ten  dollars  a  month,  and 
female  nurses  in  general  hospitals  shall  receive  forty  cents  a  day.  one  ration  in  kind  or  by 
commutation  shall  be  allowed  to  each."  (Id.,  1277.) 

*  *  *  "  Hospital  matrons  and  nurses  employed  in  post  or  regimental  hospitals  shall  be 
entitled  to  receive  one  ration  daily."  (Id.,  1295.) 

The  next  statute  relating  to  army  nurses  is  found  in  the  deficiency  act  of  July  7,  !>'.'>  (80 
Stat.,  703),  as  follows: 

"For  pay  of  three  hundred  civilian  nurses  at  thirty  dollars  per  month,  during  the  six 
months  beginning  July  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-eight,  fifty-four  thousand  dollars. 


APPENDIX.  457 

"  For  the  purchase  of  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  including  *  *  *  pay  of  employees, 
civilian  nurses,  *  *  *  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars." 

The  urgent  deficiency  act  of  January  5, 1899  (30  Stat.  L.,  778),  provides: 

"  For  the  purchase  of  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  including  *  *  *  pay  of  employees, 
including  civilian  nurses,  *  *  *  two  million  three  hundred  thousand  dollars." 

The  deficiency  act  of  March  3,1899  (30  Stat.  L.,  1225),  provides: 

"  For  the  purchase  of  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  including  *  *  *  pay  of  employees, 
including  civilian  nurses,  *  *  *  three  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars." 

The  army  appropriation  act  for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1900,  approved  March  3,  1899  (30 
.Stat.  L.,  1072),  provides,  under  the  head  of  Medical  Department: 

".MEDICAL  AND  HOSPITAL  DEPARTMENT:  For  the  purchase  of  medical  and  hospital  supplies, 
and  all  other  necessary  miscellaneous  expenses  for  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Army,  one 
million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars." 

The  same  act,  page  1068,  provides: 

"  SUBSISTENCE  OF  THE  ARMY:  Purchase  of  subsistence  supplies:  For  issue  as  rations  to  troops, 
civil  employees  when  entitled  thereto,  hospital  matrons  and  nurses."  *  *  * 

The  same  paragraph  and  act  provides  for  commutation  of  rations  to  enlisted  men,  but  with 
no  mention  of  hospital  matrons  or  nurses. 

The  language  of  the  appropriation  for  the  Medical  Department  for  the  fiscal  year  1901  is 
identical  with  that  for  1900  except  in  the  amount  appropriated,  and  the  language  used  in 
appropriating  for  the  Subsistence  Department  for  the  year  1901  is  identical  with  that  used  for 
1900,  so  far  as  the  matter  under  consideration  is  concerned. 

It  is  from  an  examination  of  the  law  cited  above  and  Army  Regulations  that  we  must  deter- 
mine what  authority  exists  for  the  employment  of  nurses,  male  and  female,  their  compensa- 
tion (pay  and  allowances) ,  and  their  right  to  commutation  of  rations. 

The  Acting  Commissary-General  raises  the  question  whether  section  1277,  Revised  Statutes, 
has  been  repealed  or  suspended  by  the  later  law  quoted  above.  I  find  nothing  in  this  later 
law  which  in  any  way  conflicts  with  section  1277.  That  section  stands  intact,  but  it  is  not  all 
the  law  relating  to  nurses.  It  seems  clear  that  whenever  female  nurses  are  employed  in  gen- 
eral hospitals  (except  when  employed  as  part  of  the  300  authorized  by  the  act  of  July  7,  1898, 
supra),  section  1277,  Revised  Statutes,  fixes  the  measure  of  their  allowances.  This  section 
expressly  provides  for  commutation  of  the  ration,  no  rate  being  mentioned. 

Section  1295,  Revised  Statutes,  provides  that  when  nurses  (without  mentioning  sex)  are 
employed  in  post  or  regimental  hospitals  they  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  one  ration  daily. 
No  provision  is  made  therein  for  commutation. 

From  the  foregoing  it  seems  clear  that  we  must  look  to  sections  1238  and  1239,  Revised  Stat- 
utes, and  to  the  act  of  May  26,  1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  215),  for  the  authority  to  employ  male  and 
female  nurses. 

Section  1238,  Revised  Statutes,  authorizes  the  employment  of  women  as  nurses  in  general  or 
permanent  hospitals,  and  section  1239  authorizes  the  employment  of  nurses  (without  mention- 
ing sex)  in  post  or  regimental  hospitals. 

The  act  of  May  26,  1900,  supra,  provides: 

"For  the  purchase  of  medical  and  hospital  supplies  and  all  other  necessary  miscellaneous 
expenses  for  the  Medical  Department  of  the  Army,  two  million  dollars." 

No  doubt  the  employment  of  nurses  would  be  a  necessary  miscellaneous  expense  of  the 
Medical  Department.  The  act  of  May  26,  1900,  supra,  does  not  attempt  to  fix  the  compensa- 
tion of  nurses.  It  is  an  appropriation  of  a  lump  sum  from  which  nurses  may  be  paid,  but 
does  not  refer  to  or  change  the  law  then  existing  fixing  the  compensation  and  allowances  of 
nurses  where  that  had  been  done  by  preexisting  law.  In  fixing  the  compensation  of  those 
nurses  who  are  not  subject  to  the  provisions  of  sections  1277  and  1295,  Revised  Statutes,  it  is 
no  doubt  competent,  if  the  regulations  permit,  to  provide  for  the  issuance  of  rations  in  kind 
or  a  commutation  thereof  at  a  specific  rate  per  day.  When  furnished  in  kind  the  appropria- 
tion for  the  Subsistence  Department,  act  of  May  26,  1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  211),  will  bear  the  expense, 
provision  therefor  having  been  made  in  said  act.  This  appropriation  makes  provision  only 
for  the  regulation  allowance  for  commutation  of  rations  to  enlisted  men;  therefore  I  am  of 
opinion  that  such  commutation  as  can  properly  be  allowed  nurses,  under  contract  and  regu- 
lations, is  not  payable  from  the  subsistence  appropriation,  but  is  payable,  as  part  of  the  pay, 
from  the  appropriation  for  the  Medical  and  Hospital  Department. 

Undoubtedly  those  nurses  employed  under  the  authority  of  the  law  above  cited  are  civilian 
employees,  and  those  not  provided  for  by  sections  1277  and  1295,  Revised  Statutes,  are  subject 
to  the  restrictions  found  in  paragraph  1252.  Army  Regulations,  as  modified  by  General  Orders, 
No.  106,  of  1898,  which  provide: 

"  When  the  rate  of  pay  of  a  civilian  employed  with  the  Army  does  not  exceed  sixty  dollars 
per  month,  and  the  circumstances  of  his  service  make  it  necessary,  and  the  terms  of  his 
engagement  provided  for  it,  there  may  be  i<?siud  to  him  one  ration  in  kind  per  day."  *  *  * 


458  APPENDIX. 

Paragraph  731,  Army  Regulations,  provides: 

"Those  in  receipt  of  a  ration  under  paragraph  1252  will  not  be  allowed  commutation 
therefor." 

Paragraph  1273,  Army  Regtilations,  provides: 

"  Commutation  of  rations  will  not  be  allowed    *    *    *    to  civil  employees." 

Under  paragraph  1252,  Army  Regulations,  as  amended,  there  appears  to  be  no  authority  to 
contract  with  a  nurse,  except  under  section  1295,  Revised  Statutes,  agreeing  to  furnish  a 
ration  in  kind  when  the  pay  proper  exceeds  8»>0  per  month;  and  under  paragraphs  731  and 
1273,  Army  Regulations,  there  is  no  authority  to  make  an  agreement  with  a  nurse  for  com- 
mutation of  rations.no  matter  what  the  pay  agreed  upon  maybe.  This,  however,  has  no 
relation  to  female  nurses  employed  in  general  hospitals  under  section  1277,  Revised  Statutes, 
which  provides  for  rations  or  commutation  thereof. 

The  conclusions  from  the  foregoing  seem  to  be: 

1.  Female  nurses  may  be  employed  in  general  or  permanent  hospitals  isee.  123s,  Rev.  Stat.), 
and  when  so  employed  they  are  entitled  to  receive  one  ration  in  kind,  or  a  commutation 
thereof  at  the  regulation  rate.    (Sec.  1277,  Rev.  Stat.) 

2.  Nurses,  either  male  or  female,  may  be  employed  in  post  or  regimental  hospitals  (sec. 
1239, ^lev.  Stat.),  and  when  so  employed  they  are  entitled  to  receive  the  rate  of  pay  agreed 
upon  and  one  ration  daily.     (Sec.  1295,  Rev.  Stat.)    No  provision  is  made  for  commutation. 

3.  Under  the  act  of  May  26.  1900,  supra,  appropriating  for  the  Medical  Department,  male 
nurses  may  be  employed  in  general  or  permanent  hospitals,  and  when  so  employed  their  rate 
of  pay  is  subject  to  agreement  or  contract  under  Army  Regulations.    Their  right  to  receive 
rations  in  kind  is  a  matter  of  agreement,  subject  only  to  the  limitations  of  Army  Regulations. 
No  commutation  can  be  paid  without  a  change  of  Army  Regulations. 

4.  Nurses  are  civilian  employees,  and  paragraph   1252,  Army  Regulations,  prohibits  the 
allowance  of  rations  to  any  civil  employee  whose  pay  exceeds  $t50  per  month.    This  regula- 
tion, however,  can  not  be  held  to  apply  to  female  nurses  employed  in  general  hospitals  (sec. 
1277,  Rev.  Stat.)  nor  to  male  or  female  nurses  employed  in  post  or  regimental  hospitals. 
(Sec.  1295,  Rev.  Stat.) 

5.  Paragraphs  731  and  1273,  Army  Regulations,  prohibits  commutation  of  rations  to  all 
civilian  employees,  but  these  paragraphs  can  not  be  held  to  apply  to  female  nurses  employed 
in  general  hospitals.     (Sec.  1277,  Rev.  stat.) 

C).  When  rations  in  kind  are  properly  furnished  the  cost  will  fall  on  the  subsistence 
Department. 

7.  When  commutation  of  rations  is  properly  allowable  under  the  law,  or  under  agreement  if 
regulations  shall  be  modified  to  permit,  the  co>t  thereof  must  be  regarded  as  an  addition  to 
the  regular  pay  and  chargeable  to  the  appropriation  used  in  paying  the  monthly  compensa- 
tion and  paid  on  the  same  voucher,  as  indicated  by  the  Judge-Advocate-General  in  his 
indorsement  of  July  30,  1900.  The  appropriation  for  subsistence  of  the  Army  makes  no  pro- 
vision for  commutation  of  rations  to  civil  employees. 
Respectfully, 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Assistant  Comptroller. 

(A.  R.,  731,  ISSSand  1273.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  121.  )  \\'<ix]iin<iton,  September  11,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1330  of  the  Regulations 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1330.  When  the  station  of  an  officer,  serving  either  with  or  without 
troops,  is  changed  while  he  is  on  leave  of  absence,  he  will,  on  joining  his 
new  station,  be  entitled  to  mileage  for  the  land  travel  and  actual  expenses 
for  the  sea  travel,  if  any,  as  provided  by  existing  laws,  only  for  the  excess 
of  distance,  from  the  place  of  receipt  of  his  order  to  his  new  station,  over 
the  distance  between  that  place  and  his  old  station. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No;  122-  )  Washington,  September  19,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1119  of  the  Regulations, 
as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  7,  January  14,  1899,  General  Orders, 


APPENDIX. 


459 


No.  119.  September  6,  and  Circulars  Nos.  18  and  24,  June  16  and  July  24, 
1900,  respectively,  from  this  office,  is  further  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1119.  The  baggage  to  be  transported  at  public  expense,  including  mess 
chests  and  personal  baggage,  upon  change  of  station,  will  not  exceed  the 
following  weights: 


Rank. 

In  the 
field. 

Changing 
station. 

Pounds, 
1  000 

Pounds. 
3  500 

700 

2  800 

Field  officer                               .            

500 

2,400 

Captain                                                                                                                 ... 

200 

2  000 

First  lieutenant                             .  .                  .               

150 

1,700 

Second  lieutenant  and  veterinarians  first  class 

150 

1  500 

Acting  assistant  surgeon              

150 

1,200 

I'o-t  and  regimental  noncommissioned  staff  officer,  hospital  steward, 
chief  musician,  sergeant  of  the  Signal  Corps,  squadron  and  battalion 
sergeant-majors  and  veterinarians  second  class  each 

500 

For  officers  and  others  in  the  above  list,  when  embarking  under  orders 
for  extended  service  over  the  sea  and  for  duty  in  Alaska,  and  upon  change 
of  station  in  Alaska  and  in  places  beyond  the  limits  of  the  United  States,  as 
well  as  upon  return  to  the  United  States,  the  allowance  of  baggage  to  be 
transported  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  from  initial  point  to  port 
of  embarkation  and  from  poit  of  destination  to  garrison  station  will  be 
three  times  the  allowance  prescribed  above  for  change  of  station. 

These  allowances  are  in  excess  of  the  weights  transported  free  of  charge 
under  the  regular  fares  by  public  carriers.  They  may  be  reduced  pro  rata 
by  the  commanding  officer,  if  necessary,  and  may,  in  special  cases,  be 
increased  by  the  War  Department  on  transports  by  water.  Shipments  of 
officers'  allowance  of  baggage  will  in  all  cases  be  made  at  carrier's  risk, 
including  those  over  roads  where  tariffs  provide  for  extra  charge  therefor. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  j 
No.  124.  \ 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  September  28,  1900. 


II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  462  of  the 
Army  Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

462.  The  Artillery  School  at  Fort  Monroe,  Va. .  constitutes  an  independent 
command,  from  which  all  reports  and  returns  are  made  direct  to  the  Head- 
quarters of  the  Army.  It  is  governed  by  special  regulations. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  j) 
No.  125.  \ 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  September  29, 1900. 
The  following  instructions  are  issued  to  the  Army  for  the  information 
and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  absolute  and  unqualified  devotion  of  those  in  the  military  service  to 
the  welfare  of  their  country  is  an  indispensable  requisite  and  constitutes 


460  APPENDIX. 

the  very  soul  of  an  efficient  army.  Hence  patriotism  will  be  inculcated 
and  promoted  in  every  possible  way.  and  all  persons  in  the  military  service 
will  be  expected  and  required  to  be  informed,  as  far  as  possible,  of  the  prin- 
ciples upon  which  our  Government  is  founded,  of  the  advantages  and  bene- 
fits enjoyed  under  the  Constitution,  and  the  responsibilities  which  it  imposes 
upon  them,  as  well  as  of  the  beneficent  achievements  which  constitute  our 
military  history. 

The  national  holidays  will  be  celebrated  with  appropriate  ceremonies, 
including  the  reading  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  Washington's 
Farewell  Address,  or  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  and  such  other 
exercises  as  will  tend  to  promote  respect  and  reverence  for  the  institutions 
of  our  country. 

As  the  flag  is  the  symbol  of  our  nationality,  it  will  be  held  in  sacred 
regard  and  given  every  care  and  protection  at  all  times. 

The  ceremony  of  "  Escort  of  the  colors  "  should  be  so  conducted  as  to  ren- 
der it  one  of  the  most  impressive  to  the  soldier,  especially  to  the  young 
recruit,  of  all  the  functions  in  which  he  is  required  to  participate.  Proper 
salutes  will  be  observed  by  all  persons  in  the  military  service,  not  under 
arms,  during  the  raising  and  lowering  of  the  national  emblem. 

Good  martial  music  contributes  immeasurably  to  the  contentment  and 
welfare  of  troops  and  inspires  in  them  a  valiant  and  patriotic  spirit,  which 
is  most  essential;  hence  it  will  be  encouraged,  especially  vocal  music,  which 
will  include  the  singing  of  the  national  anthems  and  patriotic  hymns  and 
songs. 

The  playing  of  a  national  or  patriotic  air  as  a  part  of  a  medley  is 
prohibited. 

DISCIPLINE. 

The  vital  importance  of  discipline  must  be  fully  understood  by  and 
impressed  upon  all  in  the  military  service.  It  is  indispensable,  can  not  be 
lightly  regarded,  and  must  be  maintained  under  all  circumstances. 

Officers  will  always  be  exemplary  in  deportment  and  will  exercise  justice 
and  impartiality  and  be  considerate  in  their  conduct  toward  all  subordinates. 

Cheerful,  earnest,  and  loyal  obedience  will  be  promptly  paid  by  all  sub- 
ordinates to  the  lawful  orders  of  superiors. 

Lax  discipline  destroys  efficiency  and  produces  demoralization  in  all 
branches  of  the  service,  and  every  act  or  influence  that  tends  to  produce  it 
must  be  discouraged  and  prohibited. 

INSTRUCTION,  DRILLS,  AND  MANEUVERS. 

The  general  system  of  instruction  emanating  from  Headquarters  of  the 
Army  will  be  uniformly  followed  throughout  the  different  departments, 
susceptible  of  change  only  by  the  department  commanders  when  conditions 
and  circumstances  render  such  change  imperative. 

Drills  and  military  exercises,  including  calisthenics,  will  be  made,  as  far 
as  practicable,  interesting,  progressive,  and  varied,  and  so  instructive  that 
the  commands  will  fully  comprehend  the  objects  to  be  accomplished. 

Drills  and  maneuvers  should  be,  as  far  as  practicable,  illustrative  and 
sirnulatory  of  the  circumstances  and  rapidly  changing  conditions  of  actual 
battle  maneuvers. 

Where  practicable,  the  three  arms  of  the  service  will  be  assembled 
for  instruction  in  the  maneuvers  incident  to  the  preliminary  conditions  of 


APPENDIX.  461 

battle,  in  the  use  of  the  three  arms  of  the  service  in  action,  and  in  the  proper 
disposition  of  the  same  following  an  engagement. 

Military  exercises  should  include  frequent  marches,  occasionally  of  sev- 
eral consecutive  days,  during  which  all  the  conditions  of  marching  in  an 
enemy's  country  will  be  observed,  and  all  important  facts,  such  as  the  dis- 
tance passed  over,  time  occupied,  the  effect  upon  the  troops,  the  serviceability 
of  clothing,  equipment,  transportation,  tentage,  ammunition,  etc.,  will  be 
carefully  noted  and  reported  to  superior  authority. 

All  duties  of  the  charater  above  referred  to,  either  for  instruction  or  for 
physical  exercise,  will  be  so  regulated  as  to  secure  the  best  military  results 
and  at  the  same  time  attain  to  the  finest  physical  condition  and  develop- 
ment of  the  commands. 

All  sports,  amusements,  and  recreations  that  tend  to  preserve  the  health 
and  assure  the  contentment  of  the  troops,  as  well  as  to  improve  their  physi- 
cal excellence  and  mental  attainments,  will  be  encouraged. 

While  garrison  duty  is  important  for  the  purpose  of  discipline  and  instruc- 
tion, ample  time  will  be  devoted  to  field  exercises,  for  it  should  be  remem- 
bered that  efficient  service  in  the  field  is  the  final  object  for  which  armies 
are  maintained. 

Military  problems  will  be  carefully  and  timely  prepared  for  solution 
during  important  military  drills  and  maneuvers. 

NONCOMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

Careful  attention  will  be  given  to  the  instruction  and  practical  training 
of  noncommissioned  officers,  as  they  are  the  exemplars  of  the  enlisted  force 
of  the  Army,  and  establish  and  maintain  very  largely  its  tone  and  char- 
acter. They  will  be  selected  on  account  of  their  intelligence  and  general 
excellence  in  deportment,  as  well  as  for  their  soldierly  appearance  and 
efficiency  in  all  military  duties  and  exercises. 

POST  SCHOOLS   AND  LIBRARIES. 

Great  care  will  be  taken  to  make  the  post  schools  interesting,  instructive, 
and  beneficial. 

Special  attention  will  be  paid  to  having  the  men  comprehend  fully  the  char- 
acter of  our  Government,  the  principles  of  the  Constitution,  the  colonial 
history  of  this  country,  and  its  military  and  political  history,  together 
with  the  story  of  its  progress  and  development. 

Only  well-selected  literature  will  be  allowed  in  the  post  libraries,  and 
special  attention  will  be  given  to  the  selection  of  books,  magazines,  and 
journals  having  a  wholesome,  moral  tone  and  that  are  instructive  and 
enlightening.  All  literature  of  a  vicious  nature  will  be  excluded  from  the 
camp  or  garrison. 

OFFICERS'  LYCEUMS. 

Military  lyceums  should  be  established  where  and  whenever  the  exigen- 
cies of  the  service  admit  of  sufficient  time  being  devoted  to  them.  They 
should  be  conducted  in  such  manner  as  to  bring  out  the  best  thought  and 
information  of  the  members  voluntarily,  rather  than  compulsorily,  as  it  is 
believed  that  in  this  way  the  results  obtained  will  be  more  beneficial  and 
satisfactory. 

Every  person  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  will  pay  the 


462  APPENDIX. 

deepest  respect  to  the  law  of  the  land,  whether  local  or  national,  and  will 
so  conduct  himself  among  civilians  by  word  and  act  as  to  bring  credit  upon 
the  uniform  he  wears  and  mark  himself  as  one  of  the  law-abiding  citizens 
of  the  Republic.  (See  A.  R.,  230.  310.  and  ^>/;.) 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  126.  )  Washington,  October  4,  HUH). 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1457  of  the  Regula- 
tions is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1457.  When  hospital  care  and  treatment  are  required  by  an  officer  or 
enlisted  man  on  duty  with  any  command  or  detachment,  and  can  not  be 
had  in  any  army  hospital,  the  commanding  officer  may  obtain  the  required 
service  in  a  civil  hospital,  at  rates  not  to  exceed  the  usual  local  charges  for 
like  service  to  private  patients,  reporting  his  action  without  delay  to  the 
Surgeon-General.  When  the  officer  requiring  treatment  is  on  duty  without 
troops,  or  the  enlisted  man  is  on  duty  where  there  is  no  officer,  he  may  him- 
self arrange  for  the  required  service,  reporting  his  action,  if  practicable,  to 
the  Surgeon-General.  Accounts  for  the  care  and  treatment  of  sick  officers 
and  soldiers  in  civil  hospitals  will  be  sent  to  the  Surgeon-General.  The 
accounts  will  show  the  particular  services  charged  for,  e.  g.,  medical 
attendance,  medicines,  nursing,  lodging,  and  board,  and  will,  when  practi- 
cable, be  itemized  to  show  the  separate  charges  under  each  head.  Accounts 
for  medical  attendance,  medicines,  and  nursing  only  may.  if  reasonable  and 
just,  be  settled  under  the  direction  of  the  Surgeon-General.  Accounts  which 
include  charges  for  lodging  and  board  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Auditor  for 
the  War  Department  for  settlement  and  apportionment  to  the  proper  appr<  >- 
priations.  If  not  itemized,  a  just  apportionment  is  deemed  to  be  one-half 
for  medical  attendance,  medicines,  and  nursing;  one-fourth  for  lodgings, 
and  one-fourth  for  board.  No  charge  for  the  board  of  an  officer  can  be 
allowed. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  127-  )  Washington,  October  8.  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  970  and  971  of  the 
Regulations  are  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

970.  Should  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  issued  by  a  State  court  or  judge  be 
served  upon  an  army  officer,  commanding  him  to  produce  an  enlisted  man 
or  general  prisoner  and  show  cause  for  his  detention,  the  officer  will  decline 
to  produce  in  court  the  body  of  the  person  named  in  the  writ,  but  will  make 
respectful  return  in  writing  to  the  effect  that  the  man  is  a  duly  enlisted 
soldier  of  the  United  States  or  a  general  prisoner  under  sentence  of  court- 
martial,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  that  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  has  decided  that  a  magistrate  or  court  of  a  State  has  no  jurisdiction 
in  such  a  case. 

971.  A  writ  of  habeas  corpus  issued  by  a  United  States  court  or  judge 


APPENDIX.  4G3 

will  be  promptly  obeyed.  The  person  alleged  to  be  illegally  restrained  of 
his  liberty  will  be  taken  before  the  court  from  which  the  writ  has  issued 
and  a  return  made  setting  forth  the  reasons  for  his  restraint.  The  officer 
upon  whom  such  a  writ  is  served  will  at  once  report  by  telegraph  the  fact 
of  such  service  direct  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  and  to  the 
commanding  general  of  the  department. 

II.  The  following  instructions  in  regard  to  returns  under  paragraphs  970 
and  971,  Army  Regulations,  in  the  cases  of  soldiers  who  have  committed 
military  offenses  and  are  held  for  trial  or  punishment  therefor  and  of  gen- 
eral prisoners  are  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance 
of  all  concerned: 

1.  The  return  under  paragraph  971,  Army  Regulations,  will  be  made  in 
accordance  with  Form  A  of  this  order,  and  will  refer,  as  in  last  paragraph 
of  that  form,  to  the  brief  of  authorities  which  follows  the  forms  of  this 
order,  and  a  copy  of  that  brief  will  be  annexed  to  the  return.     Should  the 
court  order  the  discharge  of  the  party,  the  officer  making  the  return,  or 
counsel,  should  note  an  appeal  pending  instructions  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment, and  he  will  report  to  the  Adjutant-General  the  action  taken  by  the 
court  and  forward  a  copy  of  the  opinion  of  the  court  as  soon  as  it  can  be 
obtained. 

2.  The  return  under  paragraph  970,  Army  Regulations,  will  be  made  in 
accordance  with  Form  B  of  this  order,  but  a  copy  of  the  brief  of  authori- 
ties is  not  intended  to  be  attached  to  the  return  to  writ  of  habeas  corpus 
issuing  from  a  State  court. 

FORM  A. 

HABEAS  CORPUS  BY  UNITED  STATES  COURT. 
RETURN  TO  AVRIT. 


In  re 


party  held.) 

[Writ  of  habeas  corpus— return  of  respondent.] 


To  the 

(Court  or  judge.) 

The  respondent,  Major ,  U.  S.  Infantry,  upon  whom  has  been  served  a  writ  of 

habeas  corpus  for  the  production  of ,  respectfully  makes  return  and  states  that  he 

holds  the  said by  authority  of  the  United  States  as  a  soldier  in  the  United  States 

Army  (or  "as  a  general  prisonei  under  sentence  of  general  court-martial")  under  the  follow- 
ing circumstances: 

That  the  said was  duly  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  the  service  of  the  United  States 

at , ,  on .  1900,  for  a  term  of years.  [If  the  offense  is  fraudulent  enlist- 
ment this  recital  should  oe  omitted.] 

[Here  state  the  offense.    If  it  is  fraudulent  enlistment  by  representing  himself  to  be  of  age, 
it  may  be  stated  as  follows:] 

That  on  the day  of ,  1900,  at , ,  the  said ,  being  then  a 

minor,  did  fraudulently  enlist  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  for  the  term  of 

years  by  falsely  representing  himself  to  be  over  twenty-one  years  of  age,  to  wit: years 

and months;  and  has,  since  said  enlistment,  received  pay  and  allowances  (or  either) 

thereunder. 

[If  the  offense  is  desertion,  it  may  be  stated  substantially  as  follows:] 

That  the  said deserted  said  service  at , ,  on ,  1900,  and  remained 

absent  in  desertion  until  he  was  apprehended  at , ,  on ,  1900,  by , 

and  was  thereupon  committed  to  the  custody  of  the  respondent  as  commanding  officer  of  the 
post  of , . 

That  said has  been  placed  in  confinement  (or  "arrest,"  as  the  case  may  be), 

charged  with  said  offense,  and  formal  charges  against  him  therefor  have  been  preferred,  a 
copy  of  which  is  hereto  annexed  (or  "are  being  prepared"),  and  that  he  will  be  brought  to 
trial  thereon  as  soon  as  practicable  before  a  court-martial  to  be  convened  by  the  commanding 


464  APPENDIX. 

general  of  the  Department  of (or  "convened  by  Special  Orders,  No. ,  dated  Head- 
quarters, Department  of ,  1900,  a  copy  of  which  order  is  hereto  annexed  "). 

[If  the  party  held  is  a  general  prisoner,  the  following  paragraph  should  be  substituted  for 
the  preceding  paragraph:] 

That  the  said  — was  duly  arraigned  for  said  offense  before  a  general  court-martial, 

convened  by  Special  Orders,  No.  ,  dated  Headquarters,  Department  of ,  1900,  was 

convicted  thereof  by  said  court,  and  was  sentenced  to  be ,  which  sentence  was 

duly  approved  on  the day  of ,  1900,  by  the  officer  ordering  the  court  (or  "by  the 

officer  commanding  said  Department  of  —  —  for  the  time  being"),  as  required  by  the  104th 
article  of  war.  A  copy  of  the  order  promulgating  said  sentence  is  hereto  attached. 

In  obedience,  however,  to  the  said  writ  of  habeas  corpus  the  respondent  herewith  produces 

before  the  court  the  body  of  the  said ,  respectfully  refers  to  the  decisions  cited  in 

the  annexed  brief,  and  for  the  reasons  set  forth  in  this  return  prays  this  honorable  court  to 
dismiss  the  said  writ. 

Major, U.  S.  Infantry. 

Dated , 

,  1900. 


FORM  B. 

HABEAS  CORPUS  BY  STATE  COURT. 
RETURN  TO  WRIT. 

[Make  return  as  in  case  of  writ  by  a  United  States  court,  except  as  to  last  paragraph,  for  which 
substitute  as  follows:] 

And  said  respondent  further  makes  return  that  he  has  not  produced  the  body  of  the  said 

,  because  he  holds  him  by  authority  of  the  Tinted  states  as  abort-  set  forth,  and 

that  (this  court  or  your  honor,  us  the  case  may  be)  is  without  jurisdiction  in  the  premises, 
and  he  respectfully  refers  to  the  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  in  Able- 
man  v.  Booth  (21  Howard,  506)  and  Tarble's  case  (13  Wallace,  397)  as  authority  for  his  action, 
and  prays  (this  court  or  your  honor)  to  dismiss  the  writ. 


Major, [7.  S.  Infantry. 

Dated . 


1900. 


Brief  to  be  filed  with  return  to  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  issued  by  United 
States  court  in  case  of  a  soldier  whose  discharge  is  sought  under  section  1117, 
Revised  Statutes. 

If  a  minor  16  years  old  or  over  claims  to  be  21  years  of  age  or  over  and 
enlists  without  the  consent  required  by  section  1117,  Revised  Statutes,  the 
contract  of  enlistment  is  not  voidable  by  the  minor,  nor  by  his  parents  or 
guardian,  if  at  the  time  of  the  filing  of  the  petition  the  soldier  is  held  in 
pursuance  of  a  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or  any  step  has  been  taken 
with  a  view  to  bringing  him  before  such  court. 

1.  CONTRACT  NOT  VOIDABLE  BY  MINOR. 

(a)  When  soldier  is  not  in  confinement. — United  States  ex  rel.  Wagner  v. 
Gibbon,  24  Federal  Reporter,  135.  In  this  case  Wagner,  becoming  "  tired 
of  the  service,"  sought  his  discharge  from  the  Army  "  solely  on  the  ground 
of  minority  at  the  time  of  enlistment."  This  the  court  refused  to  grant, 
holding  that  section  1117,  Revised  Statutes,  "was  made  for  the  exclusive 
benefit  of  parents  and  guardians,"  and  that,  quoting  from  the  syllabus — 

A  minor  over  16  years  of  age,  who  at  the  time  of  his  enlistment  makes  affidavit  that  he  is  21 
years  of  age,  will  not,  on  his  own  application,  be  released  on  habeas  corpus  on  the  ground 
that  he  was  a  minor  at  the  time  of  his  enlistment,  and  that  the  written  consent  of  his 
guardian  was  not  obtained. 


APPENDIX.  465 

(6)  When  soldier  is  in  confinement. — In  re  Morrissey,  137  United  States, 
137;  in  re  Grimley,  137  United  States,  147;  in  re  Wall,  8  Federal  Reporter, 
85;  in  re  Davison,  21  Federal  Reporter,  618;  in  re  Zimmerman,  30  Federal 
Reporter,  176;  in  re  Hearn,  32  Federal  Reporter,  141;  in  re  Spencer,  40  Fed- 
eral Reporter,  149;  in  re  Lawler,  40  Federal  Reporter,  233;  Solomon  v. 
Davenport,  87  Federal  Reporter,  318. 

In  the  Morrissey  case  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  settles  this 
beyond  question.  Morrissey,  a  minor  of  17  years  of  age,  enlisted  without 
the  consent  .of  his  mother,  who  was  living.  He  deserted,  remained  in  con- 
cealment until  he  reached  his  majority,  and  then  presented  himself  before 
a  recruiting  officer  and  demanded  his  discharge  from  the  Army  on  the 
ground  that  he  was  a  minor  when  enlisted.  The  court  said  that  the  pro- 
vision of  section  11 17,  Revised  Statutes — 

is  for  the  benefit  of  the  parent  or  guardian,  *  *  *  but  it  gives 'no  privilege  to  the  minor. 
*  *  *  An  enlistment  is  not  a  contract  only,  but  effects  a  change  of  status.  It  is  not,  there- 
fore, like  an  ordinary  contract,  voidable  by  the  infant.  *  *  *  The  contract  of  enlistment 
was  good  so  far  as  the  petitioner  is  concerned.  He  was  not  only  de  facto,  but  de  jure,  a  sol- 
dier— amenable  to  military  jurisdiction. 

All  the  cases  cited  are  instructive  as  illustrative  of  the  different  circum- 
stances under  which  this  principle  has  been  declared. 
In  the  Lawler  case  the  deserter  was  arrested  and — 

held  as  such  awaiting  trial,  which  will  be  as  soon  as  a  court-martial  can  be  convened  and 
organized  for  that  purpose. 

In  the  case  of  Solomon  v.  Davenport,  the  deserter  was  held  by  a  sheriff 
under  a  warrant  of  United  States  Commissioner. 
In  the  Spencer  case  the  court  said: 

The  authorities  which  have  been  read  to  me  seem  to  establish  very  conclusively  this  rule- 
that  the  enlistment  of  a  minor  is  voidable,  not  necessarily  void;  and  that  he  does  really 
become  by  such  enlistment,  although  under  age,  engaged  in  the  service  of  the  United  States, 
and  subject  to  the  power  and  jurisdiction  of  the  military  authorities;  and,  such  being  the  case, 
the  court-martial  had  jurisdiction  to  arrest  and  try  him  for  the  charge  of  desertion. 

2.  CONTRACT  NOT  VOIDABLE  BY  PARENTS  OR  GUARDIANS  IF  THE  SOLDIER 
IS  HELD  PURSUANT  TO  A  SENTENCE  OF  A  COURT-MARTIAL  OR  ANY  STEP 
HAS  BEEN  TAKEN  WITH  A  VIEW  TO  BRINGING  HIM  BEFORE  SUCH  COURT. 

In  re  Kaufman,  41  Federal  Reporter,  876;  in  re  Dohrendorf ,  et  al.,  40 
Federal  Reporter,  148;  in  re  Cosenow,  37  Federal  Reporter,  668;  in  re  Dowd, 
90  Federal  Reporter,  718;  ex  parte  Anderson,  16  Iowa,  595;  McConologue's 
Case,  107  Massachusetts,  170. 

In  the  Kaufman  case,  the  father  sought  the  discharge  of  his  son,  who 
wa*  held  by  the  military  authorities  and  had  been  ordered  before  a  military 
court  for  trial  as  a  deserter.  Quoting  from  the  syllabus — 

A  minor  who  enlists  in  the  United  States  Army  upon  his  representation  that  he  is  of  age, 
and  receives  pay  and  clothing  and  afterwards  deserts  and  is  arrested  as  a  deserter,  and  at  the 
time  of  his  petition  is  held  by  the  United  States  awaiting  trial  by  a  court-martial  for  the  crime 
of  desertion,  will  not  be  released  under  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  upon  the  ground  that  being 
a  minor  his  enlistment  was  unlawful  and  contrary  to  the  Revised  Statutes  of  the  United 
States. 

In  the  Cosenow  case  the  minor  swore  that  he  was  21  years  and  7  months 
old  at  the  time  of  enlistment.  He  deserted,  and  at  the  time  of  the  filing  of 
the  petition  was  held  in  custody  awaiting  the  action  of  the  reviewing 
authority  on  the  proceedings  of  the  court-martial.  His  father  sought  the 

16686—01—30 


466  APPENDIX. 

discharge  of  his  son  on  the  ground  of  infancy  at  the  time  of  enlistment. 
The  court  refused  to  discharge  him,  holding  that  "  an  enlistment  contrary 
to  law  is  not  void,  but  voidable;"  that  the  court-martial  had  jurisdiction 
of  the  offense,  and  the  soldier  "must  be  remanded  to  await  the  result  of 
his  trial." 

The  Dowd  case  arose  on  the  application  of  the  mother  for  the  release  of 
her  son,  who  was  held  under  sentence  of  a  summary  court.  The  court 
held,  quoting  from  the  syllabus — 

The  enlistment  of  a  minor  in  the  Army  without  the  consent  of  his  parents  or  guardian, 
required  by  Revised  Statutes,  section  1117,  is  not  void,  but  voidable  only,  and  while  he 
remains  in  the  service  under  such  enlistment  the  minor  is  amenable  to  the  articles  of  war. 
and  can  not  be  remanded  to  the  custody  of  his  parents  by  a  civil  court  on  a  writ  of  hnbra-; 
corpus  while  undergoing  a  sentence  imposed  on  him  by  a  court-martial  for  a  violation  of  such 
articles. 

In  the  Anderson  case  it  appears  that  a  minor  enlisted  without  his  father's 
consent,  and  being  held  for  trial  before  a  court-martial  for  desertion,  his 
father  sought  his  discharge  on  habeas  corpus.  The  court  refused  to  dis- 
charge the  soldier,  saying  "he  must  abide  by  the  decision  of  the  latter 
court  (court-martial)  before  the  question  of  the  validity  of  his  enlistment 
can  be  determined  in  the  civil  courts  on  habeas  corpus." 

In  McConologue's  case  the  court  said — 

A  minor's  contract  of  enlistment  is  indeed  voidable  only  and  not  void,  and  if,  before  a  writ 
of  habeas  corpus  is  sued  out  to  avoid  it,  he  is  arrested  on  charges  of  desertion,  he  should  not 
be  released  by  the  court  while  proceedings  for  his  trial  by  the  military  authorities  arc 
pending. 

Under  the  custom  of  the  service  the  parents  or  guardians  of  a  minor 
who  enlists  without  their  consent  can  obtain  his  discharge  upon  applica- 
tion to  the  Secretary  of  War,  prior  to  the  commission  of  a  military  offense. 
Their  rights  under  section  1117,  Revised  Statutes,  are  thus  sufficiently  pro- 
tected; but  when  the  minor  has  committed  a  military  offense  the  interests 
of  the  public  in  the  administration  of  justice  are  paramount  to  the  right 
of  the  parent,  and  require  that  the  soldier  shall  abide  the  consequences  of 
his  offense  before  the  right  to  his  discharge  be  passed  upon.  (Dig.  Opin. 
J.  A.  G.,  389-390.) 

The  soldier  should  not  be  allowed  to  escape  punishment  for  his  offense, 
even  though  his  parents  assert  their  right  to  his  services.  A  minor  in  civil 
life  is  liable  to  punishment  for  a  crime  or  misdemeanor,  even  though  his 
confinement  may  interfere  with  the  rights  of  his  parents. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  129.  )  Washington,  October  24,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1539,  Army  Regulations, 
is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

1539.  Noncommissioned  officers  and  first-class  privates  of  the  Signal 
Corps  will  be  enlisted  and  may  be  mustered,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Chief 
Signal  Officer  of  the  Army,  in  the  class  for  which  they  are  competent  and 
in  which  there  is  a  vacancy.  They  will  be  promoted  and  reduced  in  the 
class  of  their  grade,  as  fixed  by  law,  by  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the 
Army  or  by  his  authority. 


APPENDIX.  467 

GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

No.  134.  )  Washington,  November  15, 1900. 

*  *  *  *  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  954  of  the 
Regulations  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

954.  Every  court-martial  shall  keep  a  complete  and  accurate  record  of  its 
proceedings,  which  will  be  authenticated  in  each  case  by  the  signatures  of 
the  president  and  judge-advocate.  Whenever,  by  reason  of  the  death  or 
disability  of  the  judge-advocate  occurring  after  the  court  has  decided  on  the 
sentence,  the  record  can  not  be  authenticated  by  his  signature  it  must  show 
that  it  has  been  formally  approved  by  the  court,  and  must  be  authenticated 
by  the  signature  of  the  president.  The  judge-advocate  should  affix  his 
signature  to  each  day's  proceedings. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  138.  )  Washington,  December  11,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  Executive  order  is 
published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

EXECUTIVE  MANSION,  December  7,  1900. 

Whenever,  upon  marches,  guards,  or  in  quarters,  different  corps  of  the  Army  happen  to  join 
or  do  duty  together,  and  an  officer  of  the  Marine  Corps,  or  the  militia,  shall  command  the 
whole,  pursuant  to  the  one  hundred  and  twenty-second  article  of  war,  such  officer  shall  report 
his  action  and  the  operations  of  the  force  under  his  command  through  military  channels  to 
the  Secretary  of  War,  as  well  as  to  his  superiors  in  his  own  branch  of  the  service. 

(Art.War,122.)  WILLIAM  MCKINLEY. 


GENERAL  ORDERS,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  14°-  )  Washington,  December  19,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraphs  1186  and  1189  of  the 
Regulations  are  revoked  and  paragraphs  11 90  ahdl!91  are  amended  to  read 
as  follows: 

1190.  Whenever  the  necessity  for  the  issue  is  certified  by  the  post  com- 
mander, arctic  overshoes,  fur  gauntlets  and  caps,  and  woolen  mittens,  con- 
forming to  patterns  in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General,  will  be 
issued  at  cost  prices  at  the  rate  of  one  pair  of  overshoes,  gauntlets,  and 
mittens,  and  one  cap  to  each  enlisted  man  per  annum.  These  articles  do 
not  form  part  of  the  annual  money  allowance  for  clothing. 

Canvas  mittens  and  blanket-lined  canvas  caps,  conforming  to  patterns  in 
the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General,  will  be  supplied  to  troops  serving 
in  extremely  cold  regions  and  to  troops  stationed  at  Westpoint,  N.  Y., 
when  the  necessity  for  such  issue  is  certified  by  the  post  commander,  at  the 
rate  of  one  pair  of  mittens  and  one  cap  per  man  per  annum.  The  voucher 
will  show  that  this  issue  is  gratuitous  and  made  within  the  above  allow- 
ance. Issues  in  excess  of  such  allowance  will  be  charged  to  the  men  at 
regulation  prices.  In  case  of  loss  or  destruction  of  any  of  said  articles  of 
gratuitous  issue  without  fault  or  neglect  on  the  part  of  the  soldier  to  whom 


468  APPENDIX. 

they  have  been  intrusted,  and  so  certified  to  by  the  immediate  command- 
ing officer,  then  the  article  or  articles  so  lost  or  destroyed  may  be  replaced 
without  charge  to  the  soldier. 

1191.  There  will  also  be  issued  to  troops  stationed  in  extremely  cold 
regions,  when  the  necessity  for  such  issue  is  certified  by  the  post  com- 
mander, fur  or  blanket-lined  canvas  overcoats,  but  only  to  men  performing 
guard  duty  or  field  service,  when  exposure  to  weather  would  jeopardize 
life  or  limbs  by  freezing.  The  coats  should  be  borne  on  the  returns  as 
equipage  and  charged  to  enlisted  men  only  in  case  of  loss  or  damage  other 
than  from  ordinary  wear  and  tear.  If  made  of  fur,  they  will  on  the  approach 
of  warm  weather  be  turned  over  to  the  quartermaster,  who  will  observe  the 
following  directions  for  their  preservation: 

1.  Expose  them  to  the  sun  and  then  beat  them  with  a  light  twig  or  rattan, 
making  sure  that  all  moth  eggs,  should  any  have  been  deposited,  are 
destroyed.     The  exposure  should  be  thorough  and  the  beating  vigorous,  but 
not  severe  enough  to  injure  the  fur  or  pelt. 

2.  Repair  coats  needing  it  (using  for  the  purpose,  as  far  as  practicable, 
such  articles  of  a  corresponding  character  as  can  not  be  again  rendered 
serviceable)  and  then  pack  them  in  boxes  well  lined  with  petroleum  and 
wrapping  paper  (the  latter  being  next  the  goods),  exercising  care  that  no 
holes  or  other  openings  are  left  in  the  wrappers    for  moths  to  enter. 
Securely  nail  the  boxes  and  paste  paper  over  all  joints.     Sufficient  petro- 
leum paper  may  usually  be  obtained  from  broken  packages  of  clothing 
opened  for  issue,  and  should  it  be  dry  from  age  or  use,  it  can  be  freshened 
by  rubbing  into  the  surface  coal  oil,  being  careful  not  to  use  enough  to 
penetrate  the  wrapping  paper. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  1 1 .     )  Washington,  November  1 , 1895. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made,  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

PERMISSION  TO  HUNT;  RESTRICTION  AS  TO  PERIODS  OF  ABSENCE. — Permis- 
sion to  hunt,  under  paragraph  58  of  the  Regulations,  may  be  granted  by 
department  and  post  commanders  for  periods  not  exceeding  those  for  which 
they  are  authorized  to  grant  ordinary  leaves  of  absence.  (^.4.  R.  58  and  363.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  12.     )  Washington,  November  21, 1895. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  Circulars  dated  June  29  and 
July  13,  1895,  from  this  office,  relating  to  the  use  of  penalty  envelopes  are 
hereby  revoked,  and  the  following  is  published  in  lieu  thereof  for  the  infor- 
mation and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Under  the  act  of  July  5, 1884,  all  officers  of  the  United  States  have  the  right  to  use  the  official 
envelope  for  the  transmission  of  mail  matter  upon  official  business  exclusively,  whether  cor- 
responding with  the  Executive  Departments  or  with  other  officials,  or  with  private  parties 
exclusively  on  official  business.  Hence  United  States  recruiting  officers  are  authorized  to  use 


APPENDIX.  469 

the  official  envelope  in  sending  out  circulars  and  writing  letters'giving  information  with 
regard  to  the  enlisting  of  recruits,  and  also  in  answering  letters  they  have  received  on  the 
subject,  and  also  in  writing  to  private  individuals  asking  information  in  regard  to  the  char- 
acter of  parties  about  to  be  enlisted  as  recruits.  For  this  latter  purpose  they  may  inclose  an 
official  envelope  addressed  to  themselves,  to  be  used  by  the  individual  returning  them  the 
information  asked. 

******  * 

I  a  in  of  the  opinion  that  officers  in  charge  of  "  post  canteens  "  have  not  the  right  to  use  the 
official  envelope  for  any  correspondence  whatever  concerning  the  business  of  such  canteens. 
My  reason  for  so  holding  is  that  such  correspondence  can  not  be  held  to  be  "official"  cor- 
respondence. *  *  *  It  seems  to  me,  therefore,  that  the  entire  expense  of  managing  these 
canteens  should  be  borne  by  the  companies,  including  the  expense  for  postage  necessary  to 
carry  on  their  correspondence.  It  is  not  "  official  business"  in  the  sense  of  the  statute,  such 
as  would  authorize  the  use  of  the  official  envelope. —  [Extracts  from  opinion  of  Assistant  Attorney- 
General  for  the  Post-Office  Department,  dated  August  10, 1895.] 

*  *  *  officers  in  charge  of  the  post  canteens  at  military  posts  *  *  *  have  not  the  right 
to  use  the  official  envelope  in  ordering  merchandise  for  sale  over  the  counters  of  the  can- 
teen nor  for  sending  samples  of  hardware  and  clothing  to  any  private  person. —  [Extract  from 
opinion  of  Acting  Asssistant  Attorney- General  for  the  Post- Office  Department.] 

Persons,  not  officers,  writing  to  the  Departments  or  to  officers  of  the  United  States  concern- 
ing the  business  of  the  writers  with  the  Government  can  not  use  the  penalty  envelope  to 
transmit  their  correspondence;  hence  officers  authorized  to  use  such  envelopes  should  not 
furnish  them  for  use  to  contractors  with  the  Government. — [Postal  Laws  and  Regulations,  sec- 
tion 369,  par.  2.] 

The  statement  of  an  account  in  regular  form  and  the  execution  of  vouch- 
ers to  cover  the  payment  of  it  is  "  official  information  "  within  the  meaning 
of  the  act  of  July  5,  1884,  when  in  response  to  an  "  official"  call  therefor. 
The  ruling  of  the  Post-Office  Department,  as  published  in  Paragraph  XI, 
Circular  No.  13,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  December  5,  1891,  is  not  in  con- 
flict with  the  foregoing  paragraph  of  Postal  Laws  and  Regulations. 

Information  which  is  intended  to  be  used  in  the  performance  of  official 
duty  only  is  official  information,  while  that  which  is  intended  to  be  used 
for  the  furtherance  of  private  ends  or  business  in  any  way  whatever,  though 
called  for  by  a  public  officer,  is  private  information.  The  official  envelope 
may  be  used  to  give  or  obtain  the  former,  but  not  the  latter.  (A.  R.  325 
and  8 Li.) 


CIRCULAR,  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  December  5,  1895. 
The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned. 

1.  TRANSFERS  AND   ASSIGNMENTS  OF   CLAIMS. — The  restrictions  of  the 
Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  in  regard  to  the  allowance  of  credits  to  dis- 
bursing officers  for  payments  made  by  them  on  powers  of  attorney  or  other 
forms  of  transfer  or  assignment  being  so  great  as  to  amount  practically  to 
a  prohibition  of  such  payments,  disbursing  officers  will  refuse  to  pay  the 
assignee  of  any  claim,  except  as  to  assignments  authorized  by  paragraphs 
1300  and  1388  of  the  Army  Regulations  of  1895. 

When  claims  or  vouchers  which  have  been  assigned  are  presented  for 
payment  the  holders  will  be  informed  that  disbursing  officers  have  no 
authority  to  make  payments  to  them  as  assignees,  and  that  payments  can 
only  be  made  to  the  original  persons  to  whom  the  money  is  due. 

2.  PUBLIC  PROPERTY. — The  officer  responsible  for  public  property  fur- 


470  APPENDIX. 

nished  to  him  on  memorandum  receipts  and  holding  the  same  for  the  use 
of  his  command,  will  sign  the  certificate  on  the  inventory  of  unserviceable 
property  when  presented  for  the  action  of  an  inspector,  and  the  word 
"  responsible  "  in  the  heading  of  the  inventory  and  inspection  report  will, 
in  that  event,  be  changed  to  "  accountable."  (A.  R.  878.} 

3.  REENLISTMENTS  UNDER  A.  R.  838  OF  1895. — Soldiers  discharged  pur- 
suant to  General  Orders,  No.  80,  A.  G.  O,,  1890,  or  A.  R.  144  or  145  of  1895, 
may  be  again  enlisted  after  the  expiration  of  two  months  from  the  date  of 
discharge,  without  further  authority,  provided  they  fulfill  all  requirements; 
but  they  must  not  be  reenlisted  within  the  period  indicated  without  special 
authority  from  the  Adjutant-General. 

4.  CHARGES  ON  MUSTER  ROLLS. — General  Orders,  No.  15,  March  21, 1895, 
from  this  office,  directing  that  all  property  supplied  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department    be    denominated    "quartermaster's    supplies"   in    returns, 
receipts,  etc.,  is  not  intended  to  apply  to  charges  against  enlisted  men  on 
muster  rolls. 

Under  paragraph  1390  of  the  Regulations,  articles  of  camp  and  garrison 
equipage  must  be  charged  on  the  muster  rolls  as  such;  and  other  articles  of 
quartermaster's  stores  or  property  must  be  enumerated,  and  the  price  stated 
in  the  column  of  "  remarks,"  in  order  that  the  proper  appropriation  maybe 
credited  with  the  amounts  collected. 


CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  2-      )  Washington,  October  11,  1895. 

The  following  form  for  guaranty  to  accompany  proposals  of  bidders  is 
adopted  for  use  in  place  of  the  form  now  in  use,  and  is  published  for  the 
information  of  all  concerned. 

FORM  No. . 

GUARANTY   TO  ACCOMPANY   PROPOSAL. 

We, ,  of ,  in  the  county  of and  State  of ,  and , 

of ,  in  the  county  of and  State  of ,  hereby  undertake  that 

if  the  bid  of —  — ,  herewith  accompanying,  dated —  — ,  189 — ,  for  furnish- 
ing—  —  be  accepted  as  to  any  or  all  of  the  items  of  supplies,  materials, 
and  services  proposed  to  be  furnished  thereby,  or  as  to  any  portion  of  the 
same,  within  sixty  days  from  the  date  of  the  opening  of  proposals  therefor, 
the  said  bidder — , ,  will,  within —  —  days  after  notice  of  such  accept- 
ance, enter  into  a  contract  with  the  proper  officer  of  the  United  States  to 
furnish  such  articles  of  supplies  and  materials  and  such  services  of  those 
proposed  to  be  furnished  by  said  bid  as  shall  be  accepted,  at  the  prices 
offered  by  said  bid  and  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and  conditions  of 
the  advertisement  inviting  said  proposals,  and  will  give  bond  with  good 
and  sufficient  sureties  for  the  faithful  and  proper  fulfillment  of  such  con- 
tract. And  we  bind  ourselves,  our  heirs,  executors,  and  administrators, 
jointly  and  severally,  to  pay  to  the  United  States,  in  case  the  said  bidder — 
shall  fail  to  enter  into  such  contract  or  give  such  bond  within —  — days 
after  said  notice  of  acceptance,  the  difference  in  money  between  the  amount 
of  the  bid  of  said  bidder  on  the  articles  or  services  so  accepted  and  the 


APPENDIX.  471 

amount  for  which  the  proper  officer  of  the  United  States  may  contract  with 
another  party  to  furnish  said  articles  and  services,  if  the  latter  amount  be 
in  excess  of  the  former. 

Given  under  our  hands  and  seals  this day  of ,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  ninety . 

In  presence  of — 

as  to [x] 

as  to ['] 

State  of  

County  of 

I,  —  — ,  one  of  the  guarantors  named  in  the  foregoing  guaranty,  do 
swear  that  I  am  pecuniarily  worth  the  sum  of  -  —  dollars  over  and  above 
all  my  debts  and  liabilities. 


Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this  day  of  -      — ,189—,  at 


State  of 


County  of 


I, ,one  of  the  guarantors  named  in  the  foregoing  guaranty,  do 

swear  that  I  am  pecuniarily  worth  the  sum  of dollars  over  and  above 

all  my  debts  and  liabilities. 


Subscribed  and  sworn  to  before  me  this day  of  ,189 — ,  at 

-2 


I,3 ,  do  hereby  certify  that and ,  the  guarantor  above 

named,  —  —  personally  known  to  me,  and  that,  to  the  best  of  my  knowl- 
edge and  belief,  —  —  Ms  pecuniarily  worth,  over  and  above  all  his  debts 
and  liabilities,  the  sum  stated  in  the  accompanying  affidavit  subscribed  by 
him. 


I, ,  do  hereby  certify  that ,  the  guarantor  above  named,  is 

personally  known  to  me,  and  that,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief, 
he  is  pecuniarily  worth,  over  and  above  all  his  debts  and  liabilities,  the 
sum  stated  in  the  accompanying  affidavit  subscribed  by  him. 

(A.  R.  533.) 

1  Affix  adhesive  seal. 

2  The  oath  to  be  taken  before  a  notary  public  or  some  other  officer  having  general  authority 
to  administer  oaths.    If  the  officer  has  an  official  seal  it  must  be  affixed,  otherwise  the  proper 
certificate  as  to  his  official  character  must  be  furnished. 

3This  certificate  to  be  by  a  judge  or  clerk  of  a  United  States  court,  a  United  States  district 
attorney,  United  States  commissioner,  or  a  judge  or  clerk  of  a  State  court  of  record  with  the 
soul  of  said  court  attached.  If  the  official  can  make  the  certificate  as  to  both  sureties,  it  will 
not  be  necessary  to  fill  out  the  next  form  below. 

4 He  or  each. 


472  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  WAR  DEPARTMENT. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  November  12,  1895. 

RECRUITING  SERVICE. 

The  following  instructions  are  published  to  govern  under  the  Army  Reg- 
ulations of  1895.  They  will  take  effect  December  1,  1895. 

1.  Under  A.  R.  854,  there  will  be  only  one  recruiting  officer  for  the  line 
of  the  Army  at  any  post,  including  recruit  rendezvous,  or  with  a  detach- 
ment of  troops  absent  from  its  permanent  station.     All  enlistments  and 
reenlistments  made  for  the  line,  including  the  Battalion  of  Engineers,  by 
such  officers  and  by  recruiting  officers  detailed  under  the  provisions  of  A.  R. 
819,  pertain  to  the  general  recruiting  service. 

2.  The  special  recruiting  service  so  far  as  regards  the  line  of  the  Army 
relates  to  enlistments  or  reenlistments  away  from  posts  by  recruiting  offi- 
cers detailed  by  regimental  commanders  under  the  provisions  of  A.  R.  856, 
for  their  own  regiments  only. 

3.  One  enlistment  paper  only  will  be  made  in  the  case  of  a  soldier  enlisted 
or  reenlisted  for  the  Ikie. 

4.  All  enlistments  and  reenlistments  for  the  line  will  be  accounted  for  to 
the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  on  forms  furnished  by  him  for  the  pur- 
pose ( A.  R.  833) ,  as  follows: 

(a)  The  recruiting  officer  at  every  general  recruiting  station,  including 
each  garrisoned  military  post,  will  render  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the 
Army  a  trimonthly  report,  on  Form  No.  37,  Adjutant-General's  Office. 
September,  1895,  of  all  enlistments  and  reenlistments  for  the  line  made  by 
him  during  the  trimonthly  period,  accompanied  by  the  enlistment  paper 
of  each  man  enlisted  or  reenlisted;  and  at  the  end  of  each  month  he  will 
forward  directly  to  the  same  officer  a  monthly  return  of  all  such  enlistments 
and  reenlistments,  by  name,  on  Form  No.  33,  Adjutant-General's  Office, 
October,  1895. 

The  recruiting  officer  will  indorse  on  the  enlistment  paper  of  every  gen- 
eral-service recruit  (in  red  ink  at  top  of  second  fold)  the  arm  of  service  for 
which  the  soldier  was  enlisted,  i.  e.,  either  foot  service,  white;  mounted 
service,  white;  foot  service,  colored:  or  mounted  service,  colored. 

(5)  Special  regimental  recruiting  officers  (A.  R.  856)  will,  in  like  manner, 
render  trimonthly  reports  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  on  Form 
No.  29,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  accompanied  by  each  special  regimental 
enlistment  paper,  and  send  a  copy  of  each  report  to  the  regimental  com- 
mander. Their  monthly  returns  will  be  rendered  on  Form  No.  34,  Adjutant- 
General's  Office,  to  me  regimental  commander,  who  will  furnish  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  a  monthly  recruiting  return  of  his  regiment 
on  Form  No.  32,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  accounting  thereon  for  the 
special  regimental  enlistments  by  name.  Special  regimental  recruiting 
officers  when  recruiting  also  for  the  general  service  will,  in  addition,  render 
the  required  reports  and  returns  of  general-service  enlistments,  (a) 

(c)  These  reports  and  returns  will  be  rendered  whether  enlistments 
have  been  made,  or  not.     Each  trimonthly  report,  with  the  enlistment 
papers  pertaining  therto,  will  be  mailed  in  an  envelope  containing  no  other 
matter. 

(d)  At  recruit  rendezvous  all  enlistments  and  reenlistments  for  the  line 


APPENDIX.  473 

will  be  accounted  for  on  the  rendezvous  trimonthly  report  (Form  No.  36, 
Adjutant-General's  Office),  as  well  as  on  the  station  trimonthly  report 
(Form  No.  37,  Adjutant-General's  Office). 

5.  When  authority  is  given  by  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  for  the 
enlistment  of  an  applicant  by  a  general  recruiting  officer  for  a  particular 
company  or  regiment,  the  soldier  will  be  sent  without  escort  to  his  proper 
station,  at  the  earliest  practicable  date.    A  soldier  enlisted  at  one  post  for 
an  organization  at  another  post  in  the  same  department,  under  the  provi- 
sions of  A.  R.  855,  will  be  sent  to  his  proper  station,  without  delay,  under 
orders  from  the  department  commander.     In  every  case  the  soldier  will  be 
borne  on  the  trimonthly  reports  of  the  recruiting  station  as  a  general-service 
recruit  until  the  date  of  his  departure  therefrom,  and  the  assignment  shall 
take  effect  on  such  date  (A.R.849). 

6.  Detachments  of  recruits  sent  from  stations  to  rendezvous,  or  from  sta- 
tions and  rendezvous  to  regiments,  will  be  forwarded  without  escort,  unless 
otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army.     Each 
detachment  will  be  forwarded  under  charge  of  the  most  reliable  man 
included  therein,  and  the  services  of  former  solders  will  be  utilized  for  this 
purpose  whenever  practicable. 

7.  The  reenlistment  paper  of  a  sergeant  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff 
required  to  be  sent  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  by  A.  R.  103  will 
be  mailed  immediately  upon  the  reenlistment  of  the  soldier.     The  reenlist- 
ment will  be  accounted  for  by  name  only,  at  the  foot  of  the  monthly  recruit- 
ing return  of  the  officer  who  makes  the  reenlistment. 

8.  Enlistments  or  reenlistments  for  a  staff  department  when  made,  under 
proper  authority,  by  officers  recruiting  for  the  line,  will  not  be  included  in 
their  reports  and  returns  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  but  willbe 
accounted  for  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  and  instructions  governing 
enlistments  for  the  particular  staff  department  concerned. 


CIRCULAR.  ;  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  4-       )  Washington,  December  9, 1895. 

The  following  letter  is  published  for  the  information  of  chiefs  of  bureaus, 
designated  depositaries  of  public  funds  for  the  War  Department,  and  officers 
of  the  Army  handling  public  money: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 

OFFICE  OF  THE  SECRETARY, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  November  15,  1895. 
The  honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  It  frequently  happens  that  there  is  not  sufficient  information  on  the  face  of  certificates 
issued  for  deposits  in  the  Treasury  made  by  officers  of  the  War  Department  to  determine 
whether  a  personal  credit  should  be  given  the  depositor.  As  the  information  is  necessary 
before  covering  the  amounts  thereof  into  the  Treasury  by  warrant,  I  will  thank  you  to  cause 
it  to  be  furnished  hereafter  by  the  several  bureaus  of  your  Department,  in  brief  form,  after 
naming  the  appropriation,  on  the  backs  of  all  certificates  which  may  be  sent  each  day  from 
this  to  your  office  for  indorsement. 

Respectfully,  yours,  C.  S.  HAMLIN, 

Acting  Secretary. 

When  a  disbursing  officer  makes  a  deposit  of  public  funds  he  will  inform 
the  depositary  whether  such  funds  are  to  go  to  his  personal  credit  or  not, 
If  the  officer  has  been  directly  charged  with  the  money,  he  is  entitled  to  per- 


474  APPENDIX. 

sonal  credit  for  the  deposit,  and  the  abbreviation  "  P.  C."  should  be  written 
by  the  depositary  on  the  face  of  the  certificate.  If  the  funds  are  derived 
from  sales  of  public  property,  from  collections  of  funds  for  which  another 
officer  is  responsible,  or  any  source  except  the  Treasury,  the  officer  making 
the  deposit  is  not  entitled  to  personal  credit,  and  the  abbreviation  "No  P.  C." 
should  be  used,  followed  by  a  brief  explanation  of  the  character  of  the 
funds.  If  some  disbursing  officer  other  than  the  depositor  is  entitled  to 
the  credit,  the  designation  should  be  "P.  C.  to  —  — ,"  naming  the  officer 
who  has  been  directly  charged  with  the  money. 

If  the  space  on  the  face  of  a  certificate  is  not  sufficient  to  explain  the 
nature  of  a  deposit,  the  depositary  is  requested  to  use  a  memorandum  slip 
for  this  purpose.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  use  letters  of  transmittal  in 
forwarding  certificates  of  deposit. 

Nothing  should  be  written  by  the  depositary  or  the  officer  on  the  back  of 
a  certificate;  that  space  must  be  reserved  for  the  indorsement  of  the  chief 
of  bureau,  who,  in  each  instance,  will  properly  designate  the  title  of  the 
appropriation,  invariably  giving  the  information,  by  abbreviation,  whether 
the  depositor  is  entitled  to  personal  credit  or  not. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus  will  not  permit  certificates  of  deposit  to  be  returned  to 
the  Treasury  Department  unless  such  evidences  of  the  character  of  the  funds 
are  complete  in  this  respect,  and  where  any  defect  exists  that  can  not  be 
remedied  in  the  bureau,  the  certificate  should  be  promptly  returned  to  the 
officer  for  correction  or  additional  information. 

Designated  depositaries  are  earnestly  requested  to  adhere  strictly  to  the 
foregoing  instructions,  and  disbursing  officers  of  the  War  Department  are 
directed  to  see  that  they  are  properly  observed. 

Attention  is  invited  to  paragraphs  608  to  616,  inclusive,  Army  Regula- 
tions, 1895.  (A.  R.,  592  and  608  to  616.) 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  1.      )  Washington,  January  2,  1896. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  OFFICERS  ON  STAFF  OF  A  POST  COMMANDER. — The  official  address  of 
the  senior  medical  officer  at  a  post  will  be — 

THE  SURGEON, 

FORT , 

and  in  like  manner  the  official  addresses  of  the  other  staff  officers  of  a  post 
will  be,  respectively,  The  Adjutant,  The  Quartermaster,  The  Commissary, 
The  Engineer  Officer,  The  Ordnance  Officer,  and  The  Signal  Officer, 
Fort—  — .  (A.R.,203.) 

2.  CHARGES  ENTERED  AGAINST  ENLISTED  MEN  ON  THE  MUSTER  AND  PAY 
ROLLS,  UNDER  THE  HEAD  OF  SUBSISTENCE. — The  basis  of  all  charges  entered 
against  enlisted  men  under  the  head  of  subsistence  on  muster  and  pay  rolls 
will  be  shown  by  concise  notations  in  the  column  of  remarks.     If  the 
amount  stopped  is  on  account  of  sales  on  credit  under  A.  R.  1285  and  1289, 
the  notation  will  be  "credit  sales,  Subsistence  Department;"  if  on  account 
of  refundment  of  commutation,  the  notation  will  be  "refundment  of  com- 
mutation, subsistence  Army,  189-; "  if  on  account  of  difference  in  cost  of 
rations  issued,  the  notation  will  be  "increased  cost  of  rations,  subsistence 


u  "" 


APPENDIX.        ..C  475 

Army,  189-;"  giving  such  year  of  appropriation  in  each  case  as  the  subsist- 
ence officer  who  requests  the  notation  to  be  made  shall  indicate.  If  the 
charge  consists  of  two  or  more  stoppages,  the  amount  of  each  must  be 
separately  shown.  Commissaries  who  may  request  stoppages  to  be  made 
will  furnish  company  commanders  with  full  statements  of  the  facts  con- 
nected with  the  stoppages,  and  will  give  them  the  proper  notations  to  be 
made  in  the  column  of  remarks.  Paymasters  in  making  transfers  to 
disbursing  commissaries  under  A.  R.  1290,  will  include  in  the  invoice 
(Form  No.  3,  Subsistence  Department)  not  only  the  collections  on  account 
of  credit  sales,  but  all  other  collections  which  are  to  be  credited  to  the 
appropriation  "Subsistence  of  the  Army"  which  is  available  for  the  fiscal 
year  current  at  the  time  the  transfer  is  made,  observing  with  particularity 
the  directions  printed  in  the  headings  of  the  invoice,  which  require  that  a 
collection  other  than  credit  sales  shall  be  entered  in  the  name  of  the  indi- 
vidual from  whom  the  collection  was  made,  giving  the  notation  which 
appears  upon  the  pay  rolls.  They  will  deposit  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer 
of  the  United  States  all  collections  which  pertain  to  an  appropriation 
"Subsistence  of  the  Army"  for  a  fiscal  year  which  has  expired.  (A.  R., 
1285,  1289,  and  1290.  ) 

3.  COMPANY  CLOTHING  BOOKS.  —  Until  the  present  supply  of  company 
clothing  books  shall  have  been  exhausted,  the  name  of  the  issuing  quarter- 
master and  "signature  of  the  soldier,  required  by  paragraphs  1178  and  1180 
of  the  Regulations  of  1895,  will  be  entered  in  the  column  of  remarks. 
(A.  R.  1178  and  1180.} 

4.  CERTIFICATES  OF  DISABILITY.  —  In  cases  of  discharge  of  enlisted  men 
on  surgeon's  certificate  of  disability,  the  certificate  of  the  surgeon  will  be 
filled  out  in  his  own  handwriting,  as  contemplated  in  the  printed  instruc- 
tions on  the  blank  form  provided.     (A.  R.,  141.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  3-      )  Washington,  February  6,  1896. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  SERVICE  EXCLUSIVE  OF  FURLOUGH  UNDER  A.  R.  30. — Referring  to  par- 
agraph 30,  A.  R.,  the  phrase  "exclusive  of  technical  service  due  to  fur- 
lough or  other  absence  from  duty  in  his  own  interest "  will  not  apply  to 
leave  of  absence  or  furlough  granted  to  an  enlisted  man  during  the  first 
two  years  of  enlistment  not  exceeding  fifteen  days  in  all,  nor  to  such  longer 
furlough  as  is  now  authorized  by  paragraph  107,  A.  R.,  in  a  case  which 
may  be  determined  by  competent  authority  to  be  extraordinary.     (A.  R., 
30  and  107. ) 

2.  MEDICAL  AND  HOSPITAL  ATTENDANCE,  AND  MEDICINE  FOR  CIVILIAN 
EMPLOYEES  IN  POST  EXCHANGES. — Civilians  employed  in  post  exchanges  are 
held  to  be  entitled  to  the  privileges  of  medical  and  hospital  attendance  and 
purchase  of  medicines  allowed  civilian  employees  under  A.  R.  1444,  1445, 
1447,  and  1450.     (A.  R.,  3^5.} 


476  APPENDIX. 

3.  FIREARMS  FOR  MEMBERS  OF  THE  HOSPITAL  CORPS. — When  detailed  for 
service  in  the  field  during  Indian  wars,  or  when  left  with  the  sick  or 
wounded  under  circumstances  which  justify  the  expectation  that  their  rights 
as  noncombatants,  under  the  Geneva  convention,  will  not  be  recognized, 
commanding  officers  will  issue  to  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  revolvers 
or  other  available  firearms.     With  these  exceptions,  no  side  arms  will  be 
issued  to  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps.     (A.  R.,  1405.) 

4.  TRANSPORTATION  FOR  GYMNASTIC  AND  ATHLETIC  APPLIANCES.— The 
Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  transport  gymnastic  and  ath- 
letic appliances,  purchased  with  regimental  or  company  funds,  for  the  use 
of  the  troops,  from  the  nearest  market  to  the  post  or  station  of  the  troops. 
(A.  R.,  3 12  and  325.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  3-     )  Washington,  March  4,  1896. 

The  following  decision  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  of 
all  concerned: 

HONEST  AND  FAITHFUL  SERVICE  UNDER  A.  R.  148. — A.  R.  148  will  be  con- 
sidered as  qualifying  A.  R.  1369  to  the  extent  that  if,  after  due  notice  to  a 
soldier  of  the  character  intended  to  be  given  him  on  his  discharge,  and  that 
the  words  "  service  not  honest  and  faithful  "  would  be  noted 'on  his  final 
statements,  the  soldier  declines  to  apply  for  redress  in  the  manner  provided 
for  in  A.  R.  148,  his  status  is  the  same  as  though  a  board  of  officers  had 
been  convened  and  found  the  service  not  honest  and  faithful. 

The  remark  "  service  not  honest  and  faithful  "  will  not  be  noted  on  final 
statements  under  A.  R.  148  unless  it  can  be  shown  that  the  soldier  has 
expressly  waived  his  right  to  apply  for  redress,  or  that  the  remark  is  the 
approved  finding  of  a  board  of  officers  convened  as  provided  in  that  para- 
graph, except  in  cases  involving  desertion  during  the  term  of  enlistment, 
where  the  character  of  the  service  as  unfaithful,  so  far  as  relates  to  for- 
feiture of  retained  pay,  is  determined  by  the  act  of  June  16,  1890. 

Following  the  remark  on  final  statements,  "  service  not  honest  and  faith- 
ful," should  appear  the  words  ' '  right  to  apply  for  redress  expressly  waived," 
or,  "  approved  finding  of  a  board  of  officers,"  as  the  case  may  be. 

In  the  absence  of  the  conditions  above  set  forth,  the  soldier  is  entitled  to 
the  remark  on  his  final  statements,  "  service  honest  and  faithful." 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  4-       )  Washington,  March  16,  1896. 

The  instructions  from  this  office  of  November  12, 1885,  which  accompanied 
the  distribution  of  the  present  book  form  of  muster  roll  in  that  year  are  not 
generally  observed.  The  Secretary  of  War  therefore  republishes  them  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned,  as  follows: 

1.  The  roll  for  this  office  will  be  folded  evenly  in  three  folds,  with  the 
brief  on  the  outside.  It  will  not  be  folded  or  creased  to  fit  an  envelope,  but 
will  be  mailed  in  an  envelope  of  the  proper  size,  or  in  a  wrapper  made 
especially  for  the  purpose. 


APPENDIX.  477 

2.  Company  commanders  will  economize  space  by  close  writing  and 
utilizing  every  line.    If  additional  space  be  found  absolutely  necessary,  the 
roll  will  be  enlarged,  before  using,  by  stitching  into  the  middle  of  it  an  extra 
sheet  from  another  roll.    Pieces  of  paper  will  under  no  circumstances  be 
attached  to  the  roll. 

3.  The  instructions  on  the  first  leaf  will  be  carefully  read  and  implicitly 
followed,  to  the  end  that  the  existing  extensive  correspondence  between 
this  office  and  company  commanders  in  the  matter  of  corrections  may  be 
reduced  to  the  lowest  limit.     (A.  R.,  784.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  5.      )  Washington,  April  4,  1896. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  CLOTHING  FOR  GENERAL  PRISONERS. — Under  paragraph  1193  of  the  Reg- 
ulations, the  issue,  to  general  prisoners  employed  at  outdoor  labor  in  severe 
weather  at  military  posts,  of  such  overcoats,  overshoes,  woolen  mittens,  and 
flannel  shirts  as,  in  the  judgment  of  the  department  commander,  may  be 
necessary  to  prevent  suffering,  is  authorized.     (^4.  R.,  1193.) 

2.  THE  WORK  OF  MOUNTING  HEAVY  GUNS,  MORTARS,  OR  CARRIAGES  IN  FOR- 
TIFICATIONS.— The  work  of  mounting  heavy  guns.,  mortars,  or  carriages  in 
fortifications  will,  as  a  rule,  be  done  by  the  artillery  troops.     This  course 
will  be  followed  habitually  in  all  garrisoned  fortifications  which  are  neither 
in  whole  nor  in  part  under  the  control  of  the  engineers. 

When  guns,  etc.,  are  to  be  mounted  in  a  garrisoned  fortification  or  in  an 
ungarrisoned  work  upon  a  military  reservation  under  the  control  of  an  artil- 
lery .commander,  these  works  being  still  in  whole  or  in  part  under  the  con- 
trol of  the  engineers,  the  engineer  officer  in  charge  of  construction  will, 
after  consulting  with  the  artillery  commander,  decide  whether  the  mount- 
ing shall  be  done  under  his  own  direction  and  by  the  use  of  the  machinery 
and  labor  of  the  Engineer  Department,  or  under  the  direction  of  the  artil- 
lery commander  and  by  the  labor  of  the  troops.  The  former  course  will  be 
followed  whenever  it  is  so  desired  by  the  Engineer  Department  as  being 
necessary  to  prevent  interference  with  other  work  of  construction  upon 
the  fortification,  and  the  artillery  commander  will  afford  the  engineer  offi- 
cer in  charge,  and  upon  the  latter's  request,  all  possible  assistance  by  the 
loan  of  machinery  and  by  details  from  his  command.  In  like  manner,  when 
the  work  is  done  under  the  direction  of  the  artillery  commander,  the  engi- 
neer officer  in  charge  will,  with  the  approval  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers, 
afford  him  whatever  assistance  may  be  practicable. 

In  fortifications  other  than  those  above  mentioned  the  engineer  officer 
may  himself  conduct  the  work  of  mounting  the  guns,  etc.,  using  his  own 
machinery  and  labor  and,  if  necessary,  the  aid  of  materials  and  details 
from  convenient  artillery  commands,  which  will  be  given  on  application  to 
the  department  commander,  or,  if  the  engineer  officer  so  request,  the 
department  commander  will  direct  that  the  work  be  done  entirely  by  the 
artillery  troops. 

If  it  be  decided  that  the  guns,  etc.,  shall  be  mounted  under  the  direction 
of  the  artillery  commander,  the  latter  will  designate  the  most  competent 


478  APPENDIX. 

officer  of  his  command  to  conduct  the  work,  and  this  officer  will  confer 
from  time  to  time  with  the  engineer  officer  with  a  view  to  so  conducting  it 
as  not  to  interfere  with  the  engineer  work  on  the  fortifications.  If,  in  his 
judgment,  it  be  necessary,  the  commanding  officer  will  apply  to  the  depart- 
ment commander  for  the  detail  of  an  artillery  officer  from  another  com- 
mand to  conduct  the  work,  and  if  such  officer  be  not  available  he  will 
request  the  services  of  an  ordnance  officer  for  that  purpose. 

' '  Mechanical  maneuvers  *'  will  not  be  practiced  with  the  new  ordnance 
material,  but  will  be  confined  to  the  old  guns  and  carriages.  (A.  R.,  348.) 

3.  LAMPS  FOR  SIGNAL  CORPS  SERGEANTS. — Sergeants  of  the  Signal  Corps, 
when  not  serving  in  a  detachment,  will  be  provided  a  lamp  with  a  single 
burner  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  the  same  as  is  provided  for 
members  of  the  noncommissioned  staff  under  paragraph  1013  of  the  Regu- 
lations. (A.  R.,  1013.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  6-      )  Washington,  May  2,  1S96. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  LAMPS  FOR  HOSPITAL  STEWARDS,   VETERINARY  SURGEONS,   AND  CHIEF 

MUSICIANS. — Hospital  stewards,  veterinary  surgeons,  and  chief  musicians 
will  each  be  provided,  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  with  a  lamp 
with  a  single  burner,  the  same  as  is  now  provided  for  members  of  the  non- 
commissioned staff  under  paragraph  1013  of  the  Regulations.  (A.  R.,  1014. ) 

2.  GENERAL-SERVICE  RECRUITING  OFFICERS  AT  POSTS,  A.  R.  854.— During 
any  temporary  absence  of  the  regular  recruiting  officer  at  a  post,  an  officer 
of  the  garrison  should  be  designated  by  the  post  commander  to  perform 
the  duties  of  the  recruiting  officer  and  to  render  the  necessary  reports  and 
returns  without  delay.    See  paragraph  4,   (a)  and  (c),  Circular   No.  3, 
A.  G.O.,  November  12,  1895. 

3.  EXTRA  DUTY  UNDER  A.  R.  164. — The  term  "increased  compensation" 
refers  to  compensation  from  the  United  States  and  not  from  private  parties, 
or  the  exchange.    Enlisted  men,  therefore,  employed  in  the  post  exchange 
will  be  reported  on  special  duty. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  ?•      )  Washington,  June  4, 1896. 

The  following  decisions, rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  DISCHARGE  OF  ENLISTED  MEN  BY  PURCHASE. — If  an  enlisted  man  depos- 
its money  with  the  company  or  post  commander,  the  same  to  be  applied 
for  purchase  of  his  discharge,  the  officer  will  immediately  upon  receipt  of 
order  for  discharge  of  the  man  forward  the  money  to  a  paymaster  for 
deposit  under  A.  R.  1371,  and  send  to  the  Paymaster-General  the  usual  noti- 
fication of  deposit  (Form  16,  A.  G.  O.).  On  return  of  the  deposit  book  by 
the  paymaster,  the  final  statements  can  be  completed  by  notation  of  the 


APPENDIX.  479 

deposit  thereon,  thus  showing  on  their  face  the  total  credit  of  the  soldier. — 

(A.R.144-) 

2.  OUTLINE  FIGURE  CARDS. — The  outline  figure  cards  of  recruits  who  have 
been  examined  by  a  citizen  physician  at  a  city  recruiting  station,  as  pro- 
vided for  by  Circular  Letter  Recruiting  Service,  War  Department,  Adjutant- 
General's  Office,  May  25,  1896,  and  forwarded  to  regiment,  rendezvous,  or 
post,  will  be  made  out  by  the  medical  officer  who  makes  the  examination 
called  for  by  A.  R.  843. 

The  cards  for  recruits  who  may  be  assigned  to  duty  at  the  recruiting  sta- 
tion, or  who  maybe  discharged  there  from  the  service  by  reason  of  physical 
disability  or  other  cause,  will  be  prepared  by  the  recruiting  officer. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  8.      )  Washington,  September  1, 1896. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

******* 

2.  PAYMENT  OF  CITIZEN 'TAILORS. — The  provision  of  paragraph  263  of 
the  Regulations  which  directs  company  commanders  to  cause  to  be  deducted 
from  the  pay  of  enlisted  men  and  turned  over  to  the  proper  party  the  amount 
properly  due  for  making,  repairing,  and  altering  uniforms  will  be  construed 
as  applying  to  civilian  tailors  as  well  as  to  enlisted  tailors.     (A.  R.,  263.} 

3.  PAYMENTS  OF  ENLISTED  MEN  UNDER  A.  R.  1348  AND  GENERAL  ORDERS, 
No.  31,  ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE,  1896. — When  companies  or  detach- 
ments of  troops  are  absent  from  their  stations  for  an  indefinite  period,  and 
funds  for  their  payment  can  not  be  sent  by  express,  the  rolls  will  be  held 
and  not  sent  to  the  paymaster  until  the  troops  reach  some  point  to  which  it 
is  practicable  to  send  funds.    When  a  command  can  be  mustered  and  the 
rolls  completed  and  duly  signed  by  the  men,  they  can  be  sent  to  the  pay- 
master to  be  made  out  and  held  by  him  until  notified  where  and  when  the 
command  can  be  paid.    In  cases  where  the  rolls  have  been  sent  to  the  pay- 
master and  the  troops  are  sent  away  from  their  station  before  the  receipt 
of  funds  for  their  payment,  post  commanders  will  not  hold  the  money  at 
their  discretion,  but  will  return  the  rolls  and  the  money  to  the  paymaster 
unless  payment  can  be  made  within  a  reasonable  time,  not  exceeding  three 
days. 

4.  ILLUMINATING  SUPPLIES  UNDER  PARAGRAPH  1012.  A.  R.  —No  volatile  oils 
except  those  authorized  and  supplied  by  the  supply  departments  will  be 
used  at  military  posts  without  the  authority  of  the  commanding  general 
of  the  department  in  which  the  post  is  located. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  9-      '  Washington,  November  11, 1896. 

The  following  decision  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all 
concerned: 

APPOINTMENT  AS  LANCE  CORPORAL  UNDER  A.  R.  25?.— Only  one  renewal 


480  APPENDIX. 

of  the  appointment  of  lance  corporal  for  a  period  of  three  months  is  author- 
ized, and  on  the  expiration  of  this  period  there  can  be  no  further  renewal, 
either  immediately,  or  after  an  interval  of  time. 

In  view  of  this  decision,  it  will  be  observed  that  no  stigma  attaches  to  a 
return  to  the  ranks  at  the  expiration  of  the  authorized  time,  and  when  a 
vacancy  in  the  grade  of  corporal  occurs  it  should  be  filled  by  the  appoint- 
ment of  that  private  who  when  serving  as  lance  corporal  made  the  best 
record  and  is  deemed  best  fitted  for  the  promotion. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  10.     )  Washington,  December  21, 1896. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings, etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

*  *  *  #  *  *  * 

2.  SENTENCE  OF  CONFINEMENT  OF  GENERAL  PRISONERS.— Where  a  soldier 
while  undergoing  sentence  of  confinement  imposed  without  dishonorable 
discharge  was  tried  for  a  further  offense  and  sentenced  to  dishonorable  dis- 
charge and  confinement,  it  was  held  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  June  20, 1879, 
that  upon  the  date  of  his  dishonorable  discharge  the  period  of  confinement 
under  his  prior  sentence  will  terminate,  leaving  to  be  executed  only  the 
confinement  imposed  by  the  second  sentence.  (A.  R.  944  and  945.} 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

N°-  11-     \  Washington,  December  „'<;.  AS.'";. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  presence  of  a  commissary-sergeant  at  a  post  does  not  in  any  manner 
relieve  the  commissary  from  responsibility  for  the  care  of  subsistence 
supplies. 

Commanding  officers  of  posts,  according  to  their  responsibilities  and 
duties  as  fixed  and  prescribed  by  A.  R.  658,  and  A.  R.  1231,  are  to  carefully 
supervise  the  duties  of  commissaries  at  their  respective  posts  and  not  to 
permit  them  to  devolve  their  duties  in  any  degree  upon  the  commissary- 
sergeants. 

In  cases  of  losses  and  embezzlements  of  subsistence  stores  or  property, 
boards  of  survey,  in  their  proceedings  and  recommendations,  are  to  be 
guided  by  the  requirements  of  A.  R.  710. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  1.       )  Washington,  January  7,  1897. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  pub- 
lished to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  CLAIMS  FOR  LOSS  OF  PRIVATE  PROPERTY  UNDER  THE  ACT  OF  MARCH 
3,  1885. — In  the  case  of  applications  for  reimbursement  for  loss  of  private 


APPENDIX.  481 

property  under  the  act  of  March  3,  1885,  paragraph  723  of  the  Regulations, 
and  General  Orders,  No.  35,  August  11,  1896,  from  this  office,  all  personal 
property  for  the  loss  or  destruction  of  which  payment  is  claimed  must  be 
enumerated  and  described  in  the  proceedings  of  the  board  of  survey;  but 
the  finding  of  the  board  will  recommend  payment  for  only  such  articles  as, 
in  the  opinion  of  the  board,  were  reasonable,  useful,  necessary,  and  proper 
for  the  claimant  to  have  in  the  public  service  in  the  line  of  duty. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OP  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  2.      )  Washington,  January  14,  1897. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions  are  pub- 
lished for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  large  estimates  for  material  for  repairs  in  water  and  sewer  systems 
indicate  a  very  general  lack  of  proper  care  in  the  use  of  appliances,  particu- 
larly in  the  items  of  fixtures  and  hose. 

Garden  hose  will  not  be  dragged  over  the  ground,  but  rolled  up  and  car- 
ried from  place  to  place,  and,  when  not  in  use,  will  be  kept  out  of  the  sun; 
fire  hose  will  be  used  only  for  the  purpose  for  which  it  is  supplied,  and  its 
use  at  fire  drills  will  be  as  restricted  as  is  consistent  with  efficient  training. 
After  use  it  will  be  cleaned  and  dried  as  thoroughly  as  circumstances  and 
the  appliances  at  hand  will  permit,  carefully  reeled  and  properly  sheltered. 

Hereafter  every  requisition  for  earthenware  plumbing  fixtures,  circu- 
lating boilers,  etc.,  to  replace  those  broken  or  worn  out,  and  for  material  to 
repair  damage  caused  by  frost,  will  be  accompanied  by  the  detailed  state- 
ment of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  building  where  the  damage  occurred, 
showing  the  nature,  extent,  and  cause  of  such  damage,  and  the  command- 
ing officer  will  state,  by  indorsement  thereon,  the  action  taken  by  him  under 
paragraph  977,  Army  Regulations. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  February  2,  1897. 

The  following  decision  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  of 
all  concerned: 

PAY  ROLLS. — Muster  and  pay  rolls,  Forms  No.  17  (1,  2,  3,  and  4-sheet), 
Adjutant-General's  Office,  will  be  discontinued,  and  blank  forms  of  pay 
rolls  (1,  2,  3,  and  4-sheet)  will  hereafter  be  furnished  by  the  Paymaster- 
General  of  the  Army.  Article  LXVI,  Army  Regulations,  is  amended 
accordingly.  (A.  R.,  784.) 


CIRCULAR,  J  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  March  1,  1897. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  SHIPPING  ALLOWANCE  OF  AN  OFFICER'S  BAGGAGE  UNDER  A.  R.,  1118. — 
In  view  of  a  practice  that  has  heretofore  obtained  among  officers  when 

16686—01 31 


482  APPENDIX. 

changing  stations  of  shipping  their  regulation  allowance  of  baggage  in 
connection  with  other  personal  property — which  practice  seems  to  have 
been  sanctioned  by  a  decision  of  the  Second  Comptroller  dated  July  21 , 
1893,  attention  is  particularly  directed  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph 
1118,  A.  R.,  of  1895,  which  reads  as  follows: 

1118.  In  changing  station  an  officer's  authorized  allowance  of  baggage  will  be  turned  over 
to  a  quartermaster  for  transportation  as  freight  by  ordinary  freight  lines  unless  otherwise 
ordered  by  the  department  commander  or  higher  authority.  No  reimbursement  will  be  made 
to  an  officer  who,  under  such  circumstances,  sends  packages  by  express  or  ships  and  pays  for 
the  transportation  of  his  baggage. 

In  a  decision  dated  January  23,  1897,  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury 
holds  that  no  reimbursement  can  be  made  of  amounts  paid  by  officers,  upon 
change  of  station,  for  shipment  of  the  regulation  allowance  of  personal 
property  which  they  are  entitled  to  carry  at  public  expense  (the  same  hav- 
ing been  shipped  with  their  excess  personal  property  which  was  not  to  be 
transported  by  the  United  States),  except  upon  a  specific  waiver  of  A.  R. 
1118  by  the  Secretary  of  War  in  each  case. 

Hereafter  the  provisions  of  paragraph  1118  will  not  be  waived  except  in 
extraordinary  cases,  which  should  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  approval  in  advance  of  the  shipment. 

2.  BACHELOR  QUARTERS. — The  Secretary  of  War  approves  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  Major-General  Commanding  and  the  Quartermaster-Gen- 
eral that  where  bachelor  officers'  quarters  are  provided  at  a  military  p«  >st 
it  is  proper  and  necessary  that  they  be  assigned  to  officers  without  families. 
(A.  R.,984.) 

*  ****** 

4.  GENERAL  PRISONERS.— The  donation  of  $5  to  each  ' '  dishonorably  dis- 
charged prisoner  upon  his  release  from  confinement,"  provided  for  in  the 
army  appropriation  act,  may  be  paid  to  prisoners  dishonorably  discharged 
under  court-martial  sentences,  although  such  sentences  do  not  award  terms 
of  confinement;  but  the  citizens'  outer  clothing  provided  for  in  said  act  can 
not,  under  the  law,  be  furnished  to  prisoners  who  have  not  served  terms  of 
confinement  under  such  sentences.  (A.  R.,  152  and  914.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  5.       )  Washington,  March  17,  1897. 

The  following  instructions  for  the  preparation  of  pay  rolls  having  been 
approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War  are  published  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  column  "  Year  of  continuous  service"  in  the  pay  rolls  (new  form) 
is  intended  to  show  the  actual  year  in  which  the  soldier  is  serving,  not  the 
number  of  years'  service  which  have  been  completed  by  the  soldier,  as  has 
appeared  on  many  of  the  rolls  sent  to  paymasters.  For  instance,  a  soldier 
entitled  to  $2  per  month  for  five  years'  continuous  service  was  borne  as  "  5;" 
$3  per  month  for  ten  years  was  borne  as  "10;"  $4  per  month  for  fifteen 
years'  service  was  borne  as  '•  15,"  when  it  should  have  been  apparent  that 
said  sums  could  be  due  only  in  the  sixth  to  tenth  inclusive,  eleventh  to  fif- 
teenth inclusive,  and  sixteenth  to  twentieth  years  inclusive,  respectively: 
Therefore, 


APPENDIX.  483 

1.  The  actual  year  of  service  (first,  second,  third,  and  so  on,  as  the  case 
may  be)  must  in  all  cases  be  stated  in  the  column  referred  to. 

2.  A  soldier  entitled  to  $2  per  month  for  certificate  of  merit,  or  one  enti- 
tled to  ';  reenlisted  pay,"  should  be  so  borne  in  the  column  of  "  Remarks," 
and  when  the ; '  reenlisted  "  soldier  becomes  entitled  to  $2  per  month  for  five 
years'  continuous  service,  the  date  on  which  the  same  becomes  due  should 
be  stated  in  the  column  of  "  Remarks,"  and  continued  therein  until  the  sol- 
dier shall  have  been  once  paid  by  a  paymaster,  and  on  rolls  thereafter  he 
should  appear  in  the  column  "  Year  of  continuous  service  "  as  "  6." 

3.  In  all  cases  where  the  rate  of  pay  changes,  the  date  on  which  the 
increased  rate  becomes  due  should  be  stated  in  the  column  of  "  Remarks," 
and  continued  therein  until  the  soldier  shall  have  been  paid  for  the  period 
which  includes  such  increase,  after  which  the  figure  indicating  the  year  of 
service  should  appear  in  the  appropriate  column.     (A.  R.,  784') 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  6.       )  Washington,  April  1, 1897. 

The  following  decisions, rulings,  etc..  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

******* 

2.  GENERAL  COURTS-MARTIAL. — In  the  proceedings  of  general  courts- 
martial,  the  sentence,  "  To  be  dishonorably  discharged  from  the  service  of 
the  United  States,  forfeiting  all  pay  and  allowances,"  has  the  same  mean- 
ing as  though  the  words  ''due  him"  were  added  after  the  word  "allow- 
ances." (A.  R.,  148, 152,  and  945.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  8.      )  Washington,  April  27,  1897. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

TRANSPORTATION  TO  OFFICERS  TRAVELING  WITHOUT  TROOPS. — In  view  of 
the  opinion  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  of  March  31,  1897,  as  to  the 
effect  of  the  provisions  of  the  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of 
the  Army  for  the  year  ending  June  30,  1898,  respecting  mileage  and  trans- 
portation, the  Quartermaster's  Department  will  hereafter  furnish  transpor- 
tation in  kind  to  officers  of  the  Army  traveling  on  public  duty  without 
troops,  over  all  transportation  lines,  and  the  cost  thereof,  prior  to  July  1, 
1897,  but  not  thereafter,  will  be  a  charge  against  the  appropriation  for 
mileage.  (A.  JR.,  1321.} 


CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  11.     )  Washington,  June  3,  1897. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  TRANSPORTATION  OF  BOOKS  UNDER  A.  R.  1122. — The  Secretary  of  War 
decides  that  standard  works  of  fiction  are  to  be  included  among  those 


484  APPENDIX. 

allowed  in  A.  R.  1122,  provided  the  officer  making  requisition   for  the 
transportation  certify  that  they  belong  to  and  are  used  by  him. 

2.  EVIDENCE  OF  PREVIOUS  CONVICTIONS.— General  courts-martial  will  con- 
sider only  such  evidence  of  previous  convictions  of  prisoners  as  is  referred 
to  them  by  the  convening  authorities.     (A.  R.,929,  934..} 

3.  COMMUTATION  OF  RATIONS  OF  MILITARY  PRISONER  TRAVELING  UNDER 
GUARD. — The  receipt  of  the  prisoner  for  the  money  provided  for  his  sub- 
sistence is  not  necessary.     The  receipt  should  be  given,  as  required  by  para- 
graph 1272  of  the  Regulations,  by  the  person  to  whose  charge  the  prisoner 
is  committed  by  the  order. 

CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  !4.     )  Washington,  July  7,  1897. 

The  following  is  published  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  February  IS,  1897. 
MEMORANDUM. 

Under  the  joint  resolution  of  Congress,  approved  May  2, 1896,  a  medal  of  honor  ribbon  of 
the  new  pattern,  anda  bowknotto  be  worn  in  lieu  of  the  medal,  will  be  issued  to  any  person, 
applying  therefor,  to  whom  the  medal  has  heretofore  been  awarded.  Whenever  new  ribbons 
thus  issued  shall  have  been  lost,  destroyed,  or  rendered  unfit  for  use,  without  fault  or  neglect 
on  the  part  of  the  persons  to  whom  they  were  issued,  other  ribbons  may  be  issued  to  replace 
them,  but  the  joint  resolution  of  May  2, 1896,  does  not  authorize  a  similar  replacement  of  bow- 
knots  that  may  have  been  lost,  destroyed,  or  rendered  unfit  for  use,  and  in  no  case  will  more 
than  one  bowknot  be  issued  to  or  for  any  one  person. 

Except  in  the  case  of  an  applicant  whose  identity  is  clearly  established  by  correspondence 
or  other  records  on  file  in  the  Department,  neither  the  ribbon  nor  the  bowknot  will  be  issued 
to  any  applicant  therefor  until  he  shall  have  furnished  evidence  of  his  identity,  such  evidence 
to  be  the  sworn  statement  of  at  least  two  reputable  persons  who  can  testify  that  they  have 
been  personally  acquainted  with  the  applicant  for  at  least  five  years,  and  that  they  know 
him  to  be  the  person  that  he  represents  himself  to  be. 

A  new  ribbon  will  not  be  issued  to  any  person  within  one  year  from  the  date  of  issue  to  him 
of  a  ribbon  of  the  new  pattern,  except  upon  the  sworn  testimony  of  two  or  more  reputable 
persons  to  the  effect  that  the  ribbon  previously  issued  was  lost,  destroyed,  or  rendered  unfit 
for  use,  without  fault  or  neglect  on  the  part  of  the  person  to  whom  it  was  issued ;  and  similar 
testimony  will  be  required  in  any  case,  regardless  of  the  date  of  issue  of  the  original  ribbon, 
in  which  there  shall  be  any  reason  to  doubt  that  such  ribbon  was  lost,  destroyed,  or  rendered 
unfit  for  use  without  fault  or  neglect  on  the  part  of  the  person  to  whom  it  was  issued. 

The  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  will  issue  the  ribbons  and  bowknots  to  those  to  whom 
the  medal  has  been  awarded  for  distinguished  conduct  as  members  of  the  Regular  Army,  and 
the  chief  of  the  Record  and  Pension  Office  will  issue  them  to  those  to  whom  the  medal  has  been 
awarded  for  similar  conduct  as  members  of  the  Volunteer  Army.  The  supply  of  ribbons  and 
bowknots  will  be  divided  between  the  Adjutant-General's  Office  and  Record  and  Pension 
Office  in  the  proportion  in  which  medals  have  been  issued  to  members  or  ex-members  of  the 
Regular  and  Volunteer  armies,  respectively.  An  exact  account  of  all  ribbons  and  bowknots 
that  may  be  issued  will  be  kept,  and  such  measures  will  be  adopted  for  the  preservation  and 
custody  of  those  on  hand  as  will  prevent  the  possibility  of  any  of  them  coming  into  the  posses- 
sion of  persons  not  entitled  to  receive  them. 

DANIEL  S.  LAMONT, 

Secretary  of  War. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT,  OFFICE  OF  THE  SECRETARY, 

Washington,  February  18,  1897. 
Messrs.  TIFFANY  AND  COMPANY, 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

GENTLEMEN:  Referring  to  your  letter  of  the  5th  instant,  relative  to  the  ribbon  for  the  Medal 
of  Honor,  and  the  bowknot  to  be  worn  in  lieu  of  the  medal,  I  have  the  honor  to  advise  you  as 
follows  in  reply  to  your  several  inquiries: 
It  is  desired  that  you  furnish  the  ribbon,  heretofore  ordered,  in  pieces  two  and  one-half 


APPENDIX.  485 

inches  in  length,  put  up  in  sealed  packages,  each  of  which  shall  contain  exactly  one  hundred 
pieces. 

While  the  Department  is  authorized  by  the  joint  resolution  approved  May  2,  18%,  to  issue  a 
new  ribbon  to  replace  any  ribbon  previously  issued  under  the  provisions  of  that  resolution, 
which  shall  have  been  lost,  destroyed,  or  rendered  unfit  for  use,  without  fault  or  neglect  on 
the  part  of  the  person  to  whom  it  was  issued,  it  is  probable  that  many  wearers  of  the  medal 
will  prefer  to  procure  new  ribbons  by  purchase  rather  than  to  make  application  to  the 
Department  for  a  gratuitous  issue  of  them.  In  view  of  this  probability,  it  is  considered  desir- 
able that  you  should  keep  a  supply  of  the  ribbon  on  hand,  for  sale  to  those  who  may  be  enti- 
tled to  wear  it,  and  who  may  desire  to  purchase  it,  provided  that  you  will  adopt  such  rules  as 
will  restrict  its  sale  to  those  who  are  entitled  to  wear  it. 

The  Department  has  authority  under  the  law  to  issue  to  each  recipient  of  the  medal  a 
single  bowknot  to  be  worn  in  lieu  of  the  medal,  but  it  has  no  authority  to  issue  knots  to  take 
the  place  of  those  that  may  have  been  lost,  destroyed,  or  rendered  unfit  for  use.  There  will 
undoubtedly  be  a  large  demand  for  the  knots  owing  to  the  fact  that,  being  constantly  worn, 
it  will  be  necessary  to  replace  them  very  frequently.  It  is  considered  desirable,  therefore, 
that  you  should  keep  a  supply  of  the  knots  on  hand,  their  sale  being  subject  to  the  same 
restrictions  as  those  which  should  govern  the  sale  of  the  ribbon. 

It  is  suggested  that  the  sale  of  both  the  ribbon  and  the  bowknot  should  be  rigidly 
restricted  to  those  who  present  evidence  of  their  right  to  wear  them,  such  evidence  to  be  either 
the  exhibition  of  the  medal  itself,  of  a  certificate  of  membership  in  the  Medal  of  Honor  Legion,  or  of 
an  official  statement  from  this  Department  that  a  medal  has  been  aivarded.  The  Medal  of  Honor 
Legion  may  desire  to  make  a  special  arrangements  with  you  for  supplying  its  members  with 
the  ribbon  and  the  knot,  and,  with  this  end  in  view,  it  is  suggested  that  it  may  be  advisable 
for  you  to  correspond  with  the  officials  of  that  association.  But  it  should  be  observed  that 
there  are  many  recipients  of  the  medal  who  are  not  members  of  the  Medal  of  Honor  Legion, 
and  for  whom,  consequently,  that  association  can  not  properly  make  any  rules  or  arrange- 
ments. The  sale  of  the  ribbon  or  the  knot  to  such  persons  should  not  be  refused,  provided 
they  can  produce  evidence  of  their  right  to  wear  them,  such  evidence  to  be  either  the  exhibi- 
tion of  the  medal  itself  or  of  a  statement  from  this  Department  to  the  effect  that  a  medal  has 
been  awarded.  Should  you  be  in  doubt  at  any  time  as  to  the  right  of  any  particular  individ- 
ual to  wear  the  medal,  the  ribbon,  or  knot,  the  Department  will,  upon  your  application, 
promptly  advise  you  as  to  the  facts  in  the  case. 
Very  respectfully, 

DANIEL  S.  LAMONT, 

Secretary  of  War. 
(A.  R.,  1551,  and  Art.  XXV,  A.  R.) 


CIRCULAR  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

LETTER.  )  Washington,  July  16, 1897. 

The  following  decisions  are  published  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

REGIMENTAL  AND  OTHER  BANDS. 

Regimental  and  other  bands  and  the  musicians  composing  the  same 
may,  with  the  consent  of  the  proper  military  authority,  engage  to  play  for 
other  parties  at  prices  not  disproportionately  lower  than  the  price  charged 
by  other  bands  or  musicians  for  similar  services. — (Cir.  No.  8,  Hdqrs.  Army, 
A.  G.O.,  Sept.  10,1885.} 

"The  subject  of  allowing  bands  to  play  for  outside  parties  has  been 
agitated  on  several  occasions  at  diif  erent  places.  *  *  *  It  is  important 
that  we  have  some  military  bands,  and  if  we  have  them  of  course  it  is 
important  that  we  should  have  good  ones,  and  it  has  been  found  impos- 
sible to  maintain  good  military  bands  without  giving  the  members  an 
opportunity  to  go  outside  and  earn  some  money.  The  small  sum  paid 
by  the  Government  to  these  musicians  as  enlisted  men  is  not  sufficient 


486  APPENDIX. 

to  secure  first-class  musicians.  Great  care  is  always  taken  not  to  allow 
them  to  get  a  job  by  underbidding  other  bands.  Upon  principle,  the 
Department  is  not  able  to  see  why  a  military  band  is  not  as  important  and 
why  it  does  not  possess  as  many  rights  as  a  civilian  band." 

"Circular  No.  8  from  the  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  series  of  1885, 
provides  as  follows: 

Kegimental  and  other  bands,  and  the  musicians  composing  the  same,  may,  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  proper  military  authority,  engaged  to  play  for  other  parties  at  prices  not  dispro- 
portionately lower  than  the  prices  charged  by  other  bands  or  musicians  for  similar  services. 

"  This  arrangement  is  made  in  favor  of  the  musicians  of  the  Army,  as 
their  pay  from  the  United  States,  even  with  this  help,  is  below  that  earned 
by  civilian  musicians  of  the  same  class.  It  is  also  in  favor  of  the  general 
public.'' 

The  foregoing  contain  the  rule  and  practice  of  the  Department.  (A.R., 
245.} 


CIRCULAR,  /  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  15.      )  Washington,  July  24,  1897. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  FIRST-CLASS  GUNNER'S  INSIGNIA. — The  first-class  gunner's  insignia  pre- 
scribed by  General  Orders,  No.  41,  September  4,  1896,  Headquarters  of  the 
Army,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  will  be  worn  upon  the  right  sleeve  of  the 
dress  coat,  blouse,  and  overcoat. 

2.  ARTILLERY  BADGES. — The  gunner's  badge  is  a  bronze  disk,  the  size  of 
a  silver  half-dollar,  pendent  from  a  trunnion  of  a  miniature  bronze  cannon 
with  pin  fastening.     On  the  upper  semicircle  of  the  face  of  the  disk  are  the 
words  "  U.  S.  Artillery,"  and  the  circle  is  completed  by  thirteen  stars.     A 
gunner's  quadrant  is  in  the  center. 

Gunnery  specialists  of  Class  A  are  the  competitors  at  the  battery  compe- 
titions who  have  been  found  proficient  in  "  Communications,"  as  set  forth 
in  Paragraph  IV,  General  Orders,  No.  41,  September  4,  1896,  Headquarters 
of  the  Army,  Adjutant-General's  Office.  Gunnery  specialists  of  Class  B 
are  those  found  proficient  in  the  "  Use  of  meteorological  instruments  and 
range  table  work."  Full  gunnery  specialists  are  those  found  proficient 
in  all  the  subjects  covered  by  both  classes  A  and  B. 

The  three  badges  for  gunnery  specialists  are  of  the  same  size  and  have 
the  same  fastenings,  letters,  and  stars  as  the  gunner's  badge,  but  are  of  silver. 

The  center  of  Class  A  badge  has  the  telegraph  key  and  batteries;  Class  B, 
the  wind  cups  and  anemometer;  and  that  of  the  full  gunnery  specialist,  a 
combination  of  the  telegraph  key,  wind  cups,  and  anemometer. 

These  badges  are  worn  upon  the  dress  coat,  the  blouse,  and  the  overcoat 
in  the  position  prescribed  in  paragraph  1551,  Army  Regulations. 

The  badges  are  now  ready  for  issue  by  the  Ordnance  Department,  and 
will  be  supplied  upon  proper  requisition.  (A.  R.,1551.) 


APPENDIX.  487 

CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

No.  17.     )  Washington,  August  12,  1897. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings, etc., have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  REIMBURSEMENT  OF  COST  OF  TRANSPORTATION. — An  officer  availing 
himself  of  leave  of  absence  pending  change  of  station,  whose  case  falls 
under  paragraph  1331  of  the  Regulations,  and  who  is  so  located  as  to  make 
it  impracticable  to  obtain  transportation  in  kind  from  the  Quartermaster's 
Department,  may,  if  he  desires,  join  his  new  station  without  procuring 
transportation  thereto  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  and  be  reim- 
bursed by  that  department  the  amount  it  would  have  cost  the  G-overnment 
to  transport  him  from  his  old  to  his  new  station,  upon  his  certificate  that 
he  paid  his  travel  fare  to  his  new  station.     (A.  R.,  1331.} 

2.  FINAL  STATEMENTS. — When  a  soldier  is  discharged  from  an  enlistment 
during  which  he  completed  five  years'  continuous  service,  the  following 
notation  will  be  placed  on  final  statements  by  the  officer  issuing  the  same: 

Completed  five  years'  continuous  service 189 — ;  had  years 

—  months  prior  service. 
(A.  R.,  148.} 


CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No- 18.      )  Washington,  September  2,  1897. 

The  following  decision  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  of 
all  concerned: 

CHECKS. — Paragraphs,  Circular,  No.  10,  Adjutant-General's  Office, Octo- 
ber 9,  1895,  reads  as  follows: 

Officers,  serving  in  and  disbursing  funds  appertaining  to  more  than  one  staff  department, 
will,  in  issuing  checks,  confine  the  designation  of  their  official  capacity  to  their  rank  and  the 
particular  staff  department  to  which  the  check  drawn  may  belong. 

The  provisions  of  this  circular  are  still  in  force  and  will  be  strictly  ob- 
served. (A.  R.,  606.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  20.      )  Washington,  October  1,  1897. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  pub- 
lished to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

******* 
2.  PROMOTION  OF  ENLISTED  MEN. — No  enlisted  man  will  be  promoted 
after  his  application  for  retirement  has  left  the  post  for  action  of  the  Wai- 
Department.     (A.  R..  1- '•''.) 


CIRCULAR,  j  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  26.      )  \V< Islington, December  8, 1897. 

The  following  decision  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  of 
all  concerned: 

OILING  GUN  STOCKS. — The  prohibition  in  paragraph  276  of  the  Regula- 


488  APPENDIX. 

tions  of  attempts  to  beautify  or  change  the  finish  of  arms  in  the  hands  of 
enlisted  men  is  not  construed  as  forbidding  the  application  of  raw  linseed 
oil  to  the  wood  parts  of  the  arm.  This  oil  is  considered  necessary  for  the 
preservation  of  the  wood,  and  it  may  be  used  for  such  polishing  as  can  be 
given  by  rubbing  in  one  or  more  coats  when  necessary.  The  use  of  raw 
linseed  oil  only  will  be  allowed  for  redressing,  and  the  application  for  such 
purpose  of  any  kind  of  wax  or  varnish,  including  heelball,  is  strictly  pro- 
hibited. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  27.      )  Washington,  December  28,1897 '. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  CHARGE  FOR  AFFIDAVITS. — It  is  not  necessary  in  making  affidavits  in 
support  of  vouchers  filed  with  the  accounts  and  returns  of  disbursing  offi- 
cers of  the  Army  that  they  be  taken  in  duplicate  when  an  extra  expense  to 
the  United  States  is  incurred  thereby;  a  certified  copy  being  sufficient  for 
file  with  the  officer's  retained  papers,  reference  being  made  to  paragraph 
683  of  the  Regulations.     (A.  R.,  683.) 

2.  DISCHARGE  OF  ENLISTED  MEN. — When  enlisted  men  are  discharged  at 
summer  camps,  temporary  stations  in  the  field,  or  other  remote  points,  the 
exact  location  of  the  place  of  discharge  and  the  distance  thence  to  the 
nearest  known  railway  station,  town,  or  military  post  will  be  stated  on 
the  final  statements  to  enable  the  paymasters  to  properly  compute  travel 
allowances.     (A.  R. ,  140  and  14S. ) 

3.  GENERAL  COURTS-MARTIAL. — In  order  to  facilitate  business  before  gen- 
eral courts-martial,  the  reading  of  previous  proceedings  and  of  testimony 
for  approval  will  be  dispensed  with,  unless  for  special  reason  considered 
necessary  by  the  court,  or  a  witness  desires  to  have  certain  testimony  read 
for  correction.     ( A.  R. ,  954. ) 

4.  EFFECTS  OF  DECEASED  SOLDIERS   AND  DESERTERS. — Officers  charged 
with  the  care  of  the  effects  of  deceased  soldiers  are  required  to  deliver  the 
same,  or  the  proceeds  thereof,  to  the  legal  representatives  of  the  deceased 
(127th  Art.  of  War).     If  the  effects  are  not  claimed  within  thirty  days  they 
are  to  be  sold  by  a  council  of  administration  and  the  proceeds  of  the  sal*1 
deposited  with  a  paymaster  (A.  R.,  159).     The  accounts  of  deceased  soldiers 
are  settled  by  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  and  the  following  is 
the  relative  order  of  heirship  adopted  by  the  Treasury  Department,  viz:  (1) 
widow,  (2)  children  in  equal  share,  (3)  father,  (4)  mother.  (5)  brothers  and 
sisters  in  equal  share.     Officers  are  advised  that  in  the  cases  of  single  men 
it  is  a  safe  rule  to  dispose  of  the  effects  as  prescribed  in  A.  R.,  159,  and  leave 
the  responsibility  of  determining  the  lieirsliip  to  the  Treasury  Department. 

The  personal  effects  of  a  deserter  should  be  disposed  of  as  in  the  case  of 
unclaimed  effects  of  deceased  soldiers  (A.  R.,  130).  i.  c..  they  are  to  be  sold 
by  a  council  of  administration  and  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  deposited  with 
a  paymaster.  Money  received  from  a  paymaster  for  a  soldier  who  deserts 
after  signing  the  pay  rolls  will  be  turned  over  at  once  to  a  paymaster  as 
undrawn  forfeited  pay. 

The  paymaster's  receipt  for  the  money  deposited  as  above  should  clearly 


APPENDIX.  489 

specify  the  nature  of  the  deposit — i.  e. ,  whether  for  the  proceeds  of  sale  of 
effects,  or  whether  for  the  undrawn  pay  of  a  soldier  who  has  deserted — and 
the  officer  responsible  should  furnish  the  paymaster  with  the  necessary 
information. 

There  is  no  authority  for  officers  to  pay  the  debts  of  deceased  soldiers  or 
deserters. 

Money  or  other  valuables  found  upon  an  apprehended  deserter  are  his 
personal  property,  and  should  not  be  turned  over  to  a  paymaster.  (^.4.  R., 
130,  159,  and  161.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

NO-  3-      )  Washington,  March  1,  1898. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

CONDEMNED  PUBLIC  ANIMALS. — The  retention  in  the  service  of  cavalry  or 
artillery  horses  which  have  been  condemned  by  an  inspector  as  no  longer 
fit  for  cavalry  or  artillery  service,  for  the  purpose  of  mounting  members  of 
the  Hospital  Corps  when  on  duty  in  the  field  and  of  furnishing  horses  for 
officers  of  infantry  when  temporarily  acting  as  field  officers,  or  for  use  as 
draft  animals,  is  in  violation  of  paragraph  1037  of  the  Regulations  and  will 
not  be  permitted. 

Provision  is  made  in  paragraph  1421  of  the  Regulations  for  furnishing 
horses  to  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  for  field  service. 

There  is  no  authority  of  law  for  supplying  horses  to  mount  officers  of 
infantry  when  temporarily  acting  as  field  officers.  (A.  R.,  878,  1037 ,  and 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  5-      )  Washington,  March  U,  1898. 

******* 

2.  SALES  TO  OFFICERS  ON  THE  RETIRED  LIST. — The  provisions  of  para- 
graph 1020  of  the  Regulations,  respecting  sales  to  officers,  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department,  of  oil,  lamps,  wicks,  and  chimneys,  are  construed  to 
apply  to  retired  officers  of  the  Army. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  9-       )  Washington,  April  30,  1898. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

MAINTENANCE  OF  VOLUNTEER  RECRUITS. — The  time  between  enrollment 
and  muster  into  United  States  service,  referred  to  in  General  Orders,  No. 
26,  current  series,  from  this  office,  as  the  interval  during  which  the  United 
States  will  provide  for  the  maintenance  of  volunteer  recruits  can  not  ordi- 
narily, under  paragraph  824,  Army  Regulations,  exceed  six  days. 


490  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No- 10-      )  Washington,  May  3,  1898. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

******* 

2.  TRANSFERS  OF  FUNDS. — The  transfer  of  public  funds  from  the  credit 
of  one  United  States  disbursing  officer  to  another  by  means  of  a  United 
States  disbursing  officer's  check  (A.  R.,  594)  is  permissible  only  on  the  books 
of  the  same  office  or  bank.     Transfers  of  funds  pertaining  to  the  military 
service  from  one  office  or  bank  to  another  office  or  bank  should  be  made 
only  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
Secretary  of  War,  and  then  only  to  like  credit — not  from  one  disbursing 
officer  to  another. 

A  balance  of  appropriation  to  the  credit  of  a  disbursing  officer  which  is 
no  longer  needed  for  disbursement  by  him,  but  which  it  is  desired  shall  be 
placed  to  the  credit  of  another  officer  in  a  distant  depository,  should  be 
deposited  by  the  first-mentioned  officer  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of 
the  United  States,  as  a  repayment  to  the  appropriation,  and  a  requisition 
should  be  made  by  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  placing  by  the  Treasury 
Department  of  an  equivalent  amount  to  the  credit  of  the  other  officer  in  the 
distant  depository. 

3.  FORFEITURE  OF  PAY  AND  ALLOWANCES. — By  the  third  subdivision  of 
Article  III  of  the  Executive  Order  of  March  30,  1898,  published  in  General 
Orders,  No.  16,  A.  G.  O.,  1898,  it  is  provided  that,  in  consideration  of  pre- 
vious convictions,  the  limit  of  punishment  shall  be  '•  dishonorable  discharge, 
forfeiture  of  all  pay  and  allowances,  and  confinement  at  hard  labor  for 
three  months.''    Such  a  sentence  means,  so  far  as  the  forfeiture  of  pay  and 
allowances  is  concerned,  forfeiture  of  pay  and  allowances  due  at  the  date 
of  the  discharge.    A  court-martial,  when  it  has  the  power  to  award  this 
sentence,  may  award  a  lesser  one,  but  in  doing  so  can  not  award  confine- 
ment and  forfeiture  greater  in  amount  than  confinement  for  three  months 
and  forfeiture  of  pay  due,  with  such  substitution  as  the  court-martial  may 
see  fit  to  make  under  Article  VII  of  the  Executive  Order  of  March  30, 1898. 
(A.  R.,  951.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  15-      )  Washington,  June  4,  1898. 

I.  The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  pub- 
lished to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  EXTRA-DUTY  PAY. — The  provisions  of  section  6  of  the  act  approved 
April  26,  1898  (General  Orders,  No.  29,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  April  29, 
1898),  abolishing  extra-duty  pay  in  time  of  war.  applies  to  enlisted  men  in 
every  department  of  the  Army,  and,  as  war  existed  when  the  act  was 
passed,  enlisted  men  ceased  to  be  entitled  to  extra-duty  pay  upon  the  date 
of  its  approval.     (A.  R.,  165.) 

2.  BATTALION  COMMANDERS. — As  the  command  of   a  regiment,  in  the 
absence  of  field  officers,  by  force  of  law  passes  directly  to  the  senior  cap- 
tain on  duty  therewith,  it  is  deemed  proper  that  the  permanent  command 


APPENDIX.  491 

of  battalions  should  be  vested  in  the  senior  officers  of  the  regiment  present, 
next  in  rank  to  the  regimental  commander.     (A.  R.,  226.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  19.      )  Washington,  June  16,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  terms  of  paragraph  2,  Circular  5,  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  Adju- 
tant-General's Office,  April  4,  1896,  are  modified  as  follows: 

When  gun  carriages  and  guns  are  to  be  assembled  or  mounted  in  seacoast 
fortifications,  they  shall  be  subject  to  the  inspection  of  an  officer  of  the 
Ordnance  Department  both  during  process  of  erection  and  after  its  comple- 
tion, in  order  to  insure  that  all  parts  are  correctly  assembled  and  in  proper 
working  order.  Such  officer  of  the  Ordnance  Department  shall,  under 
instructions  from  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  take  all  measures  necessary 
including,  if  deemed  desirable,  the  firing  of  the  piece,  to  give  assurance  of 
the  perfect  serviceability  of  the  armament  before  it  shall  be  turned  over 
for  use. 

When  engineer  or  artillery  officers  are  about  to  commence  work  of  erec- 
tion herein  referred  to,  they  will  notify  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  who  will,  if 
in  his  opinion  it  is  necessary,  designate  an  officer  to  place  himself  in  com- 
munication with  the  engineer  or  artillery  officer,  with  a  view  to  being 
present  at  the  proper  time  and  with  proper  assistance  and  appliances  for 
the  performance  of  the  duty  hereby  devolved  upon  him. 

Installed  armament  shall  be  subject  at  any  time  to  the  inspection  of  ord- 
nance officers,  to  be  designated  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  to  see  that  it  is 
in  efficient  condition  for  use,  and  to  place  it  in  such  condition  if  it  shall  not 
be  so.  Department  commanders  will  instruct  commanding  officers  to  fur- 
nish such  assistance  as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the  inspections  and  to 
perform  necessary  work  on  the  armament.  (-4.  R.,  348.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

^()-  -0.     )  Washington,  June  20,  1S9S. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

******* 

2.  RANK  OF  COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS,  U.  S.  VOLUNTEER  ARMY. — The  Sec- 
retary of  War  decides  that  relative  rank  as  between  officers  of  the  same 
grade  commissioned  by  the  governor  of  a  State  or  Territory,  is  to  be  deter- 
mined according  to  date  of  muster  into  United  States  service,  and  that 
when  such  officers  have  commissions  bearing  the  same  date,  and  were  mus- 
tered in  the  same  date,  their  relative  rank  will  be  determined,  first,  by 
previous  length  of  service  in  the  United  States  Army,  Regular  or  Volun- 
teer, or  Marine  Corps,  under  commission:  and,  secondly,  in  the  absence  of 
any  such  service,  by  lot.  (A.  R.,  11.) 


492  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  21.     )  Washington.  June  30,  1S98. 

I.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

DETAIL  OF  OFFICERS  OF  THE  REGULAR  ARMY  ON  COURTS-MARTIAL  FOR 
THE  TRIAL  OF  VOLUNTEERS. — As  the  act  "  To  provide  for  temporarily 
increasing  the  military  establishment  of  the  United  States  Army  in  time  of 
war,"  approved  April  22,  1898,  declares  that  the  Army  of  the  United  States 
in  time  of  war  shall  consist  of  both  the  Regular  Army  and  the  Volunteer 
Army,  it  can  not  be  held  that  the  Volunteer  Army  is,  with  reference  to  the 
Regular  Army,  "other  forces"  within  the  meaning  of  the  Seventy-seventh 
Article  of  War,  but  regular  officers  may  now  sit  on  courts-martial  for  the 
trial  of  volunteer  officers  or  soldiers. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  22.     )  WiisJiiHiitoH.  .//f///,s'.  /.sv.v. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

******* 

5.  REPORTERS. — The  Secretary  of  War  authorizes  the  employment  of 
enlisted  men  as  reporters  of  general  courts-martial  without  exti*a  expense 
to  the  United  States.  (.4.  R.,  958. ) 


CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  23.     )  \Viixhington,  July  15,  1898. 

The  decision  published  in  paragraph  IV,  Circular  No.  12.  November  7, 

1891.  from  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

IV.  OATHS  OF  OFFICE;  ARMY  OFFICERS. — Under  sections  1756  and  1758, 
Revised  Statiites,  and  section  4  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  July  27, 

1892,  oaths  of  office  of  Army  officers  should  be  taken  before  some  officer  who 
is  authorized  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States  or  the  local  municipal  law  to 
administer  oaths;  before  a  Judge-advocate  of  a  department  or  a  court-mar- 
tial, or  the  trial  officer  of  a  summary  court.     Officers  of  the  Army  other 
than  those  specified  are  not  authorized  by  law  to  administer  such  oaths. 
(A.  R.,  683.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  24.      )  Wash  inytoii .  July  J'J.  1898. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

COLORS  OF  ENGINEERS. — The  national  color  of  a  regiment  of  engineers 


APPENDIX.  493 

shall  be  the  same  as  described  in  paragraphs  215  and  220  of  the  Regulations, 
with  the  following  exceptions: 

1.  The  inscriptions  upon  the  national  color  in  the  center  stripe  shall  be: 
(1st)  Regiment  U.  S.  Volunteer  Engineers. 

2.  A  similar  inscription  shall  be  placed  upon  the  regimental  color  below 
the  castle. 


CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  30.      )  Washington,  August  9, 1898. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned. 

1.  COOKS. — Under  the  authority  of  the  act  of  Congress  directing  the  enlist- 
ment of  cooks  in  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  Armies  of  the  United  States, 
published  in  General  Orders,  No.  94,  July  12, 1898,  from  this  office,  colored 
cooks  may  be  enlisted  for  white  regiments  of  volunteers.     (A.  R.,  280.) 
*  **•»•*** 

3.  ARMY  IN  THE  FIELD. — Under  the  one  hundred  and  seventh  article  of 
war  a  corps  commander  is  held  to  be  a  commander  of  an  army  in  the  field 
when  his  corps  is  not  a  constituent  part  of  a  larger  body,  and  he  may  con- 
vene a  court-martial  under  this  article  and  confirm  sentences  of  dismissal  of 
officers.  A  corps  commander  may  also  convene  such  court  where  the  divi- 
sion or  separate  brigade  commander  is  the  accuser  or  prosecutor. 


CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  31.      )  Washington,  August  12,  1898. 

Owing  to  the  number  of  incorrect  and  incomplete  final  statements  daily 
presented  to  paymasters  for  settlement,  it  is  apparent  that  the  obligations 
of  officers  issuing  such  statements  are  not  fully  understood,  and  the  result 
is  great  inconvenience  to  discharged  soldiers,  who  are  obliged  to  return  to 
their  late  commanding  officer  to  have  necessary  corrections  made,  and 
liability  of  paymasters  to  overpay,  when  the  account  of  the  soldier  is  not 
fully  and  properly  stated. 

In  order  that  there  may  be  uniformity  in  the  issue  of  final  statements, 
the  following  instructions,  compiled  from  the  Army  Regulations,  will  be 
strictly  observed: 

'It  should  become  in  mind  that  overpayments  caused  by  erroneous  final 
statements  ivill  be  charged  against  the  officer  who  signed  the  final  statement." 

Notification  of  discharge. 
(Par.  150,  A.  R.) 

The  officer  who  prepares  the  final  statement  of  a  soldier  will,  at  least  one  day  before  the 
•  lisrlmrge  takes  effect,  send  by  mail  to  the  paymaster  to  whom  the  soldier  may  wish  to  apply 
for  payment  a  notification  in  his  own  handwriting,  in  form  as  follows: 

"Major ,  Paymaster,  U.  S.  Army, 

"  Washington. 

"  SIR:  I  have  the  honor  to  advise  you  that  Private will  be  discharged  the  service  of 

the  United  States  on ,  1898,  by  reason  of ."    (Here  state  the  reason.) 


494  APPENDIX. 

"The  soldier  was  last  paid  to ,  1898,  and  has  pay  due  him  from  that  date  to  date  of 

discharge. 

"There  is  due  him  for  clothing  not  drawn  in  kind,  $ ,"  or  "He  is  indebted  to  the 

United  States  for  clothing  overdrawn,  $ .    He  is  indebted  to  the  United  States  for  C.  & 

G.  E.,  $ .    For  court-martial  forfeiture,  $ . 

"The  soldier  is  (or  is  not,  as  the  case  may  be)  entitled  to  traveling  allowances. 

"  His  signature  appears  below. 

"(Soldier's  signature:) 


Very  respectfully, 


"  Com'g.  Co. Regt. Vols." 

Soldiers  are  discharged  for  the  following  reasons  (par.  140,  A.  R.,  and 
G.  O.,  No.  100.  A.  G.  O.,  1898): 

1.  By  order  of  the  President  or  the  Secretary  of  War. 

2.  By  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial. 

3.  On  surgeon's  certificate  of  disability  by  direction  of  the  commander 
of  a  territorial  department  or  army  in  the  field.     Department  and  corps 
commanders  are  authorized  to  order  discharge  on  certificates  of  disability, 
such  orders  to  be  carried  out  by  the  regimental,  independent  battalion, 
battery,  or  detachment  commander,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  the  final 
statements  should  show  the  authority  for  discharge  and  whether  or  not 
the  disability  was  caused  by  the  soldier's  own  misconduct.    The  require- 
ments of  General  Orders,  No.  100,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  1898,  should 
be  carefully  observed. 

4.  In  compliance  with  an  order  of  one  of  the  United  States  courts,  or  a 
justice  or  judge  thereof,  or  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus. 

5.  By  expiration  of  term  of  service. 

Under  the  head  of  "  Remarks"  the  notation,  "  Service  honest  and  faith- 
ful," or  "  Service  not  honest  and  faithful,"  as  the  case  maybe,  must  appear. 
Travel  pay  is  forfeited: 

1.  By  dishonorable  discharge,  per  sentence  of  court-martial. 

2.  When  soldier  is  discharged  as  a  minor,  or  for  other  cause  involving 
fraud  on  his  part  in  the  enlistment. 

3.  When,  at  date  of  discharge,  the  soldier  is  in  the  hands  of  civil  author- 
ities and  undergoing  imprisonment. 

4.  When  discharged  before  expiration  of  term  of  enlistment  through  fault 
of  his. 

5.  When  discharged  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  or  by  corps  or 
department  commander,  for  disability  caused  by  his  own  misconduct. 

6.  When  discharged  by  way  of  favor,  as,  "  to  enable  him  to  accept  a  com- 
mission." 

If  for  any  of  the  above  causes  the  soldier  is  not  entitled  to  traveling 
allowances,  the  notation,  "not  entitled  to  traveling  allowances,"  must 
appear,  and  the  authority  for  the  same  must  be  stated. 

Clothing  account: 

Settlement  must  be  made  by  the  company  commander,  and  the  balance 
"  due  the  United  States,"  or  "  due  the  soldier,"  must  be  stated. 

In  cases  where  clothing  has  been  issued  by  the  State  authorities  the  fol- 
lowing remark  will  be  made  on  the  final  statements:  "  In  the  settlement  for 

clothing  is  included  the  sum  of  $ ,  the  total  value  of  articles  issued 

him  by  the  State."  In  cases  where  no  clothing  was  issued  by  the  State  a 
remark  to  that  effect  will  be  made. 


APPENDIX.  495 

CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  32.     )  Washington,  August  15,  1898. 

The  following  letter  from  the  Treasury  Department  is  published  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned,  and  attention  is  invited  to 
paragraph  584  of  the  Army  Regulations: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT,  OFFICE  OF  THE  SECRETARY, 

Washington,  D.  C.,  July  30,  1898. 
To  the  honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  I  have  the  honor  to  advise  you  that  the  bond  of  the  North  American  Trust  Company, 
as  fiscal  agents  of  the  United  States  at  Santiago  de  Cuba,  duly  executed  in  the  penal  sum  of 
$250,000,  has  this  day  been  approved  and  referred  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for 
file. 

Respectfully,  yours, 

O.  L.  SPATJLDING,  Acting  Secretary. 

The  North  American  Trust  Company  of  New  York  having  been  desig- 
nated by  the  Treasury  Department  as  fiscal  agents  of  the  United  States  at 
Santiago,  Cuba,  are  represented  there  by  Mr.  S.  M.  Jarvis. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

No.  37.     )  Washington,  September  16,  1898. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  OFFICERS  TRAVELING  ON  DUTY. — A  commissioned  officer  traveling  on 
duty  under  orders,  with  less  than  three  enlisted  men,  is  regarded  as  travel- 
ing without  troops,  within  the  meaning  of  the  law  and  regulations  applica- 
ble to  the  subject,  and  is  entitled  to  travel  allowances  accordingly.  An 
officer  traveling  under  orders  with  three  or  more  enlisted  men  is  regarded 
as  traveling  with  troops.  (A.  R.,  776,  1117,  and  Art.  X,  A.  R.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  38.      )  Washington,  September  23, 1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  Army  who  desire  to  procure 
furlough,  transfer,  or  discharge  from  the  United  States  service  should 
address  a  letter  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  setting  forth  the  rea- 
sons upon  which  they  base  their  applications,  and  hand  or  mail  it  to  the 
captain  of  their  company,  who  in  turn  is  required  to  forward  it  through 
regimental,  brigade,  division,  and  corps  headquarters  with  his  recommenda- 
tion. Applications  that  do  not  come  up  in  this  manner  will  not  be  enter- 
tained. 

All  applications  must  be  forwarded  immediately,  approved  or  disapproved, 
as  provided  in  A.  R.  765. 

Further,  the  Department  will  not  at  this  time  entertain  applications  for 


496  APPENDIX. 

discharges  of  enlisted  men  belonging  to  regiments  serving  in  the  Philip- 
pine Islands,  Honolulu,  Cuba,  or  Porto  Rico. 

Soldiers  transferred  from  one  regiment  to  another  and  soldiers  going  on 
furlough,  other  than  sick  furloughs  from  hospitals,  perform  the  journey  at 
their  own  expense  and  can  not  be  furnished  Government  transportation. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  39.      )  Washington,  September  27,  1898. 

I.  The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  pub- 
lished to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

*  *  #  *  *  #  * 

3.  ARMY  CORPS  SYMBOLS.— General  Orders,  No.  99,  July  15,  1898,  Adju- 
tant-General's Office,  designating  certain  symbols,  flags  and  pennants,  and 
badges  for  army  corps,  divisions,  and  brigades,  are  so  far  modified  as  to  pro- 
vide that  the  badges  to  be  worn  by  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  shall  be 
from  1£  inches  to  1£  inches  in  size,  and  to  permit  officers  to  wear  the  same 
upon  the  hat  or  cap.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  supply  the 
badges  in  metal,  enameled  in  the  proper  colors.  (A.  R.,1551,  Art.  XXX, 
A.R.) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  decision  published 
in  Circular  No.  34,  August  29,  1898,  from  this'office,  is  amended  to  read  as 
follows: 

TRANSPORTATION. — Sick  and  wounded  soldiers  granted  furloughs  under 
the  provisions  of  General  Orders,  No.  114,  August  9, 1898,  from  this  office, 
are  entitled  to  transportation  and  commutation  of  rations  at  $1.50  per  day 
while  traveling  from  their  homes  upon  return  to  duty  whether  application 
therefor  be  made  by  them  in  person  or  by  letter.  (A.  R.,  1272.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  40.     )  Washington,  October  3,  1898. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Circular  No.  38,  September  23, 1898, 
from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows  and  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  Army  who  desire  to  procure 
a  discharge  from  the  United  States  service  should  address  a  letter  to  the 
Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  setting  forth  the  reasons  upon  which  they 
base  their  applications,  and  hand  or  mail  it  to  the  captain  of  tkeir  company, 
who  in  turn  is  required  to  forward  it  through  regimental,  brigade,  and 
division  headquarters  with  his  recommendation.  Applications  that  do  not 
come  up  in  this  manner  will  not  be  entertained. 

All  applications  must  be  forwarded  immediately,  approved  or  disap- 
proved, as  provided  in  A.  R.  765. 

Soldiers  transferred  from  one  regiment  to  another  and  soldiers  going  on 
furlough,  other  than  sick  furloughs  from  hospitals,  perform  the  journey  at 
their  own  expense  and  can  not  be  furnished  Government  transportation. 


APPENDIX.  497 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY,    - 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  41.     )  Washington,  October  13,  1898. 

#  *  *  *  *  *  * 

2.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

The  provisions  of  General  Orders,  No.  114,  August  9, 1898,  from  this  office, 
are  intended  to  apply  only  to  those  soldiers  who,  by  reason  of  severe  wounds 
or  serious  illness,  have  been  admitted  into  a  general  or  division  field  hos- 
pital, and  whose  cases  require  a  change  of  surroundings  in  the  judgment  of 
the  surgeon  in  charge.  Final  action  on  furloughs  to  soldiers  under  treat- 
ment in  division  hospitals  will  be  taken  by  division  commanders.  (A.R., 
106.) 


CIRCULAR,  i  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  October  26,  1898. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

The  indorsement  required  by  General  Orders,  No.  147,  September  17, 1898, 
from  this  office,  pursuant  to  paragraph  836  of  the  Regulations,  on  the  enlist- 
ment papers  of  men  who  have  served  in  the  Volunteer  Army  and  subsequently 
enlist  in  the  Regular  Army,  results  in  giving  such  soldiers  credit  on  the 
records  of  the  Department  for  time  actually  served  in  the  Volunteer  Army; 
but  the  term  of  enlistment  or  reenlistment  in  the  Regular  Army  is  not  short- 
ened by  reason  of  their  volunteer  service.  They  begin  a  new  enlistment  in 
the  Regular  Army  for  the  full  term  of  three  years,  and  their  clothing  allow- 
ance likewise  begins  at  the  first  year's  rates.  The  principal  advantages, 
however  accrue  to  those  who  reenlist  in  the  Regular  Army  within  three 
'months  from  date  of  discharge  from  the  Volunteer  Army.  In  their  cases  the 
time  actually  served  in  the  volunteers  is  added  to  the  time  served  in  the 
Regular  Army  in  computing  the  soldier's  service  pay,  from  time  to  time. 
For  example: 

Suppose  John  Smith  to  have  served  four  months  in  the  Volunteer  Army 
and  within  three  months  after  discharge  therefrom  to  have  reenlisted  in 
the  Regular  Army,  serving  as  a  private.  He  would  complete  two  years' 
continuous  service  upon  serving  one  year  and  eight  months  in  the  Regular 
Army  (with  pay  proper  at  $13  per  month).  He  would  then  enter  upon  the 
third  year  of  continuous  service,  during  which  he  would  be  entitled  to  §14 
per  month;  with  the  expiration  of  two  years  and  eight  months  of  his  new 
enlistment  he  would  complete  three  years'  continuous  service  and  enter 
upon  the  fourth  year,  entitling  him  to  $15  per  month.  After  serving  four 
months  in  this  fourth  year  his  three  years'  term  of  enlistment  would  expire; 
should  he  again  reenlist  within  three  months  from  date  of  discharge,  the 
first  eight  months  of  such  enlistment  would  complete  his  fourth  year  of  con- 
tinuous service  at  $15  per  month.  During  the  next  year — the  fifth  year  of 
continuous  service — he  would  draw  $16  per  month,  and  after  its  close  would 
be  entitled  to  another  $2  per  month  for  five  years'  continuous  service,  i.  e. 
$18  per  month.  Each  subsequent  period  of  five  years'  continuous  service 
would  entitle  him  to  $1  per  month  additional. 
16686—01 32 


498  APPENDIX. 

To  the  rates  of  pay  named  above,  20  per  cent  of  the  pay  proper  is  to  be 
added  in  time  of  war.  In  the  case  of  a  private  this  would  be  $2.60  per 
month. 

The  pay  proper  for  the  noncommissioned  grades  is  given  in  the  U.  S. 
Army  recruiting  circular  dated  April  27,  1898,  and  is  subject  to  like 
increase  for  continuous  service.  (A.  R.,  836.) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

Commanding  officers  of  regiments  serving  in  the  field  and  the  command- 
ers of  divisions  and  of  separate  brigades  have  the  same  power  and  authority 
for  convening  and  acting  upon  boards  of  survey  as  is  vested  in  command- 
ers of  posts  and  departments  by  Army  Regulations.  (A.  R.,  709.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No- 48-      )  Washington,  November  11, 1S9S. 

The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc., have  been  made,  and  are  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

*  *  ***** 

2.  BOARDS  OF  SURVEY. — The  authority  given  in  paragraph  115  of  the 
Regulations,  as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  45,  May  16, 1898,  Adjutant- 
General's  Office,  to  a  regimental  commander  to  call  a  board  of  survey 
when  a  soldier  deserts,  is  not  intended  to  interfere  with  the  like  authority 
heretofore  given  to  a  post  commander.  (A.  R.,  115.} 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  49.     )  Washington,  November  1G,  1S9S. 

I.  The  following  decisions,  rulings,  etc.,  have  been  made,  and  are  pub- 
lished to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  SUBSISTENCE  STORES. — Civilian  employees  of  all  departments  of  the 
Government  in  foreign  possessions  will  be  permitted  to  purchase  subsist- 
ence stores  from  the  Subsistence  Department  at  contract  price,  with  10  per 
cent  added  to  cover  freight.     (A.  R.,  1284.) 

2.  SUMMARY  COURT. — Commanding  officers  of  division  field  hospitals  and 
division  ambulance  companies,  being  responsible  direct  to  the  division 
surgeons  and  division  commanders,  have  authority  to  appoint  summary 
courts.     (A.R.,932.) 

3.  AGE  LIMIT— VOLUNTEERS  ENLISTING  IN  THE  REGULAR  ARMY.— In  cases 
of  discharged  volunteers  over  35  years  of  age  who  seek  to  enter  the  Regular 
Army  more  than  three  months  after  discharge,  paragraph  838,  clause  3,  of 
the  Army  Regulations  governs. 

When  discharged  volunteers  reenlist  in  the  Regular  Army  within  three 
months  after  discharge,  the  age  limitation  does  not  apply,  and  the  appli- 
cants need  not  sign  the  declaration  of  recruit  on  the  enlistment  form.  (See 
last  paragraph  of  printed  directions  thereon.) 


APPENDIX.  499 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  50.      )  Washington,  November  19,  1898. 

I.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

ARMY  CORPS  BADGES. — By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  corps 
badges  prescribed  in  General  Orders,  No.  99,  July  15,  1898,  from  this  office, 
are  a  part  of  the  uniform  of  the  Army  and  serve  as  marks  of  identification 
the  same  as  the  symbols  of  the  various  arms  of  the  service  and  the  different 
staff  corps. 

The  proper  badge  should  be  habitually  worn  as  prescribed  by  all  officers 
and  enlisted  men  attached  to  an  army  corps.  To  wear  the  badges  of  two 
or  more  army  corps  at  the  same  time  would  defeat  the  object  of  their  use, 
and  be  as  incongruous  as  for  a  man  transferred  from  one  regiment  to 
another  to  wear  the  numbers  and  symbols  of  both. 

Upon  occasions  of  ceremony,  however,  the  badges  to  which  officers  and 
soldiers  are  properly  entitled  may  be  worn  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  1551, 
Army  Regulations,  the  badge  designating  the  wearer's  proper  corps  to  be 
worn  separately  above  the  line.  (.4.  R..  1550*  and  1551.} 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  51  •      )  Washington,  November  25,  1898. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

MILITARY  RECORD. — The  words  '-served  during  the  Spanish- American 
war,  1898,"  may  be  written  after  the  word  "  expeditions  "  under  the  head 
ing  "  Military  record  "  on  the  back  of  the  discharge  paper  of  enlisted  men 
who  served  during  the  war  with  Spain,  and  in  addition  thereto  the  country 
in  which  the  soldier  served  may  also  be  stated;  for  example,  "  served  dur- 
ing the  Spanish-American  war,  1898,  in  Cuba,"  "in  Porto  Rico,"  or  "  in  the 
Philippines,"  as  the  case  may  be.  (_4.  R.,  148.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  52-      )  Washington,  December  1,  1898. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Circular  No.  42,  October  18, 
1898,  from  this  office,  publishing  decision  relative  to  commutation  of  rations 
for  nurses,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

COMMUTATION  OF  RATIONS  FOR  NURSES.— Inasmuch  as  female  nurses  in 
general  hospitals  are,  by  section  1277,  Revised  Statutes,  entitled  to  commu- 
tation of  rations,  it  is  ordered  that  commutation  of  rations  will  hereafter 
be  allowed  to  all  nurses,  whether  male  or  female  or  whether  employed  in 
general  or  other  hospitals,  when  they  are  granted  leaves  of  absence  by  the 
officer  in  command  or  in  charge  of  the  hospital,  the  rate  to  be  the  same  as 
that  of  enlisted  men  on  furlough — that  is,  25  cents  per  day.  (A.  R.,  1272.) 


500  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  53.      )  Washington,  December  8,  1898. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

G-RATUITOUS  ISSUE  OF  CLOTHING.— Whenever  articles  of  clothing  of 
enlisted  men  have  been  destroyed  or  injured  by  disinfecting  process  to  pre- 
vent contagion  a  gratuitous  issue  of  such  articles  of  clothing  will  be  made 
to  the  enlisted  men  to  whom  such  clothing  belonged,  upon  the  certificate 
of  the  officer  who  has  personal  knowledge  of  the  facts.  (A.  R.,  1194 
144%.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  57.     )  Washington,  December  27,  1898. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Circular,  No.  53,  December  8, 
1898,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

GRATUITOUS  ISSUE  OF  CLOTHING.— Whenever  articles  of  clothing  of 
enlisted  men  have  been  destroyed  to  prevent  contagion,  a  gratuitous  issue 
of  such  articles  of  clothing  will  be  made  to  the  enlisted  men  to  whom  such 
clothing  belonged,  upon  the  certificate  of  the  officer  who  has  personal  know- 
ledge of  the  facts.  (^1.  R.,  1194  and  144.'.} 

II.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

COUNCILS  OF  ADMINISTRATION. — The  detail  of  acting  assistant  surgeons 
on  councils  of  administration  for  the  purposes  required  in  paragraph  159  of 
the  Regulations  is  authorized. 


CIRCULAR,  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  January  13,  1899. 
The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  for  the  information 
and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

In  response  to  numerous  inquiries  regarding  the  matter,  the  Assistant 
Secretary  of  War  has  rendered  the  following  decision: 

In  territory  subject  to  military  government  by  the  military  forces  of  the  United  States,  per- 
sons holding  the  office  of  notary  public  at  the  time  the  military  occupation  began  are  per- 
mitted to  hold  said  office  and  perform  the  functions  thereof  under  the  military  government, 
without  further  authorization.  The  commanding  general  may,  at  his  own  discretion,  suspend 
the  office  or  displace  any  or  all  persons  holding  the  same,  in  which  event  an  order  is  neces- 
sary. This  is  the  established  custom  under  the  laws  of  war. 

The  view  herein  expressed  is  in  harmony  with  the  course  prescribed  in 
paragraphs  1,3,  and  6,  of  Lieber's  Instructions  for  the  Government  of  the 
Armies  of  the  United  States  in  the  Field.  (General  Orders,  No.  100,  April 
24, 1863,  Adjutant-General's  Office.)  (A.  R.,  683.) 


APPENDIX.  501 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  3.      )  Washington,  January  14,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  promulgated  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Frequent  inspections  and  condemnation  of  horses  in  the  hands  of  troops 
in  the  field  leads  the  War  Department  to  believe  that,  perhaps,  horses  pur- 
chased during  the  war  for  volunteer  organizations  may  be  condemned  and 
sold  on  account  of  being  under  size,  run  down  from  service  or  exposure, 
which  might  have  given  a  good  measure  of  service  if  they  had  been 
retained. 

It  is  the  duty  of  all  concerned  to  see  that  the  economical  interests  of  the 
Government  are  protected,  and,  to  this  end,  corps  and  other  commanding 
officers  will  give  this  matter  their  special  attention,  and  will  not  sanction 
the  disposal  by  condemnation  and  sale  of  any  horses  that  by  care  may  be 
made  to  render  reasonable  service  to  the  Government.  (A.  R.,  878,  1029, 
and  1037.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  4-      )  Washington,  January  19, 1899. 

The  attention  of  officers  of  the  Army  is  invited  to  the  provisions  of  Cir- 
cular. No.  3,  February  2,  1897,  from  this  office,  directing  that  the  blank 
forms  of  pay  rolls  be  thereafter  furnished  by  the  Paymaster-General  of  the 
Army.  They  are  now  issued  as  Form  No.  28,  Paymaster-General's  Office, 
as  follows: 

1  sheet  containing 11  lines. 

2  sheets  containing  _  _ 51  lines. 

3  sheets  containing 91  lines. 

4  sheets  containing 131  lines. 

5  sheets  containing 171  lines. 

6  sheets  containing 211  lines. 

1  extra  sheet  for  insertion,  if  necessary,  containing..  40  lines. 

Requests  for  pay  rolls  should  state  the  number  of  rolls  and  size  required, 
and  be  addressed  to  the  Paymaster-General  of  the  Army.  (A.  R.,1553.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  5-      )  Washington,  January  2A,  1899. 

I.  The  following  letter  has  been  received  from  the  War  Department  and 
is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  Washington,  January  21,  1899. 

GENTLEMEN:  By  direction  of  the  President,  your  company  is  hereby  designated  the  fiscal 
jwiits  of  this  Department  for  the  city  of  Habana  and  other  places  in  the  island  of  Cuba  not 
heretofore  designated. 

An  additional  bond  to  the  amount  of  8250,000  will  be  required,  and  such  additional  amount 
as  may  be  required  from  time  to  time  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Very  respectfully,  R.  A.  ALGER, 

Secretary  of  War. 
THE  NORTH  AMERICAN  TRUST  COMPANY, 

No.  100  Broadivay,  New  York  City. 
(A.  R..  f)8A.\ 


502  APPENDIX. 

II.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  for  the  infor- 
mation and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TRANSPORTATION. — Officers  being  transported  on  army  transports  shall 
not  take  the  rooms  of  the  masters  and  quartermasters  on  the  ships. 

(A.R.,  1081,1082.) 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  6.      )  Washington,  January  27, 1899. 

#  *  *  *  •*  *  * 

II.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

COMMUTATION  OF  RATIONS  WHILE  ON  SICK  FURLOUGH  UNDER  GENERAL 
ORDERS,  No.  114,  A.  G.  O. ,  1898. — Disbursing  officers  are  authorized  to  waive 
forfeiture  and  to  pay  commutation  of  rations  on  furloughs  and  extensions, 
under  General  Orders,  No.  114,  August  9,  1898,  Adjutant-General's  Office, 
granted  prior  to  January  1,  1899,  where  overstaying  of  such  furloughs  or 
extensions  did  not  exceed  two  days'  duration,  but  they  will  make  no  pay- 
ments for  any  portion  of  the  period  of  overstaying.  As  to  all  furloughs 
and  extensions  granted  after  January  1,  1899,  the  usual  rule  of  forfeiture 
of  commutation  of  rations  on  failure  to  report  on  the  last  day  of  the  fur- 
lough or  extension  will  be  applied.  (A.  R.,  106.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  8-      )  Washington,  February  11,  1899. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  SUBSISTENCE. — The  word  "bread "in  the  first  line  of  paragraph  1269 
of  the  Regulations  is  intended  to  mean  "  soft  bread."    There  is  no  objection 
to  the  purchase  by  the  Subsistence  Department  of  savings  on  '*  hard  bread," 
provided  the  hard  bread  is  left  undrawn  in  the  hands  of  the  commissary 
and  is  required  by  him  for  reissue,  and  provided  that  savings  on  hard  bread 
be  not  made  on  that  issued  with  travel  rations.     (A.  R.,  1256, 1267,  1269.) 

2.  CAVALRY  BADGE. — The  badge  of  a  cavalry  division  of  an  army  corps 
shall  be  the  badge  of  the  corps  to  which  the  division  belongs,  in  yellow 
cloth  or  of  metal  enameled  in  yellow.     (A.  R.,  1551,  Art.  XXX,  A.  R.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  9-       )  Washington,  February  15, 1899. 

I.  The  following  order  has  been  received  from  the  War  Department  and 
is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

WAB  DEPARTMENT,  Washington,  February  3,  1899. 
ORDERS: 

By  direction  of  the  President,  the  Chartered  Bank  of  India,  Australia,  and  China  is  hereby 
designated  the  fiscal  agent  of  this  Department  for  the  Philippine  Islands,  and  for  the  faithful 
performance  of  such  duty  shall  give  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  $500,000,  and  such  additional  sums 
as  may  be  required  from  time  to  time  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

R.  A.  ALGER,  Secretary  of  War. 
(A.  R.,584.) 


APPENDIX.  503 

II.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

CERTIFICATE  OF  DISABILITY  FOR  DISCHARGE. — In  case  of  discharge  of  en- 
listed men  on  certificates  of  disability,  in  accordance  with  clause  3,  para- 
graph 140  of  the  Regulations,  the  certificate  must  clearly  set  forth  whether 
or  not  the  disability  was  incurred  in  line  of  duty,  and  if  such  disability 
was  incurred  in  line  of  duty  and  the  man  declined  treatment  for  the  relief 
of  such  disability  where  treatment  was  directed,  that  fact  must  be  set  forth 
on  the  certificates  for  the  information  of  the  Pension  Office.  (A.  R.,  140.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  10-     )  Washington.  February  21,  1899. 

The  following  instructions  relating  to  the  issue,  transfer,  etc.,  of  check 
books  upon  national  bank  depositaries  are  published  for  the  information  of 
all  concerned: 

The  chief  of  bureau  issuing  a  check  book  on  a  national  bank  depositary 
will  keep  a  complete  record  of  its  size,  its  character,  the  serial  number  of 
its  checks,  and  when  and  to  whom  issued. 

When  an  officer  transfers  such  book,  or  any  of  its  unuSed  checks,  he  will 
immediately  advise  the  chief  of  bureau  by  whom  it  was  issued  of  the  serial 
numbers,  inclusive,  so  transferred,  forwarding  a  receipt  therefor,  that  the 
necessary  change  in  the  record  may  be  made. 

When  an  officer  ceases  to  act  as  a  disbursing  officer  or  agent,  he  should 
transfer  all  unused  checks  to  his  successor,  as  above  provided,  or  if  there 
be  no  successor,  return  them  to  the  chief  of  bureau  by  whom  issued. 

Should  any  officer  make  an  erasure  or  alteration  of  any  of  his  checks, 
however  slight,  he  will  certify  to  the  correctness  of  such  erasure  or  altera- 
tion on  the  upper  margin  of  such  check. 

Mutilated  or  spoiled  checks  should  be  forwarded  promptly,  for  preserva- 
tion and  future  reference,  to  the  chief  of  bureau  by  whom  issued,  who  will 
acknowledge  the  receipt  of  such  checks.  (A.  R.t  606,  607.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  13.      )  Washington,  March  3, 1899. 

When  a  member  of  the  Hospital  Corps  whose  descriptive  list  has  not 
been  received  is  transferred  elsewhere,  or  when  request  is  made  for  the 
descriptive  list  of  a  former  member  of  the  Hospital  Corps  detachment  and 
no  descriptive  list  has  ever  been  received  in  the  case,  the  medical  officer 
will  forward  a  transcript  of  the  soldier's  record  in  the  clothing  and  descrip- 
tive book,  stating  the  amount  of  clothing  drawn,  amount  due  for  ordnance, 
stoppages  by  sentence  of  court-martial,  and  any  other  facts,  including  pay- 
ments made  to  soldier,  which  should  be  known  in  order  that  the  man's 
status  may  be  thoroughly  understood.  If  no  clothing  has  been  drawn,  no 
ordnance  charged,  or  no  stoppages  made  by  sentence  of  court-martial,  the 
fact  should  be  distinctly  stated.  If  a  transcript  has  been  received  instead 
of  a  descriptive  list  from  the  former  commanding  officer  of  the  man,  the 


504  APPENDIX. 

facts  contained  in  this  should  be  embodied  in  the  new  transcript.  In  such 
cases  the  charges  against  the  soldier  should  be  entered  separately  for  each 
period  covered  by  transcripts.  For  purposes  of  identification  and  to  facili- 
tate further  inquiry,  the  man's  own  statement  as  to  enlistment  and  as  to 
his  service  and  the  pay  and  clothing  drawn  for  the  time  not  covered  by 
transcripts,  will  be  briefly  recorded.  Transcripts,  will  be  prepared  in  dupli- 
cate; one  copy  will  be  forwarded  to  the  officer  requesting  descriptive  list 
and  one  copy  to  the  Surgeon-General.  In  case  inquiry  fpr  the  descriptive 
list  is  made  by  the  Surgeon-General,  one  copy  will  be  sufficient.  (A.  R. ,  148. ) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  14-     )  Washington,  March  9,  1899. 

I.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  for  the  informa- 
tion and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

CLOTHING  ALLOWANCE. — Acting  hospit/d  stewards  and  privates  of  the 
Hospital  Corps,  when  serving  at  posts  or  stations  where  there  are  troops  of 
but  one  arm  of  the  service,  will  have  the  same  allowance  of  clothing  as  a 
corporal  of  the  arm  of  the  service  with  which  they  are  on  duty.  When 
serving  at  posts  where  there  are  troops  of  more  than  one  arm  of  the  service 
they  will  have  an  allowance  of  clothing  equal  to  the  highest  allowance 
received  by  any  corporal  serving  at  the  same  post  or  station.  When  serv- 
ing at  posts  or  stations  at  which  no  troops  of  any  other  arm  of  the  service 
are  on  duty,  they  will  have  an  allowance  of  clothing  equal  to  the  allowance 
of  a  corporal  of  the  arm  of  the  service  receiving  the  highest  allowance. 
(A.  R.,1407.) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Circular  No.  51,  of  November 
25,  1898,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

MILITARY  RECORD. — The  words  "  served  during  the  Spanish- American 
war,  1898,"  may  be  written  after  the  word  "  expeditions  "  under  the  heading 
"  Military  Record  "  on  the  back  of  the  discharge  paper  of  enlisted  men  who 
served  during  the  war  with  Spain,  and  in  addition  thereto  the  country  in 
which  the  soldier  served  may  be  also  stated.  For  example,  "  served  during 
the  Spanish-American  war,  1898,  in  Cuba,"  "  in  Porto  Rico,"  "  in  the  Phil- 
ippines," "  in  Honolulu,  H.  I.,"  or  "  in  the  United  States,"  as  the  case  may 
be.  (A.R.,148.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

NO.  17.     )  Washington,  March  &8, 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  for  the  information 

and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT,  Washington,  March  22,  1899. 

ORDERED,  That  hereafter  no  chief  or  acting  chief  of  staff  corps  shall  be  detailed  or  ordered 
to  any  duty  by  any  authority  without  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

R.  A.  ALGER,  Secretary  of  War. 
(A.  R.,  738.) 


APPENDIX.  505 

CIRCULAR  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  18.      )  Washington,  March  29,  1899. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

1.  CHECKS. — A  disbursing  officer  is  not  authorized  to  draw  checks  in  his 
own  favor,  or  to  bearer  (par.  596,  A.  R.),  for  making  payments  of  amounts 
not  exceeding  $20  unless  such  checks  bear  indorsed  upon  them  the  names  of 
the  persons  to  whom  the  amounts  drawn  are  to  be  paid,  or  accompanied  by 
a  list  or  schedule,  made  a  part  of  the  checks,  containing  the  same  informa- 
tion.    (A.  R.,  596.) 

2.  COMPANY  COOKS. — The  cooks  authorized  by  the  act  of  March  2,  1899, 
will  be  enlisted  the  same  as  other  soldiers  are  enlisted,  and  after  joining 
their  companies  will  be  appointed  as  cooks  by  the  company  commander  the 
same  as  musicians,  artificers,  and  wagoners  (par.  260,  A.  R.),  and  will 
be  subject  to  reduction  by  the  company  commander  for  incompetency  or 
misconduct.     (A.  R.,  260.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  19-      )  Washington,  March  31,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions 
are  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Great  care  will  be  exercised  in  the  preparation  of  the  descriptive  and 
assignment  card,  Form  No.  7,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  to  avoid  errors 
and  to  fully  complete  the  same  in  all  respects.  This  is  a  matter  of  the  first 
importance  and  must  receive  the  special  attention  of  the  proper  officers. 
(A.  R.,  850,  851.) 

The  spaces  on  the  form  under  the  headings,  "  Last  paid,"  "  Prior  service," 
"  Money  value  of  clothing  drawn  since  enlistment,"  "  Laundry  work,"  and 
"  Due  United  States  "  will  in  no  case  be  simply  left  blank.  If  a  soldier  has 
not  been  paid  since  enlistment,  the  proper  entry  under  "  Last  paid"  will 
ordinarily  be  "  Pay  due  from  enlistment."  When  there  is  nothing  to  be 
entered  in  some  of  the  spaces  under  the  other  headings  named,  a  line  will 
be  drawn  across  such  spaces  as  an  indication  that  the  subject-matter  did 
not  escape  the  attention  of  the  officer  who  prepared  the  card. 

When  recruits  are  enlisted  for  the  general  service  and  sent  from  recruit- 
ing stations  to  a  rendezvous  for  distribution  to  regiments,  the  words  "  Regt. 
of  "  in  the  heading  on  the  form  will  be  erased  and  the  name  of  the  rendez- 
vous be  given.  The  recruiting  officer  will  indorse,  in  red  ink,  at  the  top  of 
the  card  of  each  recruit  thus  forwarded  the  arm  of  the  service  for  which 
the  soldier  was  enlisted,  i.  e.,  either  foot  service,  white;  mounted  service, 
white;  foot  service,  colored,  or  mounted  service,  colored,  with  the  addition, 
when  a  more  definite  designation  is  necessary,  of  infantry,  cavalry,  hea^y 
artillery,  or  light  artillery,  as  the  case  may  be.  He  will  also  note  under 
"  Remarks,"  soldier's  residence,  date  and  hour  of  leaving  station,  name  of 
surgeon  or  civilian  physician  who  examined  soldier  and  made  outline  figure 
card,  and  "any  other  information  which  may  be  necessary  or  useful  for 
record,"  as  required  by  note  on  card.  (A.  R.,  850,  851. 


506  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 
No-  20-     )  Washington,  April  4,  1899. 

I.  By  order  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War.  the  following  ruling  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  as  to  the  terms  to  be  used  by  a  disbursing  officer 
in  stating  on  the  face  of  each  check  the  specific  object  of  the  expenditure 
for  which  the  same  is  drawn,  under  paragraph  597  of  the  Regulations,  is 
published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT,  OFFICE  OF  THE  SECRETARY, 

Washington,  D.  C.,  January  5,  1S9S. 
ASSISTANT  TREASURER  UNITED  STATES,  New  York. 

SIR:  This  office  has  received  your  letter  of  the  14th  ultimo,  calling  attention  to  the  variance 
in  the  construction  by  public  officers  of  the  regulations  of  the  Department  governing  the  issue 
of  United  States  disbursing  officer's  checks,  particularly  the  requirement  to  state  on  each  check 
the  object  or  purpose  to  which  the  avails  are  to  be  applied,  furnishing  several  instances  in 
illustration,  and  suggesting  that  further  regulations  more  fully  illustrating  the  manner  of 
stating  the  object  or  purpose  be  issued. 

In  reply  I  have  to  inform  you  that  it  is  not  deemed  practicable  to  furnish  an  illustration 
in  the  regulations  for  every  object  or  purpose  for  which  a  check  may  be  drawn  in  payment 
of  public  creditors  under  the  various  appropriations  and  appropriations  not  yet  made  or 
contemplated.  The  present  regulations  require  a  disbursing  officer  to  "state  on  the  face  or 
back  of  each  check  the  object  or  purpose  to  which  the  avails  are  to  be  applied."  Such  a 
statement  may  be  made  in  brief  form,  but  must  clearly  indicate  the  object  of  the  expenditure,  and 
disbursing  officers  generally  do  comply  therewith. 

It  is  thought  a  more  effective  way  to  secure  observance  of  the  regulations  would  be  for  you 
to  report  to  this  office  whenever  a  disbursing  officer  hereafter  fails  to  draw  his  checks  properly 
after  you  shall  have  notified  him  of  his  error,  giving  name  of  officer,  describing  the  check, 
and  stating  in  what  particular  the  regulations  have  not  been  complied  with.  Upon  receipt 
of  such  report  the  necessary  steps  will  be  taken  to  cause  the  officer  to  comply  with  the  regu- 
lations. 

Respectfully,  yours,  L.  J.  GAGE,  Secretary. 

(A.  R..  596, 597.) 

II.  By  direction    of    the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,    Circular,   No.  57, 
December  27, 1898,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

GRATUITOUS  ISSUE  OF  CLOTHING. — Whenever  articles  of  clothing  of  en- 
listed men  have  been  destroyed  upon  recommendation  of  a  medical  officer 
to  prevent  contagion,  a  gratuitous  issue  of  such  articles  of  clothing  will  be 
made  to  the  enlisted  men  to  whom  such  clothing  belonged,  upon  the  certifi- 
cate of  an  officer  that  the  clothing  was  so  destroyed  upon  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  medical  officer  named,  (^i.  R.,  1194, 1442.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

NO.  22.     )  Washington,  April  18, 1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions  are  pub- 
lished for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

?1.  All  accepted  recruits  not  already  protected  will  be  vaccinated  before 
leaving  a  recruiting  station  for  a  rendezvous,  regiment,  or  post.  This  will 
apply  also  to  recruits  enlisted  at  military  posts  or  camps.  Vaccine  virus  is 
supplied  by  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Army.  The  compensation  for  vac- 
cination of  a  recruit  by  a  civilian  physician  not  in  the  Government  service 
is  50  cents.  (A.R.,843.) 

******* 


APPENDIX.  507 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

No.  24.     )  Washington,  May  11,  1899, 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  for  the  informa- 
tion and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

SAVINGS  AND  ISSUE  OF  DRIED  FRUITS  AND  FISH. — Savings  will  not  be 
allowed  on  dried  fruits  or  fish.  It  is  considered  that  the  ration  of  dried 
fruits  is  small,  and  it  has  been  added  for  the  purpose  of  giving  variety  and 
for  hygienic  reasons;  it  should  be  used,  or  else  the  Government  should  not 
be  put  to  the  expense  of  furnishing  a  component  of  the  ration  not  desired. 

The  restriction  in  regard  to  the  issue  of  fish  was  removed  so  as  to  give 
variety  in  the  meat  component;  if  it  is  not  desired,  it  is  because  the  troops 
do  not  desire  the  additional  variety  which  an  issue  of  fish  would  give. 

The  various  dried  fruits  may  be  issued  as  requested  by  the  company  com- 
manders, but  to  equalize  the  cost  prunes  should  form  at  least  three-tenths 
of  the  issue.  (A.  R.,  1253.} 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

NO-  25-      )  Washington,  May  15,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions  are  pub- 
lished for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Complaints  of  the  inferior  quality  of  recruits  enlisted  indicate  a  lack  of 
care  on  the  part  of  some  recruiting  officers  and  examiners  of  recruits  in 
accepting  applicants  for  enlistment,  men  having  been  found  upon  arrival 
at  their  regiments  to  be  poorly  developed  or  to  have  serious  defects  which 
existed  prior  to  enlistment  and  should  have  been  discovered  by  the  exercise 
of  proper  care  in  conducting  the  examination  preceding  enlistment.  The 
standard  of  requirements  has  not  been  lowered.  The  Army  Regulations 
and  the  published  instructions  governing  the  examination  of  applicants  for 
enlistment  must  be  strictly  observed  and  no  recruit  be  accepted  who  is  not 
qualified  in  all  respects  to  perform  the  duties  of  a  soldier. 

There  may  sometimes  be  specially  desirable  applicants  whose  examination 
will  disclose  some  defect  not  of  a  serious  nature,  which  in  the  opinion  of  the 
recruiting  officer  and  that  of  the  examiner  of  recruits  will  not  impair  the 
efficiency  of  the  men  as  soldiers.  Such  cases  may  be  reported  to  the 
Adjutant-General  for  decision,  with  a  statement  of  the  nature  and  extent 
of  the  defect  and  with  appropriate  recommendation. 

The  attention  of  recruiting  and  examining  officers  is  invited  to  para- 
graph 827  of  the  Regulations,  as  follows: 

827.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  held  to  a  rigid  accountability  for  the  enlistment  of  men  who 
may  be  found  unfitted  for  the  service.  If  a  recruit,  after  having  been  enlisted,  be  rejected, 
or  discharged  as  a  minor,  and  it  appear  that  the  enlistment  was  carelessly  made  or  in  viola- 
tion of  these  Regulations,  the  expenses  incurred  in  consequence  of  the  enlistment  may  be 
stopped  against  the  pay  of  the  officer  responsible. 

Contract  surgeons  acting  as  examiners  of  recruits  who  do  not  prove  to  be 
careful  and  competent  should  be  reported  to  the  Surgeon-General  for  annul- 
ment of  their  contracts.  A  recruiting  officer  who  employs  a  civilian  phy- 
sician to  examine  recruits,  under  General  Orders,  No.  47,  March  15,  1899, 
from  this  office,  should  make  careful  selection  of  a  physician  for  the  pur- 
pose, and  should  retain  no  one  in  such  a  capacity  who  does  not  prove  to  be 
fully  competent.  (.4.  R.,  827.) 


508  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  May  18,  1899. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  for  the  informa- 
tion and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

SUBSISTENCE  OF  ENLISTED  MEN  TRAVELING. — Enlisted  men  (including 
recruits  under  Circular,  No.  54,  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  1898)  ordered 
upon  journeys  which  can  be  performed  within  twenty -four  hours  from  the 
hour  of  starting  must  be  subsisted  during  the  journey  upon  cooked  or  travel 
rations  drawn  for  the  purpose  from  the  company  kitchen,  the  contractor  for 
meals,  or  from  the  commissary. 

An  enlisted  man  not  a  recruit  ordered,  under  subhead  5,  Army  Regula- 
tions, 1272,  upon  a  journey  of  more  than  twenty-four  hours'  duration  will  be 
allowed  commutation  of  rations  at  the  rate  of  $1.50  (or  such  less  sum  as  the 
officer  ordering  the  journey  may  consider  sufficient)  for  each  full  period  of 
twenty-four  hours  of  travel,  beginning  with  the  hour  of  starting,  and  pro- 
portionally for  any  fractional  part  of  a  twenty-four  hour  period  at  the  end 
of  the  journey  in  which  regular  meal  times  are  included,  each  meal  in  such 
fractional  part  being  allowed  for  at  one-third  the  rate  for  the  full  twenty- 
four  hour  period. 

The  commutation  of  rations  allowed  recruits  after  the  termination  of  the 
first  twenty-four  hours'  travel,  under  Circular,  No.  54,  Headquarters  of  the 
Army,  1898,  will  be  computed  in  a  similar  manner  for  full  twenty-four  hour 
periods  and  fractional  parts  thereof. 

The  foregoing  does  not  apply  to  travel  on  transports.     (A.  R.,  1272.") 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  29-     )  Washington,  June  6,  1899. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  for  the  information 
and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

EXAMINATION  OF  RECRUITS. — Outline  figure  cards  should  be  sent  direct, 
immediately  upon  their  completion,  to  the  Surgeon-General  (paragraph  184, 
Manual  for  the  Medical  Department,  1899).  Examination  forms,  except  as 
provided  in  paragraphs  844  and  847  of  the  Regulations,  should  also  be  for- 
warded direct  to  the  Surgeon-General. 

In  every  case  where  the  examination  form  does  not  have  to  follow  the 
recruit,  it  should  be  sent  with  the  outline  figure  card  direct  to  the  Surgeon- 
General.  If  the  examination  form  has  to  be  sent  elsewhere  for  completion 
by  a  medical  officer,  the  outline  figure  card  is  not  to  be  delayed,  but  should 
be  forwarded  at  once  to  the  Surgeon-General  with  a  memorandum  slip 
stating  when  and  where  the  examination  form  has  been  sent.  (A.  R.,  844, 
847.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  30.      )  Washington,  June  13,  1899. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

SALES  OF  FUEL  AND  SUBSISTENCE  STORES. — Families  of  soldiers  as  well  as 


APPENDIX.  509 

of  officers  shall,  during  the  absence  abroad  of  the  head  of  the  family,  be 
permitted  to  buy  for  their  use  at  contract  rates  reasonable  quantities  of 
fuel  and  subsistence  stores  from  the  proper  supply  departments  at  military 
posts.  (A.  R. ,  998, 999, 1280, 1282, 1284. ) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

N°-  31.      )  Washington,  June  22,  1899. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

RECRUITS  FORWARDED  TO  RENDEZVOUS. — When  a  recruit  is  enlisted  for  a 
particular  regiment  pursuant  to  proper  authority,  or  is  assigned  to  a  regi- 
ment from  a  recruiting  station,  the  recruiting  officer  will  note  the  fact  on 
the  descriptive  and  assignment  card  of  the  recruit,  whether  he  be  forwarded 
direct  to  his  regiment  or  sent  via  some  rendezvous.  The  instructions  in 
Circular,  No.  19,  March  31, 1899,  from  this  office,  to  erase  the  words  "  Regt. 
of "  in  the  heading  on  Form  No.  7,  A.  G.  O.  (descriptive  and  assignment 
card  of  recruit) ,  and  insert  the  name  of  the  rendezvous  to  which  the  recruit 
is  sent,  apply  only  to  unassigned  general  service  recruits,  in  whose  cases 
Form  No.  7  is  made  use  of  in  accordance  with  the  last  note  thereon. 

When  a  recruit  has  expressed  a  preference  for  a  certain  regiment,  but  has 
not  been  actually  enlisted  for  or  assigned  to  the  regiment,  he  should  not  be 
referred  to  on  the  descriptive  and  assignment  card  nor  on  other  papers  for- 
warded to  rendezvous  as  enlisted  for  or  assigned  to  such  regiment,  but  sim- 
ply as  having  a  preference  therefor.  (A.  R. ,  850, 851, 1358. ) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  32.     )  Washington,  June  30, 1899. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  2,  Circular,  No.  5, 
January  24, 1899,  from  this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

TRANSPORTATION. — Officers  being  transported  on  Army  transports  shall 
not  take  the  rooms  of  the  masters,  quartermasters,  surgeons,  or  other  per- 
manent officers  of  the  ships.  (A.  R. ,  1081. ) 

II.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

DATE  OF  COMMENCEMENT  OF  THE  MILITARY  SERVICE  OF  A  VOLUNTEER 
OFFICER. — The  date  on  which  a  volunteer  officer,  appointed  by  the  Presi- 
dent, formally  accepts  his  appointment  should  be  considered  as  the  date  of 
the  commencement  of  his  military  service.  No  such  officer  should  be  rec- 
ognized as  having  been  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States,  under 
his  appointment,  because  of  any  service  that  may  have  been  rendered  by 
him  prior  to  his  formal  acceptance  of  that  appointment.  (A.  R.,  11,  20, 


510  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  33.      )  Washington,  July  8,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Circular,  No.  30,  June  13, 1899,  from 
this  office,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

SALES  OF  FUEL  AND  SUBSISTENCE  STORES. — The  commanding  officer  of 
a  post,  at  or  near  which  the  immediate  family  of  a  regular  or  volunteer 
soldier  who  is  absent  abroad  resides,  may,  if  the  residence  and  other  condi- 
tions of  such  family  make  it  proper,  grant  to  the  head  thereof  permits  to 
purchase  from  the  supply  departments  at  the  post,  for  cash  at  cost  prices, 
such  quantities  of  fuel  and  subsistence  stores  as  in  his  opinion  may  be  rea- 
sonably needed  for  the  sole  use  of  the  soldier's  immediate  family.  The 
total  amount  of  subsistence  stores  so  sold  to  soldiers'  families  will  be  entered 
by  the  commissary  in  a  separate  item  on  the  abstract  of  sales  each  month. 
(A.  R.,  998,  999,  1004,  1280,  1282,  1284.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  35.     \  Washington,  July  24,  1899. 

The  following  decisions  have  b6en  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

I.  MECHANICS. — The  mechanics  for  each  battery  of  heavy  artillery  author- 
ized by  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  2,  1899,  will  be  appointed  by 
the  company  commander,  under  paragraph  260  of  the  Regulations,  the  same 
as  musicians,  artificers,  and  wagoners,  and  will  be  subject  to  reduction  by 
the  company  commander  for  incompetency  or  misconduct.     (A.  R.,  260.) 

II.  DISCHARGE  CERTIFICATE. — When  a  discharge  certificate  is  given  a 
soldier  of  the  United  States  Volunteers,  it  will  be  signed  by  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  company  and  countersigned  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
regiment  instead  of  the  mustering  officer.    The  latter  officer  is  required  to 
countersign  only  discharges  of  soldiers  belonging  to  regiments  bearing 
State  designations.     (A.  R. ,  Ul. ) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  36.     )  Washington,  August  4, 1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

BALANCES  TO  CREDIT  OF  DECEASED  OFFICER. — Cash  in  the  hands  of  a 
deceased  officer  may  be  invoiced,  by  a  board  of  survey  appointed  under 
paragraph  84  of  the  Regulations,  to  the  deceased  officer's  successor;  but 
balances  to  his  credit  with  the  Treasurer,  an  assistant  treasurer,  a  desig- 
nated depository,  or  a  fiscal  agent  of  the  United  States,  over  and  above  his 
outstanding  checks,  will  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States 
by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  when  the  board  of  survey  has  reported  to  the 
bureaus  the  balances  over  and  above  such  checks.  A  deceased  officer's 
successor  will  not  endeavor  to  secure  the  transfer  to  himself  of  the  deceased 
officer's  balances  with  the  Treasurer,  assistant  treasurer,  designated  deposi- 
tory, or  fiscal  agent,  but  will  make  requisition  upon  the  proper  authorities 
for  such  funds  as  he  may  need.  (A.  R. , 84.) 


APPENDIX.  511 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  37.     )  Washington,  August  7,  1899. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

I.  MONTHLY  REPORTS  OF   EXAMINATIONS  OF   RECRUITS   (Form  No.  30, 
S.  G.  O.)  required  by  paragraph  848,  A.  R.,  1895,  to  be  sent  to  the  Surgeon- 
General  of  the  Army,  are  not  called  for  in  the  cases  of  volunteers,  nor  are 
entries  of  examinations  of  volunteer  recruits  to  be  included  in  the  monthly 
reports  of  regulars.     (A.  R.,  848.) 

II.  PAYMENT  OF  COMMUTATION  OF  RATIONS  OR  OF  COFFEE  MONEY  TO 
RECRUITS. — Recruiting  officers  will  pay  to  each  recruit  in  person  commuta- 
tion of  rations  or  coffee  money  to  which  he  may  become  entitled  under  the 
conditions  imposed  by  Circular,  No  28,  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  Adju- 
tant-General's Office,  May  25,  1899,  or  will  cause  it  to  be  conveyed  to  him 
only  by  the  hand  of  a  commissioned  officer.     (A.  R.,  1257,  1272,  1275.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  39.     )  Washington,  August  15,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions  are  pub- 
lished to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

Recruiting  officers  in  the  East,  in  sending  recruits  to  San  Francisco  via 
Chicago,  will  provide  for  subsistence  under  Circular,  No.  28,  May  25,  1899, 
from  this  office,  to  Chicago  only.  Noncommissioned  officers  in  charge  of 
recruits  routed  from  Chicago  to  San  Francisco  will  be  furnished  by  the 
subsistence  department  at  Chicago  either  with  commutation  or  with 
requests  in  the  following  form,  addressed  to  railroads  on  which  the 
detachments  travel,  for  meals  for  themselves  and  recruits  en  route.  They 
will  duly  execute  the  certificate  for  the  number  of  meals  furnished  at  each 
place  en  route,  and  leave  the  request  and  certificate  with  the  represent- 
ative of  the  railroad  eating  house  there  present.  Settlements  for  meals 
thus  furnished  will  be  made  with  railroad  companies  by  the  chief  commis- 
sary at  San  Francisco  or  Chicago  upon  presentation  of  the  requests,  with 
certificates  duly  executed. 

(FORM.) 

The  -  -  will   please  furnish  to  -  ,  in  charge  of 

(Name  of  railway.)  (Name  of  man  in  charge  of  party.) 

recruits  en  route  Chicago,  Illinois,  to  San  Francisco,  California, 


(Number  of  recruits.) 

—  breakfasts,  dinners,  suppers. 
(No.  of  breakfasts,  dinners,  or  suppers. ) 

Chief  Commissary,  Dept.  of  the  Lakes. 


I  certify  that  -  has  furnished  this  party  with 


(Name  of  railway.)  (Number  of  meals  actually  furnished.) 

breakfasts,  dinners,  suppers,  on  above  request. 


In  charge  of  party. 

These  meals  will  be  paid  for  only  on  presentation  of  this  request  by  the 
proper  representative  of  the  railway  company  named  to  the  chief  commis- 
sary at  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  or  Chicago,  111.  (A.  R.,  1272.) 


512  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  40.      )  Washington,  August  23,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  circular  from 
the  Treasury  Department  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 

all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Washington,  D.  C.,  March  9,  1899. 
To  disbursing  officers,  agents,  and  others  interested: 

1.  Original  bills  of  lading  or  express  receipts  should  be  filed  with  all  accounts  for  trans- 
portation service. 

2.  The  date  of  shipment,  shipping  point,  destination,  name  of  consignor  and  consignee, 
weight  (or  quantity),  rate,  kind  of  property,  receipt  of  consignee  with  condition  of  property 
when  delivered  to  him,  and  amount  charged,  should  be  shown  on  bill  of  lading  or  otherwise 
for  each  shipment,  whether  by  ordinary  freight  or  express. 

3.  The  kind  of  property  and  the  use  for  which  intended  should  be  detailed  sufficiently  to 
indicate  clearly  the  classification  and  rate  of  charge,  and  the  appropriation  chargeable  with 
the  cost  of  transportation. 

4.  Transportation  should  be  provided  to  ultimate  destination  on  through  bills  of  lading 
whenever  practicable. 

5.  Erasures,  interlineations,  or  alterations  in  bills  of  lading  should  be  explained  thereon  by 
the  proper  person  over  his  signature. 

6.  When  private  property  is  shipped  at  Government  expense,  it  should  be  so  indicated  and 
the  reason  and  authority  therefor  should  be  shown. 

7.  Whenever  regulations  of  a  department  or  service  require  the  necessity  or  authority  for 
shipment  by  express  to  be  shown,  such  regulations  will  be  strictly  enforced. 

8.  The  published  tariffs  effective  at  the  time  of  shipment  should  be  referred  to  by  number 
or  other  convenient  designation  and  furnished  to  the  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury 
whenever  requested.    In  the  absence  of  published  tariffs,  other  satisfactory  evidence  of  tin- 
rates  charged  the  public  should  be  furnished. 

9.  The  bill  of  lading  or  express  receipt,  duly  stamped  as  required  by  the  war-revenue  law  of 
June  13,1898(30  Stat.  L.,  459),  should  be   furnished  with  the  accounts  transmitted  to  the 
Treasury  Department,  or  its  absence  satisfactorily  accounted  for.    Without  the  stamp  such 
bill  or  receipt  is  inadmissible  in  evidence.    This  is  not,  however,  to  be  understood  as  pre- 
cluding a  disbursing  officer  from  proving  his  account  by  other  satisfactory  evidence,  when 
through  no  fault  of  his  own  he  is  unable  to  furnish  such  stamped  bills. 

10.  In  case  of  the  loss  of  a  bill  of  lading  or  express  receipt,  satisfactory  evidence  of  its  loss 
and  of  the  facts  required  to  be  substantiated  by  it  should  be  furnished. 

11.  Payment  by  disbursing  officers  should  be  by  check  on  a  designated  depository,  and  should 
be  drawn  to  the  order  of  the  person,  firm,  or  corporation  rendering  the  service,  which  fact, 
with  the  date  and  number  of  check  and  name  of  depository,  should  be  stated  on  the  voucher: 
Provided,  That  in  case  of  a  small  payment  for  an  occasional  service  when  it  is  impracticable 
to  issue  a  check  as  above  indicated,  the  receipt  of  the  company  by  its  local  agent,  when  the 
disbursing  officer  is  satisfied  that  the  person  receiving  and  receipting  is  such  local  agent,  will, 
in  the  absence  of  any  counter  evidence,  be  accepted. 

12.  Accounts  involving  transportation  over  the  bond-aided  railroads  should  be  forwarded  to 
the  Treasury  Department  for  settlement.    In  no  case  should  they  be  paid   by  disbursing 
officers. 

13.  Proper  deductions  should  be  made  in  the  payment  for  transportation  over  land-grant 
and  other  railroads  agreeing  to  accept  land-grant  rates. 

14.  Public  policy  and  regard  for  economy  in  the  service  dictate  that  the  bond-aided  and 
land-grant  railroads  should  be  used  whenever  practicable,  unless  as  favorable  rates  for  the 
Government  are  obtained  from  other  lines. 

15.  Under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  July  5, 1884  (23  Stat.  L.,  Ill),  and  paragraph  1129  of  the 
Army  Regulations  of  1895,  the  Quartermaster's  Department  of  the  Army  will  ship  all  freight 
that  may  be  delivered  to  It,  securely  packed  and  properly  marked,  by  any  Government  officer 
or  agent.    The  facilities  thus  provided  may  in  many  cases  be  utilized  with  advantage. 

16.  The  evidence  herewith  required  should  be  furnished  with  all  accounts  for  transporta- 
tion service,  whether  by  ordinary  freight  or  express. 

17.  It  is  not  the  intention  of  this  circular  to  prescribe  the  evidence  required  by  the  respective 
auditors  in  the  settlement  of  accounts,  but  to  indicate  generally  the  character  of  the  evidence 
required  by  this  office  in  the  revision  of  accounts. 

18.  Additional  evidence  may  be  required  whenever  it  is  deemed  necessary. 

R.  J.  TRACEWELL,  Coinj>tr»lli  r. 


APPENDIX.  513 

CIRCULAR  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  41.      )  Washington,  August  31,  1899. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

PAYMENTS. — An  acting  assistant  surgeon  on  duty  at  a  post  or  station 
when  there  is  no  commissioned  officer  present  is  authorized,  under  para- 
graphs 1354  (General  Orders,  No.  56,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  1897)  and 
i:>r>7  of  the  Regulations,  to  receipt  for  the  funds  for,  and  witness  the  pay- 
ment of  the  same  to,  the  enlisted  men  there  stationed.  (A.  R.,  1354,  1357.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  45.      )  Washington,  September  19,  1899. 

I.  It  having  come  to  the  notice  of  the  Secretary  of  War  that  the  provi- 
sions of  General  Orders,  No.  52,  August  24,  1897,  from  this  office,  are  fre- 
quently disregarded,  he  directs  that  attention  be  invited  to  the  same  and 
that  a  rigid  observance  and  enforcement  of  its  provisions  be  hereafter 
enjoined.     (A.R.,334.) 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  further  purchases  of  sub- 
sistence stores  for  gratuitous  distribution  to  destitute  persons  in  Alaska 
will  not  be  made,  and  commanding  officers  in  all  parts  of  that  Territory 
will  be  held  to  a  strict  compliance  with  paragraph  1267  of  the  Regulations 
in  each  case  of  relief  reported  as  made  on  their  orders.     (A.  R.,  1267.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  48.      )  Washington,  October  5,  1899. 

The  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  has  advised  this  Department  that 
the  present  practice  of  the  accounting  officer  to  settle  money  accounts  of 
disbursing  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  without  regard  to 
their  bonds  is  to  be  discontinued. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  every  bonded  officer  of  the  Quar- 
termaster's Department  who  hereafter  files  a  new  bond  will  close  his 
account  under  his  former  bond  and  open  a  new  account  under  his  new 
bond;  this  to  enable  the  Treasury  Department  to  definitely  fix  the  responsi- 
bility of  each  bond. 

Hereafter  on  each  requisition  drawn  for  public  funds  to  be  placed  to  the 
credit  of  such  officers  the  chief  of  bureau  will  cause  to  be  entered  in  the 
space  provided  for  that  purpose  the  date  of  the  bond  undter  which  the 
money  is  to  be  handled.  (.4.  R.,  571.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  49.      )  Washington,  October  9,  1899. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

The  provision  of  paragraph  5,  General  Orders,  No.  96,  May  19, 1899,  from. 

16686—01 33 


514  APPENDIX. 

this  office,  allowing  free  transportation  on  Government  transports  to  the 
men  referred  to  in  that  paragraph  is  construed  to  authorize  free  subsistence 
in  kind  while  on  such  transport.  (A.  R.,  1275,  1385,  lo8G.} 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE. 

No-  51.      )  Washington,  October  If.  1809. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Circular  No.  10,  February  21,  1899, 
from  this  office,  publishing  instructions  relating  to  the  issue,  transfer,  etc., 
of  check  books  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

The  chief  of  bureau  issuing  a  check  book  on  a  national-bank  depository 
will  keep  a  complete  record  of  its  size,  its  character,  the  serial  number  of 
its  checks,  and  when  and  to  whom  issued. 

When  an  officer  transfers  such  book,  or  any  of  its  unused  checks,  lit1  will 
immediately  advise  the  chief  of  bureau  by  whom  it  was  issued  of  the  serial 
numbers,  inclusive,  so  transferred,  forwarding  a  receipt  therefor  that  the 
necessary  change  in  the  record  may  be  made. 

When  an  officer  ceases  to  act  as  a  disbursing  officer  or  agent  he  should 
transfer  all  unused  checks  to  his  successor  as  above  provided,  or  if  there  be 
no  successor,  return  them  to  the  chief  of  bureau  by  whom  issued. 

Should  any  officer  make  an  erasure  or  alteration  of  any  of  his  checks, 
however  slight,  he  will  certify  to  the  correctness  of  such  erasure  or  altera- 
tion on  the  upper  margin  of  such  check. 

Mutilated  or  spoiled  official  checks  upon  the  United  States  Treasurer  or 
assistant  treasurer  will  be  forwarded  promptly  to  the  depository  to  which 
they  pertain,  but  mutilated  or  spoiled  checks  upon  a  national-bank  depository 
will  be  forwarded  promptly  for  preservation  and  future  reference  to  the 
chief  of  bureau  by  whom  issued,  who  will  acknowledge  the  receipt  of 
such  checks.  In  either  case  a  record  of  the  dates  of  both  cancellation  and 
transmission  will  be  entered  on  the  stub.  (A.  R.,  tiou,  GU7.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  52.     )  Washington,  November  7, 1899. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  RECENTLY  DISCHARGED  SOLDIERS  SICK  ON  TRANSPORTS  ARRIVING  AT 
NEW  YORK. — Recently  discharged  soldiers  needing  hospital  treatment,  who 
arrive  in  New  York  City  on  Government  transports,  may  be  sent  to  one  of 
the  post  hospitals  in  the  vicinity  of  that  city,  and  rations  in  kind  drawn  for 
them  while  undergoing  treatment.     (A.  R.,  1267,  1440,  1446.) 

2.  BROOMS. — Corn  brooms  worn  out  in  the  service  in  the  Subsistence 
^Department  may  be  dropped  from  the  returns  of  subsistence  property  with- 
out the  action  of  a  board  of  survey  or  of  an  inspecting  officer.     (A.  R.,678.) 


APPENDIX.  515 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  53.      )  Washington,  November  11,  1899. 

******* 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  provisions  of  Circular  No. 
39,  August  15,  1899,  from  this  office,  prescribing  the  manner  of  subsisting 
recruits  en  route  to  San  Francisco  via  Chicago,  are  hereby  extended  to 
include  the  travel  of  all  non-commissioned  officers,  privates,  and  recruits  to 
or  from  the  Pacific  coast,  unaccompanied  by  a  commissioned  officer,  wher- 
ever the  use  of  railroad  meal  tickets  en  route  is  practicable.  (A.  R.,  1272.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  54.      )  Washington,  November  16,  1899. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  provisions  of  paragraph  1, 
Circular  No.  52,  November  7,  1899,  from  this  office,  authorizing  the  admis- 
sion to  post  hospitals  in  the  vicinity  of  New  York  City  of  recently  dis- 
charged soldiers  needing  hospital  treatment  who  arrive  in  that  city  on 
Government  transports,  and  the  issue  of  rations  in  kind  while  undergoing 
such  treatment  are  extended  to  include  the  United  States  General  Hospital 
at  the  Presidio  for  recently  discharged  soldiers  arriving  at  the  port  of  San 
Francisco  sick  on  Government  transports.  (A.  R.,  1267,  1440,  1446.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  55.     )  Washington,  November  23, 1899. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  COURTESIES  TO  BE  SHOWN  ACTING  ASSISTANT  SURGEONS  BY  ENLISTED 
MEN  OF  THE  ARMY. — Acting  assistant  surgeons  are  entitled  to  the  same 
protection  in  their  positions  and  the  same  respect  and  obedience  from 
enlisted  men  as  commissioned  officers.     (A.  R.,994-) 

2.  STATUS  AND  ALLOWANCES  OF  VETERINARIANS.— A  veterinarian  ap- 
pointed under  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  2, 1899,  is  not  a  commis- 
sioned officer  or  an  enlisted  man,  but  a  civil  employee.    A  veterinarian  of 
the  second  class  is  entitled  to  all  the  allowances  or  emoluments  of  a  ser- 
geant-major, other  than  his  pay  proper,  which  is  fixed  by  law,  the  same  as 
if  he  were  an  enlisted  man.     (A.  R.,183.) 


516  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  November  29,  1899. 
By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  of  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury  relating  to  commutation  of  rations  to  soldiers  trav- 
eling on  furlough,  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 

OFFICE  OF  THE  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY,  November  16,  1899. 
*  #***.** 

In  conclusion  I  decide— 

1.  That  soldiers  furloughed  under  General  Orders,  Xo.  114,  and  its  amendments,  while  the 
same  were  in  force,  are  entitled  to  a  commutation  of  rations  not  furnished  in  kind  at  the  rate 
of  $1.50  per  day  while  necessarily  traveling  to  and  from  their  respective  homes,  and  at  the 
rate  of  25  cents  per  day  for  the  remainder  of  the  time  they  are  on  furlough  issued  under  said 
orders. 

2.  That  the  regular  annual  appropriations  for  subsistence  of  the  Army  for  the  year  in  whir-h 
the  furlough  was  taken  is  properly  chargeable  with  the  commutation  in  question. 

3.  That  soldiers  on  furlough  under  General  Orders,  No.  114,  are  not  entitled  to  transportation 
at  the  expense  of  the  Government. 

The  decision  of  the  auditor  is  modified  to  agree  with  the  above  views. 

R.  J.  TRACEWELL,  Comptroller. 
(A.  R.,1109,  1272.) 


CIRCULAR,  J  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  1.      )  Washington,  January  9,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  accompanying  list  show- 
ing surety  companies  which  have  qualified  to  do  business  in  the  State  in 
which  incorporated,  showing  also  the  United  States  judicial  districts  in 
other  States  and  Territories  in  which  each  has  complied  with  section  2,  act 
of  August  13, 1894,  and  paragraph  577  of  the  Regulations,  to  present  date, 
is  published  for  the  information  of  all  concerned. 


APPENDIX. 


517 


List  showing  surety  companies  which  have  qualified  to  do  business  in  the  State 
in  which  incorporated,  showing  also  the  United  States  judicial  districts 
in  other  States  and  Territories  in  which  each  has  complied  with  section  2, 
act  of  August  13, 1894,  and  Army  Regulation,  577,  to  date. 

{LEGEND:  =  indicates  State  in  which  incorporated,     x  indicates  proper  qualification  of  com- 
pany.] 


Name  of  company. 

abama,  northern. 

abama,  middle. 

abama,  southern. 

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1 

kansas,  eastern. 

kansas,  western. 

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orida,  southern. 

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American  Surety  C6.  of  New  York,  100  Broad- 
way Xe\v  York,  N.  Y  

.-• 

.-' 

X 

X 

*' 

X 

••' 

x 

x 

x 

X 

X 

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X 

x 

X 

X  X 

Fidelity  and  Deposit  Co.  of  Maryland,  corner 
Charles  and  Lexington  streets,  Baltimore,  Md. 
The  American  Bonding  and  Trust  Co.  of  Balti- 
more City,  Equitable  Building,  Baltimore,  Md. 
The  City  Trust  Safe  Deposit  and  Surety  Co.  of 
Philadelphia,  927  Chestnut  street,  Philadel- 
phia Pa 

X 

X 

V 

x 
X 

V 

x 

x 

v 

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X 

x 

X 

X 

x 

x 

X 

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X 
X 

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X 

x 

x 

X 
X 

x 

>: 
x 

V 

X 
X 

y 

X  X 
X  X 

X  X 

The  Fidelity  and  Casualty  Co.  of  New  York,  99 
to  103  Cedar  street  New  York  N  Y 

x 

V 

V 

x 

*• 

x 

V 

•- 

x 

x 

x 

V 

X  .. 

The  Lawyers'  Surety  Co.  of  New  York,  32,  34, 
and  36  Liberty  street  New  York  N  Y 

The  Equitable  Trust  Co.,  624  Chestnut  street, 
Philadelphia  Pa 

V 

x 

The  United  States  Fidelity  and  Guaranty  Co., 
southwest  corner  Calvert  and  German  streets, 
Baltimore,  Md  

x 

x 

v' 

x 

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-•- 

•  - 

•• 

V 

•• 

x 

V 

x 

•••' 

V 

X 

X  X 

The  Mercantile  Trust  Co.,  413  Wood  street,  Pitts- 

•• 

National  Surety  Co.,  New  York  Life  Building, 
340  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y  

V 

x 

x 

-• 

x 

x 

> 

x 

x 

x 

.- 

x 

x 

x 

V 

x  x 

The  Equitable  Guarantee  and  Trust  Co.,  north- 
\Vest  corner  Ninth  and  Market  streets,  Wil- 
mington Del 

The  Union  Trust  Co.  of  Pittsburg,  335  to  339 
Fourth  avenue,  Pittsburg,  Pa  

The  u-Etna  Indemnity  Co.,  Hartford,  Conn 

x 

The  Union  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Co.,  Portland, 
Me  

Pacific  Surety  Co.,  326  Montgomery  street,  San 
Francisco,  Cai  

x 

Virginia  Trust  Co.,  Richmond,  Va  

The  Union  Surety  and  Guaranty  Co.,  1428  Chest- 
nut street,  Philadelphia,  Pa  

518 


APPENDIX. 


List  showing  surety  companies  which  have  qualified  to  do  business  in  the 
State  in  which  incorporated,  etc. — Continued. 

[LEGEND:  =  indicates  State  in  which  incorporated,     x  indicates  proper  qualification  of  com- 
pany.] 


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Charles  and  Lexington  streets,  Baltimore.  Md. 

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x 

• 

< 

- 

.- 

x 

< 

'  •, 

< 

X 

= 

> 

x 

X 

x  x 

The  City  Trust  Safe  Deposit  and  Surety  Co.  of 

Philadelphia,  927  Chestnut  street,  Philadel- 

phia Pa 

• 

• 

• 

• 

. 

< 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

< 

. 

> 

•• 

X  X 

The  Fidelity  and  Casualty  Co.  of  New  York,  99 

to  103  Cedar  street,  New  York.  N.  Y  

• 

• 

.. 

- 

• 

• 

• 

• 

•: 

• 

x 

x 

x 

^: 

X  X 

The  Lawyers'  Surety  Co.  of  New  York,  32,  34, 

The  Equitable  Trust  Co.,  624  Chestnut  street, 

Philadelphia  Pa 

. 

< 

The  United  States  Fidelity  and  Guaranty  Co., 

southwest  corner  Cal  vert  and  German  streets, 

Baltimore,  Md  /* 

• 

- 

. 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

m 

.- 

x 

< 

The  Mercantile  Trust  Co.,  413  Wood  street,  Pitts- 

National  Surety  Co.,  New  York  Life  Building, 

346  Broadwav  New  York,  N.  Y  

• 

• 

•• 

• 

.. 

• 

- 

• 

• 

.- 

• 

. 

.. 

•  • 

x 

•• 

x  x 

The  Equitable  Guarantee  and  Trust  Co.,  north- 

west corner  Ninth  and  Market  streets,  Wil- 

mington Del 

The  Union  Trust  Co.  of  Pittsburg,  335  to  339 

Fourth  avenue  Pittsburg  Pa 

The  ^Etna  Indemnity  Co.,  Hartford  Conn 

The  Union  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Co.,  Portland, 

Me  

Pacific  Surety  Co.,  326  Montgomery  street,  San 

Francisco,  Cal  

.- 

-.' 

Virginia  Trust  Co    Richmond  Va 

The  Union  Surety  and  Guaranty  Co.,  1428  Chest- 

nut street,  Philadelphia,  Pa 

APPENDIX. 


519 


Lts£  showing  surety  companies  which  have  qualified  to  do  business  in  the  State 
in  which  incorporated,  etc. — Continued. 

[Legend:  =  indicates  State  in  which  incorporated,     x  indicates  proper  qualification  of  com- 
pany.] 


. 

i 

- 

- 

E 

E 

~_ 

E 

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g 

o 
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I 

0! 

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— 

£ 

- 

Name  of  company. 

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1 

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5 

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£ 

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i  5 

* 

^ 

2 

fc 

5 

X 

£ 

* 

55 

£ 

X 

^ 

* 

i 

0 

§ 

00 

American  Surety  Co.  of  New  York,  100  Broad- 

way, New  York,  N.  Y  

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Y 

,, 

x 

Y 

Y 

X  X 

Fidelity  and  Deposit  Co.  of  Maryland,  corner 

Charles  and  Lexington  streets,  Baltimore,  Md. 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

x 

x 

X 

X 

..  X 

The  American  Bonding  and  Trust  Co.  of  Balti- 

more City,  Equitable  Building,  Baltimore,  Md. 

X 

x 

X 

X 

x 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

X 

x 

X 

x 

X 

x  x 

The  City  Trust  Safe  Deposit  and  Surety  Co.  of 

Philadelphia,  927  Chestnut  street,  Philadel- 

phia Pa                                       .                     

v 

v 

v 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

x 

x 

v 

x 

Y 

X  X 

The  Fidelity  and  Casualty  Co.  of  New  York,  99 

to  103  Cedar  street,  New  York,  N.  Y  

V 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 



_ 

_ 

Y 

Y 

x 

Y 

Y 

..  X 

The  Lawyers'  Surety  Co.  of  New  York,  32,  34, 

and  36  Liberty  street  New  York  N  Y 

_ 

The  Equitable  Trust  Co.,  624  Chestnut  street, 

Philadelphia  ,  Pa  

x 

x 

The  United  States  Fidelity  and  Guaranty  Co., 

southwest  corner  Calvert  and  German  streets, 

Baltimore,  Md  

V 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

x 

x 

x 

x 

Y 

Y 

Y 

x 

X  X 

Tin-  Mercantile  Trust  Co.,  413  Wood  street,  Pitts- 

burg Pa 

National  Surety  Co.,  New  York  Life  Building, 

346  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y  

V 

x 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

_ 

_ 

_ 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

Y 

X  X 

The  Equitable  Guarantee  and  Trust  Co.,  north- 

west corner  Ninth  and  Market  streets,  Wil- 

mington Del 

The  Union  Trust  Co.  of  Pittsburg,  335  to  339 

Fourth  avenue  Pittsburg  Pa 

The  ^Etna  Indemnity  Co.,  Hartford,  Conn  

Y 

Y 

The  Union  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Co.,  Portland, 

Mi                 

rncific  Surety  Co.,  326  Montgomery  street,  San 

Francisco  Cal  

Y 

'.' 

x 

.. 

Virginia  Trust  Co.,  Richmond,  Va  

The  Union  Surety  and  Guaranty  Co.,  1428  Chest- 

nut street,  Philadelphia,  Pa  

520 


APPENDIX. 


List  shoiving  surety  companies  which  have  qualified  to  do  business  in  the  State 
in  ichich  incorporated,  etc. — Continued. 

[Legend:  =  indicates  State  in  which  incorporated,     x  indicates  proper  qualification  of  com- 
pany.] 


Name  of  company. 

nsylvania,  western. 

de  Island. 

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1 

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nessee.  middle. 

nessee,  western. 

is,  nortliern. 

is,  c'astern. 

is,  western. 

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inia,  eastern. 

£ 
'5 

hington. 

£ 

•onsin,  eastern, 
•onsin.  \\  estern. 

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£ 

£ 

£ 

£ 

g 

:- 

1 

s 

r 

i. 

£ 

t 

J-  ± 

"  " 

American  Surety  Co.  of  New  York,  100  Broad- 
way New  York  N  Y 

. 

•.• 

• 

-,- 

-, 

N 

-. 

•. 

•. 

•. 

•. 

',- 

-v- 

.' 

! 
X  X 

Fidelity  and  Deposit  Co.  of  Maryland,  corner 
Charles  and  Lexington  streets,  Baltimore,  Md. 
The  American  Bonding  and  Trust  Co.  of  Balti- 
more City,  Equitable  Building,  Baltimore,  Md. 
The  City  Trust  Safe  Deposit  and  Surety  Co.  of 
Philadelphia,  927  Chestnut  street,  Philadel- 
phia Pa 

X 

X 

X 

•. 

X 
x- 

X 

X 
-. 

X 

X 

•, 

X 

.• 

X 

X 

•. 

X 

- 
. 

N 
X 

. 

• 
-: 

. 

X 

• 

. 

X 
X 

•- 

X 

•: 

. 

X 
X 

v- 

X 

-- 

•. 

••- 

X  X 
XX 

X  X 

The  Fidelity  and  Casualty  Co.  of  New  York,  99 
to  103  Cedar  street  New  York  N  Y 

. 

•. 

x 

-. 

- 

. 

-. 

'. 

. 

. 

-.- 

. 

•:- 

X  X 

The  Lawyers'  Surety  Co.  of  New  York,  32,  34, 

The  Equitable  Trust  Co.,  624  Chestnut  street, 
Philadelphia,  Pa  

The  United  States  Fidelity  and  Guaranty  Co., 
southwest  corner  Calvert  and  German  streets, 
Baltimore,  Md 

•. 

-.' 

•.• 

•. 

.- 

. 

. 

v 

. 

% 

. 

\ 

-.• 

. 

N 

X  X 

The  Mercantile  Trust  Co.,  413  Wood  street,  Pitts- 

National  Surety  Co.,  New  York  Life  Building, 
346  Broadway  New  York  N  Y 

. 

.• 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

. 

\' 

-. 

s 

- 

The  Equitable  Guarantee  and  Trust  Co.,  north- 
west corner  Ninth  and  Market  streets,  Wil- 
mington, Del  

The  Union  Trust  Co.  of  Pittsburg,  335  to  339 
Fourth  avenue,  Pittsburg  Pa  . 

The  jEtna  Indemnity  Co.,  Hartford,  Conn  

. 

. 

The  Union  Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Co.,  Portland, 
Me  

Pacific  Surety  Co.,  326  Montgomery  street,  San 
Francisco,  Cal  

Virginia  Trust  Co.,  Richmond  Va 

The  Union  Surety  and  Guaranty  Co.,  1428  Chest- 
nut street,  Philadelphia  Pa 

APPENDIX.  521 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  »•       )  Washington,  February  27,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  frequent  efforts  which  are  being  made  to  procure  personal  favors 
and  consideration  in  behalf  of  post  noncommissioned  staff  officers  of  the 
Army  in  the  matter  of  assignment  to  stations,  etc.,  has  suggested  to  the 
Secretary  of  War  that  an  impression  may  exist  that  pai  agraph  5  of  the  Reg- 
ulations, which  specifically  prohibits  th«  procurement  of  personal  favors 
except  through  the  regular  military  channels,  does  not  relate  to  enlisted 
men,  and  he  therefore  directs  that  the  attention  of  all  concerned  be  called 
to  the  provisions  of  the  said  paragraph  and  that  in  future  a  strict  observ- 
ance thereof  be  enforced. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  6-      )  Washington,  March  1,  1900. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  3,  Circular,  No.  10, 
October  9,  1895,  amending  paragraph  1,  Circular,  No.  8,  August  5,  1895, 
both  from  this  office,  regarding  the  designation  of  the  official  capacity  of 
disbursing  officers  on  checks  signed  by  them,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

"Officers  serving  in  and  disbursing  funds  pertaining  to  more  than  one 
staff  department,  and  officers  assigned  to  duty  in  any  of  the  staff  depart- 
ments, will,  in  issuing  checks,  confine  the  designation  of  their  official  capacity 
to  their  rank  and  the  particular  staff  department  on  account  of  which  the 
checks  are  drawn."  (See  A.  R.,  596  and  597.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  7.      )  Washington,  March  20,  1900. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  of  all  concerned: 

"  COMPUTATION  OF  SERVICE  FOR  CANDIDATES  FOR  COMMISSION. — Two  years' 
service  in  the  Army  within  the  meaning  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
July  30,  1892,  providing  for  the  examination  of  enlisted  men  for  promotion 
to  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant,  is  held  to  include  any  kind  of  honorable 
service  in  the  Army,  regular  or  volunteer,  as  commissioned  officer,  enlisted 
man,  or  cadet  at  the  United  States  Military  Academy,  whether  continuous 
or  not,  provided  that  at  the  time  of  his  examination  the  competitor  is  an 
enlisted  man  in  the  Regular  Army/'—  (See  A.  R.,  30.) 


522  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  8-      ;  Washington,  April  2,  1900. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  ADVERTISING  LESS  THAN  TEN  DAYS  IN  CASES   OF  EMERGENCY. — The 
officer  who  is  accountable  for  property  which  is  to  be  advertised  for  sale,  or 
who  is  authorized  to  invite  proposals  for  furnishing  labor  or  supplies,  is  the 
one  on  whom  devolves  the  duty  of  determining  whether  an  emergency 
exists  warranting  the  designation,  under  Army  Regulations,  505  and  520,  of 
a  period  of  less  than  ten  days  for  the  publication  of  the  advertisement. — 
(See  A.  R.,  505  and  520.) 

2.  POST  COMMISSARY  SERGEANTS    ON    FURLOUGH. — A  post  commissary 
sergeant  granted  a  furlough  will  report  by  letter  to  the  Commissary- 
General  of  Subsistence  immediately  upon  taking  advantage  thereof,  stating 
the  authority  by  which  the  furlough  is  granted,  its  duration,  and  the  date 
he  takes  advantage  of  the  same. — (See  A.  R.,  108.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  9.      )  Washington,  April  6,  1900. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

EXPENSES  FOR  BURIAL  OF  OFFICERS  AND  ENLISTED  MEN  OF  THE  ARMY.— 
The  expenses  of  burial  of  deceased  officers  other  than  transportation  of  the 
remains,  which  under  the  law  is  payable  from  the  appropriation  for 
"Army  transportation,"  limited  to  $75  by  paragraph  85  of  the  Regulations, 
and  of  enlisted  men  limited  to  $35  by  paragraph  162  of  the  Regulations, 
as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  141,  September  12, 1898,  from  this  office, 
will  be  limited  to  the  cost  of  the  coffin  and  the  reasonable  and  necessary 
expense  of  preparation  of  the  remains  for  burial,  and  will  not  include  such 
items  as:  For  guarding  remains,  expense  of  services  of  clergyman  or 
minister,  music  by  band  or  choir,  flowers,  cost  or  hire  of  pall  to  be  used  with 
horse,  tombstone,  crape  or  gloves  for  pallbearers,  and  expense  of  grave  site 
where  the  remains  are  sent  home  at  the  request  of  relatives. — (See  A.R., 
85  and  162.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  13-     )  Washington,  May  17,  1900. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

ISSUE  OF  HARD  BREAD. — The  issue  of  hard  bread  will  not  be  ordered 
when  it  is  practicable  to  use  flour.  Purchases  of  hard  bread  as  savings 
under  paragraph  1,  Circular,  No.  8,  February  11, 1899,  from  this  office,  will 
only  be  made  by  subsistence  officers  when  the  same  is  required  for  reissue. — 
(See  A.  R.,  1269.) 


APPENDIX.  523 

CIRCULAR  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  15.     )  Washington,  May  29,  1900. 

I.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

FINAL  STATEMENTS. — Hereafter  officers  issuing  final  statements  under 
paragraph  141  of  the  Regulations  to  enlisted  men  discharged  within  the 
first  five  years'  term  of  enlistment  will  state  in  the  remarks  the  year  in 
which  the  soldier  was  serving  at  discharge.  (See  A.R.,  150. ) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  18.     )  Washington,  June  16,  1900. 

******* 

II.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

BAGGAGE  ALLOWANCE. — The  term  "regimental  noncommissioned  staff 
officer"  in  paragraph  1119  of  the  Regulations,  as  amended  by  General 
Orders,  No.  7.  January  14,  1899,  from  this  office,  is  interpreted  to  allow 
squadron  and  battalion  sergeant-majors  to  have  not  to  exceed  500  pounds 
of  baggage  transported  at  public  expense. 


'CIRCULAR,)  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  20.     )  Washington,  June  30, 1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  of  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 
Leave  of  absence  in  excess  of  thirty  days  under  General  Orders,  No.  167, 

Adjutant-General's  Office,  of  1898,  in  connection  with  half -pay  status  of 

officers. 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY. 

Washington,  D.  C.,  May  28,  1900. 

M.  M.  Boatner,  by  letter  filed  April  2, 1900,  appeals  from  the  action  of  the  Auditor  for  the 
War  Department  in  settlement  No.  303401,  dated  March  6, 1900. 

The  Auditor  disallowed  his  claim,  which  was  for  pay  as  major  of  the  Second  United  States 
Volunteer  Infantry  from  June  26, 1898,  the  day  of  the  muster  in  of  the  regiment,  to  and  includ- 
ing July  7,  1898,  his  commission  as  major  being  dated  July  8, 1898,  under  the  provisions  of  the 
act  of  March  3,  1899  (30  Stat.  L.,  1065). 

The  reason  given  by  the  Auditor  for  the  disallowance  is  that  "officer  was  absent  on  ordi- 
nary leave  for  a  period  in  excess  of  thirty  days,  and  the  overpayment  by  reason  thereof  is  in 
exce>s  of  pay  otherwise  due  from  June  26,  1898." 

The  claimant  makes  the  following  contention: 

'•I  suggest  that  this  action  of  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  is  erroneous,  to  my  preju- 
dice, for  the  reason  that  the  Auditor  has  given  no  effect  to  General  Orders,  No.  167,  Adjutant- 
General's  Office.  October  13.  IMis,  which  is  as  follows: 

"  '  Leaves  of  absence  granted  to  officers  of  the  Army  serving  at  stations  beyond  the  limits  of 
the  !  "nitcd  states  for  the  purpose  of  returning  to  this  country  will  be  regarded  as  taking  effect 
on  the  dates  they  reach  the  United  States,  respectively,  and  as  terminating  on  the  respective 


524  APPENDIX. 

dates  of  their  departures  therefrom  in  returning  to  their  commands.  The  dates  of  arrival  in 
and  departure  from  the  United  States  will  in  every  case  be  reported  to  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army.' 

"I  was  granted  leave  of  absence  by  special  order  issued  from  headquarters  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Santiago  during  February,  1899,  for  the  period  of  thirty  days,  with  permission  to  visit 
the  United  States.  I  left  the  station  of  my  regiment  at  Holguin  on  or  about  February  16  and 
proceeded  by  a  ship  of  the  Horrera  Line  to  Habana,  where  I  took  a  ship  of  the  Morgan  Line 
for  my  home  in  New  Orleans  and  arrived  there  on  February  22,  reporting  my  arrival  by  tele- 
graph to  the  Adjutant-General.  Returning  to  my  station,  I  departed  from  New  Orleans  on  or 
about  March  19,  not  more  than  twenty-six  days  after  my  arrival,  by  a  vessel  of  the  Morgan 
Line,  and  reported  my  departure  by  wire  to  the  Adjutant-General.  On  my  arrival  at  Habana 
I  found  that  no  ship  would  leave  that  place  for  Gibara  (which  is  the  seaport  of  Holguin)  for 
some  twelve  days,  and  there  being  no  other  practicable  way  of  traveling  I  was  compelled  to 
wait  for  a  ship  about  that  length  of  time.  A*  soon  as  possible  I  took  a  ship  for  Gibara  and 
rejoined  my  regiment. 

"Considering  the  fact  that  steamers  do  not  trade  between  Gibara  and  any  town  in  the 
United  States  except  New  York;  that  my  home  and  destination  in  the  United  States  was  New 
Orleans;  that  there  is  a  regular  line  of  steamers  between  Gibara  and  Habana  and  between 
Habana  and  New  Orleans;  that  the  route  I  took  on  both  journeys  was  the  one  which  prom- 
ised the  quickest  passage,  and  that  I  traveled,  coming  and  going,  without  any  delay  irnputa- 
ble  to  myself,  I  do  not  believe  that,  under  the  order  quoted  above,  any  portion  of  the  period 
of  my  actual  absence  except  that  spent  in  the  United  States  should  be  counted  against  my 
leave,  and  that  therefore  there  should  be  no  deduction  of  pay." 

The  War  Department,  under  date  of  May  21,  1900,  reports  as  follows: 

"It  is  shown  by  the  records  that  leave  of  absence  for  thirty  days,  with  permission  to  visit 
the  United  States,  was  granted  to  Mark  M.  Boatner,  major,  Second  United  States  Volunteer 
Infantry,  in  orders  dated  February  8,  1899;  that  he  availed  himself  of  the  leave  so  granted  on 
February  17,1899;  that  he  arrived  in  New  Orleans  February  23.  IS'.i'.i;  that  he  left  New  Orleans 
for  thestationof  his  regiment  March  22, 1899,  and  that  he  rejoined  hi-  regiment  April  11,1899, 
having  been  unavoidably  detained  at  Habana,  Cuba,  awaitiim  transportation  on  his  return 
to  the  regiment." 

It  thus  appears  from  the  record  that  the  claimant  was  absent  on  leave  from  his  regiment  for 
a  period  of  fifty-three  days,  twenty-seven  days  of  which  were  spent  within  the  United  states, 
the  remainder  thereof  being  occupied  in  corning  from  his  station  and  returning  thereto. 

Section  1265  of  the  Revised  Statutes  provides  that— 

"Officers  when  absent  on  account  of  sickness  or  wounds,  or  lawfully  absent  from  duty  and 
waiting  orders,  shall  receive  full  pay;  when  absent  with  leave  forother  causes,  full  pay  during 
such  absence,  not  exceeding  in  the  aggregate  thirty  days  in  one  year,  and  half-pay  during 
such  absence  exceeding  thirty  days  in  one  year.  When  absent  without  leave  they  shall  fi  >n'eit 
all  pay  during  such  absence,  unless  the  absence  is  excused  as  unavoidable." 

The  question  arises  as  to  the  effect  of  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War  that  leave  will  be  re- 
garded as  effective  during  the  stay  within  the  United  states  only  and  not  for  the  time  of  the 
journey  thereto  and  therefrom. 

An  order  that  absences  shall  or  shall  not  be  counted  can  not  be  regarded  as  of  any  effect  in 
plain  contravention  of  a  statute.  But  an  officer  who  avails  himself  of  a  leave  of  absence 
under  such  an  order  while  keeping  within  the  limits  thereof,  can  not  be  regarded  as  absent 
without  leave,  but  should  be  regarded  as  absent  for  such  time  with  leave,  his  absence  having 
been  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War.  The  claimant  was  absent  titty-three  days,  under  a 
leave  of  absence  for  thirty  days.  The  excess  beyond  the  thirty  days'  leave  granted  was  while 
journeying  to  and  from  the  United  States,  and  having  been  authorized  by  General  Orders, 
No.  167,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  of  1898,  supra,  may  therefore  be  regarded  as  absence  with 
leave,  during  which  time  under  section  1265  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  supra,  he  is  entitled  to 
half  pay. 

Having  been  paid  in  full  as  major  for  his  entire  leave  the  overpayment  therefore  is  half 
pay  for  twenty-three  days,  which  amounts  to  $79.86. 

It  appearing  from  the  records  that  the  Second  Regiment,  United  States  Volunteer  Infantry, 
was  mustered  into  service  on  June  26,  1898,  and  that  the  claimant  had  reported  for  duty  prior 
to  that  time,  and  that  he  has  not  been  paid  prior  to  July  8,  1898,  his  claim  for  pay  as  major 
from  June  26  to  July  7,  1898,  twelve  days,  amounting  to  $83.33,  should  be  allowed,  from  which 
the  overpayment  above  noted,  amounting  to  $79.86,  should  be  deducted,  leaving  a  balance  due 
the  claimant  of  $3.47. 

Upon  a  revision  of  the  above-named  account  I  therefore  find  and  certify  a  difference  of  $3.47 

in  favor  of  the  claimant. 

It.  J.  TRACEWELL,  Comptroller. 

(See  A.  E.,  54.) 


APPENDIX.  525 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  21.     )  Washington,  July  5,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  the  following  is  published  to  the 
Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

I.  MILEAGE. 

1.  The  second  proviso  of  the  new  mileage  law,  act  of  May  26,  1900  (p.  8, 
General  Orders.  No.  76,  current  series.  Adjutant-General's  Office),  which 
takes  effect  July  1,  1900,  is  as  follows: 

l'r<>i:i>.lt:<i  j/niJifr,  That  officers  who  so  desire  may,  upon  application  to  the  Quartermaster's 
Department,  be  furnished  with  transportation  requests,  exclusive  of  sleeping  and  parlor  car 
accommodations,  for  the  entire  journey  under  their  orders,  and  the  transportation  so  fur- 
nished shall  be  a  charge  against  the  officer's  mileage  account,  to  be  deducted  at  the  rate  of 
thive  cents  per  mile  by  the  paymaster  paying  the  account,  the  amount  so  deducted  to  be 
turned  over  to  an  authorized  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  the  credit  of  the 
appropriation  for  the  transportation  of  the  Army  and  its  supplies. 

Under  this  proviso  the  Quartermaster's  Department  is  entitled  to  be  reim- 
bursed at  3  cents  per  mile  for  transportation  furnished  over  any  railroad 
over  which  it  is  not  by  law  or  agreement  required  to  furnish  transportation 
at  the  expense  of  it  own  appropriations,  as,  for  instance,  an  officer  receiving 
transportation  from  New  York  to  San  Francisco,  distance  3,269  miles,  of 
which  2.357  miles  is  either  free,  bond-aided,  or  agreement  railroad,  and  912 
miles  is,  to  use  a  convenient  term,  commercial  line. 

The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  required  by  law  to  furnish  from  its 
own  appropriations  transportation  for  the  2,357  miles  from  Chicago  to  San 
Francisco  and  should  not  be  reimbursed  therefor,  but  for  the  remaining  912 
miles  from  New  York  to  Chicago  the  Quartermaster's  Department  should 
be  reimbursed  at  3  cents  per  mile.  A  mileage  account  for  a  journey  between 
the  points  named  under  this  proviso  would  be  stated  as  follows: 

2.357  miles,  at  4  cents  per  mile $94. 28 

912  miles,  at  7  cents  per  mile 63. 84 


Appropriation  charged  with 158 . 1 2 

The  officer  would  receive  a  check  for  $130.76,  and  the  paymaster  would 
turn  over  to  a  disbursing  quartermaster  912x3 =$27. 36,  taking  his  receipt 
therefor  and  filing  the  same  with  the  voucher.  Thus  the  appropriations 
for  the  Pay  Department  would  be  charged  with  the  full  amount  it  was  liable 
for  and  the  quartermaster's  receipt,  filed  with  or  written  on  the  voucher, 
would  show  reimbursement  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

2.  Under  the  third  and  fourth  provisos  of  the  mileage  law  the  Quarter- 
master's Department  furnishes  only  such  transportation  as  is  by  law  or 
agreement  chargeable  to  its  own  appropriations,  and  for  transportation  fur- 
nished under  these  provisos  would  not  be  reimbursed  by  the  Pay  Depart- 
ment. A  mileage  account  between  the  above-named  points  would  then  be 
stated  as  follows: 

2 ,357  miles ,  at  4  cents $94. 28 

912  miles,  at  7  cents 63.84 

Carried  to  abstract  payments  .     158.12 

chargeable  to  mileage.     Nothing  to  be  turned  over  to  the  quartermaster. 


526  APPENDIX. 

3.  New  distance  tables  are  in  preparation  which  will  include  in  the  mar- 
gin distances  over  all  free,  bond-aided,  50  per  cent,  and  agreement  roads 
over  which  transportation  must  be  obtained  from  the  Quartermaster's 
Department.  (See  A.  R*.  13?!.} 

II.  INCREASED  PAY  FOR  FOREIGN  SERVICE  AND  IN  THE  TERRITORY  OF 

ALASKA. 

Under  decision  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  published  in  Circular 
No.  287  (Decision  104) ,  Paymaster-General's  Office,  officers  serving  in  Porto 
Rico,  Cuba,  the  Philippine  Islands,  Hawaii,  and  the  Territory  of  Alaska 
receive  10  per  cent  increase  on  pay  proper  (minimum  pay  of  their  grade) 
from  and  including  May  26, 1900,  the  date  of  approval  of  the  act.  This 
increase  is  payable  only  for  service  in  the  places  named.  It  will  commence 
only  on  the  date  of  arrival  therein  and  cease  on  the  date  of  departure  there- 
from, whether  under  orders  or  on  sick  or  ordinary  leave,  but  an  officer  on 
leave,  either  sick  or  ordinary,  who  does  not  depart  from  the  place  is  not 
deprived  of  the  increase.  An  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  serving  in  the 
Philippines  and  holding  a  higher  volunteer  commission  is  entitled  to  the 
increase  on  the  pay  proper  of  his  volunteer  rank.  (See  Art.  LXXX,  A.  R.) 


III.  PAY  FOR  EXERCISE  OF  HIGHER  COMMAND. 

Officers  serving  in  the  Philippines  and  exercising  higher  command  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section  7.  act  of  April  26. 1898,  are  entitled 
to  the  pay  of  the  prescribed  command  inclusive  of  June  30,  1900,  with  the 
additional  10  per  cent  increase  thereon  provided  by  the  act  of  May  26, 1900; 
but  on  and  after  July  1,  1900,  unless  higher  command  be  continuous  for  a 
period  of  three  months,  neither  pay  for  such  command  nor  10  per  cent 
thereon  will  be  paid. 

From  and  after  July  1  payment  should  not  be  made  for  higher  command 
until  after  the  first  three  months  of  such  command  shall  have  expired,  but 
thereafter  the  increased  pay  may  be  paid  monthly.  (See  Art.  LXXX,  A.  R. ) 

IV.  TWENTY  PER  CENT  INCREASE  TO  ENLISTED  MEN. 

Enlisted  men  serving  in  Porto  Rico,  Cuba,  the  Philippine  Islands,  Hawaii, 
and  the  Territory  of  Alaska  will  continue  to  receive  the  20  per  cent  hereto- 
fore paid  under  the  act  of  April  26,  1898,  so  long  as  they  remain  in  service 
in  those  places,  but  will  cease  when  they  depart  therefrom  to  return  to  the 
United  States.  The  allowance  of  20  per  cent  to  enlisted  men  ceases  with 
May  25,  1900,  in  all  parts  of  the  United  States  except  the  Territory  of 
Alaska.  (See  A.  R. ,  1349. ) 

V.  EXTRA-DUTY  PAY. 

The  extra-duty  pay  provided  for  certain  enlisted  men  on  duty  at  the 
United  States  Military  Academy  at  Westpoint,  New  York,  payment  of 
which  was  prohibited  under  the  act  of  April  26,  1898,  granting  20  per  cent 
increase  to  all  enlisted  men,  was  restored  on  May  26,  1900,  by  the  operation 
of  the  act  of  that  date,  and  made  retroactive  to  April  26,  1898.  (See  A.  R., 


APPENDIX.  527 

CIRCULAR  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  22.  }  Washington,  July  11,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  instructions  are  pub- 
lished for  the  information  and  government  of  all  concerned: 

Recruits  are  required  in  large  numbers  for  the  artillery,  and  recruiting 
officers  will  be  constant  in  their  efforts  to  obtain  suitable  men  for  that  arm. 
Great  care  must  be  taken,  however,  to  see  that  the  Army  Regulations  and 
the  published  instructions  governing  the  examination  of  applicants  for 
enlistment  are  strictly  observed,  and  that  no  recruit  be  accepted  who  is  not 
qualified  in  all  respects  to  perform  the  duties  of  a  soldier. 

To  meet  the  special  requirements  of  the  artillery,  recruits  for  that  arm 
should  be  young  active  men  of  a  good  degree  of  intelligence,  and  a  large  pro- 
portion of  those  enlisted  for  the  heavy  artillery  should,  in  addition,  possess  a 
fair  knowledge  of  arithmetic. 

Under  paragraph  855  of  the  Regulations  post  recruiting  officers  will 
endeavor  to  fill  vacancies  in  batteries  serving  at  their  respective  posts  and, 
when  authorized  by  their  department  commander,  in  batteries  serving  at 
other  posts  in  the  same  territorial  department.  When  there  are  no  such 
vacancies  in  a  department  located  within  the  United  States  the  post  recruit- 
ing officer  in  such  department  will  report  desirable  applicants  for  the  artil- 
lery to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  by  telegraph  if  necessary, 
requesting  authority  for  their  enlistment  for  "light  artillery"  or  "heavy 
artillery."  as  the  case  may  be,  and  stating  the  preference,  if  any,  of  each 
applicant  for  a  particular  battery.  In  every  such  case  the  applicant  will  be 
subjected  to  the  required  examination  before  application  is  made  for  special 
authority  for  his  enlistment,  and  it  should  be  stated  in  the  application  that 
he  has  passed  the  required  examination. 

Recruiting  officers  at  city  stations  receive  instructions  from  time  to  time 
from  the  Adjutant-General's  Office  regarding  enlistments  for  particular 
artillery  regiments  or  batteries.  Desirable  applicants  for  the  artillery  not 
covered  by  such  instructions  will  be  reported  by  them,  after  due  examina- 
tion, to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army  with  a  view  to  obtaining  special 
authority  for  their  enlistment.  (See  A.  R.,  855.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No.  23.     )  Washington,  July  13, 1900. 

******  * 

II.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Array 
for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

SAVINGS  ON  RATIONS. — Savings  will  hereafter  not  be  allowed  on  the  article 
canned  salmon,  made  a  component  part  of  the  meat  ration  by  paragraph  2, 
General  Orders,  No.  65,  June'?,  1898,  from  this  office.— (See  A.  R.,  1253.} 

A 


528  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,)  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  24.     )  Washington,  July  24,  1900. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  provisions  of  paragraph  1119  of  the  Regulations  as  amended  by  Gen- 
eral Orders,  No.  7,  January  14,  1899,  from  this  office,  authorizing  transpor- 
tation by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  from  initial  point  to  port  of 
embarkation  and  from  port  of  destination  to  garrison  station  of  three  times 
the  regular  allowance  of  personal  property  for  officers  when  embarking 
under  orders  for  extended  service  over  the  sea  for  duty,  are  extended  to 
officers  who  are  ordered  to  duty  in  Alaska  or  the  island  of  Guam,  and  the 
same  transportation  allowance  will  be  granted  to  officers  on  change  of 
station  in  Cuba,  Porto  Rico,  the  Philippine  Islands,  Hawaii,  Alaska,  and 
Guam,  and  on  return  to  the  United  States. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  25-     )  Washington,  July  25,  1900. 

1.  The  large  number  of  applications  received  from  commanding  officers 
of  regiments,  posts,  and  others  for  files  of  general  orders  and  circulars  issued 
from  this  office  requires  that  special  attention  be  invited  to  paragraph  778 
of  the  Regulations  and  that  strict  compliance  therewith  be  enjoined. 

Under  the  present  system  adopted  for  the  distribution  of  orders  and  cir- 
culars, division  and  department  commanders  are  furnished  such  number 
of  copies  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  supply  all  the  officers  on  duty  at 
their  headquarters  and  a  surplus  number  to  meet  special  demands. 

Commanding  officers  of  posts  are  furnished  1  copy  for  personal  file,  1  for 
post  file,  2  for  each  company  (1  for  the  captain's  personal  file  and  the  other 
for  the  company  file) ,  and  15  copies  for  regimental  field  officers  and  the  post 
staff  (excepting  the  surgeon,  quartermaster,  and  commissary,  who  are  sup- 
plied through  their  respective  departments). 

Commanding  officers  of  regiments  serving  at  military  posts  are  furnished 
5  copies  for  the  regimental  files  in  addition  to  the  number  furnished  them 
as  post  commanders.  When  a  regiment  is  serving  in  the  field  40  copies 
are  furnished  regimental  headquarters,  1  copy  each  for  battalion  command- 
ers and  battalion  adjutants,  2  copies  for  companies,  and  remaining  number 
for  colonel,  lieutenant-colonel,  staff,  and  surplus. 

Officers  of  the  staff  departments  are  furnished  copies  through  the  chiefs 
of  their  respective  departments. 

2.  SPECIAL  ORDERS. — Seven  full  copies  of  special  orders  are  furnished  to 
the  headquarters  of  each  military  division  and  department.    These  are 
intended    for  the    department    commander,   adjutant-general,  inspector- 
general,  judge-advocate,  chief  quartermaster,  chief  commissary,  and  chief 
siirgeon.    The  chief  paymaster  is  furnished  a  copy  through  the  Paymaster- 
General  of  the  Army. 

Extracts  of  special  orders  are  furnished  to  all  concerned  only,  either  direct 
or  through  the  immediate  commander. 


APPENDIX.  529 

3.  To  meet  the  requirements  of  this  office  commanding  generals  of  mili- 
tary divisions  and  departments  will  hereafter  furnish  this  office  the  follow- 
ing number  of  copies  of  orders  and  circulars,  3  copies  to  be  official,  as  soon 
as  issued  from  their  headquarters: 

General  orders  and  circulars 15  copies. 

Special  orders 7  copies. 

Roster  of  troops _.  15  copies. 

Index  to  general  orders  and  circulars 10  copies. 

Index  to  special  orders  . .   .  5  copies. 

The  commanding  generals  of  the  Division  of  the  Philippines  and  of  Cuba 
will  furnish  twice  the  number  indicated  above,  and  also  30  copies  of  all 
orders  and  circulars  relating  to  civil  affairs  issued  by  them. 

Commanding  officers  of  military  districts  and  separate  brigades  will  for- 
ward 2  copies  of  all  orders  and  circulars  as  soon  as  issued  from  their 
headquarters. 

4.  For  convenience  and    uniformity  all    printed  orders  and  circulars 
should  be  the  size  of  the  general  orders  issued  from  this  office,  and  those  in 
manuscript  upon  letter-size  paper,  leaving  a  margin  of  1£  inches  for  bind- 
ing.    (See  A.  R.,  778  and  782.') 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  26-     )  Washington,  July  31,  19.00. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

I.  VETERINARIANS    AND    VETERINARY    SURGEONS.— The    veterinarians 
appointed  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  2, 
1899,  will  continue  to  be  known  and  designated  in  orders,  correspondence, 
and  official  publications  as  "  veterinarians,  first  class,"  and  i;  veterinarians, 
second  class,"  respectively,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  said  act  and 
the  appointments  issued  thereunder. 

The  term  "senior  veterinary  surgeons,"  as  used  in  the  army  appropria- 
tion act  of  May  26,  1 900,  is  held  to  mean  veterinarians  of  the  first  class,  and 
the  term  "  junior  veterinary  surgeons  "  to  mean  veterinarians  of  the  second 
class.  The  act  last  cited  does  not  repeal  the  act  of  March  2, 1899,  nor  make 
any  change  in  the  allowance  of  employees  of  this  class,  except  in  the  allow- 
ance for  clothing  to  veterinarians  of  the  second  class.  For  subsistence  a 
veterinarian  of  the  second  class  is  entitled  to  a  ration  in  kind  or  to  commu- 
tation of  rations  at  the  same  rate  and  under  the  same  conditions  as  is  a 
sergeant-major.— (^ee  Art.  XXVI,  A.  R.) 

II.  EXTRA  COMPENSATION  TO  COOKS. — Paragraph  302  of  the  Regulations 
provides  for  extra  compensation  to  cooks  from  company  and  mess  funds, 
and  is  not  in  conflict  with  and  has  not  been  revoked  by  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  March  2,  1899,  published  in  General  Orders,  No.  36,  of  1899, 
Adjutant-General's  Office.— (See  A.  R.,  302.) 

16686—01 3-i 


530  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

^°-  27-      )  Washington,  August  10, 1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  of  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury,  of  July  21,  1900,  concurring  in  an  opinion  of  the 
Judge- Advocate-General,  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of 
all  concerned,  in  connection  with  Circulars,  No.  55,  paragraph  2,  November 
23,  1899,  and  No.  26,  paragraph  1,  July  31,  1900,  from  this  office: 

VETERINARIANS— TRAVEL  ALLOWANCES.— "Section  2  of  the  act  of  Con- 
gress entitled  'An  act  for  increasing  the  efficiency  of  the  Army  of  the 
United  States  and  for  other  purposes,'  approved  March  2,  1899,  provides: 
'  That  each  regiment  of  cavalry  shall  consist  of  *  *  *  two  veterinarians, 
*  *  *:  Provided,  *  *  *  Of  the  veterinarians  provided  for  in  this  act, 
one  shall  have  the  pay  and  allowances  of  a  second  lieutenant  of  cavalry  and 
one  shall  have  the  pay  of  $75  per  month  and  the  allowances  of  a  sergeant- 
major.' 

"Veterinarians  under  this  act  are  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  their  allowances  are  fixed  by  the  statute 
quoted  (save  as  to  money  allowances  of  clothing  for  junior  veterinary 
surgeons,  as  provided  in  appropriation  act  for  the  support  of  the  Army, 
approved  May  26,  1900).  Consequently,  while  traveling  under  proper 
orders,  veterinarians  of  the  second  class  should  be  furnished  with  a  trans- 
portation request  and  be  given  commutation  of  rations,  being  governed  by 
the  same  rules  as  in  case  of  a  sergeant-major.  In  case  of  a  veterinarian  of 
the  first  class  traveling  under  proper  orders  without  troops,  he  should 
receive  mileage  the  same  as  a  second  lieutenant."  (See  Art.  XXVI,  A.  R.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  2^-      )  Washington,  August  11,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  paragraph  1,  heading  "Mileage," 
Circular  No.  21,  July  5, 1900,  from  this  office,  is  recalled,  and  the  following 
letter  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  relating  to  the  subject  "Mileage 
to  officers,  etc.,"  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance 
of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Washington,  D.  C,,  July  18,  1900. 
The  Honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  By  your  reference  I  have  received  a  letter,  dated  June  15,  1900,  addressed  to  you  by  the 
Quartermaster-General  United  States  Army,  in  which  my  decision  is  requested  as  to  the 
proper  construction  of  the  act  of  May  26,  1900  (Public— No.  123,  p.  6),  under  the  heading  of 
"Mileage  to  officers,  etc." 

The  Quartermaster-General  refers  only  to  the  second  proviso  under  this  heading,  but  for  a 
clear  understanding  of  the  questions  presented  it  is  necessary  to  consider  the  provision  as  a 
whole,  which  is  as  follows: 

"  For  mileage  to  officers  and  contract  surgeons,  when  authorized  by  law,  five  hundred  thou- 
sand dollars:  Provided,  That  officers  so  traveling  shall  be  paid  seven  cents  per  mile  and  no 
more;  distance  to  be  computed  and  mileage  to  be  paid  over  the  shortest  usually  traveled 
routes,  with  deduction  as  hereinafter  provided:  and  payment  and  settlement  of  mileage 
accounts  of  officers  shall  be  made  according  to  distances  computed  over  routes  established  and 
by  mileage  tables  prepared  by  the  Paymaster-General  of  the  Army  under  the  direction  of  the 


APPENDIX.  531 

Secretary  of  War;  and  all  payments  made  by  paymasters  on  account  of  mileage  previous  to 
the  passage  of  this  act  shall  be  settled  in  accordance  with  distance  tables  officially  promul- 
gated and  in  use  at  date  of  payment:  Provided  further,  That  officers  who  so  desire  may,  upon 
application  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  be  furnished  with  transportation  requests, 
exclusive  of  sleeping  and  parlor-car  accommodations,  for  the  entire  journey  under  their  orders; 
and  the  transportation  so  furnished  shall  be  a  charge  against  the  officer's  mileage  account  to 
be  deducted  at  the  rate  of  three  cents  per  mile  by  the  paymaster  paying  the  account,  the 
amount  so  deducted  to  be  turned  over  to  an  authorized  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment for  the  credit  of  the  appropriation  for  transportation  of  the  Army  and  its  supplies:  And 
provided  further ,  That  when  the  established  route  of  travel  shall,  in  whole  or  in  part,  be  over 
the  line  of  any  railroad  on  which  the  troops  and  supplies  of  the  United  States  are  entitled  to 
be  transported  free  of  charge,  or  over  any  of  the  bond-aided  Pacific  railroads,  or  over  the 
railroad  of  any  railroad  company  which  by  law  or  agreement  is  entitled  to  receive  only  fifty 
per  centum  of  the  compensation  earned  by  such  company  for  transportation  services  rendered 
the  United  States,  officers  traveling  as  herein  provided  for  shall,  for  the  travel  over  such  roads, 
be  furnished  with  transportation  requests,  exclusive  of  sleeping  and  parlor-car  accommoda- 
tions, by  the  Quartermaster's  Department:  And  provided  further,  That  when  transportation  is 
furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  or  when  the  established  route  of  travel  is  over 
any  of  the  railroads  above  specified,  there  shall  be  deducted  from  the  officer's  mileage  account 
by  the  paymaster  paying  the  same  three  cents  per  mile  for  the  distance  for  which  transporta- 
tion has  been  or  should  have  been  furnished." 
The  Quartermaster-General  submits  two  questions,  which  may  be  stated  as  follows: 

1.  What  portion  of  the  3  cents  per  mile  withheld  from  an  officer's  mileage  account,  in  cases 
where  transportation  has  been  or  should  have  been  furnished,  shall  be  turned  over  to  an 
.authorized  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  credit  of  the  appropriation  for  trans- 
portation of  the  Army  and  its  supplies  ? 

2.  Is  the  money  so  turned  over  and  credited  to  the  appropriation  for  transportation  of  the 
Army  and  its  supplies  available  for  use  to  meet  expenses  incurred  during  the  current  fiscal 
year,  notwithstanding  it  may  operate  to  increase  the  appropriations  for  transportation? 

The  leading  propositions  of  this  act  are  the  allowance  of  mileage  at  7  cents  per  mile  on  dis- 
tances computed  over  routes  established  by  the  Paymaster-General  with  deductions  which 
will  now  be  considered. 

It  will  be  necessary  to  consider  the  second,  third,  and  fourth  provisos  together  in  order  to 
arrive  at  a  conclusion  which  will  give  effect  to  all. 

The  language  of  the  second  proviso  is  plain  and  unambiguous  and  leaves  no  room  for  con- 
struction. It  provides  that  "officers  who  so  desire  may,  upon  application  to  the  Quarter- 
master's Department,  be  furnished  with  transportation  requests  *  *  *  for  the  entire 
journey  under  their  orders,"  and  then  the  act  provides  that  "  the  transportation  so  furnished 
shall  be  a  charge  against  the  officer's  mileage  account,  to  be  deducted  at  the  rate  of  three  cents 
per  mile,"  *  *  *  without  regard  to  whether  the  actual  cost  to  the  United  States  is  more 
or  less  than  3  cents  per  mile. 

This  proviso  further  requires  that— • 

"The  amount  so  deducted  to  be  turned  over  to  an  authorized  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  for  the  credit  of  the  appropriation  for  the  transportation  of  the  Army  and  its 
supplies." 

There  is  no  qualification  about  this  direction  in  respect  to  the  roads  over  which  the  journey 
was  made,  or  doubt  as  to  the  amount  to  be  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  or 
the  appropriation  to  be  credited.  It  is  no  concern  of  the  executive  branch  of  the  Govern- 
ment whether  this  credit  augments  the  appropriation  for  transportation  or  depletes  it.  The 
direction  is  specific  and  precludes  inquiry  into  results. 

The  third  proviso  is  supplemental  to  the  second.  The  second  left  it  optional  with  the 
officer  to  obtain  requests  or  not,  without  reference  to  aided  or  nonaided  roads;  if  he  did  obtain 
them  the  prescribed  results  follow  as  a  matter  of  law.  The  third  proviso  is  mandatory  and 
requires- 

"That  when  the  established  route  of  travel  shall,  in  whole  or  in  part,  be  over  the  line  of 
any  railroad  (all  classed  as  aided  roads  for  brevity's  sake)  *  *  *  officers  traveling  as  herein 
provided  for  shall,  for  travel  over  such  roads,  be  furnished  with  transportation  requests 
*  *  *  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department." 

This  proviso  is  plain  and  is  not  in  conflict  with  the  second. 

When  the  route  of  travel  established  by  the  Paymaster-General  leads  over  any  of  the  aided 
roads  (as  above  defined)  officers  traveling  are  required  to  use  those  roads  and  obtain  requests 
over  the  same. 

The  fourth  proviso  requires — 

"That  when  transportation  is  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  or  when  the 


532  APPENDIX. 

established  route  of  travel  is  over  any  of  the  railroads  above  specified  (aided  roads),  there 
shall  be  deducted  from  the  officer's  mileage  account  by  the  paymaster  paying  the  same  three 
cents  per  mile  for  the  distance  for  which  transportation  has  been  or  should  have  been  fur- 
nished." 

There  is  nothing  in  this  proviso  in  conflict  with  the  second.  It  is  also  supplemental  to  the 
second  proviso.  The  second  is  general  in  its  scope  and  purpose,  providing  that  when  trans- 
portation is  furnished  ( without  specifying  particular  roads)  the  deduction  shall  be  made  and  the 
credit  mentioned  therein  shall  be  given.  The  fourth  proviso  requires  the  prescribed  deduc- 
tion when  the  established  route  of  travel  is  over  particular  roads  whether  transportation  is 
furnished  or  not.  This  proviso  being  supplemental  to  the  second,  the  amount  deducted 
must,  of  necessity,  follow  the  course  prescribed  in  the  second  and  be  credited  to  the  appro- 
priation for  transportation  of  the  Army  and  its  supplies  in  all  cases  where  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  furnished  transportation.  If  transportation  has  not  been  furnished,  the  deduction 
must  still  be  made  if  the  route  of  travel  is  over  aided  roads,  but  neither  of  the  provisos 
requires  this  reduction  to  be  credited  to  the  appropriation  for  transportation. 

Specifically  replying  to  question  1,  I  have  to  say  that  the  full  3  cents  per  mile  deducted 
from  the  officer's  mileage  account  must  be  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
and  credited  to  the  appropriation  for  transportation  of  the  Army  and  its  supplies  in  all 
cases  where  that  Department  has  furnished  the  transportation,  and  this,  too,  without  regard 
to  the  class  of  roads  over  which  the  transportation  has  been  furnished. 

If  transportation  is  not  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  its  appropriation  is 
not  entitled  to  any  credit. 

Replying  to  question  2,  I  have  to  say  th&t  the  money  turned  over  to  an  author  zed  officer  of 
the  Quartermaster's  Department  and  credited  to  the  appropriation  for  transponation  of  the 
Army  and  its  supplies  will  be  available  for  use  to  the  same  extent  that  it  would  be  if  it  had 
been  regularly  appropriated. 

The  Quartermaster-General  comments  upon  the  seeming  incongruity  and  illegality  of 
crediting  the  appropriation  for  "  transportion  of  the  Army  and  its  supplies"  when  the  trans- 
portation in  kind  is  furnished  over  bond-aided  roads,  inasmuch  as  that  appropriation  is  never 
used  to  pay  for  said  transportation,  the  appropriation  actually  used  in  such  cases  being  the 
one  known  as  "Army  transportation,  Pacific  railroads."  (See act  of  March  3,  ls7<),  20Stat  ,420.) 

It  may  be  difficult  to  reconcile  this  with  our  ideas  of  correct  business  methods,  just  as  it  is  to 
explain  why  the  matter  of  mileage  to  officers  should  be  intrusted  to  two  different  departnu  nts 
of  the  Army,  each  contending  with  the  other  against  the  depletion  of  its  appropriation  in  the 
settlement  of  the  officer's  accounts.  With  this,  however,  we  have  nothing  to  do;  the  law  so 
requires,  and  that  precludes  discussion  as  to  the  wisdom  or  expediency  of  the  method  pre- 
scribed. 

The  inclosures  are  returned. 
Respectfully, 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  AHin<i  Comptroller. 
(See  A.  R.  1321.) 


CIRCULAR,)  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  AR^IV. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  29-      )  Washington,  August  22,  1900. 

The  following  decisions  have  been  made  and  are  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

1.  COURTS-MARTIAL. — When  records  of  trial  by  general  courts-martial 
are  written  on  the  typewriter  the  copyable  ribbon  will  be  used  when  prac- 
ticable, as  this  will  save  labor  in  making  the  copies  required  to  be  furnished 
under  the  one  hundred  and  fourteenth  article  of  war.     (See  article  of  war 

114-} 

2.  FUEL. — Under  paragraph  998  of  the  Regulations  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  may  sell  fuel  to  contract  surgeons  and  to  families  of  officers 
who  are  temporarily  absent,  or  who  are  on  duty  abroad  or  in  Alaska,  on 
the  written  certificate  of  the  officer  that  the  amount  of  his  allowance  cov- 
ered by  the  certificate  will  not  be  otherwise  drawn  by  him.     (See  A.  R. ,  998. ) 


APPENDIX.  533 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  30-     )  Washington,  August  31,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  "War,  the  following  decision  of  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Washington,  D.  C.,  August  22,  1900. 
The  Honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  By  your  reference  I  have  received  a  letter  dated  August  18,  1900,  addressed  to  you  by 
the  Surgeon-General  United  States  Army,  as  follows: 

' '  Section  3  of  the  act  of  February  24, 1897  (29  Stat.  L. ,  592) ,  provides  that  any  State  or  Territory 
may  purchase  for  the  use  of  its  national  guard  '  such  stores  and  supplies  from  any  department 
of  the  Army  as,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  can  be  spared.'  A  number  of  applica- 
tions to  purchase  supplies  from  the  Medical  Department  have  been  filed  under  this  act,  but 
heretofore  the  conditions  of  the  service  have  not  warranted  favorable  action  thereon.  Such 
applications  will  doubtless  be  made  hereafter  from  time  to  time.  With  a  view  to  appropriate 
action  thereon,  I  have  the  honor  to  request  that  the  decision  of  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treas- 
ury be  obtained  as  to  whether  the  proceeds  of  such  sales  can  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the 
appropriation  from  which  purchased,  or  whether  they  must  be  covered  into  the  Treasury  as 
'Miscellaneous  receipts.' " 

A  complete  answer  to  the  question  propounded  will  be  found  in  4  Comp.  Dec.,  688,  the  sub- 
stance of  which  is  that  the  proceeds  of  Government  property  sold  to  a  State  must  be  covered 
into  the  Treasury  under  the  head  of  "  Miscellaneous  receipts."  (See also  5  Comp.  Dec.,  229-230.) 

Particular  attention  is  invited  to  the  provisions  of  Circular  No.  120  of  1887,  which  will  be 
found  quoted  in  5  Comp.  Dec.,  338. 

The  inclosure  is  herewith  returned. 

Respectfully,  L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Assistant  Comptroller. 

NOTE.— The  provisions  of  Circular  No.  120  of  1887,  First  Auditor's  Office,  Treasury  Depart- 
ment, are:  "  Hereafter  vouchers  for  services  rendered  or  supplies  furnished  by  one  depart- 
ment, bureau,  or  office  to  another  department,  bureau,  or  office  must  be  sent  directly  to  the 
Treasury  Department  for  settlement,  or  the  amount  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  proper 
appropriation,  taking  certificates  of  deposit  for  the  same,  one  of  which  must  accompany  the 
voucher." 

(See  A.  R.,  615.} 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  31-     ;  Washington,  September  11,  1900. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

STATUS  OF  SQUADRON  AND  BATTALION  SERGEANT-MAJORS. — The  term 
"  regimental  noncommissioned  staff  officer r'  in  paragraph  241  of  the  Regu- 
tions,  as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  116,  June  24,  1899,  from  this 
office,  is  construed  to  include  squadron  and  battalion  sergeant-majors 
authorized  by  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  2,  1899,  as  published  in 
General  Orders,  No.  36,  March  4, 1899,  from  this  office. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  32-     )  Washington,  September  27,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  of 
the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  in  regard  to  the  disposition  of  the  proceeds 


534  APPENDIX. 

of  sales  of  supplies  is  published  to  the  Army  supplementary  to  the  decision 
on  the  same  subject  published  in  Circular,  No.  30,  August  31,  1900,  from 
this  office: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Washington,  D.  €'.,  September  19,  1900. 
The  Honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  By  your  reference  I  have  received  a  letter  dated  August  18, 1900,  addressed  to  you  by 
the  Surgeon-General  of  the  United  States  Army,  as  follows: 

"  Section  3  of  the  act  of  February  24,  1897  (29  Stat.  L.,  592),  provides  that  any  State  or  Terri- 
tory may  purchase  for  the  use  of  its  national  guard  '  such  stores  and  supplies  from  any  depart- 
ment of  the  Army  as,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  can  be  spared.'  A  number  of 
applications  to  purchase  supplies  from  the  Medical  Department  have  been  filed  under  this  act, 
but  heretofore  the  conditions  of  the  service  have  not  warranted  favorable  action  thereon. 
Such  applications  will  doubtless  be  made  hereafter  from  time  to  time.  With  a  view  to  appro- 
priate action  thereon  I  have  the  honor  to  request  that  the  decision  of  the  Comptroller  of  the 
Treasury  be  obtained  as  to  whether  the  proceeds  of  such  sales  can  be  deposited  to  the  credit 
of  the  appropriation  from  which  purchased,  or  whether  they  must  be  covered  into  the  Treas- 
ury as  '  Miscellaneous  receipts.'  " 

In  a  letter  to  you  from  this  office  dated  August  22,  1900,  in  reply  to  a  request  for  a  decision 
in  the  above  matter,  it  was  stated  that— 

"A  complete  answer  to  the  question  propounded  will  be  found  in  4  Comp.  Dec.,  688,  the  sub- 
stance of  which  is  that  the  proceeds  of  Government  property  sold  to  a  State  must  be  covered 
into  the  Treasury  under  the  head  of  '  Miscellaneous  receipts.' "  (See  also  5  Comp.  Dec.,  229, 
230.) 

Since  the  above  decision  was  written  my  attention  has  been  called  to  the  following  provi- 
sion in  the  Army  appropriation  act  of  March  15,  1898  (30  Stat.  L.,  326): 

"And  the  cost  of  all  stores  and  supplies  sold  to  any  State  or  Territory  under  section  three  of 
the  act  approved  February  twenty-fourth,  eighteen  hundred  ana  ninety-seven  (page  five  hun- 
dred and  ninety-two,  volume  twenty -nine,  Statutes  at  Large)  shall  be  credited  to  the  appro- 
priation from  which  they  were  procured,  and  remain  available  to  procure  like  stores  and  sup- 
plies for  the  Army  in  lieu  of  those  sold  as  aforesaid." 

In  view  of  the  provisions  of  the  act  last  quoted,  I  have  the  honor  to  advise  you  that  the  pro- 
ceeds of  such  sales  as  are  described  in  the  letter  of  the  Surgeon-General  should  be  deposited 
to  the  credit  of  the  appropriation  from  which  the  supplies  sold  have  been  purchased.    This 
letter  will  take  the  place  of  my  letter  to  you  of  August  22  on  the  same  subject. 
Respectfully, 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Assistant  Comptroller. 
(See  A.  R.,  615.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  33-     )  Washington,  September  29,  1900. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

STATUS  OF  ACTING  ASSISTANT  SURGEONS.— It  has  never  been  held  that  the 
contract  of  an  acting  assistant  surgeon  to  perform  the  duties  of  a  medical 
officer  agreeably  to  Army  Regulations  restricts  his  duties  to  those  of  a 
purely  professional  character,  but,  on  the  contrary,  his  eligibility  for  duty 
is  the  same  as  that  of  an  assistant  surgeon,  except  in  so  far  as  it  is  limited 
by  the  fact  that  he  is  not  a  commissioned  officer.  An  acting  assistant  sur 
geon  is  accordingly  not  eligible  for  detail  on  courts-martial,  but  he  may  be 
detailed  on  councils  of  administration,  as  member  of  boards  of  survey,  and 
as  post  treasurer,  etc.  (See  article  of  war  75,  and  A.  R.,  288  and  709.) 


APPENDIX.  535 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  34-     )  Washington,  October  6,  1900. 

I.  So  much  of  paragraph  1,  Circular  No.  25,  July  25, 1900,  from  this  office, 
as  relates  to  the  distribution  of  general  orders  and  circulars  to  command- 
ing officers  of  posts  is  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Commanding  officers  of  posts  are  furnished  1  copy  for  personal  file,  1  for 
post  file,  2  for  each  company  (1  for  the  captain's  personal  file  and  the  other 
for  the  company  file) ,  and  15  copies  for  regimental  field  officers  and  the 
post  staff  (excepting  the  surgeon  and  quartermaster,  who  are  supplied 
through  their  respective  departments). 

Post  commissaries  will  therefore  be  supplied  with  copies  of  orders  by 
post  commanders.  (See  A.  R.,  778.} 


CIRCULAR,  j  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  36-      )  Washington,  October  18,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  so  much  of  his  decision  published 
in  paragraph  1,  Circular  No.  37,  September  16,  1898,  from  this  office,  as 
authorizes  payment  of  travel  allowances  to  a  commissioned  officer  traveling 
on  duty  under  orders  with  less  than  three  enlisted  men  as  '•  traveling  with- 
out troops,"  is  revoked,  in  view  of  the  following  decision  of  the  Comptroller 
of  the  Treasury,  which  is  published  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned: 

An  officer  who  is  on  duty  with  one  or  more  enlisted  men,  or  who  travels  on 
duty  under  orders  with  one  or  more  enlisted  men,  is  on  duty  or  travel- 
ing with  troops,  and  is  therefore  not  entitled  to  commutation  of  quar- 
ters or  mileage  under  existing  laws. 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Washington,  D.  C.,  October  6,  1900. 

The  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  has  transmitted  to  this  office  the  following  decision 
for  approval,  disapproval,  or  modification: 

"  Claims  have  been  presented  to  this  office  by  William  L.  Hillyer,  first  lieutenant,  Fourth 
Virginia  Volunteers,  and  Edgar  Hayes,  first  lieutenant,  Second  Alabama  Volunteers,  the  former 
claiming  one  month's  extra  pay  under  the  act  of  January  12, 1899,  and  the  latter  mileage  from 
Jasper,  Ala.,  to  Miami,  Fla. 

"  The  officer  first  named  was  enrolled  April  25, 1898,  and  was  mustered  out  with  his  com- 
pany April  27, 1899.  He  was  on  detached  service,  recruiting,  from  June  12  to  September  15, 
1898,  by  authority  of  Special  Orders,  No.  9,  Seventh  Army  Corps,  of  June  9, 1898,  which  directed 
officer  and  five  enlisted  men  to  proceed  to  Newport  News,  Va.,  for  the  purposes  named  in  the 
order. 

"  The  officer  last  named  was  enrolled  May  24, 1898,  and  was  mustered  out  with  his  company 
October  31. 1898.  He  was  on  detached  service,  recruiting,  from  June  19  to  on  or  about  July  23, 
1898,  by  authority  of  Special  Orders,  No.  1,  headquarters  Second  Alabama  Volunteers,  of  June 
1\  IS98,  which  directed  officer  and  two  enlisted  men  to  proceed  to  Jasper,  Ala.,  for  the  pur- 
poses named  in  the  order. 

"  Lieutenant  Hillyer  was  paid  commutation  of  quarters  covering  the  period  from  June  13  to 
August  31,  1898,  and  Lieutenant  Hayes  was  paid  commutation  of  quarters  covering  the  period 
from  June  21  to  July  20,  1898,  and  mileage  from  Mobile,  Ala.,  to  Jasper,  Ala.,  the  place  to 
which  assigned  for  recruiting  duty. 

"  The  question  arises  in  both  cases  as  to  whether  the  officers  were  on  duty  or  traveling  on 
duty  under  orders  without  troops  within  the  meaning  of  the  laws  relating  to  commutation  of 
quarters  and  mileage. 


536  APPENDIX. 

"  The  laws  relating  to  commutation  of  quarters  require  that  an  officer,  to  be  entitled  there- 
to, must  be  ort  duty  without  troops  at  the  station  where  there  are  no  public  quarters  or  where 
the  public  quarters  are  inadequate.  The  laws  relating  to  mileage  require  that  an  officer,  to 
be  entitled  thereto,  must  travel  on  duty  under  orders  without  troops. 

"I  am  of  the  opinion,  and  so  decide,  that  an  officer  who  is  on  duty  with  one  or  more 
enlisted  men,  or  who  travels  on  duty  under  orders  with  one  or  more  enlisted  men,  is  on  duty 
or  traveling  with  troops,  and  is  therefore  not  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters  or  mileage 
under  existing  laws.  In  the  case  of  Lieutenant  Hayes  the  mileage  claim  and  mileage  pay- 
ment are  open  to  the  further  objection  that  under  the  regulations  the  regimental  commander 
would  appear  to  have  no  authority  to  issue  orders  which  would  carry  mileage. 

"  The  authority  under  which  both  of  the  officers  named  were  detailed  on  recruiting  service 
was  General  Orders,  No.  61,  of  June  1,  1898.  Attention  is  invited  to  Circular  No.  37,  War 
Department,  of  September  16,  1898,  in  which  the  Secretary  of  War  decided  that  an  officer 
traveling  on  duty  under  orders  with  less  than  three  enlisted  men  was  to  be  regarded  as  travel- 
ing without  troops,  and  that  an  officer  traveling  with  three  or  more  enlisted  men  was  to  be 
regarded  as  traveling  with  troops." 

Except  as  to  officers  temporarily  absent  from  their  stations,  for  whom  provision  is  made  in 
the  act  of  February  27, 1893  (27  Stat.  L.,  480),  whose  rights  are  not  involved  in  the  matter 
under  consideration,  the  laws  in  force  since  July  1,  1880,  have  clearly  precluded  payment  of 
commutation  of  quarters  to  officers  on  duty  with  troops. 

The  army  appropriation  act  of  May  4,  1880  (21  Stat.  L.,  Ill),  and  subsequent  acts  prior  to 
July  5,  1884,  made  appropriation— 

"  For  commutation  of  quarters  for  officers  on  duty  without  troops  at  places  where  there  are 
no  public  quarters." 

In  the  acts  from  July  5,  1884  (23  Stat.  L.,  108),  to  September  22,  1888  (25  Stat.  L.,  483),  the 
words  "commissioned  officers"  was  substituted  for  the  word  "officers,"  and  in  tin-  acts  from 
March  2,  1889  (25  Stat.  L.,  827),  to  May 26, 1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  209),  the  appropriations  have  been— 

"  For  commutation  of  quarters  to  commissioned  officers  on  duty  without  troops  at  stations 
where  there  are  no  public  quarters." 

The  laws  respecting  mileage  in  force  from  an  early  date  to  July  26,  1876,  are  fairly  repre- 
sented by  the  act  of  August  30,  1856  (11  Stat.  L.,  149),  making  appropriation— 

"  For  mileage  or  allowances  made  to  officers  of  the  Army  for  the  transportation  of  them- 
selves and  their  baggage  when  traveling  on  duty  without  troops  or  escorts." 

The  rate  of  mileage  was  fixed  by  Army  Regulations  (see  paragraph  1109,  Army  Regulations, 
1861)  until,  by  section  7,  act  of  July  17, 1862  (12  Stat.  L.,  594) ,  the  rate  per  mile  was  fixed  by  law, 
and  during  the  period  from  June  16,1874  (18  Stat.L.,72),to  July  24, 1876  (19  Stat.  L.,  97, 100), 
actual  expenses  only  were  allowed,  but  only  to  officers  traveling  on  duty  without  troops  or 
escorts. 

The  laws  in  force  from  July  24, 1876,  until  the  act  of  February  9, 1887  (24  Stat.  L.,  396) ,  went 
into  effect  are  represented  by  section  2,  act  of  July  24, 1876  (19  Stat.  L.,  97, 100),  which,  so  far  as 
material,  is  as  follows: 

"  For  mileage  of  officers  of  the  Army  when  traveling  under  orders,  two  hundred  and  thirty 
thousand  dollars.  *  *  * 

"SEC.  2.  That  when  any  officer  travels  under  orders,  and  is  not  furnished  transportation  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department,  or  on  a  conveyance  belonging  to  or  chartered  by  the  United 
States,  or  on  any  railroad  on  which  the  troops  and  supplies  of  the  United  States  are  entitled  to 
be  transported  free  of  charge,  he  shall  be  allowed  eight  cents  a  mile,  and  no  more,  for  each 
mile  actually  traveled  under  such  order,  distances  to  be  calculated  by  the  shortest  usually 
traveled  route;  and  so  much  of  section  twelve  hundred  and  seventy-three  of  the  Revised 
Statutes,  or  of  any  act  as  conflicts  with  the  provision  of  this  section,  is  hereby  repealed." 

Said  act  was  carried  to  section  1273,  Revised  Statutes,  second  edition,  and  does  not  in  terms 
preclude  payment  of  mileage  to  officers  traveling  with  troops,  but  the  Army  Regulations  and 
War  Department  orders  in  force  during  said  period  required  transportation  in  kind  to  be 
furnished  all  officers  traveling  with  troops. 

The  act  of  February  9,  1897  (24  Stat. L., 396) .made  appropriation  "For  mileage  to  officers 
traveling  on  duty  without  troops  when  authorized  by  law." 

Said  limitation  of  payment  of  mileage  to  officers  traveling  on  duty  without  troops  expressly 
stated  in  the  mileage  appropriation  laws  from  1887  to  1897  was,  with  certain  other  limitations 
of  a  permanent  nature,  comprehended  in  subsequent  laws  in  the  phrase — 

"  For  mileage  to  officers  when  authorized  by  law."  (Acts  of  March  15,  1898,  30  Stat.  L.,  321; 
May  4,  1898,  30  Stat.  L.,  392,  and  May  26,  1900,  31  Stat.  L.,  210.) 

It  is  well  settled  that  during  the  past  twenty  years  there  has  been  no  law  for  the  payment 
of  commutation  of  quarters  to  officers  of  the  Army  serving  with  troops  (5  Comp.  Dec.,  461) ,  and 


APPENDIX.  537 

that  since  the  act  of  February  9, 1887  (24  Stat.  L.,  396) ,  supra,  took  effect  there  has  been  no  law 
authorizing  payment  of  mileage  to  officers  of  the  Army  traveling  with  troops.  (6  Comp. 
Dec.,  578.) 

The  only  matter  to  be  decided  is  the  meaning  of  the  term  "troops"  as  used  in  the  laws, 
supra,  providing  for  payment  of  commutation  of  quarters  and  mileage  to  officers  of  the  Army. 
This  question  has  arisen  from  the  fact  that  payments  of  mileage  have  been  made  by  pay- 
masters of  the  Army  in  accordance  with  a  decision  of  the  War  Department  announced  in  Cir- 
cular No.  37,  dated  September  16,  1898,  as  follows: 

"OFFICERS  TRAVELING  ON  DUTY.— A  commissioned  officer  traveling  on  duty  under  orders 
with  less  than  three  enlisted  men  is  regarded  as  traveling  without  troops  within  the  meaning 
of  the  law  and  regulations  applicable  to  the  subject,  and  is  entitled  to  travel  allowances 
accordingly.  An  officer  traveling  under  orders  with  three  or  more  enlisted  men  is  regarded 
as  traveling  with  troops."  (Decision  Sec.  War— 116048  A.  G.  O.,  98.) 

The  War  Department  s  construction  of  the  act  of  July  24,  1876,  and  regulations  relative  to 
the  transportation  of  officers  while  said  act  was  in  force  were  published  in  General  Orders,  No, 
97,  dated  September  8,  1876,  section  6,  part  3,  and  read  as  follows: 

"Officers  traveling  with  troops  are  entitled  only  to  transportation  in  kind  (paragraph  1096, 
Revised  Regulations,  1863,  and  General  Orders,  No.  3,  of  1872). 

"  '  Traveling  with  troops '  in  the  sense  here  employed  will  be  regarded  as  covering  all  cases 
of  officers  included  in  orders  for  movement,  in  whatever  manner,  of  their  appropriate  com- 
mands, or  in  orders  for  movement  of  detachments,  escorts,  or  stores,  which  proceed  by 
marches,  or  by  transportation  belonging  to  or  especially  hired  for  the  purpose  by  the  United 
States;  the  idea  being  that  in  marches  the  officers  should  move  as  do  the  troops  and  that 
where  transportation  is  specially  devoted  to  the  movement  it  is  sufficient  for  all  included 
therein. 

"  But  the  term  will  not  be  regarded  as  necessarily  covering  cases  of  officers  included  in  the 
movement  by  railroad,  stage,  or  like  established  lines  of  conveyances,  of  small  detachments 
of  armed  or  unarmed  men,  such  as  guards  and  nurses  for  disabled  or  insane  officers  or  sol- 
diers; escorts  for  inspectors,  paymasters,  and  others,  or  the  public  funds  or  property  in  their 
charge. 

"In  such  cases,  and  in  all  cases  of  individual  travel,  the  authority  issuing  the  order  may,  if 
the  public  economy,  interest,  or  convenience  suggest  it,  prescribe  that  transportation  in  kind 
be  furnished  to  the  officer.  Such  prescription  will  in  all  cases  be  a  bar  to  payment  of  mileage 
unless  it  be  shown  by  certificate  of  the  proper  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  that 
the  transportation  in  kind  could  not  be  furnished." 

But  the  rules  in  force  when  the  law  expressly  precluded  payment  of  mileage  to  officers  trav- 
eling Avith  troops  have  been  stated  as  follows: 

"  Circumstances  of  travel  for  which  transportation  is  contemplated  by  law  and  regulations 
comprehend  cases  of  travel  under  orders  with  troops,  guards,  escort,  or  supplies,  whether  in 
charge  of,  a  part  of,  or  under  protection  of  the  same;  the  established  practice  being  that  if 
transportation  has  to  be  provided  for  any  member  of  a  party  (large  or  small),  it  is  to  be  fur- 
nished to  all  persons  comprehended  in  the  terms  of  the  order  for  the  movement.  (Paragraphs 
1096  and  1109,  Revised  Regulations,  1863;  decision  of  Paymaster-General  in  indorsement  of 
August  19,  1871;  decision  of  Second  Comptroller  in  indorsement  of  February  17,  1872.)  Lan- 
guage of  all  past  acts  making  appropriations  for  payment  of  mileage  and  kindred  allowances. 
(General  Orders,  No.  3,  of  1872.)  '  Officers  traveling  on  duty  with  troops  are  to  be  furnished 
transportation  in  kind  and  will  not  be  allowed  to  draw  mileage.1  (Note  B,  paragraph  3,  sec- 
tion 6,  Circular,  No.  98,  Paymaster-General's  Office,  dated  April  19,  1873.) 

"Officers  and  others  traveling  with  troops,  escorts,  or  supplies  can  not  claim  actual  travel- 
ing expenses.  They  are  entitled  only  to  transportation  provided  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department.  (Act  of  June  16,  1874,  and  General  Orders,  No.  69,  1874.) 

"  (a)  This  applies  to  all  cases  of  travel  under  orders  with  troops,  guards,  escorts,  or  supplies, 
whether  in  charge  of,  a  part  of,  or  under  protection  of  the  same,  and  without  reference  to  the 
strength  of  the  party.  (Paragraph  1096,  Revised  Regulations,  1863;  Paymaster-General's 
indorsement,  August  19,  1871;  Second  Comptroller's  indorsement,  February  17,  1872;  para- 
graph 3,  section  6,  Circular,  No.  103,  Paymaster-General's  Office,  dated  August  4, 1874,  and 
Note  A.) 

The  decision  of  the  Second  Comptroller  of  February  17, 1872,  above  cited,  is  as  follows: 

"Lieut.  F.  H.  Hathaway  submitted  to  the  Paymaster-General  a  statement  in  support  of  his 
having  drawn  $100. 70  for  mileage,  which  he  has  been  called  upon  to  refund  on  the  ground 
that  he  was  '  traveling  with  troops.' 

"  Respectfully  referred  to  the  Second  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury. 


538  APPENDIX. 

"Will  the  Comptroller  concur  with  this  office  in  making  this  an  exceptional  case,  as  Lieu- 
tenant Hathaway  appears  to  have  acted  in  good  faith  and  under  orders  for  travel,  which 
erroneously  omitted  him  in  the  requirement  upon  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  furnish 
transportation  in  kind? 

"Respectfully  returned  to  the  Paymaster-General. 

"  I  do  not  think  there  is  sufficient  reason  to  make  Lieutenant  Hathaway's  case  an  exception 
to  the  general  rule.  That  rule  is  that  mileage  shall  not  be  allowed  to  officers  traveling  with 
troops,  or  in  charge  of  enlisted  men  to  whom  the  Quartermaster's  Department  furnishes  trans- 
portation. This  is  in  entire  harmony  with  the  law  of  July  15,  1870.  If  an  army  was  moving 
under  orders  it  would  be  absurd  to  say  that  all  the  officers  were  entitled  to  mileage.  If  offi- 
cers travel  with  enlisted  men  in  their  charge  it  is  their  duty  under  the  law  of  July  15,  1870, 
which  contemplates  that  transportation  may  be  furnished  in  kind,  to  apply  to  the  Quarter- 
master's Department  for  transportation,  and  in  case  it  be  refused  then  a  claim  for  mileage 
would  arise.  But  when  transportation  in  kind  is  furnished  to  enlisted  men,  the  officer  hav- 
ing them  in  charge  is  not  entitled  to  a  different  status  in  this  respect,  so  as  to  give  him  a  legal 
right  to  mileage.  He  partakes  of  their  right  to  transportation  and  is  not  separated  from  it. 
Lieutenant  Hathaway  should  be  allowed  what  it  would  have  cost  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment to  have  transported  him  and  no  more."  (Decisions  Second  Comptroller,  vol.  34,  pp.  344, 
345.) 

Said  rules  and  decisions  were  carried  into  the  Army  Paymaster's  Manual  (April  30, 1898), 
as  follows: 

"359.  TRAVEL  WITH  TROOPS.— The  prohibition  (as  to  the  right  to  mileage  or  expenses) 
applies  to  all  cases  of  travel  with  troops,  without  regard  to  the  strength  of  the  party  (note  A, 
paragraph  3,  section  3,  Circular,  No.  103,  Paymaster-General's  Office).  The  hardship  is  recog- 
nized, but  There  is  no  remedy  short  of  legislation  by  Congress  (B,  1874,  Paymaster-General's 
Office).  The  practice  has  been  for  years  to  view  travel  with  a  single  enlisted  man  as  travel- 
ing with  troops  (B,  1875,  Paymaster-General's  Office);  but  conducting  an  insane  soldier  (there 
being  no  other  enlisted  man  in  the  party)  is  not  traveling  with  troops  (B,  1875,  Paymaster- 
General's  Office)." 

It  is  obvious,  upon  a  reading  of  the  whole  decision  of  the  Second  Comptroller,  dated  Feb- 
ruary 17, 1872,  supra,  that  the  word  "  mileage  "  as  used  in  the  clause  "  then  a  claim  for  mile- 
age would  arise  "  was  not  intended  to  admit  the  right  of  an  officer  to  the  amount  per  mile  for 
distance  traveled  ordinarily  designated  as  mileage,  but  to  a  reimbursement  of  the  amount  he 
was  obliged  to  pay  for  his  transportation,  as  is  clearly  shown  by  the  succeeding  paragraph  of 
the  decision. 

In  laws  granting  lands  in  aid  of  railroads  the  provision  that  the  troops  of  the  United  States 
shall  be  transported  thereon  free  of  charge  has  always  been  held  to  apply  to  the  transporta- 
tion of  a  single  soldier  as  well  as  a  number  of  soldiers. 

As  the  payment  of  mileage  is  under  laws  specifying  the  conditions  under  which  it  may  be 
paid,  those  conditions  can  not  be  changed  by  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Excluding  the  matter  of  an  officer  conducting  an  insane  soldier,  which  will  be  considered 
when  such  a  case  arises,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  construction  of  the  mileage  laws  in 
force  prior  to  July  24, 1876,  and  since  February  9, 1887,  asset  forth  in  section  359,  Army  Paymas- 
ter's Manual,  and  the  decisions  to  which  it  relates,  supra,  holding  that  traveling  on  duty  with 
a  single  enlisted  man  is  traveling  with  troops  within  the  meaning  of  the  mileage  laws,  should 
not  be  disturbed,  and  that  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  announced  in  Circular  No.  37, 
September  16, 1898,  supra,  is  ineffectual  to  confer  a  right  to  mileage  on  officers  traveling  with 
one  or  two  enlisted  men. 

Upon  the  same  principle  an  officer  serving  with  one  enlisted  man  must  be  regarded  as  serv- 
ing with  troops  and  not  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters. 

The  decision  of  the  Auditor  that  an  officer  who  is  on  duty  with  one  or  more  enlisted  men,  or 
who  travels  on  duty  under  orders  with  one  or  more  enlisted  men,  is  on  duty  or  traveling  with 
troops,  and  is  therefore  not  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters  or  mileage  under  existing 
laws,  is  approved. 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Assistant  Comptroller. 

(See  Art.  X,  A.  R.,and  A. R.  1117, 1321,   1323,  and  1336.) 


APPENDIX.  539 

CIRCULAR,  i  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  October  24,  1900. 
By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  of  the 
Assistant  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Washington,  October  15,  1900. 
The  honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  I  have  received  by  your  direction  a  letter  addressed  to  the  Surgeon-General  United 
States  Army,  on  the  3d  instant,  by  Maj.  J.  B.  Girard,  surgeon,  United  States  Army,  and  dis- 
bursing officer,  inclosing  an  account  of  Meyer  Brothers  Drug  Company  for  786  gross  of  band- 
ages, gauze  sterilized,  delivered  to  the  medical  supply  depot,  United  States  Army,  August  27, 
1900.  A  decision  is  asked  whether  the  account  is  payable  from  the  appropriation  for  the  fiscal 
year  1900  or  from  that  for  1901. 

The  articles  in  question  were  estimated  for  September  9,  1899,  by  the  medical  supply  officer 
at  San  Francisco  as  required  for  the  six  months  ending  June  30,  1900,  and  circular  letters  of 
advertisement  soliciting  proposals  were  sent  out  on  November  9, 1899.  Authority  to  purchase 
was  given  on  December  19, 1899,  aud  the  order  for  the  goods  was  made  on  December  26,  1899. 
The  order  required  delivery  "  without  delay." 

Leaving  out  for  a  moment  the  consideration  of  the  question  of  contract,  it  may  be  said  that 
the  foregoing  facts  clearly  indicate  that  the  supplies  were  purchased  for  the  needs  of  the 
fiscal  year  1900,  and  payment  therefor  should  be  made  from  the  appropriation  for  that  year. 
The  fact  that  the  articles  were  not  delivered  within  the  fiscal  year  for  which  they  were  pur- 
chased does  not  take  the  transaction  out  of  the  requirements  of  section  3690  of  the  Revised 
Statutes.  At  the  time  the  supplies  were  ordered  for  delivery  "without  delay"  there  was  no 
authority  to  make  any  purchase  on  account  of  the  fiscal  year  1901.  (6  Comp.  Dec. ,815.) 

Referring  now  to  the  contract  with  Meyer  Bros.  &  Co.,  it  is  noted  that  it  was  executed  on 
January  6,  1900,  and  was  approved  by  the  Surgeon-General  on  January  18,  1900.  Unless  the 
statement  made  in  the  order  of  December  26, 1899,  that  "a  written  executory  contract  with 
bond  will  be  forwarded  for  your  signature"  can  be  considered  as  making  the  order  condi- 
tional, it  is  difficult  to  see  how  the  transaction  can  be  regarded  as  other  than  an  open-market 
purchase,  without  a  contract  or  bond,  which  might  raise  some  question  as  to  whether  the 
interests  of  the  United  States  were  fully  safeguarded  in  the  matter. 

Article  4  of  the  contract  requires  that  "the  deliveries  on  the  contract  shall,  if  required, ' 
commence  on  the  16th  day  of  January,  1900."  No  stipulation  is  made  as  to  the  time  of  the 
completion  of  the  contract,  which  would  appear  to  be  an  important  omission  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  the  purchases  were  presumably  for  the  service  of  the  fiscal  year  1900,  and  that  article 
3  of  the  contract  provides  a  penalty  for  the  failure  of  the  contractors  to  comply  with  its 
stipulation. 

Without,  -however,  expressing  any  opinion  on  these  matters,  I  return  the  account  with  the 
statement  that,  if  otherwise  correct,  it  may  be  paid  from  the  appropriation  for  the  fiscal 
year  1900. 

Respectfully,  L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Assistant  Comptroller. 

(See  A.  R.,  515.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  41.      )  Washington,  November  14,  1900. 

The  decision  of  the  Major-General  Commanding  the  Army  of  June  19, 
1896,  as  promulgated  in  his  indorsement  of  that  date,  in  relation  to  the  dis- 
position of  the  supplementary  report  of  the  post  commander,  as  prescribed 
by  Army  Regulations,  875,  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  of 
all  concerned: 

SUPPLEMENTARY  REPORT  UNDER  ARMY  REGULATIONS,  875. — Respectfully 
returned  to  the  commanding  general,  Department  of  California,  with  the 


540  APPENDIX. 

instructions  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  that  the  statements  of 
the  post  commanders  of  the  Presidio  and  Angel  Island,  Gal.,  upon  the 
irregularities  noted  at  the  last  annual  inspection  of  the  posts  should  be  for- 
warded at  once,  and  that  all  such  statements  of  post  commanders  should  be 
promptly  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  and  transmitted  to  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army  for  action  and  file  with  the  original  report. 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  42-      )  Washington,  November  15,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published 
to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  appropriation  for  the  support  of  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  Army 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1901,  published  in  General  Orders,  No. 
76,  June  1,  1900,  from  this  office,  provides  for  the  payment  for  extra  duty 
on  constant  labor  for  not  less  than  ten  days,  under  the  several  heads  of 
appropriations  for  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

Under  appropriation  "  Incidental  expenses"  the  following  payments  are 
authorized: 

For  labor  in  the  erection  of  barracks,  quarters,  and  storehouses; 

In  the  construction  of  roads  and  other  constant  labor; 

Clerks  for  post  quartermaster; 

Prison  overseers  at  posts  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  con- 
finement of  general  prisoners. 

Under  "Barracks  and  quarters"  appropriation: 

For  the  construction  of  temporary  buildings  and  stables; 

For  repairing  public  buildings  at  established  posts. 

Under  "  Transportation  of  the  Army  and  its  supplies: " 

Driving  teams; 

Repairing  means  of  transportation; 

Train  masters; 

Labor  in  opening  roads  and  building  wharves. 

Under  "  Construction  and  repair  of  hospitals:  " 

Labor  in  construction  and  repairs  of  hospitals  at  military  posts  already 
established  and  occupied. 

Under  "  Quarters  for  hospital  stewards:  " 

Labor  in  construction  (and  repairs)  of  hospital  stewards'  quarters  at 
military  posts  already  established  and  occupied. 

In  order  to  avoid  suspensions  and  disallowances  in  the  accounts  of  dis- 
bursing officers  on  account  of  payments  for  extra-duty  services  the  utmost 
care  should  be  observed  in  the  preparation  of  estimates  for  funds  for  this 
purpose,  the  report  of  services  on  Form  3  (Quartermaster's  Department), 
and  the  receipt  roll,  the  voucher  for  payment. 

The  men  should  be  classified  on  the  Form  3  and  on  the  receipt  roll  by 
appropriations,  and  a  full  report  of  the  nature  of  the  services  should  appear 
on  Form  3  in  the  column  "  How  employed — Remarks." 

All  information  required  by  the  headings  and  notes  on  the  form  should 
be  given. 

Much  annoyance  and  correspondence  will  be  avoided  by  a  strict  compli- 
ance with  the  laws  and  regulations  on  this  subject.  (See  Art.  XXIII,  A.  R. ) 


APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR  )  HEADQUARTERS 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  43-     )  Washington,  November  26,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decisions  of 
the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  are  published  to  the  Army  for  the  informa- 
tion and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

October  17,  1900. 

Charles  L.  Spalding,  formerly  hospital  steward,  Eighth  Massachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry, 
Spanish  war,  appeals  from  settlement,  No.  308663,  dated  March  21, 1900,  disallowing  his  claim 
for  reimbursement  for  $50,  alleged  by  him  to  have  been  expended  in  traveling  to  his  home 
and  returning  thence  to  his  command  while  absent  on  furlough. 

He  was  granted  an  ordinary  furlough  at  Camp  Thomas,  Ga.,  from  August  6  to  September  15, 
1898,  both  dates  inclusive,  with  permission  to  go  to  Massachusetts.  The  furlough  was  subse- 
quently extended,  and  he  did  not  join  his  command  until  November  17, 1898.  He  states  that 
transportation  was  not  furnished  him  to  his  home  at  Beverly,  Mass.,  where  he  went  on  fur- 
lough, and  that  when  about  to  return  to  his  command  he  applied  for  transportation  and  was 
refused  because  the  word  "  sick  "  was  not  inserted  in  his  furlough.  He  contends  that  it  was  the 
intention  to  have  granted  him  a  sick  furlough  pursuant  to  General  Orders,  No.  114,  Adjutant- 
General's  Office,  1898,  but  that  the  words  necessary  to  characterize  it  as  a  sick  furlough  were 
unintentionally  omitted.  His  contention  is  strongly  supported  by  certificates  on  file  from 
former  surgeons  of  his  regiment. 

The  claim  is  for  transportation  provided  by  himself  for  going  from  the  camp  of  his  regiment 
to  his  home  and  in  returning  to  his  regiment,  including  sleeping-car  fare. 

It  can  make  no  difference  whether  the  claimant  was  on  ordinary  furlough  or  on  sick  fur- 
lough under  General  Orders,  No.  114.  In  neither  case  would  he  be  entitled  to  reimbursement 
for  cost  of  transportation  to  his  home  and  return  to  his  command.  (5  Comp.  Dec.,  470;  decision 
of  August  10, 1900,  in  case  of  Union  Pacific  Railway  Co.) 

The  action  of  the  Auditor  so  far  as  it  disallows  the  claim  is  affirmed. 

All  papers  will  be  returned  to  the  Auditor,  except  certificate  transmitted  by  Lieut.  Col. 
George  W.  Baird,  which  will  be  returned  to  him. 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Assistant  Comptroller. 

(See  A.  R.,  106.) 


TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Washington,  October  19,  1900. 
The  honorable  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  I  have  received  by  your  direction,  per  indorsement  dated  August  16,  1900,  a  letter  from 
Lieut.  Col.  George  W.  Baird  to  the  Paymaster-General  requesting  a  change  in  my  decision 
dated  June  15,  1900  (6  Comp.  Dec.,  947),  relative  to  the  time  of  beginning  and  ending  of  the  10 
per  cent  increase  on  pay  of  officers  of  the  Army  under  the  act  of  May  26,  1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  211.) 

The  argument  submitted  in  favor  of  a  change  in  the  decision  is  as  follows: 

"  The  decision  as  rendered  turns  upon  the  question  whether  the  extra  10  per  centum  is  pay 
or  is  an  allowence.  The  Comptroller  holds  that  it  is  an  allowance  and  so  is  forfeited  when 
the  officer  is,  for  any  reason,  outside  of  the  geographical  limits  where  it  accrues. 

"The  law,  however,  states  specifically  'that  hereafter  the  pay  proper  of  all  officers 
*  *  *  serving  *  *  *  shall  be  increased  ten  per  centum.'  (Act  May  26,  1900;  p.  10,  Gen- 
eral Orders,  No.  76,  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  June  1,  1900.) 

"  The  language  of  the  act  is  specific.    The  increase  is  '  pay.' 

"The  application  of  the  law  enforces  the  same  idea.  If  an  officer  is  sentenced  to  forfeit 
one-half  of  his  pay,  the  forfeiture  carries  one-half  of  the  increase  provided  by  the  act  of  May 
26.  Such  forfeiture,  however,  does  not  apply  to  the  allowance  provided  for  officers  of  the 
line  who  are  performing  duty  as  acting  commissaries  of  subsistence,  the  $100  per  year  extra 
provided  for  such  officers  being  considered,  as  is  the  extra  pay  of  enlisted  men  serving  in  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  an  allowance  not  forfeited  by  a  sentence  that  provides  for  the 
forfeiture  of,  e.  g.,  '  one-half  of  the  pay.' 

"  The  10  per  centum  then  is  '  pay,'  not  allowance,'  as  considered  by  the  Comptroller  in  the 
decision  before  cited. 


542  APPENDIX. 

"But  the  various  acts  regarding  leave  cited  by  the  Comptroller  and  all  published  in  General 
Orders,  No.  86,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  1876,  provide  that  for  the  specified  periods  of  leave 
the  privilege  shall  be  enjoyed  "  without  deduction  of  pay  or  '  allowance.'  " 

"  The  decision  in  question,  then,  takes  away  from  an  officer  that  which  the  law  allows  him. 
The  law  says  that  he  shall  have  ordinary  leave  up  to  an  aggregate  of  four  months  and  sick 
leave  without  limit  of  time  '  without  deduction  of  pay; '  the  decision  says  that  his  pay  to  the 
amount  of  10  per  centum  of  pay  proper  is  reduced  immediately  on  his  passing  the  border  of 
the  specified  territory. 

"The  hardship  of  the  situation  is  a  strong  argument  in  favor  of  the  construction  herein 
advocated  if  the  language  of  the  law  even  permits  it;  much  more  if  it  requires  it. 

"Officers  whose  health  is  broken  by  campaigning  in  an  unhealthy  climate,  others  who  have 
the  most  urgent  need  to  visit  the  United  States  after  two  years  and  more  of  absence,  are 
required  to  lose  a  part  of  their  pay,  besides  meeting  the  great  expense  of  a  long  journey,  if 
they  take  advantage  of  leaves  of  absence. 

"Another  consideration  that  favors  the  more  liberal  construction  is  based  on  the  state  of 
facts  set  forth  in  the  decision  of  the  Comptroller  dated  May  28,  1900,  being  a  reversal  of  the 
decision  of  the  Secretary  of  War  expressed  in  General  Orders  No.  167,  of  1898.  Under  that 
order  the  leaves  of  officers  'serving  at  stations  beyond  the  limits  of  the  United  States '  took 
effect  'on  the  dates  they  reach  the  United  States.' 

"  The  decision  cited  states  that  the  leaves  take  effect  when  the  officers  leave  their  stations. 
Thus  the  journeys  to  and  from  the  United  States  are  made  in  the  leave  period.  But  an  officer 
on  ordinary  leave  beyond  the  period  specified  in  the  acts  published  in  General  Orders  No.  86, 
of  1876,  draws  but  half  of  his  pay. 

"  If,  then,  an  officer  in  the  Philippines  who  is  entitled  to  but  one  month's  leave  is  under  the 
necessity  of  taking  it,  he  must  have  a  three  months'  leave  to  enjoy  the  one  month  in  the  United 
States,  and  during  the  two  months  occupied  in  the  voyages  to  and  from  the  United  States  he 
will  be  on  half  pay — an  added  reason  for  the  most  liberal  construction  of  the  act  of  May  26th 
consistent  with  its  intent  and  language." 

This  argument  proceeds  upon  an  assumption  that  the  Comptroller  held  that  the  10  per  cent 
increase  was  an  allowance,  and  therefore  that  it  could  not  be  paid  to  officers  while  on  leave 
of  absence,  whereas  the  holding  was  that  the  10  per  cent  increase  on  pay  proper  was  by  the 
act  given  only  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  during  the  time  they  are  serving  in  the  places 
named  in  the  act. 

The  Comptroller  said: 

"The  act  does  not  make  any  change  in  the  regular  pay  or  allowance  of  the  Army,  but 
makes  provision  for  a  special  or  extra  allowance  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army 
while  they  are  serving  in  the  places  named  in  the  act.  It  obviously  applies  only  to  service 
rendered  on  and  after  the  date  of  the  act. 

"  The  provisions  of  the  various  laws,  to  wit,  section  11,  act  of  June  20,  1864  (13  Stat.  L.,  145), 
section  1265,  Revised  Statutes,  act  of  May  8,  1874  (18  Stat.  L.,  43),  and  act  of  July  29,  1876  (19 
Stat.  L.,  102),  authorizing  leaves  of  absence  to  be  allowed  officers  for  specified  periods  '  without 
deduction  of  pay  or  allowances,'  have  not  been  construed  to  entitle  an  officer  while  on  leave 
to  allowances  the  payment  of  which  was  conditioned  upon  the  performance  of  some  particular 
service,  such  as  payment  of  $100  a  year  as  acting  assistant  commissary  under  section  1261, 
Revised  Statutes,  or  pay  for  exercising  a  higher  command  under  section  7,  act  of  April  26, 
1898  (30  Stat.  L.,  365). 

"  The  10  per  centum  increase  on  pay  proper  being  allowed  by  the  act  only  to  officers  serving 
in  the  places  named  therein,  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  an  officer  on  duty  in  one  of  the  places 
named  in  the  act,  who  is  relieved  from  duty  and  given  a  sick  leave  or  an  ordinary  leave,  is 
not  entitled  to  the  10  per  centum  increase  in  computing  his  pay  after  the  date  on  which  he 
leaves  the  place  where  the  increased  pay  for  service  therein  is  authorized  by  law.  (6  Comp., 
948.)" 

The  provisions  of  the  act  in  respect  to  the  10  per  cent  increase  therein  provided  were  special 
and  peculiar,  and  while  the  10  per  cent  increase  would  undoubtedly  be  included  in  the  term 
"  pay  "  as  to  officers  serving  in  places  named  in  the  act,  it  would  not  be  included  in  either  of 
the  terms  "  pay"  or  "  allowances  "  as  to  officers  not  serving  in  such  places. 

I  find  nothing  in  the  argument  submitted  justifying  any  change  in  my  decision  heretofore 
rendered  upon  the  questions  presented. 

Respectfully,  L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Acting  Comptroller. 

(See  A.  R.,  53.) 


APPENDIX.  543 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

October  20,  1900. 

David  Ginkens,  by  affidavit  filed  by  his  attorney,  May  16, 1900,  appeals  from  settlement  No. 
301131,  dated  February  16, 1900,  of  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  adjusting  his  claims 
arising  out  of  his  service  as  a  member  of  Company  M,  Fiftieth  Iowa  Volunteers,  Spanish  war. 

His  claim  was  specifically  for  pay  from  April  26  to  May  17, 1898,  travel  pay  and  subsistence 
in  traveling  118  miles,  from  Fairfield,  Iowa,  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  on  first  enrollment  and  in 
returning  from  Des  Moines  to  Fairfield  on  discharge,  and  he  asks  for  a  full  accounting,  to 
include  any  extra  pay  that  might  be  due  him. 

The  muster-out  roll  of  his  company  shows  that  he  joined  for  duty  and  was  enrolled  April 
29, 1898,  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  promoted  to  corporal  September  1,1898,  and  on  furlough  from 
September  20  to  October  20, 1898,  per  General  Orders,No.  130,  Adjutant  General's  Office,  extended 
to  November  1, 1898,  and  was  discharged  with  his  company  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  November  30, 
1898.  His  discharge  certificate  gives  April  26  as  date  of  enrollment.  He  did  not  serve  beyond 
the  limits  of  the  United  States  and  received  one  month's  furlough  under  General  Orders,  No. 
130,  Adjutant  General's  Office,  of  April  13, 1898. 

The  Auditor  allowed  him  $9.36,  pay  from  April  29  to  May  16, 1898  inclusive,  and  disallowed 
all  the  other  claims.  The  claimant  contends  that  he  should  be  allowed  traveling  allowances 
from  Fairfield,  Iowa,  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  and  asks  a  reconsideration  of  said  claim. 

He  was  correctly  paid  on  discharge  $10.50  for  commutation  of  rations  during  furlough  and 
$33.50  on  clothing  account,  less  stoppage  of  $1.38  on  account  of  arms  and  equipment.  He  has 
accepted  payment  of  the  amount  allowed  by  the  Auditor,  and  is  precluded  from  obtaining  a 
revision  by  the  Comptroller  of  that  part  of  the  settlement  relating  to  his  pay  by  the  following 
provision  of  the  act  of  July  31, 1894  (28  Stat.  L.,  208): 

"Any  person  accepting  payment  under  settlement  by  an  auditor  shall  be  thereby  precluded 
from  obtaining  a  revision  of  such  settlement  as  to  any  items  on  which  payment  is  accepted." 

Having  received  a  furlough  under  General  Orders,  No.  130,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  1898, 
he  is  not  entitled  to  extra  pay. 

A  note  on  the  muster-out  roll  states  that  the  company  was  formerly  a  National  Guard  organi- 
zation, organized  at  Fairfield,  but  it  does  not  follow  from  this  fact  that  the  members  of  the 
the  company  enlisted  in  a  body  for  the  United  States  service  at  that  place.  The  statement  of 
the  muster-out  roll,  confirmed  as  it  is  by  the  report  of  the  War  Department,  that  the  soldier 
was  enrolled  at  Des  Moines,  is  accepted  as  true,  and  having  been  discharged  at  place  of 
enrollment  no  travel  allowances  are  due.  ^ 

The  appeal,  solar  as  it  relates  to*his  pay,  is  dismissed,  and  the  action  of  the  Auditor  in  all 
other  matters  is  affirmed. 

The  papers  are  returned  to  the  Auditor. 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Acting  Comptroller. 
(See  A.  R.,1385.) 


TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Washington,  October  22, 1900. 
The  Honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  I  have  by  your  direction,  per  the  Paymaster-General's  indorsement,  dated  October  1, 
1900,  a  letter  dated  Santiago,  Cuba,  July  11,  1900,  from  W.  H.  Block,  acting  assistant  surgeon, 
United  States  Army,  and  seventeen  other  acting  assistant  surgeons,  to  the  Paymaster-General, 
as  follows : 

"  We,  the  undersigned  acting  assistant  surgeons,  United  States  Army,  serving  in  this  depart- 
ment, concurring  in  the  belief  that  we  are  entitled  to  the  10  per  cent  extra  pay  for  officers 
serving  in  Cuba,  and  believing  earnestly  that  we,  in  all  justice  and  fairness,  ought  to  be  entitled 
to  the  same,  have  the  honor  to  request  information  as  to  why  and  for  what  reason  we  are  ruled 
out  of  the  benefits  derived  from  the  act  'granting  the  extra  pay.  While  we  are  not  commis- 
sioned officers,  we  are  considered  officers,  are  required  to  perform  the  duties  of  officers,  accept 
and  bear  the  responsibilities  of  officers,  and  therefore  stand  upon  the  same  footing  as  any 
officer  of  the  United  States  Army,  and  we  earnestly  and  respectfully  request  that  the  ruling 
against  us  be  reconsidered  and  the  allowance  granted." 

The  Paymaster-General  in  referring  the  letter  to  this  office  says: 

"This  office  has  construed  the  law  giving  10  per  cent  increase  to  officers  serving  in  the  Phil- 
ippines, Cuba,  and  Porto  Rico  as  strictly  and  entirely  referring  to  commissioned  officers. 


544  APPENDIX. 

"  By  the  terms  of  the  law,  acting  assistant  surgeons  are  employed  '  at  a  compensation  not 
to  exceed  8150  per  month,'  act  approved  May  12,  1898." 

I  am  requested  to  decide  the  question  raised  by  the  petitioners. 

Contract  surgeons  are  employed  under  and  their  compensation  is  limited  by  section  2,  act 
of  May  12,  1898  (30  Stat.  L.,406),  which  provides: 

"  That  in  emergencies  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Army,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  may  appoint  as  many  contract  surgeons  as  may  be  necessary,  at  a  compensation  not 
to  exceed  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  month." 

In  all  the  laws  relating  to  contract  surgeons  they  are  clearly  distinguished  from  officers  of 
the  Army.  See  sections  1  and  2,  act  of  May  12,  1898  (30  Stat.  L.,  406);  section  7,  act  of  March 
2,  1899,  to  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  Army  (30  Stat.  L.,  979),  and  the  acts  providing  for 
mileage  to  officers  traveling  without  troops  and  to  contract  surgeons,  acts  of  January  5,  1899, 
and  March  3,  1899  (30  Stat.  L.,  775,1068),  and  act  of  May  26,  1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  210). 

The  act  of  May  26,  1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  211),  provides: 

"That  hereafter  the  pay  proper  of  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  serving  in  Porto  Rico,  Cuba. 
the  Philippine  Islands,  Hawaii,  and  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska  shall  be  increased  ten  per 
centum  for  officers  and  twenty  per  centum  for  enlisted  men  over  and  above  the  rates  of  pay 
proper  as  fixed  by  law  in  time  of  peace:  Provided  further,  That  enlisted  men  receiving  or 
entitled  to  the  twenty  per  centum  increased  pay  herein  authorized  shall  not  be  entitled  to  or 
receive  any  additional  increased  compensation  for  what  is  known  as  extra  or  special  duty." 

Section  1342,  Revised  Statutes,  so  far  as  material,  provides  that— 

"The  armies  of  the  United  States  shall  be  governed  by  the  following  rules  and  articles.  The 
word  officer,  as  used  therein,  shall  be  understood  to  designate  commissioned  officers;  the  word 
soldier  shall  be  understood  to  include  noncommissioned  officers,  musicians,  artificers,  and 
privates,  and  other  enlisted  men,  and  the  convictions  mentioned  therein  shall  be  understood 
to  be  convictions  by  court-martial." 

It  has  been  uniformly  held  that  a  contract  surgeon,  also  called  acting  assistant  surgeon,  is 
neither  an  officer  nor  an  enlisted  man  and  is  not  a  member  of  the  Army, but  lias  the  status  of 
a  civilian  employee.  (.See26CL,  302;  Digest  Second  Comp.  Dec.,  vol.  3,  sees.  929, 93±  1  romp. 
Dec.,  631, 632;  5  Comp.  Dec.,  86, 275;  6  Comp.  Dec.,  356, 376, 403. ) 

Asa  contract  surgeon  is  neither  an  officer  nor  an  enlisted  man  he  is  not  entitled  to  increase 
pay  under  the  act  of  May  26,  1900,  supra. 
Respectfully, 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  AH  inn  ('<>nn>trnU<:r. 

(SeeA.R.,  9ty.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  45-     )  Washington,  December  1,  WOO. 

I.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  has  been 
made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned: 

Paragraph  III,  General  Orders,  No.  153,  August  21, 1899,  from  this  office, 
so  far  modifies  paragraph  260  of  the  Regulations  as  to  authorize  the  appoint- 
ment of  noncommissioned  officers  by  commanding  officers  of  depot  battal- 
ions, but  in  no  case  will  any  company  organization  have  an  excess  of 
noncommissioned  officers  above  that  allowed  by  law,  and  a  noncommis- 
sioned officer  can  not  be  reduced  except  as  provided  for  by  paragraph  261 
of  the  Regulations.  (See  A.R..  :.'<'>»  ami  ,'<;/.) 


APPENDIX.  545 

CIRCULAR,  j  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

r  ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

•     46>  Washington,  December  7,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  of  the 
Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information 
and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Washington,  November  Zk,  1900. 
The  Honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  I  have  by  your  reference  of  the  12th  instant  a  letter  from  the  Quartermaster-General 
to  you,  dated  the  10th  instant,  inclosing  a  letter  of  the  Paymaster- General,  dated  October  12, 
1900,  as  follows: 

"The  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  decided  October  6,  1900,  as  follows: 

"  'An  officer  who  is  on  duty  with  one  or  more  enlisted  men,  or  who  travels  on  duty,  under 
orders,  with  one  or  more  enlisted  men,  is  on  duty  or  traveling  with  troops,  and  is  therefore 
not  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters  or  mileage  under  existing  laws.' 

"  The  above  will  be  published  in  decision  circular  from  the  office  of  the  Adjutant-General 
of  the  Army." 

Also  letter  from  W.  B.  Crosby,  captain  and  assistant  surgeon,  United  States  Army,  to  the 
depot  quartermaster,  New  York  City,  dated  October  20,  1900,  as  follows: 

"  I  respectfully  request  that  you  hire  quarters  for  me,  as  by  decision  of  the  Comptroller  of 
the  Treasury  of  October  6, 1900,  a  copy  of  which  is  inclosed,  I  am  not  entitled  to  commutation 
of  quarters. 

"I  am  stationed  at  New  York  City  on  duty  as  attending  surgeon,  and  have-  one  hospital 
steward  and  one  private  of  the  Hospital  Corps  on  duty  in  my  office." 

And  a  letter  from  F.  U.  Robinson,  captain,  Second  Cavalry,  in  charge  of  recruiting  station, 
132  Park  avenue,  dated  November  2,  1900,  to  the  depot  quartermaster,  New  York  City,  as 
follows: 

"I  have  the  honor  to  state  that  I  was  regularly  placed  on  duty  'as  recruiting  officer  at  this 
station  per  Special  Orders,  No.  278,  dated  Headquarters  of  the  Army,  Adjutant-General's  Office, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  November  29,  1899,  and  by  a  recent  decision  of  the  Comptroller  of  the 
Treasury  commutation  of  quarters  is  not  allowed  me  from  October  1,  1900. 

"  In  view  of  the  above,  I  would  respectfully  ask  that  quarters  in  kind  be  furnished  me  from 
that  date,  or  some  satisfactory  arrangements  be  made  so  that  I  can  continue  to  occupy  those 
that  I  now  have." 

In  his  letter  of  November  10,  1900,  transmitting  said  letter  to  you,  the  Quartermaster- 
General  said: 

"I  have  the  honor  to  submit  herewith  the  applications  of  Capt.  F.  U.  Robinson,  Second. 
Cavalry,  recruiting  officer  at  the  recruiting  station,  No.  132  Park  avenue,  New  York  City,  and. 
of  Capt.  \V.  D.  Crosby,  assistant  surgeon,  United  States  Army,  stationed  in  New  York  City,  in. 
charge  of  the  office  of  the  attending  surgeon,  for  hire  of  quarters  for  their  use  while  on  such. 
duty,  there  being  no  public  quarters  available.  These  applications  are  brought  forth  by  the 
decision  of  the  Assistant  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  dated  October  6,  1900,  and  published  in 
Circular  No.  36,  current  series,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  to  the  effect  that:  'An  officer  who  is 
on  duty  with  one  or  more  enlisted  men,  or  who  travels  on  duty  under  orders  with  one  or  more 
enlisted  men,  is  on  duty  or  traveling  with  troops  and  is,  therefore,  not  entitled  to  commuta- 
tion of  quarters  or  mileage  under  existing  laws.' 

' '  The  Comptroller  states  the  principle  that  an  officer  serving  with  one  or  more  enlisted  men 
must  be  regarded  as  serving  with  troops,  but  leaves  undetermined  what  constitutes  service 
witli  troops.  Line  officers  on  recruiting  service  in  cities  and  medical  officers  on  duty  in  cities 
as  attending  surgeons  have  never  been  considered  as  on  duty  with  troops  in  the  technical 
meaning  of  the  word,  and  commutation  of  quarters  to  officers  on  such  duty  has  been  pro- 
vided for  in  the  annual  appropriation  bills  and  paid  by  the  Pay  Department  ever  since  com- 
mutation of  quarters  has  been  authorized  by  law.  The  question  is  respectfully  submitted  for 
decision  whether  officers  detailed  on  duty  at  the  various  recruiting  stations  and  as  attending- 
surgeons  in  cities  are  on  duty  with  the  enlisted  men  who  may  be  stationed  at  the  same  points, 
within  the  meaning  of  the  decision  as  rendered  by  the  Comptroller. 

"  This  decision  appears  to  be  merely  that  one  or  more  enlisted  men  constitute  troops  within 
the  meaning  of  the  law,  and  the  inference  is  that  they  are  under  the  command  and  on  duty 
with  the  officer  who  may  be  located  at  the  same  station.  For  example:  Assistant  Surgeon 

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546  APPENDIX. 

Crosby  is  ordered  to  New  York  to  take  charge  of  the  office  of  the  attending  surgeon,  where  he 
finds  a  hospital  steward  on  duty;  Captain  Robinson  is  directed  to  proceed  to  New  York  City 
for  recruiting  service  and  after  arriving  there  is  placed  in  charge  of  the  station  at  132  Park 
avenue,  where  he  finds  one  or  more  enlisted  men  on  duty.  These  men  are  not  armed  and 
equipped  and  they  could  not  render  the  full  military  service,  which  troops  in  the  technical 
military  sense  are  expected  to  perform.  As  the  station  could  be  maintained  without  them, 
the  officer  thereat  being  given  the  necessary  clerical  assistance  by  the  employment  of  civilians, 
while,  on  the  other  hand,  the  station  could  not  be  maintained  without  an  officer  in  charge  of 
it,  it  would  therefore  seem  that  an  officer  is  in  charge  of  and  on  duty  at  the  station,  irrespective 
of  whether  any  enlisted  men  are  located  there  to  assist  him.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the  principal 
part,  if  not  all,  the  work  of  the  enlisted  men  at  these  recruiting  stations  and  attending  sur- 
geons' offices  is  clerical;  military  only  in  the  sense  that  it  pertains  to  the  military  service,  and 
authorized  chiefly  as  a  measure  of  economy. 

"There  are  other  duties  on  which  officers  are  ordered  where  their  status  is  similar;  us,  for 
instance,  the  officer  on  duty  at  Buffalo  at  the  Pan-American  Exposition,  officers  on  duty  at 
the  various  headquarters,  where  one  or  more  enlisted  men  are  frequently  detailed  on  clerical 
duty.  Heretofore  the  allowance  to  officers  for  the  quarters  to  which  they  are  entitled,  where 
no  public  quarters  are  available,  has  been  paid  from  appropriations  secured  annually  by  the 
Pay  Department  for  this  specific  purpose.  No  appropriation  to  cover  this  expenditure  has 
been  secured  by  the  Quartermaster*!  Department,  nor  even  estimated  for.  The  practical 
result  of  this  decision  of  the  Comptroller,  if  it  is  decided  that  recruiting  and  other  officers  at 
stations  where  enlisted  men  are  located  are  on  duty  with  troops  within  the  law  as  interpreted 
by  the  Comptroller,  will  be  to  transfer  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  an  expense  for 
which  no  provision  has  been  made,  cause  the  use  of  money  which  was  intended  for  the  con- 
struction of  barracks  and  quarters  to  be  used  for  the  rental  of  officers' quarters,  and  relieve 
the  Pay  Department  of  an  expenditure  for  which  it  has  secured  u  specific  appropriation.  The 
former  Department  will  thus  have  a  deficiency  in  its  funds  to  the  extent  of  the  amount 
expended  for  the  hire  of  these  quarters,  while  the  latter  Department  will  have  a  surplus  to  be 
returned  to  the  Treasury. 

"  The  amount  expended  in  either  ca^-e.  whether  done  by  commutation  or  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department  renting  quarters,  will  be  practically  the  same,  and  the  etYect  of  making 
the  change  required  by  the  decision  will  be  to  add  largely  to  the  number  of  papers  and  labor 
necessary  to  accomplish  the  same  result.  The  net  result  will  be  an  increase  of  cost  to  tin- 
Government. 

"To  illustrate:  An  officer  on  such  duty  previous  to  this  late  decision  of  the  Comptroller 
entered  upon  his  regular  pay  voucher  the  amount  of  his  commutation  and  the  same  was  paid 
by  the  Pay  Department  at  the  same  time  the  officer  was  given  his  regular  monthly  salary. 
The  Quartermaster's  Department  in  order  to  rent  quarters  for  officers  will  be  required  to  issue 
vouchers  in  the  name  of  the  person  from  whom  rented,  have  these  signed,  and  make  report  of 
the  vouchers  and  payments,  and  it  should  properly  make  regular  leases,  which  in  many 
instances  ol  temporary  duty  would  be  almost  impracticable. 

"  So  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  the  amount  required  for  the  hire  of  quarters  for  the  remain- 
der of  present  fiscal  year  for  officers  on  detached  service  at  recruiting  stations,  attending 
surgeons'  offices,  and  other  similar  duty  will  amount  to  about  $18,000. 

"  It  is  recommended  that  the  decision  of  the  Comptroller  be  obtained  whether  officers  on 
duty  at  places  where  there  are  no  public  quarters,  as  recruiting  officers,  attending  surgeons, 
and  other  similar  duty,  where  one  or  more  enlisted  men  are  also  stationed,  are  entitled  to 
commutation  of  quarters  or  should  have  quarters  hired  for  them." 

In  referring  the  said  letter  to  this  office  you  say — 

"  Officers  on  recruiting  service  detaching  them  from  their  commands,  surgeons  in  charge  of 
the  offices  of  attending  surgeons  in  cities,  and  officers  on  other  similar  duty  where  they  have 
been  separated  from  troops  in  the  technical  military  use  and  application  of  the  word,  have 
never  been  regarded  by  the  War  Department  as  on  duty  with  troops.  The  Acting  Secretary 
of  War  is  of  the  opinion  that  these  officers  are  attached  to  the  stations  where  they  are  located, 
do  not  exercise  any  active  command,  and  are  not  on  duty  with  troops." 

The  reasons  urged  for  a  change  of  my  decision  of  October  6,  1900,  published  by  order  of  the 
Secretary  of  War  in  Circular  No.  36,  dated  October  18,  1900,  so  far  as  relates  to  commutation 
of  quarters  to  officers  on  recruiting  service  in  cities,  surgeons  in  charge  of  the  offices  of  the 
attending  surgeons  in  cities,  and  officers  on  other  similar  duty,  are  that  a  practice  has  sprung 
up  under  which  such  officers  have  not  been  regarded  as  serving  with  troops  in  the  technical 
meaning  of  the  word;  that  the  enlisted  men  under  their  command  or  with  whom  they  are 
serving  "are  not  armed  and  equipped  and  could  not  render  full  military  service  which  troops 
in  the  technical  military  sense  are  expected  to  perform,"  but  are  doing  clerical  duty  which 


APPENDIX,  547 

could  as  well  be  performed  by  civilians;  that  appropriations  have  been  made  to  cover 
expenses  of  commutation  of  quarters  for  such  officers,  but  that  the  appropriation  available 
to  hire  quarters  is  insufficient,  and  that  there  will  be  a  deficiency  estimated  at  818,000  in  that 
appropriation  for  the  present  fiscal  year  if  the  decision  is  not  modified,  and  that  the  expense 
of  hiring  quarters  will  be  greater  than  that  required  for  payment  of  the  commutation. 

One  of  the  tests,  but  not  the  only  one,  as  to  whether  an  officer  is  on  duty  with  troops,  is 
whether  the  troops  are  under  his  control  and  subject  to  his  orders.  If  they  are  under  his 
immediate  control  and  subject  to  his  orders  I  think  he  is  on  duty  with  troops,  within  the 
meaning  of  the  laws  relating  to  commutation  of  quarters,  regardless  of  the  number  of  men 
under  his  immediate  command. 

It  is  not  necessary  that  soldiers  be  armed  and  equipped  in  order  that  they  may  be  regarded 
as  troops,  and  an  officer  does  not  have  to  be  serving  with  armed  soldiers  in  order  to  be  serv- 
ing with  troops,  any  more  than  an  officer  has  to  be  actually  mounted  to  be  on  duty  which 
requires  him  to  be  mounted.  (See  Harold  r.  U.  S.,  23  Ct.  Cls.,  295.) 

The  facts  that  appropriations  for  hiring  quarters  are  not  sufficient  to  meet  all  requirements 
for  the  current  year  and  that  the  expense  of  hiring  quarters  will  be  greater  than  the  amount 
required  to  pay  commutation  of  quarters  may  be  good  ground  for  legislation  upon  the  subject, 
but  not  for  a  change  in  the  decision  of  October  6,  1900. 

There  would  seem  to  be  no  more  difficulty  in  providing  quarters  for  officers  at  recruiting 
stations  than  for  the  enlisted  men. 

In  the  cases  cited  and  on  the  facts  stated  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  officers  are  on  duty 
with  troops  and  are  not  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters. 

In  view,  however,  of  the  fact  that  the  practice  of  paying  commutation  for  quarters  to  officers 
situated  as  above  described  has  obtained  to  a  considerable  extent  and  as  the  question  is  one 
of  construction  and  not  entirely  free  from  doubt  and  as  there  is  little  difference  in  expenses  to 
the  Government,  the  decision  of  October  6,  1900,  supra,  will  not  be  so  applied  as  to  affect  pay- 
ments of  commutation  of  quarters  which  have  been  or  which  should  have  been  made  under 
an  established  practice  prior  to  due  notice  of  said  decision,  but  the  rule  laid  down  in  said 
decision  of  October  6,  1900,  will  be  applied  in  accounts  for  commutation  of  quarters  arising 
after,  say,  October  31,  1900,  at  places  where  due  notice  of  said  decision  was  received  on  or 
before  that  date. 

This  rule  is  the  same  in  principle  as  that  announced  in  the  decision  of  August  10,  1900, 
respecting  mileage  of  officers  returning  from  leave  of  absence. '  (7  Comp.  Dec.,  84.) 

The  lette  i  of  Capt.  F.  U.  Robinson  and  Capt.  W.  D.  Crosby,  assistant  surgeon,  United  States 
Army,  with  inclosures,  are  herewith  returned. 
Respectfully, 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Assistant  Comptroller. 
(See  Art.  X,  A.  R.,  and  A.  R.,  1117,  1336.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No- 47-      )  Washington,  December  8, 1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decisions  of  the 
Comptroller  of  the  Treasury,  on  the  questions  whether  a  veterinarian  of 
the  first  class  is  entitled  to  increase  of  pay  by  reason  of  previous  service  as 
an  enlisted  man  of  the  Army,  and  whether  a  veterinarian  of  the  second 
class  is  entitled  to  clothing  allowances  and  20  per  cent  increase  on  his  pay 
as  veterinarian  for  service  in  the  island  possessions  of  the  United  States  or 
Alaska,  are  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all 
concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

U'aaliington,  October  SI,  1900. 
The  Honorable  the  SECRETARY  OF  WAR. 

SIR:  I  have  by  your  direction,  per  indorsement  of  the  Paymaster-General,  a  letter  from  Maj. 
Charles  H.  Whipple,  paymaster,  United  States  Army,  to  the  Paymaster-General,  requesting 
a  decision  upon  the  question  whether  Gerald  E.  Griffin,  a  veterinarian  of  the  first  class,  who 
is  entitled,  under  section  2,  act  of  March  2,  1899  (30  Stat.  L.,  977,978),  to  "the  pay  and  allow- 


548  APPENDIX. 

ances  of  a  second  lieutenant  of  cavalry,"  is  entitled  to  10  per  cent  increase  of  pay  for  length 
of  service  by  reason  of  his  having  served  five  years  as  an  enlisted  man  in  the  United  States 
Signal  Corps  from  June  28,  1883,  to  June  28, 1888. 

Section  37,  act  of  March  3, 1863  (12  Stat.  L.,  737) ,  provided  that  each  regiment  of  calvary— 
"shall  have  one  veterinary  surgeon,  with  the  rank  of  a  regimental  sergeant-major,  whose  com- 
pensation shall  be  seventy-five  dollars  per  month." 

The  Revised  Statutes  provide  that— 

••SEC.  109-1.  The  Army  of  the  United  States  shall  consist  of  *  *  *  ten  regiments  of 
cavalry  *  *  * 

"SEC.  1102.  Each  regiment  of  cavalry  shall  consist  of  *  *  *  one  veterinary  sur- 
geon" *  *  * 

The  act  of  March  2, 1899  (30  Stat.  L.,  977)  provides— 

"That  from  and  after  the  date  of  approval  of  this  act  the  Army  of  the  United  states  shall 
consist  of  *  *  *  ten  regiments  of  cavalry  *  *  * 

"SEC. 2.  That  each  regiment  of  cavalry  shall  consist  of    *    *    *    two  veterinarians    *    *    * 

"Of  the  veterinarians  provided  for  in  this  act,  one  shall  have  the  pay  and  allowances  of  a 
second  lieutenant  of  cavalry  and  one  shall  have  the  pay  of  seventy-five  dollars  per  month 
and  the  allowances  of  a  sergeant-major: 

"Provided,  That  the  veterinarian  appointed  to  the  first  grade  shall  not  be  so  appointed 
until  he  shall  have  passed  an  examination,  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  as  to 
his  physical,  moral,  and  professional  qualifications:  I'r<iri<l<tl  fttrf/ifr.  That  the  veterinarians 
now  in  the  service  who  do  not  pass  such  competitive  examination  shall  be  eligible  to  the 
positions  of  the  second  class  under  such  rules  as  are  now  prescribed  by  the  Regulations." 

It  is  obvious  that  the  term  "  veterinarian  "  as  used  in  the  act  of  March  2,  1899,  supra,  has 
the  same  meaning  as  the  phrase  "veterinary  surgeons"  as  used  in  section  37,  act  of  March  3, 
1863,  and  in  section  1102,  Revised  Statutes,  and  that  the  regulations  referred  to  are  those 
found  in  paragraph  182,  etc.,  Army  Regulations. 

It  is  only  necessary  in  this  case  to  consider  the  question  whether  a  veterinarian  of  the  first 
class,  now  in  service,  under  the  act  of  March  •_'.  1M»U.  supra,  is  entitled  to  include  percent- 
age increase  for  prior  service  in  the  Army  in  computing  his  pay.  In  5  Comp.  Dec.,  747,  the 
Comptroller  said: 

"While  the  leader  of  the  band,  by  virtue  of  this  section  of  the  naval  personnel  act,  is  to 
receive  the  pay  and  allowances  of  a  lieutenant,  he  still  retains  his  status  as  an  enlisted  man 
and  does  not  become  a- commissioned  officer.  For  the  purpose  of  computing  his  pay  I  am  of 
opinion  that  he  should  be  placed  in  the  same  position  as  a  first  lieutenant  in  the  Marine 
Corps,  and  as  such  should  be  credited,  for  purposes  of  longevity  pay,  with  his  prior  service 
in  the  same  manner  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  Marine  Corps  is  credited  with  prior  service." 

It  has  also  been  decided  that  a  veterinarian  of  the  first  class  traveling  under  proper  orders 
without  troops  is  entitled  to  mileage  the  same  as  a  second  lieutenant.  (Dec.  July  21,  1900, 
M.  S.  D.  C.,  vol.  14,  193.) 

Upon  the  same  principle  a  veterinarian  of  the  first  class,  duly  appointed  and  serving  under 
the  act  of  March  2,  1899,  supra,  is  entitled  to  take  credit  for  his  prior  service  in  the  Army  in 
computing  his  pay.  Upon  the  facts  stated,  it  appearing  that  Gerald  E.  Griffin  had  previously 
served  five  years  as  an  enlisted  man  in  the  Army,  he  is  entitled,  under  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion 1262,  Revised  Statutes,  as  amended  by  the  acts  of  February  24,  1881  (21  Stat.  L.,  346),  and 
June  30,  1882  (22  Stat.  L.,  118),  to  the  pay  of  a  second  lieutenant,  with  10  per  cent  increase 
thereon,  by  reason  of  his  previous  service  of  five  years  as  an  enlisted  man. 
Respectfully, 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Actiin/  Comptroller. 


TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  THE  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

Wdi<fiiii</toii,  November  28,  1900* 
Brig.  Gen.  A.  E.  BATES, 

Paymaster- General,  r/tit<<l  stnt/ >•  ..in////. 

SIR:  I  have,  per  your  indorsement  of  June  6,  1900,  a  letter  from  Maj.  James  W.  Dawes, 
additional  paymaster,  United  States  Army,  requesting  my  decision  upon  the  question  whether 
Fred  Foster,  a  second-class  veterinarian,  Seventh  United  States  Cavalry,  is  entitled  to  cloth- 
ing allowance  and  to  20  per  cent  increase  on  his  pay  as  veterinarian  as  claimed. 


APPENDIX.  549 

The  vouchers  presented  for  payment  by  said  Foster  are  as  follows: 

[No.  1.] 
The  United  States  to  Fred  Foster,  veterinarian,  2d  class,  7th  Cav.,  Dr. 

For  clothing  allowance  for  nine  months  and  twenty-three  days,  at  the  rate  of  $3.71  per 

month,  from  August  9,  1898,  to  May  31, 1900 $36. 23 

I  certify  that  the  amount  charged  in  the  foregoing  account  is  correct  and  just. 

FRED  FOSTER,  Veterinarian,  2d  (7fas.s,  7th  Cav. 

[No.  2.] 
The  United  States  to  Fred  Foster,  veterinarian,  2d  class,  7th  Cav.,  Dr. 

For  twenty  per  cent  increase  on  my  pay  as  veterinarian,  2d  class,  7th  Cav.,  from  August 

9, 1899,  to  May  31,1900,nine  months  and  twenty-three  days $146.00 

I  certify  that  the  amount  charged  in  the  foregoing  account  is  correct  and  just. 

FRED  FOSTER,  Veterinarian,  2d  Class,  7th  Cav. 

The  station  is  stated  on  said  vouchers  as  Columbia  Barracks,  Cuba. 

In  transmitting  said  vouchers  you  say — 

"  That  on  January  27, 1900,  the  Secretary  of  War  authorized  the  payment  of  $3.71  per  month 
clothing  allowance  to  junior  veterinarians,  and  the  act  of  April  26,  1900,  making  appropria- 
tions for  the  support  of  the  Army,  provided  for  the  monthly  payment  of  clothing  allowance 
at  the  rate  stated. 

"  Reference  is  made  to  question  as  to  additional  pay  for  length  of  service,  to  senior  veteri- 
narians, submitted  March  13  last  at  the  request  of  Maj.  C.  H.  Whipple,  paymaster,  United 
States  Army." 

The  laws  materially  bearing  upon  the  question  under  consideration  are 
as  follows: 

"Each  regiment  (of  cavalry)  shall  have  one  veterinary  surgeon,  with  the  rank  of  regimental 
sergeant-major,  whose  compensation  shall  be  seventy-five  dollars  per  month.  (Sec.  37,  act  of 
March  3,  1863;  12  Stat.  L.,  737.) 

"  That  to  the  six  regiments  of  cavalry  now  in  service  there  shall  be  added  four  regiments, 
two  of  which  shall  be  composed  of  colored  men,  having  the  same  organization  as  is  now  pro- 
vided by  law  for  cavalry  regiments,  with  the  addition  of  one  veterinary  surgeon  to  each  regi- 
ment, whose  compensation  shall  be  one  hundred  dollars  per  month.  (Sec.  3,  act  of  July  28, 
1866;  14  Stat.  L.,  332.) 

"  The  Army  of  the  United  States  shall  consist  of  *  *  *  ten  regiments  of  cavalry  *  *  * 
(Sec.  1094,  Rev.  Stat.) 

"  Each  j-egiment  of  cavalry  shall  consist  of  *  *  *  one  veterinary  surgeon,  with  the  rank 
of  regimental  sergeant-major  *  *  *  and  the  (seventh,  eighth)  ninth  and  tenth  regiments 
shall  have  an  additional  veterinary  surgeon  *  *  *  (Sec.  1102,  Rev.  Stat.) 

"That  from  and  after  the  date  of  approval  of  this  act  the  Army  of  the  United  States  shall 
consist  of  *  *  *  ten  regiments  of  cavalry  *  *  * 

"  SEC.  2.  That  each  regiment  of  cavalry  shall  consist  of    *    *    *    two  veterinarians    *    *    * 

"  Of  the  veterinarians  provided  for  in  this  act,  one  shall  have  the  pay  and  allowances  of  a 
second  lieutenant  of  cavalry,  and  one  shall  have  the  pay  of  seventy-five  dollars  per  month 
and  the  allowances  of  a  sergeant-major:  Provided,  That  the  veterinarian  appointed  to  the 
first  grade  shall  not  be  so  appointed  until  he  shall  have  passed  an  examination,  to  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  Secretary  of  War,  as  to  his  physical,  moral,  and  professional  qualifications: 
I'mr/drd.  further,  That  the  veterinarians  now  in  the  service  who  do  not  pass  such  competitive 
examination  shall  be  eligible  to  the  positions  of  the  second  class  under  such  rules  as  are  now 
pn-M'ribed  bv  the  regulations.  (Act  of  March  2,  1899;  30  Stat.  L.,  977.) 

"  For  pay  of  ten  junior  veterinary  surgeons,  nine  thousand  dollars:  Provided,  That  junior 
veterinary  surgeons  shall  be  allowed  and  paid  monthly  the  sum  of  three  dollars  and  seventy- 
one  cents  during  the  entire  period  of  their  service  in  lieu  of  the  clothing  allowance  of  a 
sergeant-major."  (Act  of  May  -jr..  1900;  31  Stat.  L.,  209.) 

Section  6,  act  of  April  26,  1898  (30  Stat.,  365),  provide-: 

"That  in  the  time  of  war  the  pay  proper  of  enlisted  men  shall  be  increased  twenty  per 
centum  over  and  above  the  rates  of  pay  as  fixed  by  law:  Provided,  That  in  war  time  no  addi- 
tional increased  compensation  shall  be  allowed  to  soldiers  performing  what  is  known  as  extra 
or  special  duty." 


550  APPENDIX. 

The  act  of  May  26,  1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  211),  provides: 

"For  additional  twenty  per  centum  increase  on  pay  of  enlisted  men  four  million  five 
hundred  and  twenty-four  thousand  seven  hundred  and  fifteen  dollars:  Provided,  That  here- 
after the  pay  proper  of  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  serving  in  Porto  Rico,  Cuba,  the  Philip- 
pine Islands,  Hawaii,  and  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska  shall  be  increased  ten  per  centum  for 
officers  and  twenty  per  centum  for  enlisted  men  over  and  above  the  rates  of  pay  proper  as 
fixed  by  law  in  time  of  peace:  Provided  further.  That  enlisted  men  receiving  or  entitled  to  the 
twenty  per  centum  increased  pay  herein  authorized  shall  not  be  entitled  to  or  receive  any 
additional  increased  compensation  for  what  is  known  as  extra  or  special  duty." 

The  act  of  May  15,  1872  (17  Stat.  L.,  116),  made  no  change  in  the  status  or  change  of  veteri- 
nary surgeons  (see  General  Orders,  No.  51,  of  1872),  and  their  status  and  compensation 
remained  until  March  2,  lsy*».  as  fixed  by  the  acts  of  March  3,  1863,  and  July  28,  1866,  supra. 

Under  said  acts  it  was  held  that: 

"  Veterinary  surgeons,  being  neither  military  officers  nor  enlisted  men,  are  not  entitled  to 
travel-pay  on  discharge."  (Digest  Second  Comp.  Dec.,  vol.  1.  see.  josy;  Man.  for  the  Pay  Dept. 
(1898),  sec.  418.) 

"  A  veterinary  surgeon,  appointed  under  the  act  of  March  3,1863  (12  Stat.  \...  737.  sec.  37.), 
and  General  Orders,  No.  259,  Adjutant-General's  Office,  August  1,  1863,  is  not  an  enlisted  man, 
and  consequently  is  not  entitled  to  count  the  time  of  such  service  for  bounty."  (Digest  Second 
Comp.  Dec.,  vol.  3,  sec.  228.) 

It  is  obvious  that  the  term  "  veterinarian  "  as  used  in  the  act  of  March  2, 1899,  supra,  has  the 
same  meaning  as  the  phrase  "  veterinary  surgeon  "  as  used  in  prior  laws,  .supra. 

The  act  of  March  2, 1899,  supra,  changed  the  compensation  of  veterinary  surgeons,  now  desig- 
nated as  veterinarians  of  the  first  class  or  as  veterinarians  of  the  second  class,  but  did  not 
change  the  manner  of  their  appointment  and  did  not  change  their  status  either  to  that  of 
commissioned  officers  or  to  that  of  enlisted  men,  but  their  status  still  remains  analogous  to 
that  of  cadets  at  the  United  States  Military  Academy,  fixed  by  law  as  a  part  of  the  Army, 
although  they  are  neither  officers  nor  enlisted  men  (Babbitt  v.  U.S.,  16  Ct.  Cls.,  202;  U.  S.  v. 
Morton,  112  U.  S.,  1),  but  not  a  "civil  employee,"  as  stated  in  Circular  No.  •>">,  Adjutant- 
General's  Office,  of  November  23,  1899. 

Under  the  act  of  March  2,  1899,  supra,  veterinarians  of  the  second  class  are  entitled  to  the 
pay  of  $75  per  month  and  the  allowances  of  a  sergeant-major.  Although  the  phrase  "pay 
proper"  has  within  a  few  years  cometo  have  a  more  restricted  meaningthan  theword  "pay" 
and  the  phrase  "pay  proper"  was  held  in  construing  section  ti.act  of  April  26,  1«<J8,  and  the 
act  of  May  26,1900,  supra,  to  mean  the  minimum  pay  of  the  grade(4  Comp.  Dec.,  668;  6  Com]  >.  I  >ec. . 
944),  yet  the  term  "pay,"  when  con  tradistinguished  from  the  term  "  allowances,"  has  been  uni- 
formly held  to  mean  the  current  monthly  pay  which  the  soldier  is  entitled  to  receive,  includ- 
ing additional  pay  for  length  of  service,  additional  pay  for  reenlistment,  and  certificate  of 
merit,  authorized  by  sections  1281, 1'Jsi.  and  r_'sr>,  Revised  statutes,  and  the  20  percent  increased 
pay  authorized  by  the  act  of  April  2i'>,  IS'.is.  which  became  a  part  of  his  current  monthly  pay 
and  did  not  depend  upon  the  performance  of  any  particular  duty,  while  the  term  "allow- 
ances" has  been  held  to  mean  all  other  items  of  compensation  such  as  extra-duty  pay,  cloth- 
ing allowances,  etc., not  included  in  the  term  pay.  (16  C.  Cls., 491;  2  Comp.  Dec., 300;  6  Comp. 
Dec.,  807.) 

I  think  it  is  clear  that  the  phrase  "  allowances  of  a  sergeant-major"  as  used  in  the  act  of 
March  2,  1899,  supra,  fixing  the  compensation  of  veterinarians  of  the  second  class,  had  refer- 
ence only  to  such  allowances  as  were  not  comprehended  in  the  term  pay  and  did  not  confer 
upon  the  veterinarian  of  the  second  class  any  right  to  increased  pay  under  the  acts  of  April 
26,  1898,  and  May  26,  1900,  supra,  and  as  they  are  not  enlisted  men  they  are  not  entitled  to  20 
per  cent  increased  pay  under  either  of  said  acts. 

Having  decided  that  veterinarians  of  the  second  class  are  not  entitled  to  the  increased  pay 
under  the  above-mentioned  acts  because  they  are  not  enlisted  men,  it  is  not  necessary  to  con- 
sider whether  the  service  was  rendered  in  time  of  war  or  in  the  places  named  in  the  act  of 
May  26, 1900. 

Veterinarians  of  the  second  class  serving  under  the  act  of  March  2, 1899,  supra,  were  entitled 
to  the  same  allowance  for  clothing  as  a  sergeant-major,  but  under  paragraph  1182  of  the  Army 
Regulations  no  payment  on  account  of  clothing  could  be  made  until  discharge. 

The  act  of  May  26, 1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  209),  under  the  designation  "junior  veterinary  surge*  >ns  " 
makes  provision  for  payment  monthly  to  veterinarians  of  the  second  class,  of  "the  sum  of 
three  dollars  and  seventy-one  cents  during  the  entire  period  of  their  service  in  lieu  of  the 
clothing  allowance  of  a  sergeant-major." 

The  case  presented  involves  the  question  whether  this  act  is  retrospective. 

The  amount  fixed  by  the  law  to  be  paid  monthly  in  lieu  of  clothing  allowance  is  a  close  ap- 
proximation to  the  average  monthly  allowance  for  clothing  of  a  sergeant-major  during  his 


APPENDIX.  551 

full  term  of  three  years,  and  as  the  term  of  service  of  veterinarians  is  indefinite  it  appears  to 
have  been  the  intention  of  the  law  in  using  the  language  "during  the  entire  period  of  their 
service  "  to  make  provision  for  payment  of  the  clothing  allowance  already  due  under  the  act 
of  March  2,  1899.  as  well  as  that  which  should  accrue  in  the  future.  I  am  therefore  of  the 
opinion  that  under  the  said  act  of  May  26,  1900,  supra,  and  under  the  act  of  March  2,  1899, 
supra,  payment  of  the  clothing  allowance  at  the  rate  of  $3.71  per  month  as  clothing  allowance 
may  be  made  to  veterinarians  of  the  second  class  for  such  time  as  they  have  been  in  service 
as  such  since  March  2,  1899,  but  the  value  of  clothing  drawn  in  kind  should  be  deducted. 

A  similar  construction  was  given  to  section  1  of  the  act  of  March  3,  1865  (13  Stat.  L.,  487), 
and  General  Orders,  No.  55,  War  Department,  dated  April  6,  1865,  fixing  the  commutation  for 
clothing  of  officers'  servants,  by  the  Second  Comptroller  in  his  decision  dated  November  20, 
1874,  in  the  case  of  George  VV.  Bullock,  in  which  it  was  held  that  the  rate  of  $6.50  per  month 
fixed  by  the  War  Department  in  said  General  Orders,  No.  55,  should  be  allowed  from  March 
3,  1865. 

Upon  satisfactory  evidence  being  attached  to  his  voucher  showing  that  Fred  Foster  was  a 
veterinarian  of  the  second  class  during  the  entire  period  from  August  9,  1899,  to  May  31,  1900, 
and  that  he  drew  no  clothing  in  kind  and  has  been  paid  no  commutation  of  clothing  for  said 
period,  the  voucher  for  clothing  allowance  may  be  paid. 

Said  Foster  is  not  entitled  to  the  amount  ($146)  claimed  as  20  per  cent  increase  on  his  pay. 

The  vouchers  transmitted  to  this  office  by  you  are  herewith  returned. 
Respectfully, 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Assistant  Comptroller. 
(See  Art.  XXVI,  A.  R.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  48-      )  Washington,  December  14,  1900. 

The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

DISHONORABLE  DISCHARGE. — A  legal  sentence  of  dishonorable  discharge, 
forfeiture  of  all  pay  and  allowances  due,  and  confinement  at  hard  labor 
for  a  definite  period  may  be  mitigated  by  the  authority  approving  such 
sentence  to  confinement  at  hard  labor  and  forfeiture  of  all  pay  and  allow- 
ances for  a  period  not  to  exceed  the  period  of  confinement  awarded  in  the 
sentence.  (See  Art.  of  War,  112.} 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

^°-  50.     )  Washington,  December  IS,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  Circular,  No.  40,  dated  October  3, 
1898,  from  this  office,  as  modified  by  circular  letter  from  this  office  of  Sep- 
tember 21,  1899,  is  amended  to  read  as  follows,  and  published  to  the  Army 
for  the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

An  enlisted  man  of  the  Regular  or  Volunteer  Army  who  desires  to  pro- 
cure his  discharge  from  the  United  States  service  by  favor  should  address 
a  letter  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army,  accompanied  by  such  cor- 
roborative data  as  he  may  possess,  setting  forth  the  reasons  upon  which  he 
bases  his  application,  and- hand  or  mail  it  to  his  company  commander,  who 
in  turn  will  forward  it  through  the  usual  military  channels,  with  recom- 
mendation and  remark  upon  the  interests  of  the  service  involved  and  the 
validity  of  the  reasons  advanced  by  the  applicant.  Applications  which  do 
not  come  forward  in  this  manner  will  not  be  entertained. 

All  applications  must  be  forwarded  to  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 


552  APPENDIX. 

through  intermediate  commanders,  who  will  approve  or  disapprove,  as  pro- 
vided in  Army  Regulations,  paragraph  765.  Such  communications,  upon 
return  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  company,  constitute  a  part -of 
the  company  records,  and  will  not  be  delivered  into  the  possession  of  the 
soldier,  who  will,  however,  he  properly  informed  of  the  final  action  taken 
in  the  case. 

Soldiers  transferred  from  one  regiment  to  another  at  their  own  request, 
and  soldiers  going  on  furlough,  must  bear  the  expense  incident  thereto, 
and  they  are  not  entitled  to  Government  transportation.  (See  also  A.  R., 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  51.      )  \Vti*lrimjton.  December  7,s',  J'.xin. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  of  the 
Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information 
and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFK-K.  OF  COMI-TRUI.  I.KK  OF  THE  TREASURY. 


Matthew  J.Lavin,  by  his  attorney,  appeals,  April  9,  1900,  from  the  action  of  the  Auditor  for 
the  War  Department  in  settlement  No.  282260,  da  ted  November  17,1899. 

His  claim  was  for  $15.06,  as  reimbursement  for  clothing  destroyed  at  Santiago,  Cuba.,  on 
August  22,  1898,  and  was  disallowed  by  the  Auditor  for  the  reason  that  "there  is  no  law 
authorizing  reimbursement  for  clothing  destroyed." 

Claimant  was  enrolled  May  4,  1S98,  as  a  private  in  Company  E,  Ninth  Massachusetts  Infantry 
Volunteers,  Spanish  war,  and  mustered  out  as  a  corporal  of  tin-  same  company,  November  26, 
1898. 

It  appears  from  the  affidavits  of  the  claimant  and  the  captain  of  hie  company  that  certain 
specified  articles  of  clothing  were  destroyed  to  prevent  the  spread  of  contagion,  in  accord- 
ance with  General  Orders,  No.  33,  headquarters  Fifth  Army  Corps,  Santiago  de  Cuba,  dated 
August  12,  1898;  that  in  lieu  of  the  clothing  so  destroyed  one  khaki  uniform  was  issued  as  a 
gratuitous  issue,  but  was  charged  to  the  claimant  at  §3.53  upon  making  out  the  muster-out 
roll,  and  was  thus  included  in  the  settlement  of  his  clothing  allowance  by  an  army  paymaster. 

The  company  commander,  Capt.  John  J.  Barry,  states  in  his  affidavit  that  — 

"When  we  came  to  make  out  the  muster-out  rolls  and  clothing  accounts,  Lieutenant 
Ketchum,  Sixth  United  States  Artillery,  who  Avas  acting  as  assistant  to  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Weaver,  who  had  charge  of  the  mustering  out  of  the  regiment,  told  the  captains  that  the 
khaki  uniforms  must  be  charged  to  the  men  and  the  men  afterwards  should  make  individual 
claims  for  the  value  of  the  property  destroyed. 

*  *  *  *  *  *  * 

"The  clothing  book  of  Company  E  was  lost  in  Cuba  with  other  property,  and  an  affidavit  to 
that  effect  was  made  by  me  to  Lieutenant-Colonel  Weaver  at  the  muster  out  of  the  regiment. 
All  the  clothing  accounts  of  the  company  from  the  date  of  landing  in  Cuba  until  muster  out 
of  regiment  were  kept  on  memorandum  slips." 

General  Orders,  No.  33,  supra,  which  contemplated  a  gratuitous  issue  of  clothing,  was  based 
upon  the  following  telegram,  dated  August  11,  1898,  sent  by  the  Adjutant-General  of  the  Army 
to  General  Shafter: 

"The  clothing  necessary  to  replace  that  destroyed,  to  guard  against  spread  of  fever,  etc.,  is 
to  be  a  gratuitous  issue  of  clothing;  you,  of  course,  will  give  such  orders  that  will  best  protect 
the  interests  of  the  Government  and  all  concerned." 

The  only  authority  for  the  payment  for  loss  of  private  property  destroyed  in  the  military 
service  of  the  United  States  is  the  act  of  March  3,  1885  (23  Stat.  L.,  350)  ,  and  it  is  expressly  pro- 
vided therein  that  said  act  shall  not  apply  to  losses  sustained  in  time  of  war. 

The  question  arises  as  to  the  right  of  the  War  Department  to  order  a  gratuitous  issue  of 
clothing. 

The  clothing  allowance  of  soldiers  of  the  Army  is  governed  by  sections  129(1  and  1302  of  the 
Revised  Statutes,  as  follows: 

"SEC.  1296.  The  President  may  prescribe  the  uniform  of  the  Army  and  quality  and  kind  of 
clothing  which  shall  be  issued  annually  to  the  troops  of  the  United  States. 


APPENDIX.  553 

"  SEC.  1302.  The  money  value  of  all  clothing  overdrawn  by  the  soldier  beyond  his  allowance 
shall  be  charged  against  him,  every  six  months,  on  the  muster  roll  of  his  company,  or  on  his 
final  statements  if  sooner  discharged,  and  he  shall  receive  pay  for  such  articles  of  clothing  as 
have  not  been  issued  to  him  in  any  year,  or  which  may  be  due  to  him  at  the  time  of  his  dis- 
charge, according  to  the  annual  estimated  value  thereof.  The  amount  due  him  for  clothing, 
when  he  draws  less  than  his  allowance,  shall  not  be  paid  to  him  \mtil  his  final  discharge  from 
the  service." 

Gratuitous  issue  of  clothing  is  provided  for  by  section  1298  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  as 
follows: 

"The  Secretary  of  War  may,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Surgeon-General,  order  gratui- 
tous issues  of  clothing  to  soldiers  who  have  had  contagious  diseases,  and  to  hospital  attend- 
ants who  have  nursed  them,  to  replace  any  articles  of  their  clothing  destroyed  by  order  of 
the  proper  medical  officers  to  prevent  contagion." 

The  section  last  quoted  provides  for  gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  only  to  "  soldiers  who  have 
had  contagious  diseases  and  to  hospital  attendants  who  have  nursed  them,"  and  does  not  in 
terms  provide  for  gratuitous  issue  to  others  who  have  been  exposed  to  contagion,  though 
the  spirit  of  the  law  might  justify  the  same,  the  object  being  the  prevention  of  the  spread  of 
contagious  diseases. 

However,  under  the  law  authorizing  the  President  to  prescribe  the  quantity  and  kind  of 
clothing  to  be  issued  to  the  troops  of  the  United  States,  it  seems  proper  that  he  may,  either 
himself  or  through  the  Secretary  of  War  acting  under  his  authority,  prescribe  additional 
allowances  in  exceptional  cases,  such  as  to  those  soldiers  exposed  to  an  exceptionally  rigorous 
climate,  to  contagion,  etc.  Whether  the  authority  for  this  gratuitous  issue  is  based  on  section 
1296  or  1298,  Revised  Statutes,  it  is  not  material  now  to  discuss.  At  all  events  I  think  there 
was  authority  of  law  for  the  issue  in  this  case.  It  appears  that  gratuitous  issue  of  clothing 
was  ordered  by  the  proper  officers  of  the  War  Department,  and  that  through  some  mistaken 
idea  the,  clothing  thus  issued  was  charged  to  the  soldier.  It  would  seem  proper  that  the 
charge  thus  made  should  be  canceled  and  not  considered  in  a  settlement  with  the  soldier  of 
his  clothing  allowance.  This  appears  to  be  the  only  allowance  that  is  proper  to  be  made  by 
the  accounting  officers.  There  is  no  authorization  of  law  for  the  reimbursement  for  the 
clothing  destroyed,  nor  any  appropriation  applicable  thereto. 

In  view  of  the  affidavits  of  the  claimant  and  of  the  captain  of  his  company,  that  the  claim- 
ant was  charged  in  the  settlement  of  his  clothing  account  by  the  paymaster  for  clothing 
furnished  him  as  a  gratuitous  issue  under  orders  authorizing  such  gratuitous  issue,  the  charge 
thus  erroneously  made  should  be  cancelled  and  the  amount  thus  charged  allowed  the  claim- 
ant in  a  final  settlement  of  his  clothing  account  by  the  auditor  for  the  WTar  Department. 

Any  right  the  claimant  may  have  in  this  matter  must  be  based  upon  a  settlement  of  his 
clothing  account  and  not  as  a  reimbursement  for  clothing  destroyed.  As  such  a  settlement 
has  not  been  made  by  the  auditor,  this  office  is  without  jurisdiction  thereon. 

Upon  a  revision  of  the  above-named  account,  the  action  of  the  auditor  in  disallowing  this 
claim  for  reimbursement  for  clothing  destroyed  is  affirmed,  and  I  find  and  certify  no  differ- 
ence, this  action  to  be  without  prejudice  to  a  settlement  of  claimant's  clothing  account  by  the 
auditor. 

R.  J.  TRACEWELL,  Comptroller. 

(See  A.  A'.,  1194  and  144-.} 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  52.     )  Washington,  December  21,  WOO. 

*  *****  * 

II.  By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  the  following  is  published  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

The  present  practice  of  settling  money  accounts  of  disbursing  officers  of 
the  Subsistence  Department  without  regard  to  their  bonds  having  been  dis- 
continued by  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  every  bonded  officer  of 
the  Subsistence  Department  who  hereafter  files  a  new  bond  will  close  his 
account  under  his  former  bond  and  open  a  new  account  under  his  new 
bond;  this  to  enable  the  Treasury  Department  to  definitely  fix  the  responsi- 
bility of  each  bond.  (See  A.  R.,  5~l.) 


554  APPENDIX. 

CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No.  53.     )  Washington,  December  22,  1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  the  following  opinion  of  the  United 
States  circuit  court  for  the  District  of  Nebraska,  March  23,  1900,  in  re  Fair 
et  al.,  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  of  all  concerned: 

1.  COURT-MARTIAL — JUDGMENT — BAR  TO  CIVIL  PROSECUTION. — The  finding 

and  judgment  of  "Not  guilty  "  by  a  military  court-martial  is  not  a  bar 
to  the  prosecution  for  the  same  act  by  the  civil  authorities. 

2.  UNITED  STATES  ARMY— ORDERS  OF  OFFICERS— PROTECTION  TO  PRIVATE.— 

An  order  given  by  a  military  officer  to  his  private  should  be  obeyed  by 
the  private,  and  will  be  his  full  protection  in  a  criminal  prosecution, 
unless  the  illegality  of  such  order  is  so  clearly  shown  on  its  face  that  a 
man  of  ordinary  sense  and  understanding  would  know  when  he  heard 
it  read  or  given  that  the  order  was  illegal. 

3.  CRIMINAL  LAW — FEDERAL  AND  STATE  JURISDICTION. — The  Government 

of  the  United  States  and  of  a  State,  though  exercised  within  the  same 
territory,  occupy  different  planes,  and  the  criminal  laws  of  the  one 
have  no  application  to  acts  performed  under  the  authority  of  the  other 
in  respect  to  matters  solely  within  its  control. 

4.  UNITED  STATES  ARMY — REGULATIONS. — Laws,  rules,  and  regulations  for 

the  efficiency  and  discipline  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States  are  mat- 
ters vested  by  the  Constitution  solely  in  the  General  Government. 

5.  CRIMINAL  LAWS— ACTS  OF  UNITED  STATES  AGENTS— JURISDICTION.— An 

officer  or  agent  of  the  United  States  who  does  an  act  which  is  within 
the  scope  of  his  authority  as  such  officer  or  agent  can  not  be  held  to 
answer  therefor  under  the  criminal  laws  of  another  and  different  gov- 
ernment. 

6.  ARMY  OFFICER — PERFORMANCE  OF  DUTIES. — The  care,  judgment,  and  dis- 

cretion which  should  be  exercised  by  an  officer  of  the  United  States  in 
the  performance  of  his  duty  as  such  officer  are  not  to  be  measured  by 
the  criminal  lawrs  of  a  State. 

7.  SAME — LIABILITY. — When  an  officer  in  the  performance  of  his  duty  under 

the  laws  of  the  United  States  exceeds  his  authority  he  may  be  sued  in 
the  State  courts  by  any  person  injured  by  reason  thereof,  but  when  the 
act  was  done  in  good  faith  and  without  malice  he  is  not  liable  to  a 
criminal  prosecution  in  such  courts. 

8.  HABEAS  CORPUS — REVIEW — DETERMINATION — ACTS  OF  SOLDIER. — While 

a  United  States  court  will  not  in  a  habeas  corpus  proceeding  by  an 
officer  of  the  United  States  examine  the  evidence  for  the  purpose  of 
determining  whether  he  should  be  found  guilty  or  innocent,  yet  the 
court  may  and  'should  examine  the  evidence  for  the  purpose  of  deter- 
mining whether  the  act  alleged  to  be  criminal  was  done  while  in  the 
performance  of  his  duty  as  such  officer. 

9.  SAME. — When  an  officer  of  the  United  States  is  held  in  custody  by  the 

process  of  a  State  court  for  an  act  done  within  the  authority  conferred 
upon  him  by  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment may  protect  itself  by  procuring  the  release  of  such  officer  through 
its  judicial  department. 

(Syllabus  by  the  court.) 

W.S.  Summers,  United  States  attorney,  and  S.  R.  Rush,  assistant  United 
States  attorney,  for  petitioners. 


APPENDIX.  555 

C.  J.  Smyth,  attorney-general,  and  James  Hassett,  county  attorney,  for 
respondent. 

MUXGER,  district  judge.  Samuel  Morgan,  under  charge  of  having 
deserted  from  Troop  A  of  the  Eighth  Cavalry,  United  States  Army,  on 
the  7th  day  of  September,  1898,  was  held  as  a  prisoner  at  Fort  Cook, 
Nebr.,  on  the  17th  day  of  November,  1899.  John  S.  Pry  or,  a  private  in  the 
Tenth  Infantry,  was,  on  said  day,  a  guard  over  said  Morgan.  Morgan,  on 
said  day,  with  another  prisoner  named  Deacon,  made  an  assault  on  the 
guard,  Pryor,  knocking  him  down,  kicking  him  when  down,  dismantled  the 
gun  of  the  guard,  and  attempted  escape  by  flight.  William  M.  Simpson,  a 
sergeant  of  Company  M.  Tenth  Infantry,  who  at  the  time  was  sergeant  of 
the  guard,  called  upon  John  S.  Fair,  a  corporal,  and  Henry  H.  Jockens,  a 
private,  both  members  of  Company  M,  Tenth  Infantry,  and  who  were  on 
guard  duty  on  said  day,  to  pursue  and  arrest  Morgan  and  Deacon.  The 
order  as  given  was  in  substance  as  follows:  "  Pursue  the  prisoners.  If  you 
sight  them  and  are  positive  it  is  the  right  party,  halt  them;  and  if  they  do 
not  halt,  halt  them  a  second  time,  and,  if  they  do  not  halt,  then  fire  upon 
them  and  fire  to  hit  them."  Fair  and  Jockens  pursued  the  fleeing  pris- 
oners through  fields  and  timber  until  reaching  the  village  of  La  Platte,  some 
3  miles  from  Fort  Cook,  having  in  the  meantime  lost  sight  of  them.  On 
arriving  at  La  Platte  Corporal  Fair  made  inquiry  to  ascertain  if  there  was 
a  marshal,  constable,  or  other  peace  officer  there,  and  found  there  was 
none.  He  then  called  up  by  telephone  Lieutenant  Welch,  at  Fort  Cook, 
who  was  the  officer  of  the  day,  reported  where  he  was,  and  his  belief  that 
the  prisoners  were  in  that  vicinity.  Lieutenant  Welch  directed  him  to 
notify  the  civil  authorities,  and  was  informed  by  Fair  that  he  had  ascer- 
tained there  were  none  there.  A  few  minutes  later,  while  Fair  and  Jockens 
were  standing  in  the  highway  making  inquiry  for  the  prisoners  of  three 
persons  who  had  just  driven  up,  the  prisoner  Morgan  passed  along  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  highway.  It  being  the  dusk  of  evening,  and  Morgan 
dressed  in  civilian  clothing,  they  were  not  positive  of  his  identity,  but  called 
upon  him  to  halt,  to  which  no  attention  was  paid,  but  Morgan  continued 
at  a  rapid  walk.  He  was  commanded  the  second  time  to  halt,  whereupon 
he  turned  his  face  toward  them  and  asked:  "  What  in  hell  do  you  want? ?r 
Corporal  Fair  responded:  "We  want  you  to  halt."  Morgan  then  started 
on  a  run,  assuming  a  stooping  posture.  He  was  again  commanded  to  halt, 
but  continued  to  run.  Fair  and  Jockens  had  in  the  meantime  advanced 
toward  him  some  30  or  35  steps.  Morgan  continuing  to  run,  Corporal  Fair 
gave  the  command  to  fire.  He  and  Jockens  both  fired  at  Morgan,  who  was 
hit,  and  died  some  5  minutes  thereafter.  For  the  killing  of  Morgan,  Cor- 
poral Fair  and  Private  Jockens  were  both  tried  before  a  general  court- 
martial,  convened  at  Fort  Cook,  on  the  charge  of  "manslaughter,  to  the 
prejudice  of  good  order  and  military  discipline,"  on  which  trial  they  were 
found  not  guilty.  Thereafter  a  complaint  in  due  form  was  made  before 
the  county  judge  of  Sarpy  County,  Nebr.,  charging  both  Fair  and  Jockens 
with  the  crime  of  murder  in  the  killing  of  Morgan.  They  were  duly 
arrested,  an  examination  had  by  the  county  judge,  and  each  held  for  trial 
in  the  district  court  of  Sarpy  County,  bail  being  fixed  by  the  county  court 
in  the  sum  of  $1,000,  which  failing  to  give,  they  were  committed  to  the 
custody  of  the  sheriff  of  the  county.  Fair  and  Jockens  have  petitioned 
this  court  for  their  release,  claiming  their  imprisonment  is  without  the 
authority  of  law. 


556  APPENDIX. 

The  principal  question  to  be  determined  is,  Has  the  State  court  within 
and  for  the  county  of  Sarpy,  Nebr.,  jurisdiction  to  try  petitioners  for  such 
killing  of  Morgan  as  a  violation  of  the  laws  of  the  State?  If  the  killing  of 
Morgan  was  an  act  violative  of  the  laws  of  the  State,  then  the  State  court 
has  jurisdiction,  and  the  petitioners  must  be  remanded  to  the  custody  of  the 
sheriff.  If,  on  the  other  hand,  such  killing  of  Morgan  was  not  a  violation 
of  the  laws  of  the  State,  then  the  State  court  is  without  jurisdiction,  and 
the  petitioners  should  be  discharged. 

Two  principles  of  law  discussed  on  the  hearing  and  applicable  to  the 
case  are  so  well  and  firmly  established  that  no  extended  citation  of  author- 
ities is  necessary  in  support  thereof.  They  are:  First,  that  the  trial  and 
acquittal  of  petitioners  by  the  court-martial  is  not  a  bar  to  an  inquiry  and 
prosecution  by  the  proper  civil  authorities  (Coleman  v.  Tennessee,  97  U.  S., 
506,24  L.  Ed.,  1118;  U.  S.  v.  Clark  (C.  C.),  31  Fed.,  710);  second,  that  an  act 
done  by  an  officer  or  agent  of  the  United  States  in  and  about  a  matter  solely 
within  Federal  control  and  in  pursuance  of  an  authority  given  by  the  laws 
of  the  United  States  is  not  an  offense  against  the  laws  of  the  State  (Tennes- 
see v.  Davis,  100  U.  S.,  257,  25  L.  Ed.,  648;  in  re  Neagle,  135  U.  S..  1;  10  Sup. 
Ct.,  658,  34  L.  Ed.,  55).  Neither  can  it  be  denied  that,  when  an  officer  or 
agent  of  the  United  States  is  held  in  custody  by  the  process  of  a  State  court 
for  an  act  done  within  the  authority  conferred  upon  him  by  the  laws  of  the 
United  States,  the  United  States  Government  may  protect  itself  by  procur- 
ing the  release  of  such  officer  through  its  judicial  department.  As  was  said 
by  Justice  Strong  in  Tennessee  v.  Davis: 

The  General  Government  must  cease  to  exist  whenever  it  loses  the  power  of  protecting 
itself  in  the  exercise  of  its  constitutional  powers.  It  can  act  only  through  its  officers  and 
agents,  and  they  must  act  within  the  States.  If,  when  thus  .acting,  and  within  the  scope  of 
their  authority,  those  officers  can  be  arrested,  brought  to  trial  in  a  State  court  for  an  alleged 
offense  against  the  law  of  the  State,  yet  warranted  by  the  Federal  authority  they  possess,  and 
if  the  General  Government  is  powerless  to  interfere  at  once  for  their  protection — if  their  pro- 
tection must  be  left  to  the  action  of  the  State  court — the  operations  of  the  General  Government 
may  at  any  time  be  arrested  at  the  will  of  one  of  its  members.  *  *  *  We  do  not  think  such 
an  element  of  weakness  is  to  be  found  in  the  Constitution.  The  1'nited  states  is  a  Govern- 
ment with  authority  extending  over  the  whole  territory  of  the  I'liion.  acting  upon  the  States 
and  upon  the  people  of  the  States.  While  it  is  limited  in  the  number  of  its  powers,  so  far  as 
its  sovereignty  extends  it  is  supreme.  No  State  government  can  exclude  it  from  the  exen-i.-i- 
of  any  authority  conferred  upon  it  by  the  Constitution,  obstruct  its  authorized  officers  against 
its  will,  or  withhold  from  it  for  a  moment  the  cogni/ance  of  any  subject  which  that  instrument 
has  committed  to  it. 

Writing  for  the  court  in  Osborn  r.  Bank.  9  Wheat.,  865,  6  L.  Ed.,  234, 
Chief  Justice  Marshall  said: 

It  is  not  unusual  for  a  legislative  act  to  involve  consequences  which  are  not  expressed.  An 
officer,  for  example,  is  ordered  to  arrest  an  individual.  It  is  not  necessary,  nor  is  it  usual,  to 
say  that  he  shall  not  be  punished  for  obeying  this  order;  his  security  is  implied  in  the  order 
itself.  It  is  no  unusual  thing  for  an  act  of  Congress  to  imply,  without  expressing,  this  very 
exemption  from  State  control,  which  is  said  to  be  so  objectionable  in  this  instance.  The 
collectors  of  the  revenue,  the  carriers  of  the  mail,  the  mint  establishment,  and  all  those 
institutions  which  are  public  in  their  nature  are  examples  in  point.  It  has  never  been 
doubted  that  all  who  are  employed  in  them  are  protected  while  in  the  line  of  duty,  and  yet 
this  protection  is  not  expressed  in  any  act  of  Congress.  It  is  incidental  to,  and  is  implied  in, 
the  several  acts  by  which  these  institutions  are  created,  and  is  secured  to  the  individuals 
employed  in  them  by  the  judicial  power  alone;  that  is,  the  judicial  power  is  the  instrument 
employed  by  the  Government  in  administering  this  security. 

With  these  observations,  we  now  come  to  a  consideration  of  the  question 
as  to  whether  petitioners,  at  the  time  of  the  shooting  of  Morgan,  were  act- 


APPENDIX.  557 

ing  within  the  line  of  their  duty  as  soldiers  in  the  Army  of  the  United 
States.     The  forty-seventh  article  of  war  is  as  follows: 

Any  officer  or  soldier  who,  having  received  pay,  or  having  been  :luly  enlisted  in  the  service 
of  the  United  States,  deserts  the  same  shall,  in  time  of  war,  suffer  death  or  such  punishment 
as  a  court-martial  may  direct,  and  in  time  of  peace  any  punishment,  excepting  death,  which 

a  court-martial  may  direct. 

Here  we  find  that  desertion  on  the  part  of  the  soldier  constitutes  a  serious 
crime.  Such  crime,  although  against  the  United  States,  can  be  punished 
only  by  a  military  court.  Soldiers  charged  with  crimes  shall  be  confined 
until  tried  by  court-martial,  or  released  by  proper  authority.  (Article  of 
War,  66.) 

Morgan  was  in  confinement  charged  with  the  crime  of  desertion.  By 
making  an  assault  upon  and  overpowering  the  guard  he  attempted  an 
escape.  By  the  forty-eighth  article  every  soldier  who  deserts  "shall  be 
tried  by  a  court-martial  and  punished,  although  the  time  of  his  enlistment 
may  have  elapsed  previous  to  his  being  apprehended  and  tried/'  It  follows, 
as  a  natural  consequence,  that  Morgan  was  subject  to  be  apprehended  for 
the  purpose  of  being  dealt  with  by  court-martial. 

Were  petitioners  authorized  to  make  the  arrest  of  Morgan?  A  deserter 
may  be  arrested  by  a  military  officer,  or  by  a  noncommissioned  officer,  or 
private  duly  authorized  to  make  the  arrest.  (Davis  Mil.  Law,  425;  Winthr. 
Mil.  Law,  173;  Hutching  v.  Van  Bokkelen,  34  Me.,  126.)  Prior  to  the  act  of 
October  1,  1890,  no  peace  officer  or  private  citizen  had  authority  to  arrest 
and  detain  a  deserter  from  the  Army  without  the  order  or  direction  of  a 
military  officer.  (Kurtz  v.  Moffitt,  115  U. S.,  487,  6  Sup.  Ct.,  148,  29  L.  Ed., 
458. )  In  that  case  the  court  said: 

Whether  it  is  expedient  for  the  public  welfare  and  the  good  of  the  Army  that  such  an 
authority  should  be  conferred  is  a  matter  for  the  determination  of  Congress. 

Doubtless,  acting  upon  the  suggestion  thus  expressed  in  the  above  case, 
Congress  passed  the  act  of  October  1,  1890,  the  second  section  of  which 
reads: 

That  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any  civil  officer  having  authority  under  the  laws  of  the  United 
States,  or  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  district,  to  arrest  offenders  to  summarily  arrest  a  deserter 
from  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  and  deliver  him  into  the  custody  of  the  military 
authorities  of  the  General  Government.  (26  Stat.  L.,  648.) 

It  is  urged  on  the  part  of  the  State  that,  even  though  an  arrest  of  a  deserter 
might  lawfully  have  been  made  by  military  authorities  prior  to  the  act  of 
1890,  such  authority,  if  it  existed,  was  taken  away  by  such  act,  and  that 
the  exclusive  authority  to  make  such  an  arrest  was  vested  in  civil  officers 
by  reason  of  the  maxim,  ••  Expressio  unius  est  exclusio  alterius.*'  To  this  I 
can  not  agree.  I  do  not  think  Congress,  by  giving  permission  to  civil  officers 
to  make  arrests  of  deserters,  intended  to  take  away  the  authority  then  exist- 
ing to  make  such  arrests  on  the  part  of  the  officers  of  the  Army,  but  that 
the  act  was  intended  to  enable  civil  authorities  to  aid  and  assist  the  military 
in  apprehending  deserters.  While  Congress  might  confer  upon  the  civil 
authorities  of  the  various  States  authority  to  make  arrests  of  deserters 
against  military  law,  it  is  equally  clear  that  the  duty  to  make  such  arrests 
could  not  be  imposed  by  Congress  upon  such  authorities.  Mr.  Black,  in  his 
Interpretation  of  Laws  (page  146),  says: 

The  maxim,  "Expressio  unius  cst  exclusio  alterius,"  is  of  very  important,  though  limited, 
application  in  the  interpretation  of  statutes.  It  is  useful  only  as  a  guide  in  determining  the 
probable  intention  of  the  legislature:  and  if  it  should  be  clearly  apparent  in  any  particular 
case  that  the  legislature  did  not,  in  fact,  intend  that  its  express  mention  of  one  thing  should 
operate  as  an  exclusion  of  all  others,  then  the  maxim  must  give  way. 


558  APPENDIX. 

Finding,  then,  that  petitioners  had  lawful  authority  to  apprehend  Morgan, 
we  come  to  a  consideration  of  the  question  as  to  the  right  to  shoot  Mor- 
gan in  the  attempt  to  secure  his  arrest.  And,  if  not,  was  such  shooting  a 
crime  against  the  laws  of  the  State?  The  sixty-ninth  article  of  war  imposes 
upon  any  officer  who  permits  a  prisoner  to  escape  such  punishment  as  a 
court-martial  may  direct.  To  aid  military  officers  in  the  proper  enforce- 
ment of  the  custody  of  prisoners,  rules  and  orders  have  been  publicly  pro- 
mulgated by  the  Secretary  of  War.  Such  rules  and  orders  have  the  force 
and  effect  of  statutory  law.  As  said  by  the  court  in  U.  S.  v.  Eliason,  16  Pet. , 
291, 10  L.Ed., 968: 

The  power  of  the  Executive  to  establish  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the 
Army  is  undoubted.  *  *  *  The  power  to  establish  implies,  necessarily,  the  power  to  modify 
or  repeal,  or  to  create  anew.  The  Secretary  of  War  is  the  regular  constitutional  organ  of  the 
President  for  the  administration  of  the  military  establishment  of  the  nation,  and  rules  and 
orders  publicly  promulgated  through  him  must  be  received  as  the  actsof  the  Executive,  and,  as 
such,  be  binding  upon  all,  within  the  sphere  of  his  legal  and  constitutional  authority.  Such 
regulations  can  not  be  questioned  or  denied  because  they  may  be  thought  unwise  or  mistaken. 

In  paragraph  297  of  the  rules  and  orders  publicly  issued  by  the  Secretary 
of  War  in  the  Manual  of  Guard  Duty,  it  is  provided: 

The  sentinel  at  the  post  of  the  guard  has  charge  of  the  prisoners.  He  will  allow  none  to 
escape  or  to  cross  his  post  except  under  properguard.  *  *  *  II  a  prisoner  attempts  to  escape, 
the  sentinel  will  call,  "Halt."  If  he  fails  to  halt  when  the  sentinel  has  once  repeated  hi< 
call,  and  if  there  be  no  other  possible  means  of  preventing  his  escape,  the  sentinel  will  fire 
upon  him. 

The  following  will  more  fully  explain  the  important  duties  of  the  sentinel  in  this  connection: 

CIRCULAR.]  WAR  DKPABTMKNT,  ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  on  UK. 

}\'<inllili(ft<>li.   Xiirr  mini'   ].    /V>7. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  is  published  for  the  information  of  the 
Army: 

Then  follows  a  digest  of  Circular  No.  3,  issued  by  the  commander  of  the 
Department  of  the  Columbia,  indorsement  of  approval  thereof  by  judge- 
advocate  of  the  Military  Division  of  the  Pacific,  and  by  the  major-general 
in  command  of  that  division,  from  which  the  following  provisions  are 
extracted: 

A  sentinel  is  placed  as  guard  over  prisoners  to  prevent  their  escape,  and  for  this  purpose  he 
is  furnished  a  musket  with  ammunition.  To  prevent  escape  is  his  first  and  most  important 
duty.  I  suppose  the  law  to  be  this:  That  a  sentinel  shall  not  use  more  force  or  violence  to 
prevent  the  escape  of  a  prisoner  than  is  necessary  to  effect  that  object;  but  if  the  prisoner  after 
being  ordered  to  halt  continues  his  flight,  the  sentinel  may  maim  or  even  kill  him,  and  it  is 
his  duty  to  do  so.  A  sentinel  who  allows  a  prisoner  to  escape  without  firing  upon  him,  and 
firing  to  hit  him,  is,  in  my  judgment,  guilty  of  a  most  serious  military  offense,  for  which  he 
should,  and  would  be,  severely  punished  by  a  general  court-martial. 

HENRY  A.  MORROW, 
Colonel  Twenty-first  Infantry,  Commanding  Post. 

[Indorsement.] 

I  was  not  aware  that  such  a  view  had  ever  been  questioned.  That  the  period  is  a  time  of 
peace  does  not  affect  the  authority  and  duty  of  the  sentinel  or  guard  to  fire  upon  the  escaping 
prisoner  if  this  escape  can  not  otherwise  be  prevented.  He  should,  of  course,  attempt  to  stop 
the  prisoner  before  firing  by  ordering  him  to  halt,  and  will  properly  warn  him  by  the  words, 
"  Halt,  or  I  fire,"  or  words  to  such  effect. 

W.  WINTHROP.  Judge- Advocate. 
[Indorsement.] 

Respectfully  returned  to  the  commanding  general,  Department  of  the  Columbia,  approving 
the  opinion  of  the  commanding  officer,  Twenty-first  Infantry,  and  of  the  judge-advocate  of 
the  division,  in  respect  to  the  duty  of,  and  method  to  be  adopted  by,  sentinels  in  preventing 
prisoners  from  escaping. 

By  command  of  Major-General  Schofield: 

J.  C.  KELTON,  Assistant  Adjutant- General. 


APPENDIX.  559 

It  may  be  truthfully  said  that  the  construction  placed  upon  the  Articles 
of  War,  and  the  rules  and  regulations  promulgated  by  the  Executive  through 
the  Secretary  of  War  by  the  commanding  officer  of  a  military  department, 
though  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  not  binding  upon  the  judicial 
department,  yet  they  are  entitled  to  great  weight,  and  to  the  noncommis- 
sioned officer  and  private  soldier  ought  to  be  unquestioned  when  ordered  to 
act  in  conformity  therewith  and  should  be  their  full  protection  for  so  acting. 

It  is  said  the  foregoing  rule  only  applies  when  a  prisoner  is  attempting  to 
escape  and  has  no  application  to  the  present  hearing  for  the  reason  that 
Morgan,  at  the  time  he  was  shot,  was  not  attempting  to  escape,  but  had 
already  effected  an  escape.  Even  so;  yet  it  is  material,  in  determining  the 
question  as  to  whether  the  order  given  by  Sergeant  Simpson,  the  officer  of 
the  guard,  to  the  petitioners  to  shoot  if  the  commands  to  halt  were  diso- 
beyed, was  an  order  which  should  have  been  disregarded  by  petitioners. 
The  law  is  that  an  order  given  by  an  officer  to  his  private,  which  does  not 
expressly  and  clearly  show  on  its  face  its  own  illegality,  the  soldier  is  bound 
to  obey,  and  such  order  is  his  full  protection.  (Riggs  v.  State,  3  Cold.,  85; 
McCall  v.  McDowell,  Fed.  Cas.  No.  8,  673;  U.  S.  v.  Clark  (C.C.j,  31  Fed., 
710.)  In  McCall  v.  McDowell  it  is  said: 

Except  in  a  plain  case  of  excess  of  authority  where,  at  first  blush,  it  is  apparent  and  palpa- 
ble to  the  commonest  understanding  that  the  order  is  illegal,  I  can  not  but  think  that  the 
law  should  excuse  the  military  subordinate  when  acting  in  obedience  to  the  orders  of  his 
commander.  The  first  duty  of  a  soldier  is  obedience,  and  without  this  there  can  be  neither 
discipline  nor  efficiency  in  an  army.  If  every  subordinate  officer  and  soldier  were  at  liberty 
to  question  the  legality  of  the  orders  of  the  commander,  and  obey  them  or  not,  as  they  may 
consider  them  valid  or  invalid,  the  camp  would  be  turned  into  a  debating  school,  where  the 
precious  moment  for  action  would  be  wasted  in  wordy  conflicts  between  the  advocates  of 
conflicting  opinions. l 

Justice  Brewer  in  re  Grimley,  137  U.  S.,  147;  11  Sup.  Ct.,  54;  34  L.  Ed.  636, 
said: 

While  our  Regular  Army  is  small  compared  with  those  of  European  nations,  yet  its  vigor  and 
efficiency  are  equally  important.  An  army  is  not  a  deliberative  body.  It  is  the  executive 
arm.  Its  law  is  that  of  obedience.  No  question  can  be  left  open  as  to  the  right  to  command 
in  the  officer  or  the  duty  of  obedience  in  the  soldier. 

While  I  do  not  say  that  the  order  given  by  Sergeant  Simpson  to  peti- 
tioners was  in  all  particulars  a  lawful  order,  I  do  say  that  the  illegality  of 
the  order,  if  illegal  it  was.  was  not  so  much  so  as  to  be  apparent  and  palpable 
to  the  commonest  understanding.  If,  then,  the  petitioners  acted  under  such 
order  in  good  faith,  without  any  criminal  intent,  but  with  an  honest  purpose 
to  perform  a  supposed  duty,  they  are  not  liable  to  prosecution  under  the 
criminal  laws  of  the  State.  In  re  Lewis  (D.  C.),  83  Fed.,  159,  it  is  said: 

Where  an  officer,  from  excess  of  zeal  or  misinformation,  or  lack  of  good  judgment  in  the 
performance  of  what  he  conceives  to  be  his  duties  as  an  officer,  in  fact  transcends  his 
authority  and  invades  the  rights  of  individuals,  ne  is  answerable  to  the  Government  or  power 
under  whose  appointment  he  is  acting,  and  may  also  lay  himself  liable  to  answer  to  a  private 
individual  who  is  injured  or  oppressed  by  his  action;  yet,  where  there  is  no  criminal  intent  on 
his  part,  he  does  not  become  liable  to  answer  to  the  criminal  process  of  a  different  Government. 

iSee,  however,  as  to  civil  cases,  Bates  v.  Clark,  95  U.  S.,  204,  in  which  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court  held,  in  a  civil  suit  for  damages,  as  follows: 

"It  is  a  sufficient  answer  to  the  plea  that  the  defendants  were  subordinate  officers,  acting 
under  orders  of  a  superior,  to  say  that  whatever  may  be  the  rule  in  time  of  war  and  in  the 
presence  of  actual  hostilities,  military  officers  can  no  more  protect  themselves  than  civilians 
in  time  of  peace  by  orders  emanating  from  a  source  which  is  itself  without  authority." 

(Remarus  of  the  Judge-Advocate-General,  U.  S.  A.,  June  11, 1900,  on  326105,  A.  G.  O.) 


560  APPENDIX. 

With  our  complex  system  of  government,  State  and  national,  we  would  be  in  an  intolerable 
condition  if  the  State  could  put  in  force  its  criminal  laws  to  discipline  United  States  officers 
for  the  manner  in  which  they  discharge  their  duties.  Or.  take  it  the  other  way,  if  the  Gov- 
ernment of  the  United  States  should  prosecute  as  criminals  sheriffs  and  other  ministerial 
officers,  justices  of  the  peace,  and  judges  of  superior  courts  for  errors  of  judgment  or  ignorance, 
causing  blunders  in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  it  would  bring  on  a  condition  of  chaos  in  a 
short  time. 

The  evidence  in  this,  case  shows  that  petitioners  acted  entirely  without 
malice;  that  the  conditions  existing  at  the  place  and  time  of  the  shooting 
were  such  as  to  cause  an  honest  belief  on  their  part  that  Morgan  would,  in 
all  probability,  effect  his  escape  unless  disabled;  that  they  did  not  shoot 
with  a  purpose  of  killing,  but  only  to  disable.  I  am  mindful  of  the  rule  of 
law  that  in  a  habeas  corpus  proceeding  the  court  will  not  examine  the 
evidence  for  the  purpose  of  determining  whether  the  party  should  be  pro- 
nounced guilty  or  innocent  of  the  offense  for  which  he  is  imprisoned;  yet 
in  a  case  of  this  character  it  is  not  only  proper  but  necessary  for  the  court 
to  determine  whether  the  parties  acted  wantonly  and  with  criminal  intent, 
or  whether  their  acts,  though  wrongful,  were  errors  of  judgment  only.  If 
they  acted  wantonly,  with  a  criminal  intent,  then  they  were  not  acting 
within  the  scope  of  the  authority  conferred  by  the  laws  of  the  United 
States.  On  the  other  hand,  if  they  acted  without  any  criminal  intent,  but 
in  an  honest  belief  that  they  were  only  discharging  the  duties  of  a  soldier, 
then  their  offense,  if  offense  it  was,  was  not  against  the  laws  of  the  State, 
and  in  such  case  the  State  has  no  jurisdiction.  Petitioners  were  charged 
with  the  duty  of  arresting  Morgan,  a  deserter  from  the  Army  of  the  United 
States,  who  had  escaped  or  was  attempting  to  escape  from  confinement 
therefor,  and  if  what  they  did  was  in  the  honest  belief  that  they  were  dis- 
charging their  duty  they  are  not  answerable  to  the  criminal  laws  of  the 
State.  As  was  said  by  Judge  Shiras  in  re  Waite  (D.  C.) ,  81  Fed.,  359: 

The  sole  question  properly  arising  before  this  court  is  that  of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  district 
court  of  Howard  County,  and,  under  the  facts  established  by  the  evidence  adduced,  the  first 
matter  for  consideration  is  whether  an  officer  or  agent  of  the  United  States,  engaged  in  the 
performance  of  a  duty  arising  under  the  laws  and  authority  of  the  United  States,  is  liable  to 
a  criminal  prosecution  in  the  courts  of  the  State  for  acts  done  by  him  in  his  official  capacity. 
This  presents  a  matter  of  moment  much  beyond  the  mere  question  of  the  detention  of  the 
liberty  of  the  petitioner  as  an  individual.  Broadly  stated,  it  involves  the  proposition  whether 
the  operations  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States  in  matters  within  its  sole  control,  and 
which  operations,  of  necessity,  must  be  carried  forward  by  means  of  officers  and  agents  duly 
appointed,  can  be  interfered  with  by  criminal  proceedings  instituted  in  the  State  courts,  and 
based  upon  acts  done  by  such  officers  or  agents  within  the  scope  of  the  duties  imposed  upon 
them.  By  this  it  is  not  meant  to  assert  that  because  a  person  is  an  officer  or  agent  of  the  Fed- 
eral Government,  he  is  thereby  excepted  out  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  State  or  the  binding- 
force  of  its  laws.  The  mere  fact  that  when  the  acts  by  him  done  were  done  he  was  an  officer 
of  the  United  States,  charged  with  certain  duties  to  that  Government,  will  not  afford  him 
immunity  from  prosecution  under  the  laws  of  the  State:  nor  will  the  mere  fact  that  he  claims 
that  the  acts  done  were  within  the  line  of  his  official  duty  afford  him  protection,  if  the  acts 
are  such  as  to  show  that  the  claimed  immunity  is  a  mere  subterfuge,  and  that  under  no  fair 
consideration  of  his  official  duty  could  he  have  assumed  that  he  was  acting  in  his  official 
capacity  when  the  acts  complained  of  were  done  by  him.  But  when  an  officer  of  the  United 
States  is  charged  with  the  performance  of  certain  duties  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States, 
and  in  the  general  performance  thereof  he  does  acts  which  it  is  claimed  are  in  excess  of  his 
proper  duty,  or  which  are  viola tive  of  the  rights  of  other  citizens,  the  question  is  whether  a 
prosecution  therefor  can  be  sustained  in  the  State  courts,  when  it  is  apparent  that  the  institu- 
tion and  maintenance  thereof  may  interfere  with  the  enforcement  of  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  or  with  the  operations  of  that  Government.  Under  this  aspect  of  the  question,  the 
point  is  not  what  the  rights  of  individual  citizens  might  require  for  their  proper  protection, 
but  whether  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  acting  in  the  interest  of  the  entire  com- 
munity, has  not  the  right  to  assert  that  its  operation  within  the  jurisdiction  conferred  by  the 


APPENDIX.  561 

Constitution,  and  wherein  it  is  supreme  and  paramount,  can  not  be  interfered  with  under  the 
laws  of  the  State;  and  that  to  prevent  such  interference  it  must  be  held  that  an  officer  or 
agent  of  the  United  States,  when  engaged  in  the  performance  of  his  official  duties,  is  not 
amenable  to  the  laws  or  courts  of  the  State  in  a  criminal  prosecution  based  upon  acts  by  him 
done  in  connection  with  his  official  duties.  If  in  the  performance  of  these  duties  the  officer 
so  acts  as  to  violate  his  duty  to  the  United  States,  that  Government,  and  not  the  State,  is  the 
proper  party  to  call  him  to  account.  If  the  acts  done  arc  violative  of  the  rights  of  individuals, 
a  civil  action  for  damages  may  be  maintained,  or  protection  may  be  sought  under  the  laws  of 
the  United  States,  and  thus  a  remedy  may  be  afforded  to  the  citizen  without  bringing  the 
Federal  and  State  Governments  into  conflict,  or  without  unduly  interfering  with  the  opera- 
tions of  that  Government  under  whose  authority  the  officer  is  acting. 

This  case  was  affirmed,  and  the  doctrine  announced  approved  by  the 
court  of  appeals,  in  31  C.  C.  A..  403;  88  Fed.,  102. 

There  is  another  view  of  the  subject  requiring  consideration;  that  is,  that 
the  act  done  by  petitioners  being  an  attempt  at  enforcement  of  the  military 
law  of  the  United  States,  a  subject  over  which  the  State  has  no  control  or 
concern,  State  statutes  can  have  no  application  thereto.  As  said  in  re 
Waiter 

It  will  not  be  questioned  that  to  sustain  a  criminal  prosecution  the  statute  upon  which  it 
is  based  must  be  binding  upon  the  person  and  applicable  to  the  acts  which  form  the  basis  of  the 
prosecution.  If,  when  the  acts  were  done,  the  same  were  not  within  the  plane  of  the  juris- 
diction of  the  State,  then  the  statute  of  the  State  has  no  application  thereto,  and  it  can  not 
be  predicated  of  the  acts  that  they  constitute  violations  of,,  the  statutes  of  the  State. 

This  doctrine  and  case  was  cited  with  approval  in  Ohio  v.  Thomas,  173 
U.  S.,  276;  19  Sup.  Ct.,  453;  43  L.  Ed.,  699. 

It  has  been  uniformly  held  that  the  courts  of  a  State  have  no  jurisdiction 
of  the  crime  of  perjury  committed  in  an  examination  before  a  commissioner 
under  the  United  States  bankrupt  act;  in  testifying  before  a  commissioner 
of  the  circuit  court  of  the  United  States;  in  making  an  affidavit  under  the 
acts  of  Congress  relating  to  the  sale  of  public  lands;  in  testifying  before  a 
notary  public  of  the  State  upon  a  contested  election  of  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States.  (State  v.  Pike,  15  N.  H., 
83;  ex  parte  Bridges,  2  Woods,  428;  Fed.  Gas.,  No.  1,  862;  State  v.  Shelley, 
11  Lea,  594;  Ross  v.  State,  55  Ga,,  192;  State  v.  Adams,  4  Blackf.,  146; 
People  v.  Kelly,  38  Cal.,  145:  State  v.  Kirkpatrick,  32  Ark.,  117;  in  re  Loney, 
134  U.  S.,  372;  10  Sup.  Ct.,  584;  33  L.  Ed.,  949.) 

In  State  v.  Pike,  supra,  Chief  Justice  Parker  said: 

The  matters  from  which  the  charge  now  before  us  arises  are  alleged  to  have  occurred  under, 
and  in  the  course  of  the  execution  of,  the  laws  of  the  United  States.  Those  laws  required 
certain  things  to  be  done.  Congress  had  the  right  to  prescribe  how  they  should  be  done,  to 
regulate  the  duties  of  all  persons  who  acted  under  the  law,  and  to  prescribe  penalties  for  the 
violation  of  such  duties.  In  such  case,  if  acts  are  done  which,  if  transacted  under  the  laws 
of  this  State,  would  have  constituted  offenses  within  the  provisions  of  our  criminal  code,  yet, 
briiiK  done  in  pursuance  of  the  laws  of  another  government  (having  the  sole  power  to  regu- 
late the  whole  proceeding)  authorizing  the  act  to  be  done,  prescribing  the  mode,  imposing 
the  duty,  and  affixing  the  penalty  for  the  violation  of  it,  the  acts  can  not  be  regarded  as  hav- 
ing been  done  under  the  sanction  of  the  laws  of  this  State,  so  as  to  subject  the  parties  to  pun- 
ishment under  those  laws. 

These  decisions  are  directly  applicable  to  the  case  at  bar.  In  the  matter 
before  us  the  petitioners  were  acting  for  and  on  behalf  of  the  United  States, 
under  the  military  authority  of  the  United  States — a  subject-matter  the 
control  of  which,  under  the  Constitution,  is  vested  solely  in  the  General 
Government.  The  State  can  not  in  any  particular,  either  through  its  legis- 
lative or  judicial  department,  regulate  or  circumscribe  the  powers  of  the 
United  States  in  respect  thereto.  The  wisdom,  expediency,  or  justness  of 

16686—01 36 


562  APPENDIX. 

the  military  laws,  rules,  and  regulations  adopted  and  prescribed  by  the 
United  States  are  no  concern  of  the  State.  The  proper  enforcement  of  such 
laws,  rules,  and  regulations  can  not  be  measured  and  determined  by  State 
laws.  To  require  the  petitioners  to  answer  for  their  acts  to  the  State  courts 
is  to  permit  the  State  courts  to  administer  the  military  laws  of  the  United 
States;  to  determine  in  a  criminal  proceeding  the  extent  of  authority  pos- 
sessed by  the  soldier  under  those  laws;  to  say  when,  and  under  what  cir- 
cumstances, the  subordinate  may  disregard  and  disobey  the  orders  and 
commands  of  his  superior  officer;  to  determine  the  amount  of  force  which 
the  United  States  may  use  to  apprehend  one  charged  with  a  military  offense: 
in  short,  to  nullify  the  rules  and  regulations  adopted  to  insure  the  efficiency 
of  the  military  service.  As  said  by  Mr.  Justice  Brown,  when  on  the  dis- 
trict bench,  in  United  States  v.  Clark,  supra: 

It  would  be  extremely  unwise  for  the  civil  courts  to  lay  down  general  principles  of  law 
which  would  tend  to  impair  the  efficiency  of  the  military  arm,  or  which  would  seem  to  justify 
or  condone  conduct  prejudicial  to  good  order  and  military  discipline.  An  army  is  a  neces- 
sity— perhaps  I  ought  to  say  an  unfortunate  necessity — under  every  system  of  government,  and 
no  civilized  state  in  modern  times  has  been  able  to  dispense  with  one.  To  insure  efficiency 
an  army  must  be,  to  a  certain  extent,  a  despotism.  Each  officer,  from  the  general  to  the  cor- 
poral, is  invested  with  an  arbitrary  power  over  those  beneath  him,  and  the  soldier  who  enlists 
in  the  army  waives,  in  some  particulars,  his  rights  as  a  civilian,  surrenders  his  personal  liberty 
during  the  term  of  his  enlistment,  and  consents  to  come  and  go  at  the  will  of  his  superior 
officers.  He  agrees  to  become  amenable  to  the  military  courts,  to  be  disciplined  for  offenses 
unknown  to  the  civil  law,  to  relinquish  his  right  of  trial  by  jury,  and  to  receive  punishments 
which,  to  the  civilian,  seem  out  of  all  proportion  to  the  magnitude  of  the  offense. 

Finding,  as  I  do,  that  the  act  of  petitioners  in  the  shooting  of  Morgan, 
under  the  circumstances  as  shown  by  the  evidence,  was  an  act  done  in  the 
performance  of  their  duty  as  soldiers  of  the  United  States,  it  follows  that 
the  State  courts  are  without  jurisdiction  in  a  criminal  proceeding  to  deter- 
mine whether  they  exercised  proper  care,  judgment,  and  discretion  in  the 
discharge  of  that  duty.  For  this  reason  the  imprisonment  of  petitioners  is 
in  violation  of  their  rights  under  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  and 
they  are  entitled  to  their  discharge. 

(100  Fed.  Rep., p.  149.)     (See  A. R., 971.) 


CIRCULAR,  )  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY, 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

No-  54.      )  'Washington,  December  26,1900. 

By  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  following  decision  of  the  Comp- 
troller of  the  Treasury  is  published  to  the  Army  for  the  information  and 
guidance  of  all  concerned: 

APPEAL  No.  5315. 

TREASURY  DEPARTMENT, 
OFFICE  OF  COMPTROLLER  OF  THE  TREASURY, 

December  10,  1900. 

Under  the  date  of  August  24,  1900,  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  made  a  settlement. 
No.  16368,  of  the  accounts  of  John  S.  Cator,  lieutenant,  Second  North  Carolina  Volunteer  Infan- 
try, as  acting  quartermaster  for  October,  1898,  in  which  he  found  a  balance  of  $4.24  due  tin- 
United  States.  In  making  this  settlement  the  officer  was  credited  with  $111.49  on  account  of 
"  extra-duty  pay "  paid  to  sixteen  soldiers  for  extra  duty  performed  during  the  months  of 
August  and  September,  1898.  In  the  same  settlement,  B.  F.  Dixon,  major,  Second  North  Caro- 
lina Volunteer  Infantry,  was  charged  with  the  $111.49  under  paragraphs  653  and  696,  Army 
Regulations,  because  the  latter,  as  commanding  officer,  ordered  the  illegal  payments  made. 


APPENDIX.  563 

Under  date  of  November  20, 1900,  the  Auditor  transmitted  the  papers  to  this  office  with  a  sug- 
gestion that  an  error  had  been  made  by  him  in  giving  Gator  credit  for  the  $111.49,  in  order 
that  the  Comptroller  might  revise  the  account  if  he  deemed  such  action  proper. 

The  first  proviso  of  section  6  of  the  act  of  April  26, 1898  (30  Stat.  L.,  365),  provides. 

"That  in  .war  time  no  additional  increased  compensation  shall  be  allowed  to  soldiers  per- 
forming what  is  known  as  extra  or  special  duty." 

During  the  time  for  which  this  extra-duty  pay  was  paid,  war  with  Spain  was  in  progress, 
therefore  said  payment  was  in  violation  of  the  law  above  quoted. 

On  September  10, 1898,  B.F.Dixon,  major,  Second  North  Carolina  Volunteer  Infantry,  com- 
manding at  Lands  End,  S.  C.,  issued  the  following  order  to  the  quartermaster  of  the  post 
(Lieutenant  Cator),  as  follows: 

"  Please  pay  to  the  following- named  men  the  amount  set  opposite  their  respective  names 
for  services  rendered  in  building  barracks." 

Then  followed  the  names  of  sixteen  soldiers  and  amount  due  each  at  50  cents  per  day. 

Paragraph  653,  Army  Regulations,  1895,  provides: 

"  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  money  made  in  obedience  to  an  order  of 
his  commanding  officer.  *  *  *  If  the  expenditure  be  disallowed  it  will  be  charged  to  the 
officer  who  ordered  it." 

Paragraph  696,  supra,  relates  solely  to  property  and  is  not  pertinent  to  this  case. 

The  language  found  in  paragraph  653  of  1895  also  appeared  in  paragraphs  909  of  1857,  1007 
of  1861  and  1863,  1653  of  1881,  and  737  of  1889. 

As  the  Auditor  gave  Cator  the  credit  and  charged  the  same  to  Dixon  on  the  strength  of 
paragraph  653  of  the  Regulations,  it  becomes  important  to  determine  whether  said  regulation 
was  sufficient  authority  for  his  action.  It  will  be  remembered  that  the  payment  of  extra- 
duty  pay  in  war  time  was  prohibited  by  express  provision  of  law;  therefore  the  order  for  its 
payment  was  not  one  which  any  commanding  officer  had  authority  to  give.  Whether  it  was 
issued  in  ignorance  or  in  disregard  of  the  law  is  not  material;  it  was  nevertheless  illegal  and 
void. 

It  has  sometimes  been  contended  that  the  Army  Regulations  of  1863  received  such  a  Con- 
gressional approval  in  section  37  of  the  act  of  July  28,  1866  (14  Stat.  L.,  338),  as  to  make  them 
statutory  regulations  having  the  full  force  of  a  statute  and  not  subject  to  amendment  by  the 
Executive  Department,  and  where  those  regulations  have  not  been  repealed  or  modified  by 
Congress  they  are  now  the  law  on  the  subjects  to  which  they  relate.  This  act  provides — 

"  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  directed  to  have  prepared,  and  to  report 
to  Congress,  at  its  next  session,  a  code  of  regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Army,  and  of 
the  militia  in  actual  service,  which  shall  embrace  all  necessary  orders  and  forms  of  a  general 
character  for  the  performance  of  all  duties  incumbent  on  officers  and  men  in  the  military 
service,  including  rules  for  the  government  of  courts-martial,  the  existing  regulations  to 
remain  in  force  until  Congress  shall  have  acted  on  said  report." 

The  regulations  referred  to  in  the  last  sentence  of  the  above-quoted  section  undoubtedly 
were  those  of  1863. 

In  considering  this  statute  the  Judge- Advocate-General  held — 

"That  in  the  provision  of  section  37,  chapter  299,  act  of  July  28, 1866  (14  Stat.  L., 338),  which, 
in  directing  the  Secretary  of  War  to  prepare  and  report  to  Congress  at  its  next  session  a  new 
set  of  regulations,  added  '  the  existing  regulations  to  remain  in  force  until  Congress  shall  have 
acted  on  said  report,'  meant  merely  that  the  same  should  remain  in  force  as  regulations.  It 
did  not  communicate  to  them  the  quality  or  effect  of  statutes.  (Winthrop^s  Digest,  p.  117.) 

I  concur  in  the  above  opinion,  therefore.  I  regard  the  regulation  under  discussion  as 
having  only  the  force  and  effect  of  a  departmental  regulation,  and  when  it  is  in  conflict  or 
inconsistent  with  law  it  must  yield  to  the  superior  authority  of  the  statute. 

As  the  payment  in  question  was  prohibited  by  law,  the  disbursing  officer  must  be  held 
responsible;  and  the  fact  that  he  paid  it  under  an  order  of  his  commanding  officer  furnishes 
no  legal  excuse.  To  hold  otherwise  would  be  to  permit  illegal  payments,  so  far  as  disbursing 
•officers  are  concerned,  and  compel  the  United  States  to  rely  upon  the  doubtful  chance  of 
recovery  from  commanding  officers.  One  of  the  main  principles  of  public  accounting  is  to 
hold  disbursing  officers  responsible  for  the  legality  of  their  payments.  If  the  Secretary  of 
War,  under  his  authority  to  make  regulations  not  in  conflict  or  inconsistent  with  law,  can 
authorize  credits  to  disbursing  officers  for  illegal  payments,  it  would  be  utterly  subversive  of 
and  not  in  aid  of  or  in  harmony  with  law.  Whenever  Congress  has  desired  to  relieve  dis- 
bursing officers  from  liability  for  payments  made  on  the  authority  of  others,  it  has  had  no 
difficulty  in  finding  langtiage  to  express  that  intent.  Examples  of  this  will  be  found  in  sec- 
tions '>sr>  and  s-l(>,  Revised  Statutes,  act  of  March  3,  1879  (20  Stat.  L.,  419),  and  paragraph  6  of 


564  APPENDIX. 

section  8,  act  of  July  31,  1894  (28  Stat.  L.,  208).  Under  the  last-mentioned  act,  general  pro- 
vision has  been  made  by  which  disbursing  officers  can  avoid  responsibility  by  applying  to  the 
Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  for  an  advance  decision  in  cases  where  they  may  have  doubts. 
The  enactment  of  the  special  provisions  above  mentioned  is  a  clear  indication  that  Congress 
intended  that  the  general  rules  of  accounting  would  apply  in  other  cases  upon  the  well-known 
rule  of  construction  of  "expressio  unius  est  exclusio  alterius." 

It  seems  but  fair  to  state  that  there  is  reason  to  believe  that  the  payment  in  question  was 
made  in  ignorance  of  the  law  prohibiting  it.  As  the  disbursing  officer  must  be  held  for  the 
amount,  it  seems  proper  that  the  Auditor  should  file  caveats  against  the  soldiers  who  received 
the  money,  so  that  the  amounts  may  be  deducted  from  any  sums  which  may  otherwise  be  due 
them.  If  any  such  deductions  shall  be  made,  the  amount  thereof  can  then  be  paid  the  dis- 
bursing officer.  The  charge  against  B.  F.  Dixon  will  also  remain  as  a  caveat. 

The  accounts  of  John  S.  Cator,  settlement  No.  16358,  are  hereby  revised  on  my  own  motion, 
and  I  find  and  certify  a  difference  of  Sill. 49,  which  will  be  charged  against  him  by  the  Auditor 
and  deducted  from  any  pay  now  due  him,  and  his  accounts  closed. 

L.  P.  MITCHELL,  Assistant  Comptroller. 

(SeeA.R.,  164  and  65$.) 


CIRCULAR,)  HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  ARMY. 

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 
No-  35.        )  Washington,  December  31, 1900. 

I.  The  following  decision  has  been  made  and  is  published  to  the  Army  for 
the  information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned: 

TRANSPORTATION  FOR  CIVILIAN  PHYSICIANS. — The  Quartermaster's  De- 
partment, when  called  upon  to  do  so  by  recruiting  officers,  will  furnish 
transportation  from  place  to  place,  for  the  purpose  of  examining  recruits,  to 
civilian  physicians  not  under  contract  but  employed  under  verbal  agree- 
ment for  the  examination  of  recruits,  pursuant  to  paragraph  842  of  the  Reg- 
ulations, as  amended  by  General  Orders,  No.  115,  August  23,  1900,  Head- 
quarters of  the  Army,  Adjutant-General's  Office.  The  cost  of  such  trans- 
portation would  be  a  charge  against  the  appropriation  for  "  Transportation 
of  the  Army  and  its  supplies/' 

A  recruiting  officer  who  employs  a  civilian  physician  in  the  manner  indi- 
cated (in  the  absence  of  a  commissioned  medical  officer  or  acting  assistant 
surgeon)  is  authorized  to  take  the  physician  with  him  to  examine  recruits 
when  ordered  from  place  to  place  to  make  enlistments,  and  will  call  upon  the 
proper  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  provide  the  necessary 
transportation  for  the  civilian  physician. 


UNITED  STATES  ARMY  RECRUITING  CIRCULAR. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT. 
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S  OFFICE, 

Washington,  Jnne  19,  1900. 

The  following  instructions  will  govern  recruiting  for  the  Regular  Army 
hereafter: 

Applicants  for  first  enlistment  must  be  between  the  ages  of  18  and  35 
years,  of  good  character  and  habits,  able-bodied,  free  from  disease,  and  must 
be  able  to  speak,  read,  and  write  the  English  language. 


APPENDIX. 


565 


No  person  under  18  years  of  age  will  be  enlisted  or  reenlisted,  and  minors 
between  the  ages  of  18  and  21  years  must  not  be  enlisted  without  the  writ- 
ten consent  of  father,  only  surviving  parent,  or  legally  appointed  guardian. 

Original  enlistments  will  be  confined  to  persons  who  are  citizens  of  the 
United  States  or  who  have  made  legal  declaration  of  their  intention  to  be- 
come citizens  thereof. 

Married  men  will  be  enlisted  only  upon  the  approval  of  a  regimental 
commander. 

Applicants  will  be  required  to  satisfy  the  recruiting  officer  regarding  age 
and  character,  and  should  be  prepared  to  furnish  the  necessary  evidence. 

For  infantry  and  heavy  artillery  the  height  must  be  not  less  than  5  feet 
4  inches  and  weight  not  less  than  120  pounds  and  not  more  than  190  pounds. 

For  cavalry  and  light  artillery  the  height  must  be  not  less  than  5  feet  4 
inches  and  not  more  than  5  feet  10  inches  and  weight  not  to  exceed  165 
pounds.  No  minimum  weight  is  prescribed  for  these  arms,  but  the  chest 
measures  must  be  satisfactory. 

Table  of  physical  proportion*  for  height,  weight,  and  chest  measurement. 


Height. 

Weight. 

Chest  measurement. 

Feet. 

Inches. 

Pounds. 

At  expiration. 
(Inches.) 

Mobility. 
(Inches.) 

6A 

64 

128 

32 

2 

8ft 

65 

130 

32 

2 

5& 

66 

132 

32i 

2 

5/3 

67 

134 

33 

2 

5T83 

68 

141 

33i 

2f 

5T5 

69 

148 

33| 

2i 

5|§ 

70 

155 

34 

21 

5^                           71 

162 

34£ 

2J 

6                               72 

169 

34J 

3 

6T>5 

73 

176 

35| 

3 

It  is  not  necessary  that  the  applicant  should  conform  exactly  to  the 
figures  indicated  in  the  foregoing  table.  A  variation  not  exceeding  10 
pounds  in  weight  or  2  inches  in  chest  measurement  (at  expiration)  below 
the  standard  given  in  the  table  is  admissible  when  the  applicant  for  enlist- 
ment is  active,  has  firm  muscles,  and  is  evidently  vigorous  and  healthy. 
The  table  is  given  to  show  what  is  regarded  as  a  fair  standard  of  physical 
proportions  and  not  as  an  absolute  guide  to  be  followed  in  deciding  upon 
the  acceptance  of  recruits. 

Marked  disproportion  of  weight  over  height  is  not  a  cause  for  rejection 
unless  the  applicant  be  positively  obese. 

Applicants  must  defray  their  own  expenses  to  the  place  of  enlistment. 
Their  fitness  for  the  military  service  can  be  determined  only  upon  examina- 
tion at  a  military  post  or  other  recruiting  station. 

The  term  of  service  is  three  years. 

All  soldiers  receive  from  the  Government  (in  addition  to  their  pay) 
rations,  clothing,  bedding,  medicines,  and  medical  attendance. 


566  APPENDIX. 

The  following  are  the  rates  of  pay  as  fixed  by  law: 


Grade. 


Pay 
proper 

per 
month. 


COMPANY. 


Private — Cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry S13. 00 

Musician— Cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry 13. 00 

Wagoner— Cavalry j  1 4. 00 

Artificer— Field  artillery  and  infantry !  15. 00 

15.00 
15.00 
15.00 
18.00 
18.00 
18.00 
18.00 
25.00 


Saddler — Cavalry 

Farrier  and  blacksmith — Cavalry 

Corporal— Cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry 

Cook — Cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry 

Mechanic— Heavy  artillery 

Sergeant — Cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry 

Quartermaster-sergeant— Cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry. 
First  sergeant — Cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry 


REGIMENT. 

Sergeant-major  and  quartermaster-sergeant— Cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry 

Commissary-sergeant — Cavalry  and  infantry 

Squadron  sergeant-major— Cavalry 

Battalion  sergeant-major — Infantry 

Drum  major— Cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry 

Chief  trumpeter — Cavalry  and  artillery 

Principal  musician — Cavalry,  artillery,  and  infantry 


34.00 
34.00 
25.  (X) 
2f>.  00 
25. 00 
22.00 
22. 00 


The  pay  proper  of  enlisted  men  serving  in  Porto  Rico,  Cuba,  the  Philip- 
pine Islands,  Hawaii,  and  in  the  Territory  of  Alaska  is  increased  20  per  cent 
over  and  above  the  rates  of  pay  proper  as  given  above. 

In  addition  $1  per  month  for  the  third  year  of  enlistment  will  be  paid  to 
the  soldier.  Soldiers  reenlisting  within  three  months  from  date  of  dis- 
charge receive  a  further  increase  of  pay  for  the  fourth  and  fifth  years  of 
service,  and  a  still  further  increase  for  each  five  years  of  continuous  service. 

The  soldier  can  deposit  his  savings  in  sums  not  less  than  $5  with  any 
army  paymaster,  and  for  sums  so  deposited  for  the  period  of  six  months  or 
longer  the  soldier,  on  his  final  discharge,  will  be  paid  interest  at  the  rate 
of  4  per  cent  per  annum.  These  desposits  are  nonforfeitable  except  for 
desertion. 

Whenever  a  soldier  is  honorably  discharged  at  the  expiration  of  his  enlist- 
ment, or  on  account  of  disability  not  caused  by  his  own  misconduct,  his 
travel  pay  is  ample  to  carry  him  to  the  place  of  enlistment. 

By  care  and  economy  a  soldier  can  save  from  his  clothing  allowance  a 
considerable  sum,  payable  to  him  on  his  discharge. 

For  soldiers  who  have  served  honestly  and  faithfully  twenty  years,  or 
who  have  been  discharged  for  wounds  received  or  disease  incurred  in 
service,  a  comfortable  Home  is  maintained  in  the  city  of  Washington.  The 
sum  of  12i  cents  per  month  is  deducted  from  each  soldier's  pay,  to  be  applied 
toward  the  support  of  the  Home.  After  thirty  years'  service  enlisted  men 
are  entitled  to  be  retired,  and  upon  retirement  receive  three-fourths  of  the 
monthly  pay  allowed  by  law  to  them  in  the  grade  they  held  when  retired 
and  $9.50  per  month  as  commutation  for  clothing  and  subsistence.  (See 
A.  R.,  823,  824.) 


INDEX  TO  APPENDIX. 

[References  are  to  PAGES.] 


Abbreviations: 

Cable  dispatches,  384. 
Accounts: 

Advertising,  368. 

Assignment  of  pay,  418. 

Bond-aided  railroads,  339. 

Civilian  physicians,  450. 

Disbursing  officers,  346, 436, 553. 

Inspection,  310, 456. 

Medical  supplies,  539. 

Medical  treatment,  439, 462. 

Mileage,  448. 

Rendition,  346, 385, 399, 410, 428, 437. 

Telegraphing,  311, 314, 374, 423. 

Transportation,  329, 512. 
Acting  Assistant  Surgeons: 

Annulment  of  contract,  435. 

Councils  of  administration,  500, 534. 

Courtesies  from  enlisted  men,  512. 

Increased  pay  disallowed,  543. 

Payment,  435. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  513. 

Status,  534, 544. 
Acting  Hospital  Steward: 

Detail,  348, 377, 386, 406. 
Actual  Expenses: 

Officers,  400, 413, 458. 
Advertising: 

Blank  receipts,  376. 

Emergency,  522. 

Unauthorized,  382. 

Vouchers  for  payment,  368. 
Affidavits: 

Charge  for,  488. 
Ase  Limit: 

Volunteers  enlisting  in  Regular  Army,  498. 
Allotments: 

Pay  of  enlisted  men,  391, 419. 
Arctic  Clothlxg: 

Issues,  467. 
Arms  and  Equipments: 

Alterations,  487. 

Hospital  Corps,  476. 

Sales  to  volunteers,  368, 371. 
Army  and  >"avy  General  Hospital: 

Commutation  of  rations,  127. 
Army  Corps: 

Badges,  363, 494, 499, 502. 
Army  Medical  School: 

Organization,  etc.,  454. 


Artificial  Limbs: 

Transportation  of  applicants,  329. 
Artillery: 

Inspection,  434. 

Light  and  siege  batteries,  390. 
Artillery  Posts: 

Care  of  armament,  337. 
Artillery  School: 

Supervision  or  control,  459. 
Assignments  of  Pay : 

Volunteer  officers,  418. 
Assistant  Secretary  of  War: 

Salute,  326. 
Athletic  Appliances: 

Purchase  and  transportation,  476. 
Badges : 

Army  Corps,  etc.,  363,  496,  499. 

Artillery,  486. 

Cavalry,  502. 

Gunner's,  486. 

Worn  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  430,  499. 
Baggage: 

Transportation,  332,  384, 413, 455, 459,  481,  523, 

528. 
Bands: 

Musical  instruments,  408, 438. 

Outside  engagements,  485. 

Regimental,  415. 
Battalion  Commanders: 

Command,  490. 
Battalion  of  Engineers: 

Noncommissioned  officers,  357. 

Recruitment,  343. 
Battles: 

Reports,  350. 
Beef: 

Ration,  404. 
Bills  of  Lading: 

Bond-aided  railroads,  340. 

Preparation,  512. 
Blank  Forms: 

Notification  to  paymasters,  446. 

Pay  rolls,  501. 
Blank  Receipts: 

Unauthorized  except,  376. 
Boards  of  Survey: 

Appointment,  etc., 327, 378, 500, 534. 

Deserters  and  desertion,  346, 442, 534. 

Musical  instruments, 408, 439. 

Private  property  lost, 480, 481. 

567 


568 


INDEX. 


Hoards  of  Survey — Continued. 

Proceedings,  378, 480, 481. 

Subsistence  stores,  480. 

Unserviceable  colors,  380, 437. 
Bond- Aided  Railroads: 

Accounts  for  transportation,  339. 
Bonds: 

Contractors',  326. 

Disbursing  officers',  437,  513,  553. 

Execution,  326. 

Renewal,  443,  553. 
Books: 

Transportation,  483. 
Branding: 

Public  animals,  336. 
Branding  Irons: 

Issue  and  supply,  336. 
Brooms  and  Scrubbing  Brushes: 

Issues,  395,  416. 

Unserviceable,  514. 
Burials: 

Deceased  soldiers,  371,  522. 

National  cemeteries,  328. 
Cabinet  Officers: 

Salute,  326. 
Cable  Dispatches: 

Abbreviations,  384. 
Calisthenics: 

Instruction,  435. 
Casualties  In  Action: 

Reports,  350. 
Cavalry: 

Horses,  440. 
Cavalry  Bits: 

Supply  and  issue,  317. 
Certificate  of  Deposit: 

Explanatory  statements,  440, 473. 

Issue  and  disposition,  440. 
Certificate  of  Disability: 

Discharge,  enlisted  men,  386. 

Preparation,  475, 503. 
Certificate  of  Nonindebtedness: 

Final  payment  to  officers,  377. 
Change  of  Station : 

Baggage,  332, 384, 455, 482, 528. 

Officers'  horses,  330, 421. 

Travel  orders,  380, 459. 
Charges  Against  Enlisted  Ken : 

Evidence  of  previous  convictions,  347. 
Checks: 

Address  of  officers  drawing,  371. 

Alteration,  503, 514. 

Drawing,  405, 505. 

Duplicate,  442. 

Errors  in  paymasters' ,  321, 335, 339. 

Issue,  transfer,  etc.,  of  check  books.  503, 514. 

Lost  or  destroyed,  442. 

Maximum  amount,  442. 

Mutilated,  424, 503, 514. 

Official  capacity,  487,521. 

Specific  object  of  expenditure,  506. 

Typewriting,  433. 
Chief  Justice: 

Salute,  326. 


Chief  Signal  Officer: 

Signal  code,  427, 428. 
Civilian  Employees: 

Medical  attendance,  475. 

Purchase  of  supplies,  364, 415, 417,422,436,498. 

Rations,  364. 

Transportation,  376. 
Civilian  Physicians: 

Employment  and  compensation, 350,395, 4-30. 

Examination  of  recruits,  350, 395, 450. 

Rates  of  charges,  395, 450. 

Transportation,  5(34. 
Civilians: 

Hospital  charges,  455. 
Civil  Officers: 

Arrest  of  deserters,  353. 
Civil  Prosecution: 

Liability  of  soldiers,  554. 
Claims: 

Commutation  of  rations,  373. 

Private  property  lost,  480. 

Transfer  and  assignment,  469. 
Clothing: 

Deserters',  338. 

Patients  in  hospital,  367. 

Second-class  veterinarians,  529. 
Clothing  and  Kiiuipnirr: 

Allowance,  504. 

Arctic.  467. 

General  prisoners,  436, 477. 

Gratuitous  issue,  500, 506, 552. 

I -lies,  436. 

Price  list,  431. 
Clothing  Books: 

Company,  475. 
Coffee: 

Purchase  and  issue  of  liquid,  389, 403. 

Colon] 

Engineer  regiments,  492. 

President's,  342. 

Secretary  of  War's,  327. 
Colors  and  Standards: 

Certain,  only,  to  be  used,  351. 

Inscription,  357. 

Retention  by  volunteers,  387,391. 

I'nserviceable,  386,437. 
Commanding  Officers: 

Appointment  summary  courts.  His. 

Boards  of  survey,  498. 

Control  of  Hospital  Corps,  369, 377. 

Councils  of  administration,  42t'». 

Court-martial  proceedings,  381,  493. 

Leaves  of  absence,  369, 373. 

Supervision  of  commissaries,  480. 

Transfer  of  prisoners,  413. 

Travel  orders,  380. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  397, 398. 
Commissaries: 

Funds,  405, 441. 

Responsibilities,  480. 
Committee  of  Congress: 

Salute,  326. 
Commutation  of  Quarters: 

Contract  surgeons,  376. 


INDEX. 


569 


Commutation  of  (Quarters — Continued. 

Mustering  officers,  376. 

Officers  on  duty  with  troops,  5:55,  a-i">. 
< 'um  in  u1. -ill  on  of  Kill  Ions: 

Army  and  Navy  general  hospital,  427. 

Discharged  soldiers,  379. 

Enlisted  men  in  Cuba,  390,  433. 

Funds,  405. 

Furloughs,  366,  368,  372,  373, 388, 409, 494, 516. 

Nurses,  456,  499. 

Payments  to  recruits,  511. 

Prisoners  traveling,  484. 

Second-class  veterinarians,  529. 

Sick  and  wounded,  502,  516. 

Travel  on  duty,  408,  508. 
Computation  of  Service: 

Candidate  for  commission,  521. 

Enlisted  men,  444. 
Condemned  Property: 

Destruction,  374. 
Confinement  of  Enlisted  Men: 

Remission  of  sentence,  373,  551. 
Continuous  Service  Pay: 

Notations  concerning,  313, 482, 487. 

Reenlistment,497. 
Contracts: 

Execution,  322. 
Contract  Sugeons: 

Annulment  of  contract,  435. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  376. 
•    Fuel,  532. 

Incompetent,  507. 

Mileage  ,393. 

Payment,  435. 

Subsistence  stores,  439. 
Cooked  Rations: 

Supplied  when,  389, 403. 
Cooks: 

Appointment  of  company,  505. 

Authorized  number,  359. 

Enlistment,  359, 493. 

Extra  compensation,  529. 

Rank,  pay,  etc.,  359, 391. 

Regulations  governing,  359. 
Corporations: 

Acceptance  as  sureties,  437, 443. 

Bonds,  326. 

Con  tracts,  322. 

Money  vouchers, 322. 

Payments,  322. 

Supplies,  proposals,  and  service,  322. 

Surety  companies,  437. 
Councils  of  Administration: 

Members,  500, 534. 

Proceedings,  -rjt>. 

Sale  of  effects,  488. 
Counsel  for  Accused: 

Detail,  duties,  etc., 347. 
Courtesies : 

Acting  assistant  surgeon,  f> I f>. 
Courts-Martial: 

Annual  report  of  trials,  375. 

Available  officers  for  duty,  326, 492. 

Civil  prosecution,  554. 


Courts-Martial — Continued. 

Convened  by  whom,  493. 

Counsel  for  prisoners,  347. 

Garrison,  375. 

General,  375. 

Previous  convictions,  347, 484. 

Proceedings,  381, 467, 488, 532. 

Reporters,  492. 

Sentences  defined,  483, 490. 

Sentences,  417. 

Summary  courts,  375. 
Credit  Sales: 

Subsistence  supplies,  412. 
Deceased  Officers: 

Balances,  510. 

Burial  expenses,  374, 522. 

Disposition  of  remains,  374. 

Reports  of  deaths  and  burials,  374. 
Deceased  Soldiers: 

Burial  expenses,  371, 522. 

Debts,  489. 

Disposition  of  remains,  371. 

Effects,  390, 432, 488. 

Marking  graves,  451. 

Reports  of  deaths  and  burials,  371. 
Department  Commanders: 

Annual  and  special  reports,  338. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  431. 

Disposition  of  condemned  property,  358. 

Inspections,  309. 

Instructions  military  signaling,  413. 

Leaves  of  absence,  332, 352, 445. 

Return  of  troops,  351. 

Travel  orders,  364. 
Deposits  of  Enlisted  Men: 

Certificates,  440. 

Reports,  422. 
Depot  Battalions: 

Noncommissioned  officers,  451, 544. 
Descriptive  and  Assignment  Cards: 

Preparation,  505, 509. 
Descriptive  Lists: 

Patients  in  hospital,  367, 390. 

Transcripts,  503. 
Deserters: 

Arrest,  353. 

Awaiting  trial,  338. 

Board  of  survey,  346, 442. 

Clothing,  338. 

Debts,  489. 

Effects,  338, 488. 

Property  lost  or  abstracted,  442. 

Reward,  394, 421. 

Volunteers,  379, 422, 448. 
Disability  of  Enlisted  Men: 

Discharge,  314, 363, 426. 
Disbursing  Officers: 

Bonds,  334, 437, 513, 553. 

Ceasing  to  act,  334, 435, 514. 

Checks,  405, 442, 487, 503, 505, 506, 521. 

Deposit  of  funds,  333, 388, 392, 473. 

Funds  in  personal  possession,  333, 388,407. 

General  instructions,  512. 

Inspection  oi  accounts,  436. 


570 


INDEX. 


Disbursing  Officers— Continued. 

Opening  accounts,  334, 553. 

Rendition  of  accounts,  346, 385, 410, 428, 437. 

Transfer  of  funds,  333, 388. 
Discharge  Certificates: 

Character  of  service,  476. 

Contents  and  preparation,  326, 397. 

Notations  on,  499, 504. 

Preparation  of  volunteers',  510. 
Discharged  Enlisted  Men : 

Computation  travel  allowances,  430, 488. 

Hospital  treatment,  514, 515. 

Transport  transportation,  383, 409. 

Travel  allowances,  314, 430, 445, 449. 
Discharge  of  Enlisted  Men: 

Applications,  495,  496,  551. 

Close  of  war,  346. 

Disability,  363,  386,  426,  431,  475,  503. 

Discharge  certificates,  326. 

Dishonorable,  480,  551. 

Purchase,  478. 

Reasons  for  granting,  494. 

Serving  sentence,  417. 

Takes  effect  when,  386. 

Volunteers,  396. 
Discipline: 

Obedience  and  execution,  460. 
Discontinued  Commands: 

Records,  etc.,  369. 
Dried  Fruit: 

Issue  and  savings,  507. 

Ration,  404. 
Effects: 

Deceased  soldiers,  390,  432,  488. 

Deserters,  339,  488. 
Electrician  Sergeants : 

Number  allowed,  391. 

Rank,  pay,  and  allowances,  391. 

Requirements,  410,  411. 
Emergency  Ration: 

Composition,  323. 
Engineers: 

Colors,  492. 
Enlisted  Men: 

Allotment  of  pay,  391, 419. 

Burials,  522. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  431, 436, 500, 506. 

Commutation  of  rations,  366, 368, 372, 373, 379, 
388, 390, 427, 433,  SOS. 

Courtesies,  515. 

Deposits,  422. 

Deserters,  338,  346,  353,  379,  394,  421,  422,  442, 
458,488,489. 

Discharges,  314, 346, 386, 390, 397,  417,  431,  434, 
464,478,495,496,551. 

Enlistments  and  reenlistments,  346, 376. 

Extra  and  special  duty,  345,351,478,490,526, 
540, 562. 

Extra  pay,  394, 395. 

First-aid  instruction,  312, 336, 436. 

Furloughs,  366, 367, 368, 369,  371,  372,  373,  376, 
388, 410, 446, 475, 495, 496, 552. 

Increased  pay,  345, 498, 526. 

Muster,  347. 

Payment,  319, 335, 345, 349, 380, 479, 513. 


Enlisted  Men— Continued. 
Promotion  from  ranks,  441,521. 
Rates  of  pay,  566. 
Rations,  364. 

Reporters  on  courts-martial,  492. 
Retirement,  444, 4S7. 

Sales,  412, 418. 

Transfers,  445, 495, 496, 552. 

Travel  on  duty,  408. 

Travel  rations,  389, 403, 508. 
Enlistment  Papers: 

Hospital  Corps,  348. 

Reenlistments,  497. 
Enlistments: 

Cooks,  359, 493. 

For  war  only,  346, 376. 

Married  men,  405. 

Minors,  393. 

Recruiting  officers,  450. 

Requirements,  392, 393. 
Envelopes: 

Penalty,  325. 
Escorts: 

Paymasters' ,  335. 
Examination  for  Appointment  or  Promotion: 

Appointees,  second  lieutenants,  441. 

Signal  Corps,  431. 
Extra  and  Special  Duty: 

Class  of  duties,  540. 

Di 'lined,  478. 

Illegal  payments  for,  56± 

Payment  discontinued,  345, 351, 490. 

Payment  resumed, 526. 
Extra  Pay: 

Enlisted  men,  394, 395. 
Families  of  Officers  and  Soldiers: 

Fuel,  508, 510, 532. 

Subsistence  stores,  439, 508, 510. 
Fatigue  Duty: 

Light  and  siege  batteries,  390. 
Field  Officers'  Court: 

Abolished,  353. 

Established,  345. 

Sentences,  407. 
Final  Statements: 

Deceased  soldiers,  432. 

Notations  on,  379, 383, 395, 397, 449, 487, 523. 

Patients' discharged  from  hospitals,  390. 

Supervision  and  preparation,  375, 493. 
First- Aid  Treatment: 

Instruction,  312, 336, 436. 
Fiscal  Agents: 

Designation,  495, 501, 502. 

Functions,  387, 392. 
Fish: 

Issue  and  savings,  507. 

Ration,  404. 
Flag: 

Ceremonies  on  Memorial  Day,  329, 408. 

Description,  313. 

President's,  342. 

Secretary  of  War's,  327. 
Forfeitures: 

Illegal  sentences,  376, 407. 

Sentences,  490. 


INDEX. 


571 


Fortifications: 

Authorized  visits,  423. 

Mounting  ordnance,  477,491. 

Unauthorized  visits,  332, 422. 

Views  not  to  be  taken,  332, 422. 
Fruits: 

Ration  of  dried,  404. 
Fuel: 

Monthly  allowance,  385. 

Sales,  508, 510, 532. 
Furloughs: 

Applications,  495. 

Commencement  and  expiration,  410, 446. 

Commutation  of  rations,  366, 368, 388, 409, 496. 

Expense,  552. 

Extension,  373, 388. 

Granted  by  whom,  366, 368, 369, 376, 388, 389. 

Notations  on,  446. 

Post  commissary  sergeant,  522. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  389. 

Service  exclusive  of,  475. 

Sick  and  wounded,  366,368,371,372,373,376, 
414,496,497,516. 

Transportation,  367, 368. 

Transports,  409. 
Garden  Hose: 

Care,  481. 
General  Hospitals: 

Musters,  348. 

Sick  and  wounded,  371, 372. 

Special  diet,  415. 
General  Officers: 

Payments,  380, 418. 
General  Orders  and  Circulars: 

Copies  required  from  commands,  528. 

Distribution,  528,  535. 
Governors: 

Salute,  326. 
Governors-General : 

Salute,  397. 
Gratuitous  Issue: 

Arctic  clothing,  397. 

Clothing,  500,  506,  552. 

Subsistence  to  destitute  persons  in  Alaska, 

513. 
Graves: 

Headboards,  451. 
Guaranties: 

Blank  form,  470. 

When  required,  377. 
Guard  Duty: 

Light  and  siege  batteries,  380. 
Guards: 

Prisoners  en  route,  413. 
(•minors: 

Insignia,  486. 
(.mis: 

Mounting,  care,  etc.,  337,  477,  491. 
Unions  Corpus : 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  464. 

State  courts  or  judges,  462,  554. 

United  States  courts  or  judges,  462. 
Hum: 

Ration,  404. 


Hand  Litters: 

Issue,  455. 
Hard  Bread : 

Savings  and  issue,  502, 522. 
Horse  Equipments: 

Cavalry  bits,  317. 

Sales  to  volunteers,  371. 
Horses : 

Branding,  336. 

Draft,  440. 

Infantry  field  officers,  489. 

Inspection,  501. 

Mounted  officers,  330, 421. 

Unserviceable  cavalry,  440. 

Volunteer  officers,  390. 
Hospital  Corps: 

Accounts  of  pay,  etc.,  455. 

Clothing  allowance,  504. 

Condemned  public  animals,  489. 

Control,  348,369,377,406. 

Descriptive  list,  503. 

Enlistments,  348,369,406. 

Firearms,  476. 

Instruction,  336. 

Recruits,  349. 

Regimental  allowance,  348, 357, 406. 

Side  arms,  476. 

Stewards,  348. 
Hospital  Matrons: 

Rations,  364. 
Hospitals: 

Charges,  355 

Civil,  462. 

Special  diet,  415, 416, 424. 

Treatment  recently  discharged  soldiers,  514,. 

515. 
Hospital  Stewards: 

Appointments,  348, 377, 386, 406. 

Number  allowed,  314. 
Hunting: 

Leaves  of  absence,  468. 
Illuminating  Supplies: 

Issue,  479. 

Lamps,  340, 478. 

Sales,  489. 
Increased  Pay: 

Commences  when,  526, 541. 

Enlisted  men,  345, 498, 526. 

Veterinarians,  547. 
Indians: 

Intoxicating  liquors,  328. 

Pursuit  of  hostile,  317. 
Infantry: 

Instruction,  435. 

Third  battalion  authorized,  343. 
Insignia  Buttons: 

Wearing  prohibited,  430. 
Inspection : 

Accounts,  310, 356, 436. 

Annual,  309, 348, 360, 540. 

Armament,  491. 

Artillery  posts,  337. 

Biennial,  310. 

Blank  forms,  357. 


572 


INDEX. 


Inspection— Continued. 

Department  commanders,  309. 

Districts,  309. 

Medical,  381. 

Methods  of  conducting,  353, 358, 364. 

National  cemeteries,  310. 

National  Home,  Disabled  Soldiers,  348. 

Ordnance  supplies,  336. 

Public  animals,  501. 

Public  property  for  condemnation,  352, 356, 
358,379. 

Reports,  353, 381, 382. 

Sanitary,  381. 

Soldiers'  Home,  D.  C.,  348. 

Stated,  348. 

Troops,  355. 
Inspector-General's  Department: 

General  provisions,  310, 341. 

Sphere  of  inquiry,  310, 341. 
Inspectors: 

Mustering  officers,  375. 

Public  property,  374, 375. 
Inspectors-General : 

Clerks  and  messengers,  341. 

Condemnation,  358, 374. 

Detail  of  acting,  379. 

General  duties,  310, 341, 353. 

Notice  of  inspections,  341. 

Orders,  341, 364. 

Personal  reports,  341. 

Supervision  or  control,  341. 

Tours  oUnspection,  341. 
Instruction: 

Drills  and  maneuvers,  460. 
Intoxicating  Liquors: 

Post  exchanges,  etc.,  391, 400. 

Sales  to  Indians,  328. 
Journeys: 

Civilian  clerks,  376. 
Judi;c- Advocates: 

Courts-martial,  375, 467. 
Jurisdiction: 

State  and  Federal  courts,  554. 

United  States  officers,  554. 
Lamps: 

Issues,  etc.,  478. 
Lance  Corporals: 

Appointment,  331, 479. 
Lands: 

Purchases  for  military  purposes,  343. 
Leaves  of  Absence: 

Change  of  station,  458, 487. 

Commencement  and  expiration,  375, 447. 

Extension,  373. 

Female  nurses,  499. 

Granted  by  whom,  332, 352, 369, 445. 

Hunting,  468. 

In  excess  of  thirty  days,  523. 

Payments  to  officers  on,  427. 

Telegraphing,  374. 
Letter  Headings: 

Wording  and  matter,  340. 
Libraries: 

Post  or  regimental,  316, 461. 


Litter  Bearers: 

First  aid  instruction,  312, 336, 436. 
Lyceum: 

Conduction,  461. 

Reports,  310. 
Married  Men: 

Enlistment  and  reenlistment,  405. 
Meal  Requests: 

Blank  forms,  511. 
Mechanics: 

Appointment,  510. 
Medals  of  Honor: 

Awardment,  331, 370. 

Ribbons  and  bowknots,  324, 484. 

Worn  on  occasions  of  ceremony,  430. 
Medical  Attendance: 

Civilian  employees,  475. 
Medical  Officers: 

Special  diet,  415,  416,  424. 
Medical  Supplies: 

Payment,  539. 

B&lee  to  States.  :>:$3,  534. 
Memorandum  Receipts: 

Public  property,  470. 
Memorial  Day: 

Observance,  329,  408. 
.Milnufe: 

Accounts,  1  is. 

Allowance,  393. 

Discharged  soldiers,  445. 

Leaves  of  absence,  458. 

Officers  traveling  without  troops,481, 525,530. 

Officers  traveling  with  troops,  535. 

Orders,  379. 

Payments,  4^7. 

Reporters  of  courts-martial,  398. 

Transports,  369,  370. 
Military  Posts: 

Adornment,  338. 

Inspection,  309. 
Military  Record: 

Notations  on  discharge  certificates,  499,  504. 
Military  Service: 

.  Date  of  commencement  of  volunteers,  509. 
Military  Signaling: 

Instruction,  413. 
Minors: 

Enlistments,  393. 
Money  Accounts: 

Rendition,  346, 385, 399, 410, 428, 437. 
Money  Vouchers: 

Corporation,  322. 
Mounted  Officers: 

Horses,  330. 

Payment,  349, 367, 391, 396, 406, 419. 
Mounted  Service: 

Additional  pay,  349, 367, 396, 406, 419. 
Musical  Instruments: 

Bands,  408,  438. 

Unserviceable,  408, 439. 
Muster: 

Men  of  different  commands,  347. 
Muster  and  Pay  Rolls: 

Charges,  346, 442, 470, 474. 


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Muster  and  Pay  Rolls— Continued. 

Check  or  currency  payments,  319. 

Continuous  service  pay,  313. 

Detached  men,  347. 

Forwarded  to  paymaster,  321. 

Payments,  319, 335, 380. 

Preparation,  313, 476, 482. 

Reenlisted  pay,  313. 

Signatures,  447. 

Supplied  by  whom,  481, 501. 
Mustering  Officers: 

Clerks,  376. 

Inspection  duties,  375. 

Quarters,  376. 
National  Cemeteries: 

Biennial  inspections,  310. 

Burials,  328, 371. 
National  Flag: 

Description,  313. 
National  Holidays: 

Observance,  460. 
Noncommissioned  Officers: 

Baggage,  523. 

Battalion  of  Engineers,  357. 

Company,  331. 

Depot  battalions,  421, 544. 

Fuel,  etc.,  454. 

Reduction,  353. 

Signal  Corps,  466. 

Training,  461. 
Notaries  Public: 

Territory  under  military  control,  500. 
Nurses: 

Commutation  of  rations,  499. 

Leaves  of  absence,  499. 
Oaths: 

Administration,  353, 492. 

Army  officers,  492. 

Enlistment,  428. 
Officers: 

Accountability,  377. 

Actual  expenses,  400. 

Assignment  of  pay,  418. 

Baggage,  332, 384, 413, 481, 528. 

Burials,  522. 

Commutation,  376, 535, 545. 

Court-martial  duty,  492. 

Leave  of  absence,  332,  352,  369,  373,  374, 375, 
458,487,523. 

Mileage,  393, 483, 525, 530. 

Oath  of  office,  492. 

Payments,  319, 368, 380, 427. 

Protection  in  exercise  of  authority,  554. 

Rank  and  precedence,  410, 412. 

Resignation,  346. 

Sales,  412, 418. 

Travel  on  duty,  331, 370, 379, 380, 495, 545. 

Traveling  on  transports,  502, 509. 

Traveling  without  troops, 495, 537. 

Traveling  with  troops,  495, 535, 538. 

Uniform  during  war,  345. 

Visits  and  courtesies,  397, 398. 
Orders: 

Inspectors,  364. 


Orders — Continued. 

Mileage,  379. 

Recruiting  officers,  395. 
Ordnance  and  Ordnance  Stores: 

Care  and  preservation,  337. 

Condemnation,  350. 

Inspection,  336, 350. 
Outline  Figure  Cards: 

Recruits,  478, 508. 
Pay,  Enlisted  Men: 

Increased  for  foreign  service,  345, 498, 526. 
Paymaster-General : 

Payments  to  officers,  427. 

Pay  rolls,  481, 501. 
Paymasters: 

Deposits,  enlisted  men,  422. 

Notification  of  discharge,  375, 446. 

Payment,  contract  surgeons,  435. 

Payments  outside  the  United  States,  349. 

Payments  to  enlisted  men,  319,  335,  339,  3 

479. 
Paymasters'  Clerks: 

Mileage,  369, 370. 
Payments: 

Corporations,  322. 

Outside  the  United  States,  349. 
Payments  to  Discharged  Soldiers: 

By  whom  made,  380. 
Payments  to  Enlisted  Men: 

Allotment,  391, 419. 

Checks  or  currency,  319, 335. 

Continuous-service  pay,  313. 

Detached,  479. 

Extra  duty,  345, 351. 

Extra  pay  for  war  service,  394. 

Incorrect,  335, 339. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  319, 335, 380. 

Outside  the  United  States,  349. 

Reenlistment,  313. 

Table  of  rates,  366. 

Witnessing  officer,  335, 339, 513. 
Payments  to  Officers: 

Assignments,  418. 

How  made,  427. 

Mounted  service,  349, 367, 396, 406, 419. 

Outside  the  United  States,  319. 

Retiring  from  active  service,  368. 

Volunteer,  380, 418. 
Penalty  Envelopes: 

Use,  468. 
Personal  Favors: 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  521. 
Personal  Reports: 

Retired  officers,  442. 
Physical  Examination: 

Prior  to  muster  out,  397. 

Recruits,  350, 395, 449, 511, 565. 

Table  of  physical  proportions,  565. 
Plumbing  Fixtures: 

Requisitions,  481. 
Police: 

Light  and  siege  batteries,  390. 
Post  (  nniinanders: 

Staff  officers,  474. 


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Post  Commissary- Sergeants: 

Furloughs,  522. 
Post  Exchanges: 

Civilian  employees,  400, 475. 

Intoxicating  liquors,  391,400. 

Penalty  envelopes,  469. 

Regulations  amended,  433. 
Post  Noncommissioned  Staff: 

Appointments,  etc.,  410. 

Electrician  sergeants,  391. 

Fuel,  etc.,  454. 

Furloughs,  389. 

Payments,  380. 

Personal  favors,  521. 
Post  School: 

Instruction,  461. 
President  of  the  United  States: 

Flag  and  colors,  342. 
Previous  Convictions: 

Evidence  of,  347, 484. 
Previous  Service: 

Increased  pay,  547. 
Prisoners: 

Clothing,  436, 477, 482. 

Commutation  of  rations,  484. 

Counsel,  347. 

Donation,  482. 

Toilet  articles,  453. 

Transfer  to  place  of  confinement,  413. 

Writ  of  habeas  corpus,  462. 
Private  Property: 

Claims  for  losses,  480. 
Proceedings: 

Boards  of  survey,  346, 442, 480, 481. 

Councils  of  administration,  426. 

Courts-martial,  381, 467, 488, 532. 
Promotion : 

Enlisted  men  from  the  ranks,  441,521. 

Enlisted  applicants  for  retirement,  487. 

Enlisted  men,  Signal  Corps,  466. 
Proposals: 

Form  for,  470. 

Guaranties,  377. 
Public  Animals: 

Branding,  336. 

Condemned,  489. 

Destruction  of  wounded,  357. 

Inspection  of  unserviceable,  352. 

Unjustifiable  condemnation,  501. 
Public  Moneys: 

Blank  receipts,  376. 

Deposits,  392, 473. 

Fiscal  agents,  387.. 

Requisitions,  513. 

Transfer,  490. 
Public  Property: 

Abstracted  by  deserters,  442. 

Accountability,  377, 469. 

Inspection,  310, 352, 357, 374, 375. 
Purchasing  Commissaries: 

Court-martial  duty,  316. 
Quarantine  Regulations: 

Philippine  Islands,  428. 


Quartermaster's  Department: 

Hand  litters,  455. 

Musical  instruments,  408, 438. 

Telegraphing,  423. 
Quartermaster's  Supplies: 

Sales,  415, 436, 489, 508, 510, 532. 
Quarters: 

Bachelor,  482. 

Commutation,  376. 
Rank: 

Grades,  410, 412. 

Volunteer  officers,  491. 
Ration  Returns: 

Approval,  364, 396. 

Certification,  364. 

Preparation,  365, 3%. 
Rations: 

Beef,  404. 

Canned  salmon,  349. 

Certificates,  366. 

Component  parts,  440. 

Dried  fruit,  404. 

Emergency,  323. 

Female  nurses,  458. 

Fish,  404. 

Persons  entitled  to,  364. 

Returns,  365.     • 

Savings,  416, 417, 527. 

Special  diet,  416, 417, 424. 

Substitutive  issues,  404. 

Travel  rations,  391, 403, 430. 
Records: 

Disposition,  369. 
Recruiting  Officers: 

Accountability,  507. 

Enlistments,  393. 

General  duties,  349, 472, 564. 

Purchase  of  toilet  articles,  453. 

Temporary  absence  at  posts,  478. 
Recruiting  Service: 

General  instructions,  472. 
Recruits: 

Articles  of  War  to  be  read,  428. 

Artillery,  427. 

Assignments  to  regiments,  344. 

Care  in  selection,  507. 

Clothing  bags,  425. 

Enlistments,  393. 

Forwarded  to  rendezvous,  509. 

Medical  examination,  4£4. 

( )utline  figure  cards,  479. 

Physical  examination,  350,  395,449,508,564. 

Qualifications,  564. 

Reports  of  examination,  511. 

Sales  of  toilet  articles,  412. 

Subsistence  while  traveling,  508, 511, 515. 

Toilet  articles,  453. 

Vaccination,  450, 506. 
Reduction: 

Noncommissioned  officers,  353. 
Reenlistment  Pay: 

Notations  on  rolls,  319, 483. 
Reenlistments: 

Discharged  soldiers,  497. 


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575 


Reenlistments— Continued. 

For  war  only,  316, 376. 

Married  men,  405. 

Papers,  473. 

Requirements,  393, 470. 

Volunteers  in  Regular  Army,  372. 
Regimental  Commanders: 

Regimental  staff  officers,  351, 414. 
Regimental  Officers: 

Appointment,  etc.,  351, 414. 
Regiments: 

Hospital  Corps,  348, 357, 406. 

Recruitment,  344. 

Three-battalion  organization,  343. 
Reporters : 

Compensation,  398. 

Courts-martial,  398, 492. 
Reports: 

Artillery  School,  459. 

Operations,  467. 

Personal,  442. 

Post  exchanges,  433. 
Resignation: 

Tenders,  346. 
Retained  Pay: 

Discontinued,  314. 
Retired  Enlisted  Men: 

Allowances,  314. 

Computation  of  service,  444. 

Payments,  380. 
Retired  Officers: 

Illuminating  supplies,  489. 

Payments,  427. 

Payments  on  retirement,  368. 

Personal  reports,  442. 

Transportation  of  horses,  330, 421. 
Retirement: 

Enlisted  men,  487. 
Returns  of  Casualties: 

Preparation,  disposition,  etc.,  350. 
Returns  of  Public  Property: 

Subsistence  supplies,  438. 
Returns  of  Troops: 

Department  commanders,  351. 
Reward : 

Deserters,  394, 421. 

Volunteers  mustered  out,  422. 
Sales  of  Public  Property: 

Arms,  etc.,  to  volunteers,  368, 371. 

Civilian  employees,  364. 

Quartermaster's  supplies,  436,  489,  508,  510, 
532. 

Stores  and  supplies  to  States,  533, 534. 

Subsistence,  412, 416, 418, 508, 510. 
Salutes: 

Governor-general,  397. 

Personal,  326. 
Sanitary  Inspection: 

Commands,  384. 
Savings  of  Rations: 

Canned  salmon,  527. 

Dried  fruit,  507. 

Fish,  507. 


Savings  of  Rations— Continued. 

Hard  bread,  502, 522. 

Sick  in  hospitals,  416, 417, 425. 
Second  Lieutenants: 

Vacancies  in  grade,  441. 
Secretary  of  War : 

Flag  and  colors,  327. 
Sentences: 

Commencement  and  expiration,  480. 

Confirmation,  353, 493. 

Discharge,  417. 

Forfeitures,  483, 490. 

II  legal,  376, 407. 

Mitigation,  373, 551. 
Sergeant-Majors: 

Status  of  squadron  and  battalion,  533. 
Service  of  Enlisted  Men : 

Character,  476. 

Computation,  444. 

Exclusive  of  furlough,  475. 
Shoeing  and  Materials: 

Supply  and  issue,  316. 
Sick  and  Wounded: 

Accounts  for  treatment,  439. 

Commutation  of  rations,  367, 372, 496, 516. 

Furloughs,  366, 368, 371, 376, 414, 496, 497, 516. 

Muster,  357. 

Recruiting  stations,  450. 

Special  diet,  409, 416, 417, 424. 

Transportation,  367, 368, 371, 376, 414, 4%. 

Treatment  in  civil  hospitals,  462. 
Signal  Codes: 

Prescribed,  321. 
Signal  Corps: 

Enlisted  men,  466. 

Payments,  380. 

Signaling,  413. 

Vacancies,  grade  of  first  lieutenant,  431. 
Signal  Corps  Sergeants: 

Fuel,  385. 

Lamps,  478. 
Signaling: 

Codes,  321. 

Proficiency,  310, 321, 329. 
Signatures:  * 

Bidders,  322. 

Muster  and  pay  rolls,  457. 

Proposals,  322. 
Sleeping  Cars: 

When  and  to  whom  allowed,  330,  367,371, 

407,411,412,444. 
Special  Diet: 

Sick  and  wounded,  415,417, 424. 
Special  Orders: 

Copies  required  from  commands,  528. 

Distribution,  528. 
Springfield  Rifles: 

Inspection  and  condemnation,  350. 
Staff  Corps: 

Detail  of  chiefs,  504. 
Staff  Officers: 

Official  address  of  post,  474. 

Payments,  418. 

Regimental,  351, 414, 


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Staff,  Regimental: 

Commissioned,  398. 
Staterooms: 

To  whom  allowed,  330, 367, 407, 411, 412, 444. 
States  and  Territories: 

Sales  of  supplies,  533, 534. 
Stationery: 

Department  headquarters,  340. 
Subsistence: 

Charges  on  pay  rolls,  474. 
Subsistence  Department: 

Accounts  and  returns,  438. 

Funds,  372, 405, 438, 441. 

Supplies,  394, 433. 
Subsistence  Stores  and  Supplies: 

Gratuitous  issue,  513. 

Inspection,  352. 

Issues,  394,395,416,446,451. 

Losses,  iso. 

Purchases,  448. 

Sales,  364, 412, 415, 422, 439, 441, 498, 508, 510. 
Summary  Courts: 

Appointment,  353,493. 

Discontinued,  345. 

Oaths,  353. 

Reestablished,  352. 

Reports,  353. 

Sentences,  376. 
Supplementary  Reports: 

Post  commanders,  539. 
Sureties: 

Corporate  guarantors,  137,443. 
Surety  Companies: 

List  of,  516. 
•Surgeon-General: 

Accounts  for  medical  treatment,  439, 462. 
Symbols,  Penjiants,  etc. : 

Description,  360. 
Tableware: 

Care  and  preservation,  324. 
Tailors: 

Payment  of  citizen,  479. 
Telegraphing: 

Accounts,  311, 314, 374, 423. 

Blank  forms,  327. 

Code,  385, 427, 428. 

Counting  words,  374. 

Leaves  of  absence,  374. 

Unimportant  words,  374. 

When  used,  374. 
Term  of  service : 

Confinement  extending  beyond,  417. 
Toilet  articles: 

Issues  to  prisoners  and  recruits,  453. 

Sales  to  recruits,  412. 
Toilet  paper : 

Issue,  433,45(5. 
Tomatoes: 

Ration,  430. 
Torpedo  service  instruction: 

Details,  330. 
Towels: 

Issues,  394. 


Transfers: 

Applications,  495. 

Claims,  469. 

Enlisted  men,  445. 

Expense,  552. 

Public  moneys,  490. 
Transportation : 

Accounts,  329. 

Actual  expenses,  400. 

Applicants,  artificial  limbs,  329. 

Athletic  appliances,  476. 

Baggage,  332, 455, 459, 482,  52*. 

Bond-aided  roads,  339. 

Books,  483. 

Civilian  clerks,  376. 

Civilian  physicians,  564. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  371 . 374. 

Discharged  soldiers,  379, 383. 

Furloughs,  541. 

Horses  of  mounted  otlieers,  330. 

Horses  of  volunteer  officers,  M'.'n. 

Instructions  governing,  512. 

Reimbursement  of  cost,  l>7. 

Sick  and  wounded,  367,  368,  371,  372,  376,414, 
496. 

Transports,  418, 502, 509,  .Ml. 
Transport  at  ion  requests: 

When  used  by  officers,  393,  525. 
Transports: 

Alteration  of  fittings, 364. 

Free  transportation,  3*:',,  Km,  l:M,  514. 

Mileage,  369, 370. 

Special  diet, 41.">,4Ki, 421. 

Subsistence  muds,  441. 

Transportation  limited. 4 IN. 

Transportation  of  officers,  50i'..")(i«.t. 
Travel  allowances: 

Computation,  430. 

Discharged  soldiers.  314,  :i7'.i.  :'.v;,  3!i7, 409,434, 
449. 

Forfeitures.  :;7'.'. 

Payment,  1 17. 

To  place  of  muster  in,  543. 

Veterinarians,  530. 
Travel  on  duty,  officers: 

Accommodations,  331. 

General  officers,  380. 

Mileage,  370. 

Orders,  379. 
Travel  rations: 

Composition,  issue,  etc. ,430. 

Savings,  502. 

Supplied  when,  389,403,50«. 

Unconsumed  articles,  430. 
Trial: 

Deserters,  338. 
Typewriters: 

Preparation  of  checks,  433. 

Proceedings  of  courts-martial, 532. 
Uniform: 

Officers',  during  war,  345. 
Vacancies : 

Signal  Corps,  431 . 


INDEX. 


577 


Vaccination: 

Compensation,  450, 506, 

Recruits,  450, 506. 
Vaccine  virus: 

Supply,  506. 
Veterinarians: 

Increased  pay,  547. 

Status  and  allowances,  515, 529, 548, 550. 

Subsistence  supplies,  439. 

Travel  allowances,  530. 

Wounded  public  animals,  357. 
Vice- President  of  the  United  States: 

Salute, 326. 
Visits  and  courtesies: 

Military  and  naval,  397,398. 


Volunteers: 

Assignment  of  pay,  officers,  418. 

Colors,  etc.,  387, 391. 

Commencement  of  service,  officers,  509. 

Deserters,  422, 458. 

Discharge  certificates,  510. 

Enlistments  in  Regular  Army,  498. 

Maintenance  of  recruits,  489. 

Payments  to  officers,  380,  418. 

Rank  of  officers,  491. 

Sale  of  arms,  etc.,  368,371. 

Transportation  of  officers'  horses,  390. 

Trial  of  officers,  492. 
Vouchers: 

Payment  for  supplies,  377,443, 448. 
Witnesses: 

Payments  to  soldiers,  335, 339. 


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*  Series  War  Department, 
t  Section  4792. 


§  Circular  June  19,  1898.  '  Circular  letter  July  30, 1896. 

||  Circular  letter,  March  5,  1S1K      **  Paragraph  12. 


MEMORANDUM. 


581 


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